diff --git a/01-GEN/00.usfm b/01-GEN/00.usfm index f6ec10c3..1b20ffaf 100644 --- a/01-GEN/00.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/00.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \id GEN Unlocked Dynamic Bible \ide UTF-8 \h GENESIS -\toc1 The Book of Genesis +\toc1 The Book of Genesis \toc2 Genesis \toc3 Gen \mt1 GENESIS \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/01-GEN/01.usfm b/01-GEN/01.usfm index 5510e643..b97cdc4e 100644 --- a/01-GEN/01.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/01.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 6 Then God said, "I command that there be an empty space like a huge dome to separate the water into two parts." +\v 6 Then God said, "I command that there be an empty space like a huge dome to separate the water into two parts." \v 7 And that is what happened. God made the empty space like a huge dome and it separated the water that is above it from the water on the earth that is below it. \v 8 God named the space like a huge dome "sky." This was an evening and morning, the second day. diff --git a/01-GEN/02.usfm b/01-GEN/02.usfm index 546083f0..d0297ae7 100644 --- a/01-GEN/02.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/02.usfm @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 18 Yahweh God said, "It is not good for this man to be alone. So I will make someone who will be a suitable partner for him." -\v 19 Yahweh God had taken some soil and had formed all kinds of animals and birds, and he brought them to the man to hear what names he would give to them. And the man gave a name to every living animal that Yahweh had made. +\v 19 Yahweh God had taken some soil and had formed all kinds of animals and birds, and he brought them to the man to hear what names he would give to them. And the man gave a name to every living animal that Yahweh had made. \v 20 Then the man gave names to all the kinds of cattle, birds, and wild animals, but none of these creatures was a partner that was suitable for the man. \s5 diff --git a/01-GEN/04.usfm b/01-GEN/04.usfm index f46b7ec9..b43c36b6 100644 --- a/01-GEN/04.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/04.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 4 \p -\v 1 Adam slept with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son whom she named Cain, which means "produce," because, she said, "By Yahweh's help I have produced a son." +\v 1 Adam slept with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son whom she named Cain, which means "produce," because, she said, "By Yahweh's help I have produced a son." \p \v 2 Some time later she gave birth to another son, and she named him Abel. After those boys grew up, Abel tended sheep and goats, and Cain became a farmer. @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \v 19 When Lamech grew up he married two women. The name of one was Adah and the name of the other was Zillah. \s5 -\v 20 Adah gave birth to a son named Jabal. Later, Jabal became the first person who lived in tents because he traveled from place to place to take care of livestock. +\v 20 Adah gave birth to a son named Jabal. Later, Jabal became the first person who lived in tents because he traveled from place to place to take care of livestock. \v 21 His younger brother's name was Jubal. He was the first person who made a lyre and a flute. \v 22 Lamech's other wife Zillah gave birth to a son whom she named Tubal Cain. Later he learned how to make things out of bronze and iron. The name of Tubal Cain's younger sister was Naamah. diff --git a/01-GEN/09.usfm b/01-GEN/09.usfm index 3309f626..14e3c546 100644 --- a/01-GEN/09.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/09.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \v 4 But you must not eat meat that still has the blood in it, because the life is in its blood. \s5 -\v 5 I punish any creature who kills a human being—that they answer to Yahweh—whether it be an animal or from a human being. I demand that murderers must suffer for their crimes and pay with their own lives. Even when an animal kills a person, that animal must also have their life taken because they have taken the life of a human being. +\v 5 I punish any creature who kills a human being—that they answer to Yahweh—whether it be an animal or from a human being. I demand that murderers must suffer for their crimes and pay with their own lives. Even when an animal kills a person, that animal must also have their life taken because they have taken the life of a human being. \v 6 For I made people to be like myself. So I insist that if someone murders another human being, another person must kill him. Anyone who pours another's blood out must himself lose his own blood. \p \v 7 As for you, I want you to produce many children, in order that they and their descendants may live all over the earth." @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ \v 25 He said, "I am cursing Ham's son, Canaan, and his descendants. They will be like slaves to their uncles. \s5 -\q +\q \v 26 I praise Yahweh, whom Shem worships. May Canaan's descendants be servants to Shem's descendants. \v 27 But may God make the Japheth's territory larger. May he allow Japheth's descendants to live peacefully among the descendants of Shem. May Canaan's descendants be their slaves." diff --git a/01-GEN/13.usfm b/01-GEN/13.usfm index 20211f1c..f6ad89fd 100644 --- a/01-GEN/13.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/13.usfm @@ -7,14 +7,13 @@ \v 2 Abram was very rich. He owned a lot of livestock, silver, and gold. \s5 -\v 3 They continued traveling from place to place from the southern Judean wilderness toward Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where they had previously set up their tents. +\v 3 They continued traveling from place to place from the southern Judean wilderness toward Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where they had previously set up their tents. \v 4 This is also where Abram had built an altar; there he worshiped Yahweh again. \s5 \v 5 Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle and tents. -\v 6 The two of them had so many animals that they could not all stay in the same area. There was not enough land to provide water and food for all their animals. -\v 7 Furthermore, the men who took care of Abram's livestock started quarreling with the men who took care of Lot's livestock. The descendants of Canaan and Perez were also living in that area. - +\v 6 The two of them had so many animals that they could not all stay in the same area. There was not enough land to provide water and food for all their animals. +\v 7 Furthermore, the men who took care of Abram's livestock started quarreling with the men who took care of Lot's livestock. The descendants of Canaan and Perez were also living in that area. \s5 \v 8 Then Abram said to Lot, "Since we are close relatives, it is not good for us to quarrel, or for the men who take care of your animals to quarrel with the men who take care of my animals. \v 9 There is plenty of land for both of us. So we should separate. You can choose whatever part you want. If you want the area over there, I will stay here. If you want the area here, I will go over there." diff --git a/01-GEN/14.usfm b/01-GEN/14.usfm index 1ff96e2e..245b23bb 100644 --- a/01-GEN/14.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/14.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 2 They prepared to attack a group of five kings: King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, the city that is now called Zoar. \s5 -\v 3 Those five kings and their armies gathered together in the valley of Siddim, which is also called the valley of the Dead Sea, to fight against the four kings and their armies. +\v 3 Those five kings and their armies gathered together in the valley of Siddim, which is also called the valley of the Dead Sea, to fight against the four kings and their armies. \v 4 For twelve years King Chedorlaomer had ruled them. But in the thirteenth year, they rebelled against King Chedorlaomer and refused to give him any more tribute money. \v 5 The next year, King Chedorlaomer and the other kings that were with him gathered their armies and started coming toward the area of the five kings. They defeated the Rephaite people in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzite people in Ham, and the Emite people in Shaveh Kiriathaim. \v 6 They also defeated the Horite people in their hill area of Seir as far as El Paran near the desert. @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 Then they turned around and went to En Mishpat, which is now called Kadesh. They conquered all the land belonging to the Amalekite people and the Amorite people who were living in Hazazon Tamar. \p -\v 8 Then the armies of the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim and Bela marched out to fight the armies of the four kings in Siddim Valley. +\v 8 Then the armies of the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim and Bela marched out to fight the armies of the four kings in Siddim Valley. \v 9 They fought against the armies of Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, Tidal the king of Goiim, Amraphel the king of Shinar, and Arioch the king of Ellasar. The armies of four kings were fighting against the armies of five kings. \s5 diff --git a/01-GEN/17.usfm b/01-GEN/17.usfm index 58d6c07c..c05ae5ae 100644 --- a/01-GEN/17.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/17.usfm @@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ \c 17 \p \v 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram again and said to him, "I am God Almighty. I want you to live your life in the way that I want. I want you to not do anything wrong. -\v 2 I will confirm my covenant between us, and I will cause you to have a very great number of descendants." - +\v 2 I will confirm my covenant between us, and I will cause you to have a very great number of descendants." \s5 \v 3 Abram bowed down with his face on the ground. Then God said to him, \v 4 "Listen to this! This is the covenant I am making with you: You will be the father of many groups of people. @@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ \v 6 I will cause you to have very, very many descendants, and I will cause nations and kings to be among them. \s5 -\v 7 I will make this covenant between me and you and the generations of your descendants after you forever. Because of this covenant, you will worship and follow me as God, and so will your descendants. +\v 7 I will make this covenant between me and you and the generations of your descendants after you forever. Because of this covenant, you will worship and follow me as God, and so will your descendants. \v 8 I will give to you and to your descendants the land of Canaan, the whole land of Canaan, where you are now living. It will be an everlasting possession for them, and I will be their God." \s5 diff --git a/01-GEN/18.usfm b/01-GEN/18.usfm index 33d7ed7d..6a59fc78 100644 --- a/01-GEN/18.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/18.usfm @@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ \s5 \v 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was far past the time of childbearing. -\v 12 So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "My body is worn out, and my husband is old. So how can I have the pleasure of having a baby?" - +\v 12 So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "My body is worn out, and my husband is old. So how can I have the pleasure of having a baby?" \s5 \v 13 Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh? Why was she thinking, 'I am too old, so how can I bear a child'? \v 14 Is there anything too difficult for me? I will return about this time next year in the springtime, the time I have fixed, and Sarah will have an infant son." @@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ \s5 \v 24 What will you do if there are fifty people in the city who have done nothing wrong? Will you really destroy them all, and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people who have done nothing wrong? -\v 25 Certainly you would not do such a thing, to kill good people along with wicked ones, and treat good people and wicked people the same way. You could not do that, because you, who are the judge of everyone on the earth, will certainly do what is right regarding the people of Sodom!" +\v 25 Certainly you would not do such a thing, to kill good people along with wicked ones, and treat good people and wicked people the same way. You could not do that, because you, who are the judge of everyone on the earth, will certainly do what is right regarding the people of Sodom!" \v 26 Yahweh replied, "If I find fifty people in Sodom who have done nothing wrong, I will spare the whole place for their sake." \s5 diff --git a/01-GEN/19.usfm b/01-GEN/19.usfm index d46ef07a..eed829f1 100644 --- a/01-GEN/19.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/19.usfm @@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 After they finished eating, before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom, all of them, from the young ones to the old ones, surrounded the house. -\v 5 They called out to Lot, saying, "Where are the men who came to your house this evening? Bring them out, so that we can sleep with them!" - +\v 5 They called out to Lot, saying, "Where are the men who came to your house this evening? Bring them out, so that we can sleep with them!" \s5 \v 6 Lot went outside the house and shut the door behind him, so that they could not go inside. \v 7 He said to them, "My friends, do not do such an evil thing! diff --git a/01-GEN/21.usfm b/01-GEN/21.usfm index 6f61b773..74bc4ead 100644 --- a/01-GEN/21.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/21.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \s5 \v 14 So Abraham got up early the next morning. He got some food ready, put water in a bag, and gave it to Hagar. He put the bag on her shoulder, handed her Ishmael, and sent them away into the wilderness of Beersheba. -\p +\p \v 15 After Hagar and her son had drunk all the water in the bag, she put the boy under one of the bushes there. \v 16 Then she went and sat nearby, about as far as someone can shoot an arrow. She thought, "I cannot endure seeing my son die!" As she sat there, she began to cry loudly. diff --git a/01-GEN/23.usfm b/01-GEN/23.usfm index 970d2927..eae13122 100644 --- a/01-GEN/23.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/23.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 2 she died at the city of Kiriath Arba, which is now called Hebron, in the land of Canaan. Then Abraham mourned over her. \s5 -\v 3 He left the body of his wife and spoke to some of the descendants of Heth. He said, +\v 3 He left the body of his wife and spoke to some of the descendants of Heth. He said, \v 4 "I am a temporary settler living among you, so I do not own any land here. Sell me some land here so that I can bury my wife's body." \s5 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 Then Abraham stood up and bowed in respect in front of the people who owned the land, the descendants of Heth. -\v 8 He said to them, "If you say that you are willing for me to bury my wife's body here, listen to me, and ask Ephron son of Zohar, +\v 8 He said to them, "If you say that you are willing for me to bury my wife's body here, listen to me, and ask Ephron son of Zohar, \v 9 to sell me the cave in the Machpelah area, which is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price he wants, and to sell it to me in front of you all. In this way I can have a burial ground." \s5 diff --git a/01-GEN/24.usfm b/01-GEN/24.usfm index bb42f5a5..9164eb73 100644 --- a/01-GEN/24.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/24.usfm @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 42 When I came today to the well, I prayed, 'Yahweh, God whom my master, Abraham, worships, if you are going to make me successful on this journey, please do this for me: +\v 42 When I came today to the well, I prayed, 'Yahweh, God whom my master, Abraham, worships, if you are going to make me successful on this journey, please do this for me: \v 43 I am standing alongside a well, where girls will come to draw water. I am asking you that if I say to a girl, "Please, give me a little water to drink from your jar," \v 44 and if she says to me, "Certainly, drink some, and I will also draw some water for your camels," then let that be the woman whom you have chosen for my master's son!' @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ \s5 \v 56 But he replied to them, "Yahweh has made my journey successful, so do not delay me. Let me take her back to my master now!" -\v 57 They said, "Let us call the girl and ask her to say what she wants to do." +\v 57 They said, "Let us call the girl and ask her to say what she wants to do." \v 58 So they summoned Rebekah and asked her, "Will you go with this man now?" She replied, "Yes, I will go." \s5 diff --git a/01-GEN/26.usfm b/01-GEN/26.usfm index 282f9324..e4a090fe 100644 --- a/01-GEN/26.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/26.usfm @@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ \c 26 \p -\v 1 Some time later there was a severe famine in the land. That was different from the famine that occurred when Abraham was alive. So Isaac went southeast to the city of Gerar to talk to Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people. - +\v 1 Some time later there was a severe famine in the land. That was different from the famine that occurred when Abraham was alive. So Isaac went southeast to the city of Gerar to talk to Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people. \s5 \v 2 But Yahweh appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt! Live in the land that I tell you! \v 3 Stay in this land, and I will help you and bless you, because it is to you and your descendants that I will give all these lands, and I will do what I solemnly promised to your father. @@ -13,8 +12,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all these lands, and I will cause your descendants to be a blessing to all the people groups on the earth. \v 5 I will do that because Abraham obeyed me. He obeyed all that I told him to do, all that I commanded him to do, all that I declared and all the laws that I gave him." -\p - +\p \s5 \v 6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar along with his wife and sons. \p diff --git a/01-GEN/27.usfm b/01-GEN/27.usfm index acaacd2d..33c792ba 100644 --- a/01-GEN/27.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/27.usfm @@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ I ask that God curse those who curse you, and bless those who bless you." \s5 \v 43 So now, my son, listen carefully to what I am telling you. Escape quickly and go and stay with my brother Laban, in Haran. \v 44 Stay with him a while, until your older brother is no longer angry. -\v 45 When he forgets what you did to him, I will send a message to you to tell you to return from there. If Esau killed you, then others would kill him, and then both my sons would die at the same time!" - +\v 45 When he forgets what you did to him, I will send a message to you to tell you to return from there. If Esau killed you, then others would kill him, and then both my sons would die at the same time!" \s5 \p \v 46 Rebekah then said to Isaac, "These foreign women whom Esau has married, who are descendants of Heth, are making my life miserable. If Jacob also marries a woman from the descendants of Heth in this area, my life will be worthless!" diff --git a/01-GEN/31.usfm b/01-GEN/31.usfm index aaeea2f0..fbbfc784 100644 --- a/01-GEN/31.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/31.usfm @@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 43 Laban replied, "These two women are my daughters, and their children are my grandchildren, and the animals are my animals. Everything you see here is mine! -\v 44 I cannot do anything in order to keep them, so we should make a peace agreement, you and I. It will serve as a witness between you and me." - +\v 44 I cannot do anything in order to keep them, so we should make a peace agreement, you and I. It will serve as a witness between you and me." \s5 \p @@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 51 Laban also said to Jacob, "You see this large stone and this pile of rocks that we have set up to be between us. -\v 52 Both this pile of rocks and this large stone will remind us, that I will not go past these rocks to harm you and you will not go past these rocks to harm me. +\v 52 Both this pile of rocks and this large stone will remind us, that I will not go past these rocks to harm you and you will not go past these rocks to harm me. \v 53 May the God whom Abraham worshiped, and the god that Nahor worshiped, and the gods their ancestor Terah worshiped punish either one of us, if one of us harms the other." Jacob solemnly promised by the God whom his father Isaac feared to do what they said in their peace agreement. \p diff --git a/01-GEN/34.usfm b/01-GEN/34.usfm index cd748ee7..34ab8145 100644 --- a/01-GEN/34.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/34.usfm @@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ \p \v 1 One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the women in that area. \v 2 Shechem one of the sons of Hamor who was descended from the people group of the Hivites. When he saw her, he took her and forced her to sleep with him. -\v 3 He was very much attracted to her, and he became attached to her. He loved her and he spoke very tenderly to the girl. - +\v 3 He was very much attracted to her, and he became attached to her. He loved her and he spoke very tenderly to the girl. \s5 \v 4 So Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Please get this girl for me. I want her to become my wife!" \p @@ -30,8 +29,7 @@ \v 12 Tell me what gifts you want and what bride price you want, and I will give you what you ask for. I just want you to give the girl to me to be my wife." \p -\v 13 But because Shechem had done a shameful thing to their sister Dinah, the sons of Jacob deceived Shechem and his father Hamor. - +\v 13 But because Shechem had done a shameful thing to their sister Dinah, the sons of Jacob deceived Shechem and his father Hamor. \s5 \v 14 They said to them, "No, we cannot do that. We cannot give our sister to be the wife of a man who is not circumcised, because that would be a shameful thing for us to do. \v 15 We will do that only if you do one thing: you must become like us by circumcising all the males that are among you. @@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ \v 19 Shechem wanted very much to take Jacob's daughter as his wife; also, since he was the most respected person in his father's family, he quickly agreed to do what they suggested. \s5 -\v 20 Shechem went with Hamor to the meeting place at the city gate, and they spoke to the city leaders. They said, +\v 20 Shechem went with Hamor to the meeting place at the city gate, and they spoke to the city leaders. They said, \v 21 "These men are friendly toward us. We should let them live here and travel around. Certainly the land is big enough to support them and us. Our young men can marry their daughters, and their young men can marry our daughters. \s5 diff --git a/01-GEN/37.usfm b/01-GEN/37.usfm index 776f36be..60f3b000 100644 --- a/01-GEN/37.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/37.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 9 Later he had another dream, and again he told his older brothers about it. He said, "Listen to this! I had another dream. In this dream, the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me!" -\v 10 He also told his father about it. His father corrected him, saying "What are you suggesting by that dream? Do you think it means that your mother and I and your older brothers will some day bow down to the ground in front of you?" +\v 10 He also told his father about it. His father corrected him, saying "What are you suggesting by that dream? Do you think it means that your mother and I and your older brothers will some day bow down to the ground in front of you?" \v 11 Joseph's older brothers resented him, but his father kept thinking about what the dream might mean. \s5 @@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 29 When Reuben returned to the pit, he saw that his younger brother was not there. He was so grieved that he tore his clothes. -\v 30 He went back to his younger brothers and said, "The boy is not in the pit! What can I do now?" - +\v 30 He went back to his younger brothers and said, "The boy is not in the pit! What can I do now?" \s5 \p \v 31 They did not dare to tell their father what they had done. So they decided to invent a story about what had happened. They got Joseph's piece of long-sleeved clothing. Then they killed a goat and dipped the clothing into the goat's blood. diff --git a/01-GEN/38.usfm b/01-GEN/38.usfm index ce21edf5..ab4e9a69 100644 --- a/01-GEN/38.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/38.usfm @@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ \s5 \v 15 When Judah came along and saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, because she had covered her head and sat where prostitutes often sat. -\v 16 Judah did not realize that she was his daughter-in-law. So he said to her, "Let me sleep with you." She replied, "What will you give me in exchange?" - +\v 16 Judah did not realize that she was his daughter-in-law. So he said to her, "Let me sleep with you." She replied, "What will you give me in exchange?" \s5 \v 17 He replied, "I will send you a young goat from my flock of goats." She asked, "Will you give me something now for me to keep until you send the goat?" \v 18 He replied, "What do you want me to give to you?" She replied, "Give me the ring that has your name on it that is tied by a cord around your neck, and give me the walking stick that you are holding in your hand." So he gave them to her. Then he slept with her, and she became pregnant. diff --git a/01-GEN/44.usfm b/01-GEN/44.usfm index 46f742b3..6da1897a 100644 --- a/01-GEN/44.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/44.usfm @@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 14 When Judah and his older and younger brothers entered Joseph's house, Joseph was still there. The servant told Joseph what had happened. Then the brothers threw themselves down on the ground in front of Joseph. -\v 15 He said to them, "Why did you do this? Do you not know that a man like me can find out things that nobody knows?" - +\v 15 He said to them, "Why did you do this? Do you not know that a man like me can find out things that nobody knows?" \s5 \p \v 16 Judah replied, "Sir, what can we say? How can we prove that we are innocent? God has paid us back for the sins we committed many years ago. So now we will become your slaves—both we and the one in whose sack the cup was found." diff --git a/01-GEN/46.usfm b/01-GEN/46.usfm index 047fcd21..4d118ff5 100644 --- a/01-GEN/46.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/46.usfm @@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ \p \v 5 So Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took their father, their wives, and their children, in the carts that the king had sent for them to travel in. \v 6 In this way, Jacob and all his family went to Egypt. They took with them the livestock and all the other possessions that they had acquired in Canaan. -\v 7 Jacob went to Egypt with all his sons, his daughters, grandsons, and granddaughters—his whole family. - +\v 7 Jacob went to Egypt with all his sons, his daughters, grandsons, and granddaughters—his whole family. \s5 \p \v 8 This is a list of the names of the members of Jacob's family who went with him to Egypt: @@ -28,8 +27,7 @@ \li the two sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul; \li \v 13 Issachar and his sons Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron; \li \v 14 Zebulon and his sons Sered, Elon, and Jahleel -\li \v 15 These were the sons of Jacob and Leah, who were born in Paddan Aram, in addition to Dinah his daughter. There were thirty-three sons and daughters altogether. - +\li \v 15 These were the sons of Jacob and Leah, who were born in Paddan Aram, in addition to Dinah his daughter. There were thirty-three sons and daughters altogether. \s5 \li \v 16 Gad and his sons Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli; \li \v 17 Asher and his sons Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and their sister Serah; diff --git a/01-GEN/49.usfm b/01-GEN/49.usfm index fb06d87c..e2e7e288 100644 --- a/01-GEN/49.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/49.usfm @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them. \s5 \v 24 But they will hold their bows steady and their arms will remain strong, because of the power of my mighty God, -because of Yahweh, who guides and provides for me, +because of Yahweh, who guides and provides for me, as a shepherd guides and provides for his sheep. The people of Israel will ask Yahweh to protect them, as people take refuge on top of a high rock. diff --git a/01-GEN/50.usfm b/01-GEN/50.usfm index cb27c6b4..3e268888 100644 --- a/01-GEN/50.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/50.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 50 \p -\v 1 Joseph fell on his father's face and he cried over him and kissed him. +\v 1 Joseph fell on his father's face and he cried over him and kissed him. \v 2 Joseph commanded his servants who prepared the dead for burial to embalm his father's body. \v 3 It took forty days to embalm Jacob's body, because that is the amount of time that was always required for them to embalm a body. The people of Egypt cried for seventy days because of Jacob's death. @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \v 10 They went to the east side of the Jordan River and arrived at Atad. There was a place there where people threshed the grain to separate the wheat from the chaff. There they mourned loudly for Jacob for a long time. Joseph performed mourning ceremonies for his father for seven days. \v 11 When the Canaan people group who lived there saw them mourning like that, they said, "This is a sad mourning place for the people of Egypt!" So they named the place Abel Mizraim, which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean "mourning of the Egyptians." -\s5 +\s5 \p \v 12 Then Jacob's sons did for him what their father had commanded. \v 13 They crossed the Jordan River and carried Jacob's body into Canaan land. They buried it in the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre town. That was the field that Abraham had bought from Ephron, who was one of the Heth people group, to use as a burial place. diff --git a/02-EXO/01.usfm b/02-EXO/01.usfm index 966d99e3..88b710e3 100644 --- a/02-EXO/01.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/01.usfm @@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ \v 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, \v 3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, \v 4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. -\v 5 In all, there were seventy people who went with Jacob. His son Joseph was already in Egypt. - +\v 5 In all, there were seventy people who went with Jacob. His son Joseph was already in Egypt. \s5 \p \v 6 After some time, Joseph and his brothers and everyone else in their family who lived in that generation died. @@ -45,5 +44,4 @@ \p \v 22 Then the king commanded all the Egyptian people, saying, "You must throw into the Nile River every Hebrew baby boy that is born! However, you can allow the baby girls to live." - diff --git a/02-EXO/02.usfm b/02-EXO/02.usfm index f5156f67..7d7d0976 100644 --- a/02-EXO/02.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/02.usfm @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 15-16 When the king heard that Moses killed an Egyptian, he ordered his soldiers to kill Moses. But Moses ran away from the king and left Egypt. He traveled east to the region of Midian and started to live there. +\v 15-16 When the king heard that Moses killed an Egyptian, he ordered his soldiers to kill Moses. But Moses ran away from the king and left Egypt. He traveled east to the region of Midian and started to live there. Now the man who was the priest for the Midian people, whose name was Jethro, had seven daughters. One day as Moses sat down beside a well, the seven daughters came to the well, got water, and filled the troughs in order to give water to their father's sheep. \v 17 Some shepherds came and started to chase away the girls. But Moses helped the girls and got water for their sheep. diff --git a/02-EXO/05.usfm b/02-EXO/05.usfm index 44ceb15a..246d3819 100644 --- a/02-EXO/05.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/05.usfm @@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 10 So the slave bosses and Israelite assistants went to where the Israelite people were and said to them, "The king has said that he will no longer give you any straw. -\v 11 So you must go and get straw where you can find it. But you must keep working to make the same number of bricks." - +\v 11 So you must go and get straw where you can find it. But you must keep working to make the same number of bricks." \s5 \v 12 So the Israelite people went all over Egypt to find straw. \v 13 The slave bosses kept telling them, "Do all the work you are assigned each day. Make the same number of bricks as you did before when we gave you straw!" diff --git a/02-EXO/12.usfm b/02-EXO/12.usfm index eafda5bd..d117c993 100644 --- a/02-EXO/12.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/12.usfm @@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 17 Every year you must keep celebrating this Festival of Unleavened Bread because it will remind you that it was on this day that I brought your tribes out of the land of Egypt. So every year, in all the generations to come, you must celebrate this day as a festival. It must continue forever. -\v 18 In the first month of the year, on the fourteenth day of that month, the only bread you may eat is bread that has no yeast in it. You must keep doing that each day until the twenty-first day of that month. - +\v 18 In the first month of the year, on the fourteenth day of that month, the only bread you may eat is bread that has no yeast in it. You must keep doing that each day until the twenty-first day of that month. \s5 \v 19 For those seven days you must not have any yeast in your house. During that time, if anyone, either an Israelite or a foreigner, eats bread made with yeast, that person will no longer be an Israelite. \v 20 In your houses, do not eat anything that has yeast in it during those seven days." @@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 43 Then Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "These are my instructions about the Passover ritual: do not let foreigners eat the Passover meal. +\v 43 Then Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "These are my instructions about the Passover ritual: do not let foreigners eat the Passover meal. \v 44 But any male slaves that you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised them. \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/16.usfm b/02-EXO/16.usfm index 107d7575..fac7ff9d 100644 --- a/02-EXO/16.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/16.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 6 So Aaron and Moses said to all the Israelite people, "This evening you will know that it was Yahweh, not us, who brought you out of Egypt. -\v 7 Tomorrow morning you will see how great Yahweh is because he has heard how you have complained against him. He is the one to whom you have really complained because we are just his servants." +\v 7 Tomorrow morning you will see how great Yahweh is because he has heard how you have complained against him. He is the one to whom you have really complained because we are just his servants." \v 8 Then Moses also said, "Each evening Yahweh will give you meat to eat, and each morning he will give you something that will take the place of bread because he has heard what you have complained about. Yahweh is the one to whom you have really complained, not us. We are just his servants." \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/17.usfm b/02-EXO/17.usfm index 374c006d..49c11da5 100644 --- a/02-EXO/17.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/17.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \p \v 4 So Moses prayed to Yahweh. He said, "How shall I deal with these people? They are almost ready to kill me by throwing stones at me!" \v 5 Yahweh said to Moses, "Lead the people and walk in front of them. Take some of the elders of the Israelite people with you. Carry in your hand the staff you used to strike the Nile River. -\v 6 Listen to me! I will stand in front of you on top of a large rock at the foot of Mount Sinai. Strike the rock with your stick. When you do that, water for the people to drink will flow out of the rock." Moses did what God had said, and the elders were there with him when the water flowed out of the rock. +\v 6 Listen to me! I will stand in front of you on top of a large rock at the foot of Mount Sinai. Strike the rock with your stick. When you do that, water for the people to drink will flow out of the rock." Moses did what God had said, and the elders were there with him when the water flowed out of the rock. \v 7 Moses gave that place two names in the Hebrew language--Masseh, which means 'testing,' and Meribah, which means 'complaining.' He gave it the name Massah because the Israelite people were testing Yahweh, saying "Is Yahweh really among us and able to help us, or not?" and Moses gave it the name Meribah because they were complaining all the time to him. diff --git a/02-EXO/19.usfm b/02-EXO/19.usfm index 4f2b815c..ad427923 100644 --- a/02-EXO/19.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/19.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 19 \p -\v 1 In the third month after leaving Egypt, they came to the wilderness of Sinai. +\v 1 In the third month after leaving Egypt, they came to the wilderness of Sinai. \v 2 After they left Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai, and they set up their tents at the base of the mountain. \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/20.usfm b/02-EXO/20.usfm index 76ac4faa..2ec70be7 100644 --- a/02-EXO/20.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/20.usfm @@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 You must not carve a figure to worship that represents anything in the sky or that is on the ground or that is in the water under the ground. \v 5 You must not bow down to any idol and worship it because I am Yahweh your God, and I will not allow you to worship any other gods. I will punish those who sin and hate me. I will punish not only them, but also I will punish their descendants down to the third and fourth generation. -\v 6 However, I will never stop loving thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my commandments. - +\v 6 However, I will never stop loving thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my commandments. \s5 \p \v 7 Do not use my name carelessly because I am Yahweh your God, the one whom you should worship, and I will certainly punish those who use my name for wrong purposes. @@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 22 Yahweh said to Moses, "Say this to the Israelite people, 'You have heard how I, Yahweh, have spoken to you from heaven. +\v 22 Yahweh said to Moses, "Say this to the Israelite people, 'You have heard how I, Yahweh, have spoken to you from heaven. \v 23 I told you that you must not make any idols of silver or gold that you will worship instead of me. \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/21.usfm b/02-EXO/21.usfm index 035d3668..10330460 100644 --- a/02-EXO/21.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/21.usfm @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \p \v 22 If two people are fighting and they hurt a pregnant woman so that she has a miscarriage but the woman is not harmed in any other way, the one who hurt her must pay a fine. He must pay whatever the woman's husband asks after a judge approves of the fine. \v 23 But if the woman is hurt in another way, the one who hurt her must be caused to suffer in the same way that he caused her to suffer. If she dies, he must be killed. -\v 24 If her eye is hurt, or if he knocks out her teeth, or her hand or foot is hurt, +\v 24 If her eye is hurt, or if he knocks out her teeth, or her hand or foot is hurt, \v 25 or if she is burned or bruised, the one who hurt her must be hurt in the same way. \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/22.usfm b/02-EXO/22.usfm index b663dc69..74707385 100644 --- a/02-EXO/22.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/22.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 1 "If someone steals a bull or a sheep and then kills it or sells it, he must pay five bulls for the bull that he stole, and he must pay four sheep for the sheep that he stole. \p \v 2 If a thief is caught while he is breaking into someone's house at night, if the one who catches him kills the thief, he is not guilty of killing him. -\v 3 But if that happens during the daytime, the one who killed the thief is guilty of murdering him. +\v 3 But if that happens during the daytime, the one who killed the thief is guilty of murdering him. \p A thief must pay for what he stole. If he has no animal with which to pay for the one that he stole, he must be sold to become someone else's slave, and the money from his sale must be used to pay for what he stole. \v 4 If a thief still has the animal when he is caught, whether it is a bull or a donkey or a sheep, and it is still alive, the thief must pay back the stolen animal as well as another one of the same kind. @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ A thief must pay for what he stole. If he has no animal with which to pay for th \s5 \p -\v 29 Do not withhold from me the best parts of the grain that you harvest, or of the olive oil or the wine that you produce. You will give your firstborn sons to me. +\v 29 Do not withhold from me the best parts of the grain that you harvest, or of the olive oil or the wine that you produce. You will give your firstborn sons to me. \p \v 30 Similarly, your firstborn male cattle and sheep belong to me. After those animals are born, allow them to stay with their mothers for seven days. On the eighth day you will give them to me. \p diff --git a/02-EXO/23.usfm b/02-EXO/23.usfm index 9410803a..de7c75df 100644 --- a/02-EXO/23.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/23.usfm @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 20 "I am going to send an angel ahead of you to guard you as you travel and to bring you safely to the place that I have prepared for you. +\v 20 "I am going to send an angel ahead of you to guard you as you travel and to bring you safely to the place that I have prepared for you. \v 21 Pay attention to what he says and obey him. Do not rebel against him because he will have my authority and he will punish you if you rebel against him. \v 22 But if you pay attention to what he says and if you do all that I tell you to do, I will fight against all of your enemies. diff --git a/02-EXO/24.usfm b/02-EXO/24.usfm index 0589736b..95690c8c 100644 --- a/02-EXO/24.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/24.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \v 13 Then Moses went with his servant Joshua part of the way up the mountain where God was. \s5 -\v 14 Now Moses had said to the elders, "Stay here with the other people until we return! Do not forget that Aaron and Hur will be with you, so if anyone has a dispute while I am gone, he can go to those two men." +\v 14 Now Moses had said to the elders, "Stay here with the other people until we return! Do not forget that Aaron and Hur will be with you, so if anyone has a dispute while I am gone, he can go to those two men." \v 15 Then Moses went the rest of the way up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/25.usfm b/02-EXO/25.usfm index 43417522..05a53518 100644 --- a/02-EXO/25.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/25.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 Tell the people to make a sacred chest from acacia wood. It is to be one meter long, 0.7 meter wide, and 0.7 meter high. +\v 10 Tell the people to make a sacred chest from acacia wood. It is to be one meter long, 0.7 meter wide, and 0.7 meter high. \v 11 Cover the chest with pure gold inside and outside and put a gold border around the top of it. \s5 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \s5 \v 19 One of these is to be put at each end of the chest, but the gold from which they are made must be joined to the gold from which the lid is made. -\v 20 Tell them to place the winged creatures so that their wings touch each other and spread out over the lid. The two winged creatures were facing each other and they both were looking toward the center of the chest. +\v 20 Tell them to place the winged creatures so that their wings touch each other and spread out over the lid. The two winged creatures were facing each other and they both were looking toward the center of the chest. \v 21 Put the stone slabs that I will give you inside the chest. Then fasten the lid onto the top of the chest. \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/29.usfm b/02-EXO/29.usfm index a9eec875..99f6b4a6 100644 --- a/02-EXO/29.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/29.usfm @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 35 These are the rituals that you must follow during those seven days when you dedicate Aaron and his sons for this work. You must do all that I have commanded you. -\v 36 Each of those seven days you must also sacrifice a young bull for an offering to me in order that I may forgive sins. Also you must make another offering to make the altar pure in my sight. You must also anoint the altar with olive oil to set it apart. +\v 36 Each of those seven days you must also sacrifice a young bull for an offering to me in order that I may forgive sins. Also you must make another offering to make the altar pure in my sight. You must also anoint the altar with olive oil to set it apart. \v 37 Perform these rituals every day for seven days to set apart the altar and make it pure. Then the altar will be most holy, and whatever touches it must be treated as holy. \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/30.usfm b/02-EXO/30.usfm index de990947..5f3e5dfc 100644 --- a/02-EXO/30.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/30.usfm @@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ \s5 \p \v 22 Yahweh said to Moses, -\v 23 "Tell the people to collect some of the finest spices—six kilos of liquid myrrh, three kilos of sweet-smelling cinnamon, three kilos of a sweet-smelling cane, -\v 24 and six kilos of cassia. Be sure that they use the official standard when they weigh these things. +\v 23 "Tell the people to collect some of the finest spices—six kilos of liquid myrrh, three kilos of sweet-smelling cinnamon, three kilos of a sweet-smelling cane, +\v 24 and six kilos of cassia. Be sure that they use the official standard when they weigh these things. \v 25 Tell an expert perfumer to mix these with four liters of olive oil to make sacred oil for anointing. \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/31.usfm b/02-EXO/31.usfm index da7b54bc..558050bc 100644 --- a/02-EXO/31.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/31.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 31 \p -\v 1 Yahweh said to Moses, +\v 1 Yahweh said to Moses, \v 2 "I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri and grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah. \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/32.usfm b/02-EXO/32.usfm index 0187d89d..3dc514fb 100644 --- a/02-EXO/32.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/32.usfm @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \v 11 But Moses pleaded with his God, Yahweh, and said, "Yahweh, you should not be angry with your people! These are the people whom you saved from Egypt with very great power! \s5 -\v 12 Do not do anything that would allow the people of Egypt to say, 'Their god led them out from our country, but he did that only because he wanted to kill them in the mountains and get rid of them completely! Do not do to your people this terrible thing that you have just said that you will do! Stop being so angry! Change your mind! +\v 12 Do not do anything that would allow the people of Egypt to say, 'Their god led them out from our country, but he did that only because he wanted to kill them in the mountains and get rid of them completely! Do not do to your people this terrible thing that you have just said that you will do! Stop being so angry! Change your mind! \v 13 Think about your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You solemnly promised them, saying, 'I will enable you to have as many descendants as the stars that are in the sky.' You said to them, 'I will give to your descendants all the land that I am promising to give them. It will be their land forever.'" \p \v 14 So Yahweh changed his mind. He did not do to his people the terrible thing that he said he would do. @@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ \s5 \p \v 17 Joshua heard the people shouting very loudly. So when Moses got near the camp, Joshua met him and said, "There is a noise in the camp that sounds like the noise of a battle!" -\v 18 But Moses said, +\v 18 But Moses said, \q "No, that does not sound as though the people have won a victory; -\q it does not sound as though they have been defeated in a battle! +\q it does not sound as though they have been defeated in a battle! \q It sounds as though they are singing!" \s5 @@ -80,6 +80,5 @@ \v 34 Now go back down and lead the Israelite people to the place about which I told you. Keep in mind that my angel will go in front of you. But, at the time that I decide, I will punish them for their sin." \p \v 35 Later Yahweh caused the people to become sick because they had told Aaron to make the statue of a young bull. - diff --git a/02-EXO/33.usfm b/02-EXO/33.usfm index e2e1d793..565b6d11 100644 --- a/02-EXO/33.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/33.usfm @@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ \p \v 7 As the Israelite people were traveling, whenever they stopped and set up their tents, Moses set up the sacred tent outside the camp, far from the camp. He called it "the tent of meeting." Everyone who wanted Yahweh to decide something for them would go out of the camp to the tent of meeting. \v 8 Whenever Moses went out to the tent of meeting, all the people would stand at their own tent entrances and watch him until he had walked into the tent of meeting. -\v 9 Whenever Moses went into the tent of meeting, the tall cloud would come down and stay at the tent entrance, and then Yahweh would talk with Moses. - +\v 9 Whenever Moses went into the tent of meeting, the tall cloud would come down and stay at the tent entrance, and then Yahweh would talk with Moses. \s5 \v 10 When the people saw the tall cloud at the entrance of the tent of meeting, they would all worship Yahweh at their own tent entrances. \v 11 Yahweh would speak to Moses face to face like someone speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp. But his young helper, Joshua son of Nun, would stay in the tent of meeting. @@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 12 Moses said to Yahweh, "It is true that you have told me, 'Lead the people to the land that I will show you,' but you have not told me whom you will send with me! Nevertheless, you have said that you know me well and that you are pleased with me. +\v 12 Moses said to Yahweh, "It is true that you have told me, 'Lead the people to the land that I will show you,' but you have not told me whom you will send with me! Nevertheless, you have said that you know me well and that you are pleased with me. \v 13 So now, if you are truly pleased with me, I ask you, please tell me the things that you are going to do in order that I may know you better and continue to please you. Please remember that the Israelite people are the people whom you chose to belong to you." \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/34.usfm b/02-EXO/34.usfm index bf1abd81..415d4268 100644 --- a/02-EXO/34.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/34.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \v 4 So Moses cut two slabs of stone that were like the first ones. He rose early the next morning, picked up the slabs, and carried them in his hands up to the top of Mount Sinai, as Yahweh had told him. \s5 -\v 5 Then Yahweh came down in the tall cloud and stood with Moses there. Then he pronounced his own name, Yahweh, in front of Moses. +\v 5 Then Yahweh came down in the tall cloud and stood with Moses there. Then he pronounced his own name, Yahweh, in front of Moses. \v 6 Yahweh passed in front of him and said, "I am Yahweh God. I always act mercifully and kindly toward people and I do not get angry quickly. I truly love people and I do what I promise to do for them. \v 7 I love people for thousands of generations. I forgive people for all kinds of sins. But I will certainly punish those who are guilty. I will punish not only them, but also I will punish their descendants, down to the third and fourth generation." @@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 10 Yahweh replied, "I am about to make a covenant with your people, the Israelite people. As they are watching, I will perform great miracles. They will see miracles that no one has ever done on the earth in any people group. Everyone among your people will see the great things that I, Yahweh, will do. I will do things for you all that will make you fear me. -\v 11 Do what I tell you to do today. I am about to make the Amor, Canaan, Heth, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people groups leave the land. - +\v 11 Do what I tell you to do today. I am about to make the Amor, Canaan, Heth, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people groups leave the land. \s5 \v 12 But be careful that you do not make a covenant to live peacefully with any of the people who live in the land into which you are going because if you do that, you will begin to do the evil things that they do. It will be like falling into a trap. \v 13 You must tear down their altars, destroy their idols, and cut down the poles that they use to worship Asherah. @@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 29 When Moses came back down the mountain carrying in his hand the two stone slabs on which were written the Ten Commandments, he did not know that his face was shining. -\v 30 When Aaron and the Israelite people saw Moses, they were amazed that his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him. +\v 30 When Aaron and the Israelite people saw Moses, they were amazed that his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him. \v 31 But Moses called to them, and Aaron and the other Israelite leaders came to him, and he talked with them. \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/36.usfm b/02-EXO/36.usfm index 2486f115..95fc6580 100644 --- a/02-EXO/36.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/36.usfm @@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 36 \p -\v 1 Bezalel and Oholiab will take up this work along with all the other gifted men to whom Yahweh had given skills and the understanding to do all the work needed to build up the sacred tent. These men followed all the instructions that Yahweh gave them. - +\v 1 Bezalel and Oholiab will take up this work along with all the other gifted men to whom Yahweh had given skills and the understanding to do all the work needed to build up the sacred tent. These men followed all the instructions that Yahweh gave them. \s5 \p \v 2 So the cra called Bezalel and Oholiab and all the other skilled men to whom Yahweh had given special ability and who wanted to do some of the work. diff --git a/03-LEV/01.usfm b/03-LEV/01.usfm index 1dfb96af..ee5e1d31 100644 --- a/03-LEV/01.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/01.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \c 1 \p -\v 1 While Moses was standing near the entrance to the sacred tent, Yahweh called to him from inside the tent. He said to Moses +\v 1 While Moses was standing near the entrance to the sacred tent, Yahweh called to him from inside the tent. He said to Moses \v 2 to say this to the Israelite people: "When any of you brings an offering to Yahweh, bring one of your sheep or goats or cattle. \s5 diff --git a/03-LEV/02.usfm b/03-LEV/02.usfm index c63497c5..7e83733f 100644 --- a/03-LEV/02.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/02.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p \v 1 If you bring to Yahweh an offering of flour, it must consist of finely ground flour. You must pour olive oil on it, as well as some incense, -\v 2 and take it to one of the priests. The priest will take a handful of it and burn it on the altar. That part will symbolize how our prayers go up to Yahweh as we give him thanks for his goodness. +\v 2 and take it to one of the priests. The priest will take a handful of it and burn it on the altar. That part will symbolize how our prayers go up to Yahweh as we give him thanks for his goodness. \v 3 The part of that flour offering that is not burned will belong to Aaron and his sons. It is something set apart for the priests out of the offerings that you will give to Yahweh. \s5 diff --git a/03-LEV/04.usfm b/03-LEV/04.usfm index 8df2822a..87ede795 100644 --- a/03-LEV/04.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/04.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 4 \p -\v 1 Then Yahweh told Moses +\v 1 Then Yahweh told Moses \v 2 to say this to the Israelite people, "This is what anyone must do if he sins without intending to sin, that is, if he does something that breaks any of Yahweh's commands. \p \v 3 If the high priest sins and that causes all the people to be guilty, he must bring to Yahweh a young bull that has no defects. That will be an offering for the sin that he has committed. diff --git a/03-LEV/06.usfm b/03-LEV/06.usfm index b9eef46e..20434b0e 100644 --- a/03-LEV/06.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/06.usfm @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ \c 6 \p \v 1 Yahweh also said to Moses, -\v 2 "If you sin against me by deceiving someone—if you refuse to return what someone has lent you, or if you steal something of his, -\v 3 or if you find something and swear that you do not have it, you are guilty. +\v 2 "If you sin against me by deceiving someone—if you refuse to return what someone has lent you, or if you steal something of his, +\v 3 or if you find something and swear that you do not have it, you are guilty. \v 4 You must return to its owner what you have stolen or what someone has lent to you and you have not returned, or what you found that someone else had lost, or whatever you lied about. \s5 \v 5 You must not only return anything like that to its owner, but you must also pay to the owner an additional one fifth of its value. @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 24 Yahweh also told Moses to +\v 24 Yahweh also told Moses to \v 25 tell Aaron and his sons, "These are the regulations concerning the offerings for the sins of the people. The priest will kill the sacrifice at the place where the offerings are burned; it is killed before Yahweh and the offering is dedicated to Yahweh. \v 26 The priest who makes the offering for sin, may eat the offering given to Yahweh. The priest can only eat it in the place in the courtyard that has been set apart for eating sacrifices. \s5 diff --git a/03-LEV/07.usfm b/03-LEV/07.usfm index 2dff9d54..f34b015d 100644 --- a/03-LEV/07.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/07.usfm @@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ \p \v 1 "These are the regulations concerning the offerings for when people are guilty of not giving to Yahweh the things that are required to be given to him. Those are very sacred offerings. -\v 2 A priest must slaughter each animal that people offer for this purpose in the same place where they slaughter the animals that they will completely burn. The priest must sprinkle the animal's blood on all sides of the altar. +\v 2 A priest must slaughter each animal that people offer for this purpose in the same place where they slaughter the animals that they will completely burn. The priest must sprinkle the animal's blood on all sides of the altar. \v 3 All their fat, the fat tails that are cut close to the backbone, and all the fat that covers the inner parts of the animals or which is attached to them, must be burned on the altar. \v 4 This includes the kidneys with their fat near the lower back muscle, and the fat that covers the liver. The priest must remove all these fatty pieces. \s5 -\v 5 The priest must burn these pieces on the altar to be offerings to me, Yahweh. They are an offering for the people, for me to forgive them when they have not done what I required them to do. +\v 5 The priest must burn these pieces on the altar to be offerings to me, Yahweh. They are an offering for the people, for me to forgive them when they have not done what I required them to do. \v 6 All the males in the priest's family are permitted to eat its meat, but it must be eaten in a place set apart for me, because it is very special to me. \s5 diff --git a/03-LEV/14.usfm b/03-LEV/14.usfm index 1c823718..518d0d2c 100644 --- a/03-LEV/14.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/14.usfm @@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ \s5 \p -\v 21 But if the person has gotten well is poor and cannot afford to bring all those animals, he must bring to the priest one male lamb for the priest to lift it up and offer it to Yahweh. This will be a sacrifice because the sick person was not able to give to Yahweh the things that he was required to give him. He must also bring about two liters of flour offering mixed with about one third liter of olive oil; this will be an offering made from flour. He must also bring about one third liter of olive oil. +\v 21 But if the person has gotten well is poor and cannot afford to bring all those animals, he must bring to the priest one male lamb for the priest to lift it up and offer it to Yahweh. This will be a sacrifice because the sick person was not able to give to Yahweh the things that he was required to give him. He must also bring about two liters of flour offering mixed with about one third liter of olive oil; this will be an offering made from flour. He must also bring about one third liter of olive oil. \v 22 He must also bring doves or two pigeons, one for Yahweh to as to offer for his sins, and one for the priest to burn completely on the altar. \p \v 23 On that same day, the eighth day, that person must take those things to the priest at the entrance to the sacred tent, to offer them to Yahweh. \s5 -\v 24 The priest will take the lamb for an offering, and he will take with it the olive oil, and he will lift them high as he presents them to Yahweh. +\v 24 The priest will take the lamb for an offering, and he will take with it the olive oil, and he will lift them high as he presents them to Yahweh. \v 24 Then the priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering and the log of oil, and he will raise them up as an offering to Yahweh and present them to him. \v 25 Then the priest will slaughter that lamb and catch some of the blood in a bowl. He will take some of the blood and put it onto the person's right earlobe, his right thumb, and his right big toe. diff --git a/03-LEV/15.usfm b/03-LEV/15.usfm index 6a5c06f3..e82b362a 100644 --- a/03-LEV/15.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/15.usfm @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 32 Those are the regulations for a man who has a discharge from his body, or who has an emission of semen, when that happens he is unclean; +\v 32 Those are the regulations for a man who has a discharge from his body, or who has an emission of semen, when that happens he is unclean; \v 33 and for any woman during her menstrual period, and for any man who sleeps with a woman during her menstrual period.'" diff --git a/03-LEV/18.usfm b/03-LEV/18.usfm index 4d08b31a..2bd06380 100644 --- a/03-LEV/18.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/18.usfm @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ \p \v 1 Yahweh also said to Moses, \v 2 "Speak to the Israelite people and tell them that I, Yahweh, say this, 'I am Yahweh, your God. -\v 3 After seeing how the Egyptians behaved, among whom you also lived, you must not do what they did. And you must not behave as the Canaanites live, into whose land I am taking you. You must avoid their practices. - +\v 3 After seeing how the Egyptians behaved, among whom you also lived, you must not do what they did. And you must not behave as the Canaanites live, into whose land I am taking you. You must avoid their practices. + \s5 \v 4 You must obey all of my laws; you must do everything that I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you. \v 5 If you obey all my decrees and laws, you will continue to remain alive for a long time. I, Yahweh, am promising you this. Here are some of my laws. diff --git a/03-LEV/21.usfm b/03-LEV/21.usfm index 7715a280..aa7269a4 100644 --- a/03-LEV/21.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/21.usfm @@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 16 Yahweh also said to Moses, -\v 17 "Say this to Aaron: 'For all future time, none of your descendants who has any defects on his body will be allowed to come near the altar to offer sacrifices to me which will be like my food. - +\v 17 "Say this to Aaron: 'For all future time, none of your descendants who has any defects on his body will be allowed to come near the altar to offer sacrifices to me which will be like my food. \s5 \v 18 No one who is blind or lame or deformed, or whose face is disfigured, \v 19 no man with a crippled foot or a crippled hand, diff --git a/03-LEV/22.usfm b/03-LEV/22.usfm index bc1c5328..33f09f6a 100644 --- a/03-LEV/22.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/22.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 14 If anyone who is not permitted to eat a sacred offering eats it without realizing that it is sacred, he must pay the priest for the food and add an extra one fifth to it. -\v 15 When the priests bring offerings to me, the sacred offerings that the Israelite people bring to them, they must not treat those offerings as though they were not special to me; +\v 15 When the priests bring offerings to me, the sacred offerings that the Israelite people bring to them, they must not treat those offerings as though they were not special to me; \v 16 the people must not allow anyone who is not a priest to eat any of those offerings. If they did that, they would become guilty. I am Yahweh, the one who sets the Israelite people apart from other people and makes them holy for my honor." diff --git a/03-LEV/23.usfm b/03-LEV/23.usfm index 9705f6a0..072faa8e 100644 --- a/03-LEV/23.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/23.usfm @@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 4 There are festivals that I am establishing for you. These will be sacred days when you must gather together to worship me. -\v 5 The first festival is the Passover. That festival will begin at twilight on the appointed day each spring and end the following day. - +\v 5 The first festival is the Passover. That festival will begin at twilight on the appointed day each spring and end the following day. \v 6 The next day will begin the Festival of Bread with no Yeast. That festival will continue for seven days. During that time, the bread that you eat must be made without yeast. \s5 diff --git a/03-LEV/24.usfm b/03-LEV/24.usfm index 2eb1d082..fa1d4de8 100644 --- a/03-LEV/24.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/24.usfm @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \v 18 And anyone who kills another person's animal must give that person a live animal to replace the one that he killed. \s5 -\v 19 And if one person injures another person, the injured person is allowed to injure the person who injured him in the same way. +\v 19 And if one person injures another person, the injured person is allowed to injure the person who injured him in the same way. \v 20 If someone breaks one of another person's bones, that person is allowed to break one of the bones of the person who injured him. If someone gouges out an eye of another person, that person is allowed to gouge out the eye of the person who injured him. If someone knocks out the tooth of another person, that person is allowed to knock out one of his teeth. What is done to the offender must be the same as what he did to the other person. \v 21 Whoever kills another person's animal must give that person a live animal to replace the one that he killed, but the people must execute anyone who murders another person. diff --git a/03-LEV/25.usfm b/03-LEV/25.usfm index 73004fa1..c99fe397 100644 --- a/03-LEV/25.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/25.usfm @@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ \v 8-9 After every forty-nine years has ended, you must do this for the celebration of Jubilee. On the tenth day of the seventh month of the next year, blow trumpets throughout the country, to announce the Day of Atonement. \s5 -\v 10 Set apart that year in order to honor Yahweh. You must proclaim everywhere, to all the people, that this year will be the time for giving the land back to the families that first owned it when Yahweh brought you into your land. It will also be the time for setting free any of Yahweh's people who are slaves. - +\v 10 Set apart that year in order to honor Yahweh. You must proclaim everywhere, to all the people, that this year will be the time for giving the land back to the families that first owned it when Yahweh brought you into your land. It will also be the time for setting free any of Yahweh's people who are slaves. \s5 \v 11 This year of Jubilee, the fiftieth year, will be a year in which you must rejoice and obey Yahweh's special instructions. During that year do not plant anything, and do not harvest in your usual manner the crops or grapes that have grown by themselves. \v 12 It will be a year for you to rejoice in, the year of Jubilee. You will treat it as special, and eat only what has grown by itself. @@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 18 Obey all my laws carefully. If you do that, you will continue to live safely in your country. +\v 18 Obey all my laws carefully. If you do that, you will continue to live safely in your country. \v 19 The crops will grow well on the land, and you will have plenty to eat. \s5 diff --git a/03-LEV/26.usfm b/03-LEV/26.usfm index 21d73a27..58e02517 100644 --- a/03-LEV/26.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/26.usfm @@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ \v 34 After that happens, as long as you are living in your enemies' countries, I will allow your land to rest, as you should have done every seven years. \v 35 During all the time that no one is in your land, it will be able to rest. This will be unlike you, who never allowed it to rest while you were there. \p -\v 36 As for you people who will remain alive in the countries to which your enemies will have taken you, I will make you very afraid, so when you hear the wind blowing leaves, you will run away. - +\v 36 As for you people who will remain alive in the countries to which your enemies will have taken you, I will make you very afraid, so when you hear the wind blowing leaves, you will run away. \s5 \v 37 You will run as if a man with a sword were chasing you, and you will fall down, even though no one is coming behind you. You will stumble over each other trying to flee. You will not be able to stand and fight your enemies. \v 38 Many of you will die in your enemies' countries. diff --git a/04-NUM/01.usfm b/04-NUM/01.usfm index f49434eb..4f92f5e5 100644 --- a/04-NUM/01.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/01.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \p \v 1 In the second month of the year after the Israelite people had left Egypt, Yahweh spoke to Moses while he was in the sacred tent, in the wilderness of Sinai. Yahweh said to him, -\v 2 "Count how many Israelite men, from each family in Israel, and count them by name. +\v 2 "Count how many Israelite men, from each family in Israel, and count them by name. \v 3 You and Aaron must count the men who are at least twenty years old, those who can serve as soldiers in the army. Write down the number of the men, along with the names of their clans and families. \s5 @@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ \s5 \li1 -\v 7-9 +\v 7-9 \li1 Nahshon son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah; \li1 Nethanel son of Zuar, from the tribe of Issachar; \li1 Eliab son of Helon, from the tribe of Zebulun; \s5 \li1 -\v 10-11 +\v 10-11 \li1 Elishama son of Ammihud, from the tribe of Joseph's son Ephraim; \li1 Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, from the tribe of Joseph's son Manasseh; \li1 Abidan son of Gideoni, from the tribe of Benjamin; diff --git a/04-NUM/03.usfm b/04-NUM/03.usfm index f20b7a7a..945c9c78 100644 --- a/04-NUM/03.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/03.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \v 2 Aaron had four sons. They were Nadab the oldest, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. \s5 -\v 3 These are the names of Aaron's sons who were anointed priests and set apart as priests and whom he ordained to serve as priests. +\v 3 These are the names of Aaron's sons who were anointed priests and set apart as priests and whom he ordained to serve as priests. \v 4 But, while Yahweh was watching, Nadab and Abihu died in the wilderness of Sinai because they burned incense in a manner that was disobedient to what Yahweh had commanded. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar were the only sons of Aaron who were left to be priests, along with their father Aaron. \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/07.usfm b/04-NUM/07.usfm index c182e197..2543b7c3 100644 --- a/04-NUM/07.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/07.usfm @@ -28,145 +28,145 @@ \v 11 Yahweh said to Moses, "On each of the next twelve days one leader should bring his gifts for the dedication of the altar." \s5 -\pi +\pi \v 12-13 On the first day, Nahshon son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah brought his gifts: \li a silver dish that weighed almost 1.5 kilograms and a silver bowl that weighed about .8 kilograms, both of which were full of good flour and mixed with olive oil to be flour offerings. They both were weighed using the standard scales, \v 14 and a small gold dish that weighed 113 grams and was filled with incense. \s5 -\li +\li \v 15-17 They also brought the gifts of a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb, to be sacrificed completely by being burned on the altar, \li a goat to be sacrificed to remove people's guilt for their sins, \li and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs that were one year old, to be sacrifices to restore the people's fellowship with Yahweh. \s5 -\pi +\pi \v 18-19 On the second day, Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, brought his gifts: \li a silver dish that weighed almost 1.5 kilograms and a silver bowl that weighed about 0.8 kilograms. Both of these were full of good flour and mixed with olive oil to be flour offerings. They were both weighed using the standard scales, \li a small gold dish that weighed about 110 grams, filled with incense. \s5 -\li +\li \v 20-23 Nethanel also brought the gifts of a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb, to be sacrificed completely by being burned on the altar, \li a goat to be sacrificed to remove people's guilt for their sins, \li and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs that were one year old, to be sacrifices to restore the people's fellowship with Yahweh. \s5 -\pi +\pi \v 24-26 On the third day, Eliab son of Helon, leader of the tribe of Zebulun brought his gifts: \li a silver dish that weighed almost 1.5 kilograms and a silver bowl that weighed about .8 kilograms, both of which were full of good flour and mixed with olive oil to be flour offering. They both were weighed using the standard scales, \li a small gold dish that weighed about 110 grams, filled with incense. \s5 -\li +\li \v 27-29 Eliab also brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb, to be sacrificed completely by being burned on the altar, \li a goat to be sacrificed to remove people's guilt for their sins, \li and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs that were one year old, to be sacrifices to restore the people's fellowship with Yahweh. \s5 -\pi +\pi \v 30-32 On the fourth day, Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the tribe of Reuben brought his gifts: \li a silver dish that weighed almost 1.5 kilograms and a silver bowl that weighed about .8 kilograms, both of which were full of good flour and mixed with olive oil to be flour offerings. They both were weighed using the standard scales, \li a small gold dish that weighed about 110 grams, filled with incense. \s5 -\li +\li \v 33-35 Elizur also brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb, to be sacrificed completely by being burned on the altar, \li a goat to be sacrificed to remove people's guilt for their sins, \li and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs that were one year old, to be sacrifices to restore the people's fellowship with Yahweh. \s5 -\pi +\pi \v 36-38 On the fifth day, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the tribe of Simeon brought his gifts: \li a silver dish that weighed almost 1.5 kilograms and a silver bowl that weighed about .8 kilograms, both of which were full of good flour and mixed with olive oil to be flour offerings; they both were weighed using the standard scales, \li a small gold dish that weighed about 110 grams, filled with incense. \s5 -\li +\li \v 39-41 Shelumiel also brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb, to be sacrificed completely by being burned on the altar, \li a goat to be sacrificed to remove people's guilt for their sins, \li and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs that were one year old, to be sacrifices to restore the people's fellowship with Yahweh. \s5 -\pi +\pi \v 42-44 On the sixth day, Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the tribe of Gad brought his gifts: \li a silver dish that weighed almost 1.5 kilograms and a silver bowl that weighed about .8 kilograms, both of which were full of good flour and mixed with olive oil to be flour offerings. They both were weighed using the standard scales, \li a small gold dish that weighed about 110 grams, filled with incense. \s5 -\li +\li \v 45-47 Eliasaph also brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb, to be sacrificed completely by being burned on the altar, \li a goat to be sacrificed to remove people's guilt for their sins, \li and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs that were one year old, to be sacrifices to restore the people's fellowship with Yahweh. \s5 -\pi +\pi \v 48-50 On the seventh day, Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the tribe of Ephraim brought his gifts: \li a silver dish that weighed almost 1.5 kilograms and a silver bowl that weighed about .8 kilograms, both of which were full of good flour and mixed with olive oil to be flour offerings. They both were weighed using the standard scales, \li a small gold dish that weighed about 110 grams, filled with incense. \s5 -\li +\li \v 51-53 Elishama also brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb, to be sacrificed completely by being burned on the altar, \li a goat to be sacrificed to remove people's guilt for their sins, \li and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs that were one year old, to be sacrifices to restore the people's fellowship with Yahweh. \s5 -\pi +\pi \v 54-56 On the eighth day, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the tribe of Manasseh brought his gifts: \li a silver dish that weighed almost 1.5 kilograms and a silver bowl that weighed about .8 kilograms, both of which were full of good flour and mixed with olive oil to be flour offerings. They both were weighed using the standard scales, \li a small gold dish that weighed about 110 grams, filled with incense. \s5 -\li +\li \v 57-59 Gamaliel also brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb, to be sacrificed completely by being burned on the altar, \li a goat to be sacrificed to remove people's guilt for their sins, \li and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs that were one year old, to be sacrifices to restore the people's fellowship with Yahweh. \s5 -\pi +\pi \v 60-62 On the ninth day, Abidan son of Gideoni, leader of the tribe of Benjamin brought his gifts: \li a silver dish that weighed almost 1.5 kilograms and a silver bowl that weighed about .8 kilograms, both of which were full of good flour and mixed with olive oil to be flour offerings. They both were weighed using the standard scales, \li a small gold dish that weighed about 110 grams, filled with incense. \s5 -\li +\li \v 63-65 Adiban also brought a young bull, a ram, and a one year-old male lamb, to be sacrificed completely by being burned on the altar, \li a goat to be sacrificed to remove people's guilt for their sins, \li and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs that were one year old, to be sacrifices to restore the people's fellowship with Yahweh. \s5 -\pi +\pi \v 66-68 On the tenth day, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, leader of the tribe of Dan brought his gifts: \li a silver dish that weighed almost 1.5 kilograms and a silver bowl that weighed about .8 kilograms, both of which were full of good flour and mixed with olive oil to be flour offerings. They both were weighed using the standard scales, \li a small gold dish that weighed about 110 grams, filled with incense. \s5 -\li +\li \v 69-71 Ahiezer also brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb, to be sacrificed completely by being burned on the altar, \li a goat to be sacrificed to remove people's guilt for their sins, \li and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs that were one year old, to be sacrifices to restore the people's fellowship with Yahweh. \s5 -\pi +\pi \v 72-74 On the eleventh day, Pagiel son of Ochran, leader of the tribe of Asher brought his gifts: \li a silver dish that weighed almost 1.5 kilograms and a silver bowl that weighed about .8 kilograms, both of which were full of good flour and mixed with olive oil to be flour offerings. They both were weighed using the standard scales, \li a small gold dish that weighed about 110 grams, filled with incense. \s5 -\li +\li \v 75-77 Pagiel also brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb, to be sacrificed completely by being burned on the altar, \li a goat to be sacrificed to remove people's guilt for their sins, \li and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs that were one year old, to be sacrifices to restore the people's fellowship with Yahweh. \s5 -\pi +\pi \v 78-80 On the twelveth day, Ahira son of Enan, leader of the tribe of Naphtali brought his gifts: \li a silver dish that weighed almost 1.5 kilograms and a silver bowl that weighed about .8 kilograms, both of which were full of good flour and mixed with olive oil to be flour offerings. They both were weighed using the standard scales, \li a small gold dish that weighed about 110 grams, filled with incense. \s5 -\li +\li \v 81-83 Ahira also brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb, to be sacrificed completely by being burned on the altar, \li a goat to be sacrificed to remove people's guilt for their sins, \li and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs that were one year old, to be sacrifices to restore the people's fellowship with Yahweh. diff --git a/04-NUM/08.usfm b/04-NUM/08.usfm index 2a85b526..d571031f 100644 --- a/04-NUM/08.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/08.usfm @@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ \s5 \v 16 They will belong to me. They will work for me as substitutes for the firstborn males of all the Israelites, who also belong to me. -\v 17 All the firstborn males in Israel, both the people and the animals, are mine. When I caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die, I set them apart for myself. But I spared the firstborn of all males of the Israelites, of people and animals, because they are mine. - +\v 17 All the firstborn males in Israel, both the people and the animals, are mine. When I caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die, I set them apart for myself. But I spared the firstborn of all males of the Israelites, of people and animals, because they are mine. \s5 \v 18 But now I have chosen the descendants of Levi to take the places of the firsborn male sons of the other Israelites. \v 19 I have appointed the descendants of Levi to help Aaron and his sons at the sacred tent, as Aaron and his sons offer the sacrifices to take away the guilt of the Israelite people's sins, and to prevent the Israelites from coming close to the tent with the result that a plague would cause many of them to become sick and die." diff --git a/04-NUM/11.usfm b/04-NUM/11.usfm index de936845..4a4acd86 100644 --- a/04-NUM/11.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/11.usfm @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 26 Two of the leaders whom Moses appointed, Eldad and Medad, were not there when the rest of them gathered together. They had not left their tents to go and stand around the sacred tent. But Yahweh's Spirit came on them also, and they started to prophesy. +\v 26 Two of the leaders whom Moses appointed, Eldad and Medad, were not there when the rest of them gathered together. They had not left their tents to go and stand around the sacred tent. But Yahweh's Spirit came on them also, and they started to prophesy. \v 27 So a young man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying where all their tents are!" \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/12.usfm b/04-NUM/12.usfm index 437ac379..5385706b 100644 --- a/04-NUM/12.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/12.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 12 \p -\v 1-2 Moses' older sister Miriam and his older brother Aaron were jealous of Moses and said, "Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us? Does Yahweh not speak messages through us two also?" They also criticized Moses because he had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people group. And Yahweh heard Miriam and Aaron complaining about Moses. +\v 1-2 Moses' older sister Miriam and his older brother Aaron were jealous of Moses and said, "Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us? Does Yahweh not speak messages through us two also?" They also criticized Moses because he had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people group. And Yahweh heard Miriam and Aaron complaining about Moses. \p \v 3 The truth was that Moses was a very humble person. He was more humble than anyone else on the earth. diff --git a/04-NUM/13.usfm b/04-NUM/13.usfm index 7663e9ab..0550bf0f 100644 --- a/04-NUM/13.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/13.usfm @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ \v 31 But the men who had gone with him said, "No, we cannot attack and defeat those people. They are much stronger than we are!" \s5 -\v 32 So those men gave to the Israelite people a bad report about the land that they had explored. They said, "The land that we explored destroys the life those who try to attack it. And all the people living there are very tall. +\v 32 So those men gave to the Israelite people a bad report about the land that they had explored. They said, "The land that we explored destroys the life those who try to attack it. And all the people living there are very tall. \v 33 We also saw giants there. They are the descendants of Anak (who come from the Nephilim, those giant people). When we saw these giants we felt as small as grasshoppers and they thought that we looked like grasshoppers too." diff --git a/04-NUM/17.usfm b/04-NUM/17.usfm index e4e14e64..95b48342 100644 --- a/04-NUM/17.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/17.usfm @@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ \s5 \p \v 12 Then the Israelite people said to Moses, "We are going to die! All of us are surely going to die! -\v 13 Everyone who comes close to Yahweh's sacred tent dies. Are the rest of us going to die, also?" - +\v 13 Everyone who comes close to Yahweh's sacred tent dies. Are the rest of us going to die, also?" diff --git a/04-NUM/26.usfm b/04-NUM/26.usfm index 83bafe2e..73eed0e7 100644 --- a/04-NUM/26.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/26.usfm @@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ \li the Palluites descended from his son Pallu, \li the Hezronites descended from his son Hezron, \li the Carmites descended from his son Carmi. -\pi The Israelite leaders counted 43,730 men from the tribe of Reuben. - +\pi The Israelite leaders counted 43,730 men from the tribe of Reuben. \s5 \v 8 Pallu's son was Eliab \v 9 and his grandsons were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram were the leaders who joined with Korah to conspire against Aaron and Moses and rebelled against Yahweh. @@ -38,8 +37,7 @@ \li the Jachinites descended from his son Jachin, \li the Zerahites descended from his son Zerah, \li the Shaulites descended from his son Shaul. -\pi The Israelite leaders counted 22,200 men from the tribe of Simeon. - +\pi The Israelite leaders counted 22,200 men from the tribe of Simeon. \s5 \pi \v 15-18 These are the descendants of Gad: @@ -50,8 +48,7 @@ \li the Erites descended from his son Eri, \li the Arodites descended from his son Arod, \li the Arelites descended from his son Areli. -\pi The Israelite leaders counted 40,500 men from the tribe of Gad. - +\pi The Israelite leaders counted 40,500 men from the tribe of Gad. \s5 \pi \v 19-22 Judah's sons, Er and Onan, died in Canaan before they had any children. These are the descendants of Judah: @@ -60,9 +57,8 @@ \li the Zerahites descended from his son Zerah. \pi Perez was the father of Hezron and Hamul. \li The Hezronites descended from Hezron, -\li the Hamulites descended from Hamul. -\pi The Israelite leaders counted 76,500 men from the tribe of Judah. - +\li the Hamulites descended from Hamul. +\pi The Israelite leaders counted 76,500 men from the tribe of Judah. \s5 \pi \v 23-25 These are the descendants of Issachar: @@ -78,8 +74,7 @@ \li the Seredites descended from his son Sered, \li the Elonites descended from his son Elon, \li the Jahleelites descended from his son Jahleel, -\pi The Israelite leaders counted 60,500 men from the tribe of Zebulun. - +\pi The Israelite leaders counted 60,500 men from the tribe of Zebulun. \s5 \pi \v 28-29 The sons of Joseph are Manasseh and Ephraim. These are the descendants of Manasseh: @@ -88,7 +83,7 @@ \li The Gileadites descended from Gilead. \s5 -\pi +\pi \v 30-32 Theses are the descendants of Gilead: \li the Iezerites descended from his son Iezer, \li the Helekites descended from his son Helek, @@ -98,20 +93,18 @@ \li the Hepherites descended from his son Hepher. \s5 -\pi +\pi \v 33-34 Hepher's son Zelophehad did not have any sons, but he had five daughters—Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. -\pi The Israelite leaders counted 52,700 men from the tribe of Manasseh, who was one of the sons of Joseph. - +\pi The Israelite leaders counted 52,700 men from the tribe of Manasseh, who was one of the sons of Joseph. \s5 \pi \v 35-37 These are the descendants of Ephriam: \li the Shuthelahites descended from his son Shuthelah, \li the Becherites descended from his son Becher, \li the Tahanites descended from his son Tahan, -\pi These are the descendents of Shuthelah: +\pi These are the descendents of Shuthelah: \li the Eranites descended from his son Eran, -\pi The Israelite leaders counted 32,500 men from the tribe of Ephraim, who was Joseph's other son. - +\pi The Israelite leaders counted 32,500 men from the tribe of Ephraim, who was Joseph's other son. \s5 \pi \v 38-41 These are the descendants of Benjamin: @@ -120,29 +113,26 @@ \li the Ahiramites descended from his son Ahiram, \li the Shuphamites descended from his son Shephupham, \li the Huphamites descended from his son Hupham, -\pi Bela was the father of Ard and Naaman. +\pi Bela was the father of Ard and Naaman. \li The Ardites descended from his son Ard, \li the Naamites descended from his son Naamam. -\pi The Israelite leaders counted 45,600 men from the tribe of Benjamin. - +\pi The Israelite leaders counted 45,600 men from the tribe of Benjamin. \s5 \pi \v 42-43 These are the descendants of Dan: \li the Shuhamites descended from his son Shuhman, -\pi The Israelite leaders counted 64,400 men from the tribe of Dan. - +\pi The Israelite leaders counted 64,400 men from the tribe of Dan. \s5 \pi \v 44-47 These are the descendants of Asher: \li the Imnites descended from his son Imnah, \li the Ishvites descended from his son Ishvi, \li the Berites descended from his son Beriah, -\pi Beriah had two sons, Heber and Malkiel. +\pi Beriah had two sons, Heber and Malkiel. \li The Heberites descended from his son Heber \li the Malchielites descended from his son Malchiel. \li Asher also had a daughter named Serah. -\pi The Israelite leaders counted 53,400 men from the tribe of Asher. - +\pi The Israelite leaders counted 53,400 men from the tribe of Asher. \s5 \pi \v 48-50 These are the descendants of Napthali: @@ -150,7 +140,7 @@ \li the Gunites descended from his son Guni, \li the Jezerites descended from his son Jezer, \li the Shillemites descended from his son Shillem, -\pi The Israelite leaders counted 45,400 men from the tribe of Naphtali. +\pi The Israelite leaders counted 45,400 men from the tribe of Naphtali. \m \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/27.usfm b/04-NUM/27.usfm index cc2889a2..64afc65a 100644 --- a/04-NUM/27.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/27.usfm @@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ \s5 \v 2 They came to the entrance of the sacred tent and stood in front of Eleazar, Moses, the tribal leaders, and many other Israelite people. -\v 3 They said, "Our father died during the time that we were in the desert, and he did not have any sons. But he was not among those who supported Korah, who rebelled against Yahweh, and he died because of his own sin. He did not have any sons. - +\v 3 They said, "Our father died during the time that we were in the desert, and he did not have any sons. But he was not among those who supported Korah, who rebelled against Yahweh, and he died because of his own sin. He did not have any sons. \s5 \v 4 Why should the name of his clan disappear because our father had no sons? So give us some land like our father's relatives will be getting!" \p @@ -37,8 +36,7 @@ \p \v 15 Then Moses said this to Yahweh, \v 16 "Yahweh, you are the God who directs the spirits of all people. So please appoint a new leader for the Israelite people. -\v 17 Appoint someone who will lead your people when they go to fight a battle, so that they will not just wander around like sheep that do not have a shepherd." - +\v 17 Appoint someone who will lead your people when they go to fight a battle, so that they will not just wander around like sheep that do not have a shepherd." \s5 \p \v 18 Yahweh replied, "Get Joshua son of Nun, who has my Spirit within him. Lay your hands on him to appoint him. diff --git a/04-NUM/28.usfm b/04-NUM/28.usfm index 4a46fcf9..af3b8e22 100644 --- a/04-NUM/28.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/28.usfm @@ -57,10 +57,9 @@ \p \v 26 On the day of the Harvest festival, when you bring to me the first grain that you have harvested, you must gather together to worship me. Do not do any regular work that you would normally do on that day. \v 27 Bring to me two young bulls, one male sheep, and seven male lambs that are one year old. When they are completely burned on the altar, the smell will be very pleasing to me. -\v 28 Also bring a flour offering of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil. For each bull bring 5.7 liters, and with each male sheep bring 3.8 liters. - +\v 28 Also bring a flour offering of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil. For each bull bring 5.7 liters, and with each male sheep bring 3.8 liters. \s5 -\v 29 For each of the lambs bring 1.9 liters. +\v 29 For each of the lambs bring 1.9 liters. \v 30 Also sacrifice one male goat to make atonement for your sins. \v 31 Bring these offerings and the offering of wine in addition to the animals and flour that you burn on the altar each day. And remember that the animals that you sacrifice must have no defects.'" diff --git a/04-NUM/29.usfm b/04-NUM/29.usfm index 2b632b5a..f1b8f97b 100644 --- a/04-NUM/29.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/29.usfm @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 17 On the second day of the festival, you must bring to the altar twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs that are one year old. These animals must have no defects. +\v 17 On the second day of the festival, you must bring to the altar twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs that are one year old. These animals must have no defects. \v 18 Bring also with the animals the offerings of flour and wine that are required. \v 19 Also offer one male goat; sacrifice it to remove the guilt of your sins. These animals will be in addition to the offerings of animals and flour and wine that are completely burned on the altar each day. diff --git a/04-NUM/30.usfm b/04-NUM/30.usfm index a0f311f9..da6cfad1 100644 --- a/04-NUM/30.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/30.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 30 \p -\v 1 Moses spoke with the leaders of the Israelite tribes. He told them these commands that Yahweh had given to him: +\v 1 Moses spoke with the leaders of the Israelite tribes. He told them these commands that Yahweh had given to him: \p \v 2 "If a man solemnly promises Yahweh that he will do something, he must do what he promised. @@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ \v 4 and if her father hears about what she promised, and if he does not say anything to her, she must do what she promised. \s5 -\v 5 And if her father hears about all she promised to do, but he says nothing to her, then she must keep all the promises she made. - +\v 5 And if her father hears about all she promised to do, but he says nothing to her, then she must keep all the promises she made. \s5 \p \v 6 If her father overrules her on the day he hears all the vows she made and her solemn promises with which she has bound herself, then they will stand. Yahweh will forgive her because her father had overruled her. diff --git a/04-NUM/31.usfm b/04-NUM/31.usfm index cdcb822a..4e7ba82a 100644 --- a/04-NUM/31.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/31.usfm @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 21 Then Eleazar said to the soldiers who had returned from the battle, "This is what Yahweh has instructed Moses. +\v 21 Then Eleazar said to the soldiers who had returned from the battle, "This is what Yahweh has instructed Moses. \v 22 You must put into a fire any gold or silver or bronze or iron or tin or lead things that you brought back from the battle. \v 23 Put everything that will not burn into the fire, and then they will be acceptable for you to use. But also sprinkle those things with the water that causes things and people to become acceptable to God. The things that would burn if you put them in a fire, sprinkle them with that water. \v 24 On the seventh day, wash your clothes, and then you will become acceptable to God again. After you do that, you may return to the camp." diff --git a/05-DEU/02.usfm b/05-DEU/02.usfm index d11963c6..9d41176a 100644 --- a/05-DEU/02.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/02.usfm @@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ \s5 \v 6 When you travel near their land, buy food and water from them.' \p -\v 7 Do not forget that Yahweh our God has blessed you in everything that you have done. He knows what has happened to you while you have wandered in this huge desert. But he has been with you during those forty years, and as a result you have had everything that you needed. - +\v 7 Do not forget that Yahweh our God has blessed you in everything that you have done. He knows what has happened to you while you have wandered in this huge desert. But he has been with you during those forty years, and as a result you have had everything that you needed. \s5 \p \v 8 So we continued to travel. We avoided going through the hill country where the descendants of Esau live. We turned from the road that goes along the plain of the Jordan valley, and comes up from Ezion Geber and Elath, and we traveled along the desert road of Moab. diff --git a/05-DEU/08.usfm b/05-DEU/08.usfm index ce23bad0..597048e7 100644 --- a/05-DEU/08.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/08.usfm @@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ \v 2 And do not forget how Yahweh our God led us as we traveled through the desert during these past forty years. He caused you to have many problems, because he wanted to cause you to realize that you needed to trust him and not yourselves. And he wanted to test you, to find out what you intended to do, whether you would obey his commandments or not. \s5 -\v 3 So he caused you to have difficulties. He allowed you to become hungry. Then he gave you manna, food from heaven, food that you and your ancestors had never eaten before. He did that to teach you that people need food for their bodies, but they also need food for their spirits, which comes from paying attention to everything that Yahweh says. - +\v 3 So he caused you to have difficulties. He allowed you to become hungry. Then he gave you manna, food from heaven, food that you and your ancestors had never eaten before. He did that to teach you that people need food for their bodies, but they also need food for their spirits, which comes from paying attention to everything that Yahweh says. \s5 \v 4 During those forty years, our clothes did not wear out, and our feet did not swell from walking through the desert. \v 5 Do not forget that Yahweh our God corrects us and punishes us, like parents correct their children. @@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ \v 6 So obey the commandments of Yahweh our God, and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and honor him. \s5 -\v 7 He is about to bring you into a good land, which has streams which flow down from the hills and flow out of springs in the valleys. +\v 7 He is about to bring you into a good land, which has streams which flow down from the hills and flow out of springs in the valleys. \v 8 It is a land on which wheat and barley grow, a land where there are fig trees and pomegranates, and a land where there are olive trees and honey. \s5 diff --git a/05-DEU/09.usfm b/05-DEU/09.usfm index 6299e29a..4bcff5dd 100644 --- a/05-DEU/09.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/09.usfm @@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ \p \v 1 You people of Israel, listen to me! You will soon cross the Jordan River. In the land that you will enter, there are large cities that have very high walls around them that seem to extend up to the sky. There are people groups in that land that are more numerous and more powerful than you are. -\v 2 Those people are very tall and strong. Some of them are giants who are descendants of Anak. You know about them, and you have heard people say that no one can defeat the descendants of Anak. - +\v 2 Those people are very tall and strong. Some of them are giants who are descendants of Anak. You know about them, and you have heard people say that no one can defeat the descendants of Anak. \s5 \v 3 I want you to know that Yahweh our God will go ahead of you. He will be like a raging fire. While you advance, he will defeat and destroy them. As a result, you will quickly be able to drive out some of them and kill the others, which is what Yahweh promised that you would do. @@ -67,8 +66,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 25 So, as I said, I lay on the ground in Yahweh's presence for forty days and nights, because Yahweh had said that he would destroy your ancestors. -\v 26 And I prayed to Yahweh, saying, 'Lord Yahweh, these people belong to you; do not destroy them. They are people whom you rescued and brought out of Egypt by your very great power. - +\v 26 And I prayed to Yahweh, saying, 'Lord Yahweh, these people belong to you; do not destroy them. They are people whom you rescued and brought out of Egypt by your very great power. \s5 \v 27 Do not forget what you promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Ignore how stubborn and wicked these people have been, and the sin that they have committed. \v 28 If you do not do that, and if you destroy them, the people of Egypt will hear about it and say that you were not able to bring them into the land that you promised to give to them. They will say that you took them into the desert only to kill them there because you hated them. diff --git a/05-DEU/11.usfm b/05-DEU/11.usfm index a1493378..4b379632 100644 --- a/05-DEU/11.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/11.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \v 1 "Because of all that Yahweh your God has done for you, you must love and continually obey all his rules and decrees and commandments. \s5 -\v 2 It was you and your ancestors, not your children, whom he punished because you disobeyed him, putting you through many difficulties to teach and train you. So starting today, continue to think about how his punishment, his mighty power, and his great strength to do whatever he wants to do to you. +\v 2 It was you and your ancestors, not your children, whom he punished because you disobeyed him, putting you through many difficulties to teach and train you. So starting today, continue to think about how his punishment, his mighty power, and his great strength to do whatever he wants to do to you. \v 3 Remember the many different miracles that he performed in Egypt, miracles that showed how powerful and great he is. Think about what he did to the king of Egypt and to all the land that he ruled. \s5 diff --git a/05-DEU/15.usfm b/05-DEU/15.usfm index 83ba1d91..5717f082 100644 --- a/05-DEU/15.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/15.usfm @@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ \s5 \v 9 Be sure that you do not say to yourself, 'The year when debts will be canceled is near, so I do not want to lend anyone any money now, because he will not need to pay it back when that year comes.' It would be evil to even think that. If you act in an unfriendly way toward a needy fellow Israelite, and give him nothing, he will cry out to Yahweh against you, and Yahweh will say that you have sinned by not helping that person. -\v 10 Give freely to poor people and give generously. If you do that, Yahweh will bless you in everything that you do. - +\v 10 Give freely to poor people and give generously. If you do that, Yahweh will bless you in everything that you do. \s5 \v 11 There will always be some poor people in your land, so I command you to give generously to poor people, to your fellow Israelites. diff --git a/05-DEU/17.usfm b/05-DEU/17.usfm index eaa71c8c..dc4a6b36 100644 --- a/05-DEU/17.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/17.usfm @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \p \v 18 When he becomes your king, he must appoint someone to copy these laws. He must copy them from the scroll that is kept by the priests descended from Levi. \v 19 He must keep this new scroll near him and read from it every day of his life, in order that he may learn to have an awesome respect for Yahweh, and to faithfully obey all the rules and regulations that are written in these laws. - + \s5 \v 20 If he does that, he will not think that he is more important than his fellow Israelites, and he will completely obey Yahweh's commands. As a result, he and his descendants will rule as kings in Israel for many years." diff --git a/05-DEU/19.usfm b/05-DEU/19.usfm index 0c824baa..87104cbb 100644 --- a/05-DEU/19.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/19.usfm @@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ \s5 \v 6 Because he accidentally killed someone, and because the man was not his enemy, he can try to run to one of those cities. If there were only one city, it may be a long distance to that city. Then if the relative of the man who was killed to get revenge, is very angry, he may be able to catch the other person before he arrives at that city. -\v 7 Therefore, I give you this command, that you select three cities for this purpose. - +\v 7 Therefore, I give you this command, that you select three cities for this purpose. \s5 \p \v 8-9 If you do everything that I am today commanding you to do, and if you love Yahweh our God, and if you conduct your lives as he wants you to do, Yahweh our God will give you much more land than you will have when you first occupy it, which is what he promised to do. He will give you all the land which he promised your ancestors that he would give to you. When he gives you that land, you must select three more cities to which people may escape. diff --git a/05-DEU/27.usfm b/05-DEU/27.usfm index 95df6b34..d5617b9a 100644 --- a/05-DEU/27.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/27.usfm @@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ \p \v 1 Moses, along with the other Israelite leaders, said this to the people: "Obey all the commandments that I am giving to you today. -\v 2 Soon you will cross the Jordan River and enter the land that Yahweh, your God, promised to give to you. There, set up some large stones and cover them with plaster. +\v 2 Soon you will cross the Jordan River and enter the land that Yahweh, your God, promised to give to you. There, set up some large stones and cover them with plaster. \v 3 Write on those stones all these laws and teachings, when you enter that very fertile land that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors worshiped, promised to give to you. \s5 -\v 4 When you have crossed the Jordan River, set up some large stones on Mount Ebal, just as I told you, and cover them with plaster. +\v 4 When you have crossed the Jordan River, set up some large stones on Mount Ebal, just as I told you, and cover them with plaster. \v 5 And build a stone altar there to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, but do not do any work on those stones with iron tools. \s5 diff --git a/05-DEU/28.usfm b/05-DEU/28.usfm index 66a05589..4854d736 100644 --- a/05-DEU/28.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/28.usfm @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ \s5 \pi -\v 22 Yahweh will afflict you with diseases that shrivel your bodies, with fever, with inflammation. +\v 22 Yahweh will afflict you with diseases that shrivel your bodies, with fever, with inflammation. \pi It will be extremely hot, and it will not rain. \pi There will be scorching winds, and he will cause your crops to rot. \pi All these things will strike you until you die. diff --git a/05-DEU/29.usfm b/05-DEU/29.usfm index 048ea428..4c44d7ae 100644 --- a/05-DEU/29.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/29.usfm @@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ \v 17 In those countries they saw those disgusting idols made of wood and stone and decorated with silver and gold. \v 18 So be sure that no man or woman or family or tribe that is here today turns away from Yahweh our God, to worship any of the gods of those people groups. If you do that, you will bring disaster on yourselves. \p -\v 19 Be sure that no one here today who hears the words of this covenant says to himself, 'Everything will go well with me, even if I stubbornly do what I want to.' If you do that, the result will be that Yahweh will eventually destroy all of you, both good people and evil people. - +\v 19 Be sure that no one here today who hears the words of this covenant says to himself, 'Everything will go well with me, even if I stubbornly do what I want to.' If you do that, the result will be that Yahweh will eventually destroy all of you, both good people and evil people. \s5 \v 20 Yahweh will not forgive anyone who is stubborn like that. Instead, he will be extremely angry with that person, and all the curses that I have told you about will happen to that person, until Yahweh destroys that person and his family forever. \v 21 From all the tribes of Israel, Yahweh will choose that individual to suffer all the disasters that I have listed in the covenant—all the bad things that will happen to anyone whom Yahweh curses for disobeying the laws that I have written in this scroll. diff --git a/05-DEU/33.usfm b/05-DEU/33.usfm index 5b15da31..07082ba6 100644 --- a/05-DEU/33.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/33.usfm @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \q \v 9 The tribe of Levi did what you told them to do \q and obeyed the covenant that you had made with the Israelite people; -\q those laws were more important to them +\q those laws were more important to them \q than their siblings and parents and children. \s5 diff --git a/06-JOS/01.usfm b/06-JOS/01.usfm index 41d87b3e..b4afb98c 100644 --- a/06-JOS/01.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/01.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \v 7 Just be strong and very brave. Be sure to obey all the laws that my servant Moses taught you; carry out each one of them. If you do so, you will be successful wherever you go. \s5 -\v 8 Talk with each other about the book of the law that Moses taught you. Think about those laws during the day and during the night. Follow the laws and do what they tell you to do, and they teach you to live so you may gain wealth and be successful. +\v 8 Talk with each other about the book of the law that Moses taught you. Think about those laws during the day and during the night. Follow the laws and do what they tell you to do, and they teach you to live so you may gain wealth and be successful. \v 9 Do not forget that I have commanded you to be strong and brave. Do not be afraid and do not be discouraged. I, Yahweh your God, will be with you wherever you go." \s5 diff --git a/06-JOS/02.usfm b/06-JOS/02.usfm index bfcfe165..c9c55d68 100644 --- a/06-JOS/02.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/02.usfm @@ -9,17 +9,14 @@ \s5 \v 4 Now the woman had taken the men and hidden them in her house. So she said to the king's men, "Yes, it is true that those men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. -\v 5 They left when it was dark, about the time that the guards close the city gates. I do not know where they were going. If you hurry, you might catch up with them." - +\v 5 They left when it was dark, about the time that the guards close the city gates. I do not know where they were going. If you hurry, you might catch up with them." \s5 \v 6 But in reality, the woman had taken the two men up on to the flat roof of her house and hidden them under bundles of flax that were drying on her roof. -\v 7 The king's men went out of the city to search for them on the road that leads to the fords across the Jordan River. The guards shut the city gates as the king's men went out. - +\v 7 The king's men went out of the city to search for them on the road that leads to the fords across the Jordan River. The guards shut the city gates as the king's men went out. \s5 \p \v 8 Before the Israelite men lay down to sleep that night, Rahab went up to the roof -\v 9 and said to them, "We know that Yahweh has given you this land. All our people are terrified of you—we are so afraid of you that we will not resist you at all. - +\v 9 and said to them, "We know that Yahweh has given you this land. All our people are terrified of you—we are so afraid of you that we will not resist you at all. \s5 \v 10 We have heard about how Yahweh dried up the water of the Sea of Reeds for you to cross when you left Egypt. We heard what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites who lived on the other side of the Jordan River, and how you totally destroyed everyone and everything in their kingdom. \v 11 When we heard about those things, we were terrified. We no longer have courage to fight against you, for Yahweh is God, and he rules everything up in heaven and down here on earth. @@ -37,7 +34,7 @@ \v 17 The two men gave her a red cord and said to her, "This is what you must do, if you do not do this, we will not be required to do what we have solemnly promised. \s5 -\v 18 You must tie this red cord in the window by which you let us down, and you must gather together your father and your mother and your brothers, and everyone in your father's household. +\v 18 You must tie this red cord in the window by which you let us down, and you must gather together your father and your mother and your brothers, and everyone in your father's household. \v 19 If anyone in your family goes outside this house into the street, he will be risking his life, and we will not be responsible if he is killed. But if anyone who is in this house with you is injured, we will be guilty. \s5 diff --git a/06-JOS/03.usfm b/06-JOS/03.usfm index fdc0edab..0c703164 100644 --- a/06-JOS/03.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/03.usfm @@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ \c 3 \p -\v 1 Joshua and all the other Israelites got up early the next morning. They left their camp at the Acacias and went down to the Jordan River. They camped there before they crossed over the river. - +\v 1 Joshua and all the other Israelites got up early the next morning. They left their camp at the Acacias and went down to the Jordan River. They camped there before they crossed over the river. \s5 \v 2 After three days, the officers went through the middle of the camp. \v 3 They instructed the people, "As soon as you see the priests, some of the descendants of Levi, carrying the sacred chest of Yahweh your God, then you will know it is time to leave this place and follow the sacred chest. @@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 14 So when the Israelite crossed the river, the priests who were carrying sacred chest went in front of them. -\v 15 And as soon as the priests reached the edge of the Jordan river and stepped into the water (now it was the springtime, when the river floods over its banks), +\v 15 And as soon as the priests reached the edge of the Jordan river and stepped into the water (now it was the springtime, when the river floods over its banks), \v 16 and the water stopped flowing and it piled up far upstream. The water did not flow in the Jordan from the town called Adam, near Zarethan, all the way down to the Sea of Arabah (which is called the Dead Sea), so the people were able to cross the river near Jericho. \s5 diff --git a/06-JOS/04.usfm b/06-JOS/04.usfm index 6a324552..8feeccbd 100644 --- a/06-JOS/04.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/04.usfm @@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 10 The priests who carried the chest stood in the middle of the Jordan River until the people had finished crossing the river, as Yahweh had commanded Joshua to tell them to do. This also was as Moses had commanded Joshua to do. The people crossed the river quickly. -\v 11 As soon as all the people had crossed over, then the sacred chest of Yahweh and the priests who carried it, crossed over. All the people were there watching. - +\v 11 As soon as all the people had crossed over, then the sacred chest of Yahweh and the priests who carried it, crossed over. All the people were there watching. \s5 \v 12 The soldiers of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and of half of the soldiers of the tribe of Manasseh, crossed over ahead of the rest of the Israelite people. As Moses had ordered them to do, they marched in the formation of an army. \v 13 About forty thousand men were marching before Yahweh. These men were armed and prepared for war, and they were heading for the plains of Jericho where they would fight a battle. @@ -42,12 +41,12 @@ \s5 \p \v 19 It was on the tenth day of the first month of that year that the people crossed over the Jordan River and they camped at a place called Gilgal (which is east of the city of Jericho). -\v 20 Joshua set up the large stones at Gilgal. +\v 20 Joshua set up the large stones at Gilgal. \v 21 He said to the people of Israel, "In the future, your descendants will ask, 'Why are these stones here?' \s5 \v 22 Tell them, 'This is where Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.' -\v 23 Yahweh, your God, dried up the river for you, until you had all crossed over. Yahweh, the God you worship, did to the Jordan River just as he did to the Sea of Reeds, when he caused it to become dry until we had all crossed over it, just as he did here. +\v 23 Yahweh, your God, dried up the river for you, until you had all crossed over. Yahweh, the God you worship, did to the Jordan River just as he did to the Sea of Reeds, when he caused it to become dry until we had all crossed over it, just as he did here. \v 24 Yahweh did that in order that all the peoples of the earth may know that he is powerful, and so you may forever give him the honor he deserves." diff --git a/06-JOS/05.usfm b/06-JOS/05.usfm index ad13b2bb..ecda2b0e 100644 --- a/06-JOS/05.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/05.usfm @@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ \v 5 They had been circumcised in Egypt, but the boys who had been born while they were in the desert after they left Egypt, had not been circumcised. \s5 -\v 6 The people of Israel walked through the desert for forty years, until all the people, including all the men who were old enough to be soldiers, they all had died. They had not obeyed Yahweh, so Yahweh said that they would not see the land that he had promised to them—a land that was very fertile—the land was so fertile that they said it had milk and honey flowing through it, just as rivers flow with water. -\v 7 It was the children of those who had died that Yahweh raised up in their place. He circumcised them because they had not been circumcised when they were walking through the wilderness. - +\v 6 The people of Israel walked through the desert for forty years, until all the people, including all the men who were old enough to be soldiers, they all had died. They had not obeyed Yahweh, so Yahweh said that they would not see the land that he had promised to them—a land that was very fertile—the land was so fertile that they said it had milk and honey flowing through it, just as rivers flow with water. +\v 7 It was the children of those who had died that Yahweh raised up in their place. He circumcised them because they had not been circumcised when they were walking through the wilderness. \s5 \v 8 After all the Israelite males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until they healed. \v 9 Then Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the disgrace of Egypt from you." So, the name of the place is Gilgal, even now. @@ -27,14 +26,13 @@ \v 11 The day after the Passover they ate some bread made without yeast, and they roasted the grain. \s5 -\v 12 The next day God stopped sending manna for them to eat. They ate food that had grown in the land of Canaan beginning that year. - +\v 12 The next day God stopped sending manna for them to eat. They ate food that had grown in the land of Canaan beginning that year. \s5 \p \v 13 While Joshua was standing near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man in front of him. The man had drawn his sword and was holding it in his hand. Joshua approached him and asked him, "Are you on our side, or are you on the side of our enemies?" \s5 -\v 14 The man replied, "Neither side. I am the commander of Yahweh's army, and now I have come." Then Joshua fell to the ground with his face on the earth to show him respect. Joshua said to him, "What do you, my master, command me to do? I am your servant." +\v 14 The man replied, "Neither side. I am the commander of Yahweh's army, and now I have come." Then Joshua fell to the ground with his face on the earth to show him respect. Joshua said to him, "What do you, my master, command me to do? I am your servant." \v 15 The commander of Yahweh's army replied, "Take your sandals off of your feet, for the ground on which you are standing is holy." So Joshua took off his sandals. diff --git a/06-JOS/06.usfm b/06-JOS/06.usfm index 34ec4367..32df019c 100644 --- a/06-JOS/06.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/06.usfm @@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ \v 2 Yahweh said to Joshua, "See what I am doing! I am giving Jericho to you. It will be yours—the city along with its king and all its brave soldiers. \s5 -\v 3 You will march around the city, one time all the way around it. All the brave soldiers will go around it one time each day for six days. -\v 4 Tell seven priests to march around with them. They will each carry a trumpet as they march before the sacred chest of Yahweh. On the seventh day, the army must march around the city seven times, and the priests must play the trumpets with a loud blast of sound while they march. - +\v 3 You will march around the city, one time all the way around it. All the brave soldiers will go around it one time each day for six days. +\v 4 Tell seven priests to march around with them. They will each carry a trumpet as they march before the sacred chest of Yahweh. On the seventh day, the army must march around the city seven times, and the priests must play the trumpets with a loud blast of sound while they march. \s5 \v 5 After they have all marched around the city seven times, the priests must make a very long blast with their ram's horn trumpets. When the people of Israel hear that, they must shout very loudly, and the city wall will collapse. Then every soldier must advance straight into the city." diff --git a/06-JOS/07.usfm b/06-JOS/07.usfm index 3698977e..eb0de20d 100644 --- a/06-JOS/07.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/07.usfm @@ -13,11 +13,10 @@ \s5 \v 4 So about three thousand Israelite men went to attack Ai. But they did not defeat them. Instead, they had to run for their lives. -\v 5 The enemy killed about thirty-six Israelites and chased the rest from the city gate to the bottom of the hill, and then to a place where people had cut stone out from a hill. When the people of Israel saw this, they were very afraid and lost all their courage. - +\v 5 The enemy killed about thirty-six Israelites and chased the rest from the city gate to the bottom of the hill, and then to a place where people had cut stone out from a hill. When the people of Israel saw this, they were very afraid and lost all their courage. \s5 \p -\v 6 Joshua tore his clothes to show that he was sad. He and the leaders of Israel threw themselves on the ground because they were so sad and angry. They lay there until dark in front of Yahweh's sacred chest. +\v 6 Joshua tore his clothes to show that he was sad. He and the leaders of Israel threw themselves on the ground because they were so sad and angry. They lay there until dark in front of Yahweh's sacred chest. \v 7 Then Joshua prayed and said, "Yahweh Lord, you brought us Israelites safely across the Jordan River. So why are you now allowing the Amorites to destroy us? We should have made a different decision; we should have stayed on the other side of the Jordan River! \s5 @@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 14 Tomorrow morning you must present yourselves before me, tribe by tribe. Then the tribe that I select will come before me by each of their families. The family that I select will come near by each of their households. The household that I select will come before me each one, one at a time. +\v 14 Tomorrow morning you must present yourselves before me, tribe by tribe. Then the tribe that I select will come before me by each of their families. The family that I select will come near by each of their households. The household that I select will come before me each one, one at a time. \v 15 Then the one who has taken some of the things that should have been given to me—he will be destroyed in a fire. He and everything he owns will be burned, because he has disobeyed the promise and agreement that Yahweh made with us, and he has committed a disgraceful sin among the people of Israel." \s5 @@ -62,9 +61,8 @@ \v 24 Then Joshua and the rest of the people led Achan down to a valley. They also brought the silver, the coat, the gold, Achan's wife and sons and daughters, and his cattle and donkeys and sheep, and his tent, and everything else that he owned. \s5 -\v 25 Joshua said, "I do not know why you caused so much trouble for us, but now Yahweh will bring trouble to you." Then all the people threw stones at Achan so that he died, and they burned them all with fire, and they threw stones at them all. +\v 25 Joshua said, "I do not know why you caused so much trouble for us, but now Yahweh will bring trouble to you." Then all the people threw stones at Achan so that he died, and they burned them all with fire, and they threw stones at them all. \p -\v 26 They piled rocks over the ashes of their corpses, and those rocks are still there. That is why that valley is called the Valley of Trouble to this day. - +\v 26 They piled rocks over the ashes of their corpses, and those rocks are still there. That is why that valley is called the Valley of Trouble to this day. diff --git a/06-JOS/08.usfm b/06-JOS/08.usfm index 03ac19e6..3bf43d58 100644 --- a/06-JOS/08.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/08.usfm @@ -14,14 +14,13 @@ \s5 \v 5 I and the men who are with me will march toward the city in the morning. The men in the city will come out to fight us, as they did before. Then we will turn around and start to run away from them. -\v 6 They will think that we are running away from them like we did before. So they will chase us away from the city. While we are running away from them, +\v 6 They will think that we are running away from them like we did before. So they will chase us away from the city. While we are running away from them, \v 7 those of you who are hiding must come out and rush into the city and capture it. Yahweh, your God, will give the city to you. \s5 \v 8 After you capture the city, burn it. Do what Yahweh has commanded us to do. Those are the orders I am giving to you." \p -\v 9 Then Joshua prepared to send some of them to hide and wait between Ai and Bethel, which was west of Ai. But Joshua slept that night among the main force of soldiers. - +\v 9 Then Joshua prepared to send some of them to hide and wait between Ai and Bethel, which was west of Ai. But Joshua slept that night among the main force of soldiers. \s5 \p \v 10 Early the next morning, Joshua gathered his soldiers together. He led the soldiers and the other Israelite leaders; they all went to attack the people of Ai. @@ -49,12 +48,12 @@ \v 21 Joshua and his men saw that the men who had been hiding had captured the city and were burning it, and they saw the smoke rising. So they turned back and began killing the men of Ai. \s5 -\v 22 Meanwhile, the soldiers who had captured the city came out and attacked them from the rear. So the men of Ai were surrouned by the two groups of Israelite soldiers. None of the men of Ai escaped. The Israelites fought until they killed all of them. +\v 22 Meanwhile, the soldiers who had captured the city came out and attacked them from the rear. So the men of Ai were surrouned by the two groups of Israelite soldiers. None of the men of Ai escaped. The Israelites fought until they killed all of them. \v 23 But they captured the king of Ai and brought him to Joshua. \s5 \p -\v 24 While they were fighting, the Israelite army pursued the men of Ai into the fields and into the wilderness, and killed all of them. Then they went to Ai and killed everyone and anything still alive there. +\v 24 While they were fighting, the Israelite army pursued the men of Ai into the fields and into the wilderness, and killed all of them. Then they went to Ai and killed everyone and anything still alive there. \v 25 They killed twelve thousand men and women. \v 26 Joshua continued to point his spear toward Ai until all the people in Ai had been killed. @@ -73,12 +72,10 @@ \v 32 As the Israelites watched, Joshua wrote on stones a copy of the laws that Yahweh had given to Moses. \s5 -\v 33 The Israelite leaders, the officials, the judges, and other Israelites were there, standing nearby. Many people who were not Israelites were also there. Half of the people stood on one side of the valley below Mount Ebal, and the other half of the people stood on the other side of the valley below Mount Gerizim. The sacred chest was in the valley between the two groups. And they blessed the people of Israel just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had told them to do, at the very first. - +\v 33 The Israelite leaders, the officials, the judges, and other Israelites were there, standing nearby. Many people who were not Israelites were also there. Half of the people stood on one side of the valley below Mount Ebal, and the other half of the people stood on the other side of the valley below Mount Gerizim. The sacred chest was in the valley between the two groups. And they blessed the people of Israel just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had told them to do, at the very first. \s5 \p \v 34 Then Joshua read to the people all that Moses had written previously. That included what Yahweh had taught them and the ways that he promised to bless them if they obeyed his commands, or to curse them if they disobeyed them. -\v 35 Joshua carefully read all the commands that Moses had given; he read every word in front of the entire assembly of Israel. All the women and the little children were there as well, and also the foreigners who were living among the people of Israel. - +\v 35 Joshua carefully read all the commands that Moses had given; he read every word in front of the entire assembly of Israel. All the women and the little children were there as well, and also the foreigners who were living among the people of Israel. diff --git a/06-JOS/09.usfm b/06-JOS/09.usfm index 034dd6c8..be412622 100644 --- a/06-JOS/09.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/09.usfm @@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ But Joshua answered, "Who are you? Where do you actually come from?" \s5 \p \v 14 The Israelite leaders accepted some of their old food and ate a meal with them in order to make a peace treaty. They did not think to ask Yahweh what they should do. -\v 15 In this way, Joshua agreed to make peace. The Israelites made a treaty with the men from Gibeon, in which they agreed not to kill these strangers. All the Israelite leaders made a solemn vow to this effect. - +\v 15 In this way, Joshua agreed to make peace. The Israelites made a treaty with the men from Gibeon, in which they agreed not to kill these strangers. All the Israelite leaders made a solemn vow to this effect. \s5 \p \v 16 However, three days later the Israelites found out that the men had only come from Gibeon and that they really lived close by. @@ -53,16 +52,15 @@ But Joshua answered, "Who are you? Where do you actually come from?" \s5 \p \v 22 Then Joshua summoned the men from Gibeon and asked them, "Why did you lie to us? Your homes are near to us; you live close to us, but you told us that you were from a far land! -\v 23 Now you are going to live under a curse. You will become our slaves. You will always be our slaves, and you will be forced to cut wood and carry water for the house of our God." - +\v 23 Now you are going to live under a curse. You will become our slaves. You will always be our slaves, and you will be forced to cut wood and carry water for the house of our God." \s5 \p -\v 24 The men from Gibeon replied, "We lied to you because we were afraid that you would kill us. We heard that Yahweh, your God, had declared to his servant Moses that he would enable your people to kill all of us in Canaan, and that he would give you our lands. +\v 24 The men from Gibeon replied, "We lied to you because we were afraid that you would kill us. We heard that Yahweh, your God, had declared to his servant Moses that he would enable your people to kill all of us in Canaan, and that he would give you our lands. \v 25 So now you should decide what you will do with us. Do to us whatever you think is good and right." \s5 \p -\v 26 So Joshua saved the lives of the people of Gibeon; he did not permit the army of Israel to harm them. +\v 26 So Joshua saved the lives of the people of Gibeon; he did not permit the army of Israel to harm them. \v 27 Instead, he forced them to become the Israelites' slaves. They cut wood and carried water for Israel. They also brought the wood and water that was needed for the sacred altar of Yahweh. And the people of Gibeon are still doing that to this present time. diff --git a/06-JOS/10.usfm b/06-JOS/10.usfm index d9db3100..1de90a0f 100644 --- a/06-JOS/10.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/10.usfm @@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ \s5 \p -\v 12 On the day that Yahweh enabled the Israelite army to defeat the Amorites, Joshua said to Yahweh while the Israelite people were watching, -\q "Sun, stand still over Gibeon, +\v 12 On the day that Yahweh enabled the Israelite army to defeat the Amorites, Joshua said to Yahweh while the Israelite people were watching, +\q "Sun, stand still over Gibeon, \q and you, moon, be still over the valley of Aijalon." \s5 \p \v 13 And the sun stood still and the moon did not move, until the Israelite army killed their enemies. Was this not written in the Book of Jashar? -\q "The sun stopped while it was in the middle of the sky, +\q "The sun stopped while it was in the middle of the sky, \q and did not set for about a whole day." \p \v 14 On that day, Yahweh performed a great miracle. There was never a day like that previously, and there has never been a day like that since, when Yahweh did this kind of thing because a human being asked him to. On that day, Yahweh truly went to war for Israel. @@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ \s5 \v 26 Then Joshua killed each of the five kings with his sword and hung their bodies from five trees. He left their bodies to hang on the trees until sunset. -\v 27 At sunset, Joshua told them to take the bodies down from the trees and throw them into the cave where they were hiding. So the soldiers did that, and then they put those large rocks at the entrance of the cave again. And the bones of the kings are in that cave even to this day. - +\v 27 At sunset, Joshua told them to take the bodies down from the trees and throw them into the cave where they were hiding. So the soldiers did that, and then they put those large rocks at the entrance of the cave again. And the bones of the kings are in that cave even to this day. \s5 \p \v 28 That is how Joshua's army attacked and captured Makkedah. They killed the king and everyone else in the city. They did not leave even any living creature alive. They did to the king of Makkedah the same thing that they had done to the king of Jericho. @@ -86,8 +85,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 31 Then Joshua and his army went south from Libnah to Lachish. He surrounded the city and waged war against it. -\v 32 On the second day of the battle, Yahweh gave the city to the Israelites, and they conquered it. They killed everything that lived in it, including all the people. He did at Lachish the same thing that he had done at Libnah. - +\v 32 On the second day of the battle, Yahweh gave the city to the Israelites, and they conquered it. They killed everything that lived in it, including all the people. He did at Lachish the same thing that he had done at Libnah. \s5 \v 33 King Horam from Gezer and his army came to help the soldiers of Lachish, but Joshua's army defeated Horam and his army, and did not allow even one of them to remain alive. @@ -108,7 +106,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 40 In this way, Joshua and his army conquered the entire southern part of Canaan. They defeated the kings who ruled the hill country, the southern Judean wilderness, the lowlands, and the foothills. They killed every living thing in those places, just as Yahweh, the God of Israel commanded them. +\v 40 In this way, Joshua and his army conquered the entire southern part of Canaan. They defeated the kings who ruled the hill country, the southern Judean wilderness, the lowlands, and the foothills. They killed every living thing in those places, just as Yahweh, the God of Israel commanded them. \v 41 Joshua's soldiers killed people in all the cities from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza, including all the country of Goshen to Gibeon. \s5 diff --git a/06-JOS/11.usfm b/06-JOS/11.usfm index 499e2e77..416be281 100644 --- a/06-JOS/11.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/11.usfm @@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ \v 3 to the kings of the Canaanites in both the east and the west, to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and to the Jebusites who lived in the hill country, and to the Hivites by Mount Hermon in the region of Mizpah. \s5 -\v 4 So the armies of all those kings gathered together. Their men were as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. They also came with horses and chariots in great numbers. -\v 5 All of those kings met at the fixed time and set up their armies in a camp at the brook of Merom, in order to wage war against Israel. - +\v 4 So the armies of all those kings gathered together. Their men were as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. They also came with horses and chariots in great numbers. +\v 5 All of those kings met at the fixed time and set up their armies in a camp at the brook of Merom, in order to wage war against Israel. \s5 \p \v 6 Then Yahweh said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them, because at this time tomorrow I will give them to you. You will defeat them and kill all of them. Then you must cripple all their horses and burn all their chariots." @@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 So Joshua and his army went back to the city of Hazor, and captured it, and killed their king. Hazor was the most important city of all these kingdoms that fought against Israel. +\v 10 So Joshua and his army went back to the city of Hazor, and captured it, and killed their king. Hazor was the most important city of all these kingdoms that fought against Israel. \v 11 They killed everything that was living in Hazor, and then they burned the city to ashes. \s5 diff --git a/06-JOS/12.usfm b/06-JOS/12.usfm index 5ca00255..3c8cada4 100644 --- a/06-JOS/12.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/12.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 12 \p -\v 1 The Israelites took control of the land that was east of the Jordan River, from the Arnon River gorge in the south to Mount Hermon in the north, including all the land on the eastern side of the plain along the Jordan. +\v 1 The Israelites took control of the land that was east of the Jordan River, from the Arnon River gorge in the south to Mount Hermon in the north, including all the land on the eastern side of the plain along the Jordan. \m \v 2 Sihon was the king of the Amorites. He lived in Heshbon and ruled over the area from Aroer along the Arnon River gorge, north to the Jabbok River. His land started in the middle of the gorge, which was the border between his land and the land of the Ammonites. Sihon also ruled over half of the region of Gilead. @@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 7 Joshua and the Israelite army also defeated kings who ruled over the land on the west side of the Jordan River. That land was between Baal Gad in the valley near Lebanon to Mount Halak, which goes up to Edom. Joshua gave land to the tribes of Israel for them to possess, -\v 8 as well as the hill country, the lowlands, the plain along the Jordan, the mountainsides, in the desert, and in the southern Judean wilderness, the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and the Jebusites. - +\v 8 as well as the hill country, the lowlands, the plain along the Jordan, the mountainsides, in the desert, and in the southern Judean wilderness, the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and the Jebusites. \s5 \v 9 The kings that the Israelites conquered were those of the following cities: Jericho, Ai (which was near Bethel), \v 10 Jerusalem, Hebron, diff --git a/06-JOS/13.usfm b/06-JOS/13.usfm index 17c4acf6..2a9de74b 100644 --- a/06-JOS/13.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/13.usfm @@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ \s5 \p -\v 6 Still to capture are all the people who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephothmaim, including all the people of the city of Sidon. I will drive them out before your army. Be sure to give that area to the Israelite people when you divide the land among them, as I gave you orders to do so. +\v 6 Still to capture are all the people who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephothmaim, including all the people of the city of Sidon. I will drive them out before your army. Be sure to give that area to the Israelite people when you divide the land among them, as I gave you orders to do so. \v 7 Divide all that land as an inheritance among the nine tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh." \m \s5 -\v 8 Along with the half tribe of Manasseh, the Reubenites and the Gadites received their possessions on the east side of the Jordan River, the lands that Moses assigned to them. +\v 8 Along with the half tribe of Manasseh, the Reubenites and the Gadites received their possessions on the east side of the Jordan River, the lands that Moses assigned to them. \v 9 These lands stretched from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the city that is located in the middle of the gorge), to all the plateau of Medeba, extending down as far as the city of Dibon. \s5 @@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 14 The Levites received no assignment of lands; they were the only tribe that received no land. Moses gave them no possessions. Yahweh, the God of Israel, told them that the offerings given to himself would be their possession. - +\v 14 The Levites received no assignment of lands; they were the only tribe that received no land. Moses gave them no possessions. Yahweh, the God of Israel, told them that the offerings given to himself would be their possession. \s5 \p \v 15 Moses had allotted land to each clan in the tribe of Reuben. @@ -52,12 +51,12 @@ \s5 -\v 22 The people of Israel killed with the sword Balaam son of Beor, the one who practiced divination. The people of Israel also killed with the sword many others at that same time. +\v 22 The people of Israel killed with the sword Balaam son of Beor, the one who practiced divination. The people of Israel also killed with the sword many others at that same time. \v 23 The border of the people of the tribe of Reuben is the Jordan River. This was the inheritance given to the people of Reuben and assigned to all their clans. They lived there in their cities and villages. \s5 \p -\v 24 Moses also gave land to the tribe of Gad, to the people of Gad, and allotted to each of their families the land they needed to live on. +\v 24 Moses also gave land to the tribe of Gad, to the people of Gad, and allotted to each of their families the land they needed to live on. \v 25 They lived near Jazer, in all the cities of Gilead, and in half the land where the Ammonites lived, all the way to Aroer, which is a city east of Rabbah. \v 26 Their land extended from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpeh and Betonim, all the way to Mahanaim and to the region of Debir. @@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 29 Moses gave inheritance of land to the half tribe of Manasseh for them to live on. It was allotted to the half tribe of the people of Manasseh according to the needs of their clans. -\v 30 Their territory was from Mahanaim, including all the region of Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan. There are sixty cities in the region. +\v 30 Their territory was from Mahanaim, including all the region of Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan. There are sixty cities in the region. \v 31 Their land also included half of the region of Gilead, as well as the cities of Ashtaroth and Edrei (sometimes referred to as the royal cities of Og in Bashan). These were allotted to the people of Machir son of Manasseh, and that would include half the descendants of Machir, assigned to their clans according to their need. \s5 diff --git a/06-JOS/14.usfm b/06-JOS/14.usfm index 5eb9ab73..0341703a 100644 --- a/06-JOS/14.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/14.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \s5 \v 2 The assignments were made by casting lots for each one of the nine and one half tribes. This was just as Yahweh had commanded Moses to do, so that the land could be assigned to each of the tribes and their clans. -\v 3-4 Now Moses had given land as a permanent possession to two and one half tribes before Israel crossed over the Jordan River. But to the Levites he gave no inheritance; they were treated differently because of their priestly duties. No portion of the land was given to the Levites. They were, however, given cities in which to live, including pastureland for their livestock so they could sustain their families. And the people of Joseph were divided into two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. +\v 3-4 Now Moses had given land as a permanent possession to two and one half tribes before Israel crossed over the Jordan River. But to the Levites he gave no inheritance; they were treated differently because of their priestly duties. No portion of the land was given to the Levites. They were, however, given cities in which to live, including pastureland for their livestock so they could sustain their families. And the people of Joseph were divided into two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. \v 5 The people of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses: they gave out portions of the land as permanent possessions. \s5 \p @@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 10 Now Yahweh has done for me as he promised he would. Forty-five years have passed since Moses said that to me during the time that we were still in the wilderness. And just as Yahweh promised, he has kept me alive and well all during that time. Look at me! I am eighty-five years old. -\v 11 I am as strong today as I was on the day that Moses sent me to explore this land. My strength is now as my strength was when I was young. I can wage war or I can travel far away and still have the strength to come home. - +\v 11 I am as strong today as I was on the day that Moses sent me to explore this land. My strength is now as my strength was when I was young. I can wage war or I can travel far away and still have the strength to come home. \s5 \v 12 So please give me the hill country that Yahweh promised to give to me on that day long ago. At that time, you heard me say that the Anakim lived there. You heard me say that their cities were large and that they had walls around them to protect them. But now, perhaps Yahweh will help me to drive them away with our army, just as Yahweh promised." diff --git a/06-JOS/15.usfm b/06-JOS/15.usfm index e0b0ecaf..c852353e 100644 --- a/06-JOS/15.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/15.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \v 6 The northern border continued from that point, and extended north to Beth Hoglah. From there it went further north of Beth Arabah to the Stone of Bohan (a stone that had been set up by Bohan, son of Reuben). \s5 -\v 7 From that point the border turned west and went through the Valley of Achor to Debir. From there it turned north again to go to Gilgal. Gilgal is north of the road that goes over the hill of Adummim, on the south side of the river valley. From Gilgal the border extended west to the springs at En Shemesh, and from there to En Rogel. +\v 7 From that point the border turned west and went through the Valley of Achor to Debir. From there it turned north again to go to Gilgal. Gilgal is north of the road that goes over the hill of Adummim, on the south side of the river valley. From Gilgal the border extended west to the springs at En Shemesh, and from there to En Rogel. \v 8 From that point the border along the south shoulder of the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem). The boundary goes to the top of the hill on the west side of Valley of Hinnom, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim. \s5 diff --git a/06-JOS/17.usfm b/06-JOS/17.usfm index 261b9c48..1ba69d09 100644 --- a/06-JOS/17.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/17.usfm @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \s5 \v 9 The border extended down south to the brook of Kanah, and all the cities south of that stream belonged to Manasseh. The border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook of Kanah; it extended to the Mediterranean Sea. -\v 10 The land to the south belong to Ephraim and the land to the north belonged to the tribe of Manasseh; the Mediterranean Sea was Manasseh's border. The tribe of Asher was on the north side of the boundary, while the tribe of Issachar was to the east. +\v 10 The land to the south belong to Ephraim and the land to the north belonged to the tribe of Manasseh; the Mediterranean Sea was Manasseh's border. The tribe of Asher was on the north side of the boundary, while the tribe of Issachar was to the east. \pi \s5 @@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ \v 12 The men of the tribe of Manasseh were not able to force the people who lived in those cities to leave, so the Canaanite people continued to live in their land. \s5 -\v 13 When the people of Israel grew strong they forced those Canaanites to work for them as slaves but they were not able to take their land away from them. - +\v 13 When the people of Israel grew strong they forced those Canaanites to work for them as slaves but they were not able to take their land away from them. \s5 \p \v 14 The descendants of Joseph (that is, the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh) said to Joshua, "You have assigned to us only one area of land, but we have a great number of people in our tribes. In every way Yahweh has blessed us, so why did you give us only a small portion of land to live on?" diff --git a/06-JOS/18.usfm b/06-JOS/18.usfm index 33b68012..462c58c4 100644 --- a/06-JOS/18.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/18.usfm @@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ \s5 \c 18 \p -\v 1 The entire assembly of the people of Israel met together at Shiloh. There they set up the tent where they worshiped Yahweh. There was no more war in the land. +\v 1 The entire assembly of the people of Israel met together at Shiloh. There they set up the tent where they worshiped Yahweh. There was no more war in the land. \v 2 However, there seven tribes of Israel had not yet been assigned any land. \s5 \v 3 Joshua said to the people of Israel, "Why are you waiting such a long time? How long are you going to delay going into the land that Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors worshiped, has promised to give to you? \p -\v 4 Choose three men from each of your seven tribes. I will send them out to explore the parts of the land which you have not occupied yet. When they finish, they will write a report to tell you what the land is like. They will also make a map to show you where cities and important places are located and which tribe will live in which area. - +\v 4 Choose three men from each of your seven tribes. I will send them out to explore the parts of the land which you have not occupied yet. When they finish, they will write a report to tell you what the land is like. They will also make a map to show you where cities and important places are located and which tribe will live in which area. \s5 \v 5 They will divide the remaining land into seven parts. The tribe of Judah will keep its land in the south, and the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh will keep their land in the north. \v 6 But in their report, the men from the seven tribes should describe the seven parts of the remaining land that they wish to receive, and bring the report to me. While Yahweh is watching, I will cast lots to decide which land should be assigned to each tribe. diff --git a/06-JOS/21.usfm b/06-JOS/21.usfm index fb42b88a..4005f799 100644 --- a/06-JOS/21.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/21.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 21 \p -\v 1 The leaders of the clans of the Levites came to Shiloh to speak with Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the clans of the people of Israel. +\v 1 The leaders of the clans of the Levites came to Shiloh to speak with Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the clans of the people of Israel. \v 2 They said to them, "Yahweh commanded Moses that you should give us cities where we can live and where we can have pasture for our animals." \s5 diff --git a/06-JOS/22.usfm b/06-JOS/22.usfm index 3f1e50bc..7836af6f 100644 --- a/06-JOS/22.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/22.usfm @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \v 16 "All the other Israelites are asking, 'What is this you have done? You have disobeyed the commands of God. You have turned against Yahweh by building your own altar here in this place. You you rebelled against the Yahweh. \s5 -\v 17 Have you forgotten about how Yahweh punished us at Peor, when we turned away from him and worshiped other gods? Yahweh sent a deadly sickness among the people of Israel, and many died from it. +\v 17 Have you forgotten about how Yahweh punished us at Peor, when we turned away from him and worshiped other gods? Yahweh sent a deadly sickness among the people of Israel, and many died from it. \v 18 Have you, too, turned away from following Yahweh by building this altar? Since you have rebelled like this against him, Yahweh will be angry with all the people of Israel.' \s5 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 21 The leaders of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh replied, -\v 22 "Yahweh, the almighty God, knows why we did that, and we want you to know, too. If we have not been faithful to our promise to serve Yahweh, do not have any mercy on us, but take our lives. +\v 22 "Yahweh, the almighty God, knows why we did that, and we want you to know, too. If we have not been faithful to our promise to serve Yahweh, do not have any mercy on us, but take our lives. \v 23 If we have built this altar so we can turn away from obeying Yahweh, or if we have built this altar to offer sacrifices, grain offerings, or sacrifices to promise friendship with him, in violation of the law, may Yahweh punish us and even take our lives. \s5 @@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 30 When Phinehas the priest and the other ten leaders of the people of Israel heard what the people of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh said, they were pleased. -\v 31 So Phinehas said to them, "Now we know that Yahweh is with all of us Israelites, and that you were not rebelling against him when you built that altar. Because what you did did not break Yahweh's laws, we are sure that he will not punish us. - +\v 31 So Phinehas said to them, "Now we know that Yahweh is with all of us Israelites, and that you were not rebelling against him when you built that altar. Because what you did did not break Yahweh's laws, we are sure that he will not punish us. \s5 \p \v 32 Then Phinehas and the Israelite leaders left the people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad in the region of Gilead, and returned to Canaan. There they told the other Israelites what had happened. diff --git a/06-JOS/24.usfm b/06-JOS/24.usfm index 6aec3d93..bfccdc54 100644 --- a/06-JOS/24.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/24.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 24 \p -\v 1 Joshua brought together the elders, leader, judges, and officers of the nation of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. +\v 1 Joshua brought together the elders, leader, judges, and officers of the nation of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. \v 2 Joshua said to all of them, "This is what Yahweh, the God we Israelite people worship, is saying: 'Long ago, your ancestors, including Abraham's father Terah and Abraham's younger brother Nahor, lived far beyond the Euphrates River, where they worshiped other gods. \s5 @@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 5 I sent Moses and his brother Aaron to Egypt, and I caused the people of Egypt to suffer many terrible plagues. After that, I brought your people out of Egypt. -\v 6 When I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, they came to the sea. The Egyptian army pursued them with chariots and on horseback, as far as the Sea of Reeds." - +\v 5 I sent Moses and his brother Aaron to Egypt, and I caused the people of Egypt to suffer many terrible plagues. After that, I brought your people out of Egypt. +\v 6 When I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, they came to the sea. The Egyptian army pursued them with chariots and on horseback, as far as the Sea of Reeds." \s5 \v 7 Joshua continued to speak: "When you pleaded to Yahweh for help, he caused darkness to come between the nation of Israel and the Egyptian army, and he covered the Egyptian army with the waters of the sea so that your enemies were drowned. This is what Yahweh says: 'You saw what I did in Egypt. You lived in the desert for many years. @@ -29,8 +28,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 11 Then you all crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho. The leaders of Jericho fought against you, as did the armies of the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. I made all of you more powerful than they were, and you defeated them all. -\v 12 I am the one who caused them to panic. They acted as if they were being chased by hornets. And you drove out the two kings of the Amorites as your army moved ahead and pushed them away. But it was not because of your swords or your bows and arrows, but it was because that I, Yahweh, was fighting on your side. - +\v 12 I am the one who caused them to panic. They acted as if they were being chased by hornets. And you drove out the two kings of the Amorites as your army moved ahead and pushed them away. But it was not because of your swords or your bows and arrows, but it was because that I, Yahweh, was fighting on your side. \s5 \v 13 So I gave you a land that you had not cleared or plowed, and I gave you cities that you did not build. Now you live in those cities, and you eat the grapes from grapevines that you did not plant, and you eat olives from trees that you did not plant.' @@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 16 The Israelite people answered, "We will always worship Yahweh! We promise that we will never worship or bow down to any other gods! -\v 17 It was Yahweh who brought our ancestors up out of Egypt. He rescued us from that land, where they were slaves. We saw him perform great miracles, and he protected us when we were traveling. He protected us wherever we went; he kept us safe from the armies of many kings. We became a great nation, and we have entered this land. +\v 17 It was Yahweh who brought our ancestors up out of Egypt. He rescued us from that land, where they were slaves. We saw him perform great miracles, and he protected us when we were traveling. He protected us wherever we went; he kept us safe from the armies of many kings. We became a great nation, and we have entered this land. \v 18 Yahweh drove out all the people before us. He defeated the Amorites, who lived in the land. So we will worship and bow down to Yahweh, for he is our God." \s5 @@ -75,6 +73,6 @@ \v 31 The people of Israel worshiped Yahweh as long as the elders who had served with Joshua were alive; they had seen everything that Yahweh had done for Israel. \s5 -\v 32 Joseph's bones, which the people of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob had bought long ago for the price of one hundred pieces of silver. He had bought it from Hamor, the father of Shechem. That piece of land became a permanent possession for Joseph's descendants. +\v 32 Joseph's bones, which the people of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob had bought long ago for the price of one hundred pieces of silver. He had bought it from Hamor, the father of Shechem. That piece of land became a permanent possession for Joseph's descendants. \v 33 Eleazar son of Aaron, also died. They buried his body at Gibeah, the city that belonged to Phinehas, his son, in the hill country of Ephraim. diff --git a/07-JDG/03.usfm b/07-JDG/03.usfm index 7f15c9e3..4c2901cf 100644 --- a/07-JDG/03.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/03.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 3 \p -\v 1 At that time there were still many people groups in Canaan. Yahweh left them there to test the Israelite people because many of the Israelites in Canaan had not fought in any of the previous wars. +\v 1 At that time there were still many people groups in Canaan. Yahweh left them there to test the Israelite people because many of the Israelites in Canaan had not fought in any of the previous wars. \v 2 So Yahweh did this to teach the new generation of Israelites how to wage war. \v 3 This is a list of the people groups that Yahweh left there to test the Israelites: The Philistines and their five leaders, the people living in the area near the city of Sidon, the descendants of Canaan, and the Hivites who were living in the mountains of Lebanon between Mount Baal Hermon and Lebo Hamath ("the pass of Hamath"). diff --git a/07-JDG/04.usfm b/07-JDG/04.usfm index faea2fbc..1747c0bd 100644 --- a/07-JDG/04.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/04.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 4 \p \v 1 After Ehud died, the Israelites did not obey Yahweh and they did evil things, and Yahweh saw what they were doing. -\v 2 So he allowed the army of Jabin, one of the kings in the region of Canaan, who ruled in the city of Hazor, to conquer the Israelites. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth (where many of those who were not Israelites lived). +\v 2 So he allowed the army of Jabin, one of the kings in the region of Canaan, who ruled in the city of Hazor, to conquer the Israelites. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth (where many of those who were not Israelites lived). \v 3 Sisera's army had nine hundred chariots made out of iron. For twenty years he cruelly oppressed the Israelites. Then they pleaded to Yahweh to help them. \s5 diff --git a/07-JDG/05.usfm b/07-JDG/05.usfm index ea7b5da5..4e6ae813 100644 --- a/07-JDG/05.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/05.usfm @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ \q2 'Barak (son of Abinoam), get up, and capture our enemies!' \b \q1 -\v 13 Later, some of the Israelite people who survived the battle +\v 13 Later, some of the Israelite people who survived the battle \q1 came down from the highlands to where their leaders were. \q2 These were men who belonged to Yahweh and they came down to me \q1 to fight their enemies alongside these warriors. @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 24 But God is very pleased with Jael, -\q2 (the wife of Heber the Kenite). +\q2 (the wife of Heber the Kenite). \q2 He is more pleased with her than with all the other women who live in tents. \q1 \v 25 Sisera asked for some water, diff --git a/07-JDG/08.usfm b/07-JDG/08.usfm index c9a1c339..58cff7bb 100644 --- a/07-JDG/08.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/08.usfm @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \s5 \v 24 Then he said, "I request only one thing. I request that each of you give me one earring from the things you captured after the battle." Now all the men descended from Ishmael wore earrings. -\p +\p \v 25 They replied, "We will be glad to give the earrings to you!" So they spread a cloth on the ground, and each man threw on it the gold earrings that he had taken from those whom he had killed in the battle. \s5 @@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ \s5 \v 32 Gideon son of Joash died when he was very old. They buried his body in the grave where his father Joash was buried, at Ophrah, in the land of the Abietherites. \p -\v 33 But as soon as Gideon died, the Israelites left God and gave themselves to worship the images of the god Baal, like adultresses leave their husbands and go to other men. They made Baal Berith the god they worshiped. - +\v 33 But as soon as Gideon died, the Israelites left God and gave themselves to worship the images of the god Baal, like adultresses leave their husbands and go to other men. They made Baal Berith the god they worshiped. \s5 \v 34 They forgot about Yahweh, the one who had rescued them from all their enemies that surrounded them. \v 35 And even though Gideon had done many good things for the Israelites, they did not act kindly toward Gideon's family. diff --git a/07-JDG/09.usfm b/07-JDG/09.usfm index 48984257..09a64106 100644 --- a/07-JDG/09.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/09.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \p \v 12 Then the trees said to the grapevine, 'Come and be our king!' \p -\v 13 But the grapevine replied, 'No! I will not be your king! The new wine that is made from my grapes causes people and gods who drink it to become very happy. I do not want to stop producing grapes and go and rule over you other trees!' +\v 13 But the grapevine replied, 'No! I will not be your king! The new wine that is made from my grapes causes people and gods who drink it to become very happy. I do not want to stop producing grapes and go and rule over you other trees!' \p \v 14 Then all the trees said to the thornbush, 'Come and be our king!' diff --git a/07-JDG/11.usfm b/07-JDG/11.usfm index eb352de2..f50fb9ea 100644 --- a/07-JDG/11.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/11.usfm @@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ \s5 \c 11 \p -\v 1 There was a man from the region of Gilead named Jephthah. He proved himself to be a great warrior. But his mother was a prostitute. His father was Gilead. +\v 1 There was a man from the region of Gilead named Jephthah. He proved himself to be a great warrior. But his mother was a prostitute. His father was Gilead. \v 2 Gilead's wife gave birth to several sons. When they grew up, they forced Jephthah to leave home, saying to him, "You are the son of another woman, not the son of our mother. So when our father dies, you will not receive any of his property." -\v 3 So Jephthah ran away from his brothers, and he lived in the land of Tob. While he was there, some lawless men joined together with Jepthah, and they came and went with each other. - +\v 3 So Jephthah ran away from his brothers, and he lived in the land of Tob. While he was there, some lawless men joined together with Jepthah, and they came and went with each other. \s5 \p \v 4 Some time later, the soldiers of Ammon attacked the soldiers of Israel. diff --git a/07-JDG/12.usfm b/07-JDG/12.usfm index 6b0429b2..84dbb36b 100644 --- a/07-JDG/12.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/12.usfm @@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ \p \v 1 The men of the tribe of Ephraim called together their soldiers, and they crossed the Jordan River and went to the town of Zaphon to talk with Jephthah. They said to him, "Why did you not ask us to help your army fight the Ammonites. So we will burn down your house while you are in it." \p -\v 2 Jephthah replied, "The Ammonites oppressed us. And I asked you to come and rescue us from them, you refused. When I called to you, you did not come to our rescue. - +\v 2 Jephthah replied, "The Ammonites oppressed us. And I asked you to come and rescue us from them, you refused. When I called to you, you did not come to our rescue. \s5 \v 3 When I saw that you would not come to help us, I risked my own life by leading our people to pass through the people of Ammon. And Yahweh helped us to defeat them. So why do you come to fight against me today?" \p diff --git a/07-JDG/13.usfm b/07-JDG/13.usfm index 2ba74808..40fdbd5e 100644 --- a/07-JDG/13.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/13.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 One day, the angel of Yahweh appeared to Manoah's wife and said to her, "Even though you have not been able to give birth to any children until now, you will soon become pregnant and you will give birth to a son. -\v 4 From now until he is born, you must not drink any wine or other alcoholic drink, and you must not eat any food that the law says we should not eat. +\v 4 From now until he is born, you must not drink any wine or other alcoholic drink, and you must not eat any food that the law says we should not eat. \v 5 You will become pregnant. After you give birth to your son, no one may ever cut his hair. He will be dedicated to God even before he is born until the day he dies. He will begin the work that will rescue Israel from the power of the Philistines." \s5 diff --git a/07-JDG/17.usfm b/07-JDG/17.usfm index 6c2ce66c..0f5501a8 100644 --- a/07-JDG/17.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/17.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 5 He had a house in which he worshiped his idols. He made a vest that was worn by priests, and some household idols and Micah gave one of his sons the task of being the priest for all his idols. +\v 5 He had a house in which he worshiped his idols. He made a vest that was worn by priests, and some household idols and Micah gave one of his sons the task of being the priest for all his idols. \v 6 At that time, the Israel did not have a king, and everyone did what was right, as they saw it. \s5 diff --git a/07-JDG/18.usfm b/07-JDG/18.usfm index 57cbf866..7b208630 100644 --- a/07-JDG/18.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/18.usfm @@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ \s5 \v 13 From there, they went to the hill country where the tribe of Ephraim lived. And they arrived at Micah's house. \p -\v 14 The five men who had explored the land near Laish said to their fellow Israelites, "Do you know that in one of these houses there is a sacred vest, several household idols, a carved figure and a cast metal figure? We think that you know what you should do." - +\v 14 The five men who had explored the land near Laish said to their fellow Israelites, "Do you know that in one of these houses there is a sacred vest, several household idols, a carved figure and a cast metal figure? We think that you know what you should do." \s5 \v 15 So they went to the house where the man from the tribe of Levi lived, which was the house where Micah lived, and they greeted the young man from the tribe of Levi who was Micah's priest. \v 16 The six hundred men of the tribe of Dan stood outside the gate of the house, carrying their weapons. @@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 19 They replied, "Be quiet! Do not say anything! You come with us and be like a father to us and a priest for us. Is it better for you to stay here and be a priest for the people in the house of one man, or to be a priest for a clan, and a priest for a whole tribe of Israelites?" +\v 19 They replied, "Be quiet! Do not say anything! You come with us and be like a father to us and a priest for us. Is it better for you to stay here and be a priest for the people in the house of one man, or to be a priest for a clan, and a priest for a whole tribe of Israelites?" \v 20 The priest liked what they were suggesting. So he took the sacred vest and the household gods, and the carved figure, and he prepared to go with the people. \s5 diff --git a/07-JDG/20.usfm b/07-JDG/20.usfm index 70b34846..6b586068 100644 --- a/07-JDG/20.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/20.usfm @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ \v 21 The men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and fought against them, and they killed twenty-two thousand soldiers from Israel on that day. \s5 -\v 22 But the soldiers of Israel encouraged themselves. Then they got ready to fight the next day in the same battle lines as on the first day. +\v 22 But the soldiers of Israel encouraged themselves. Then they got ready to fight the next day in the same battle lines as on the first day. \v 23 Then they came together and begged Yahweh for help; they prayed until evening. They asked advice from Yahweh about what they should do: "Should we go again to fight against our brothers, the people of Benjamin?" Yahweh answered, "Attack them!" \s5 @@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ \s5 \v 36 So the soldiers of Benjamin saw they were defeated. The men of Israel had given ground to Benjamin, because they were counting on the men they had placed in hidden positions outside Gibeah to go out and shift the battle in their favor. \v 37 Then the men who were hiding got up and hurried and they rushed into Gibeah, and with their swords they killed everyone who lived in the city. -\v 38 Now the arranged signal between the soldiers of Israel and the men hiding in secret would be that a great cloud of smoke would rise up out of the city. - +\v 38 Now the arranged signal between the soldiers of Israel and the men hiding in secret would be that a great cloud of smoke would rise up out of the city. \s5 \p \v 39 By that time, Israelite men had turned away from attacking, so the men of the tribe of Benjamin said, "We are winning the battle, as we did before!" diff --git a/08-RUT/01.usfm b/08-RUT/01.usfm index 09c9eb2d..82b57f96 100644 --- a/08-RUT/01.usfm +++ b/08-RUT/01.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \s5 -\c 1 +\c 1 \p -\v 1 During the time that judges ruled Israel, there was a famine in that country. There was a man who lived in Israel named Elimelech who left Israel and went to live for a while in the country of Moab. He went with his wife, Naomi, and his two sons, Mahlon and Chilion. +\v 1 During the time that judges ruled Israel, there was a famine in that country. There was a man who lived in Israel named Elimelech who left Israel and went to live for a while in the country of Moab. He went with his wife, Naomi, and his two sons, Mahlon and Chilion. \v 2 Elimelech was from the clan of Ephrath that was living in the town of Bethlehem, in the region of Judah. They came to Moab and stayed there. \s5 diff --git a/08-RUT/02.usfm b/08-RUT/02.usfm index 7a6adebf..c9d91fa5 100644 --- a/08-RUT/02.usfm +++ b/08-RUT/02.usfm @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Naomi replied, "Go ahead, my daughter." \s5 \v 10 When he said that, she knelt before him, with her face touching the ground. She exclaimed, "Why are you being so kind to me? I did not think you would pay any attention to me since I am a foreigner!" \v 11 Boaz replied, "People have told me about everything you have done for your mother-in-law since your husband died. They told me that you left your parents and your homeland, and you came here to live among people whom you did not know. -\v 12 I pray that Yahweh will repay you for what you have done. May you receive full payment for your actions from the God of Israel, because he is the one you have come to and he will protect you!" +\v 12 I pray that Yahweh will repay you for what you have done. May you receive full payment for your actions from the God of Israel, because he is the one you have come to and he will protect you!" \p \s5 diff --git a/09-1SA/05.usfm b/09-1SA/05.usfm index cc7d9b5f..5207b8c6 100644 --- a/09-1SA/05.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/05.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \v 3 But early the next morning, when the people of Ashdod went to see it, they saw that the statue had fallen on its face in front of Yahweh's sacred chest! So they set the statue up in its place again. \s5 -\v 4 But the following morning, they saw that it had fallen down in front of the sacred chest again. But this time, it was as if someone had cut the statue's head and hands off; they were lying in the doorway. Only its body remained in one piece. +\v 4 But the following morning, they saw that it had fallen down in front of the sacred chest again. But this time, it was as if someone had cut the statue's head and hands off; they were lying in the doorway. Only its body remained in one piece. \v 5 That is the reason that ever since that time, the priests of Dagon and everyone else who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the doorsill where the hands and head of Dagon had fallen. \s5 diff --git a/10-2SA/01.usfm b/10-2SA/01.usfm index 3ec08425..7143a1d5 100644 --- a/10-2SA/01.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/01.usfm @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 14 David asked him, "Why were you not afraid that you would be punished if you killed Saul, whom Yahweh made king? +\v 14 David asked him, "Why were you not afraid that you would be punished if you killed Saul, whom Yahweh made king? \v 15-16 You yourself said, 'I killed the man whom Yahweh appointed to be the king.' So you have made yourself guilty; you deserve to die!" Then David summoned one of his soldiers and said to him, "Kill him!" So the soldier killed him. @@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ \q2 It is very sad that these mighty men have died! \b \q1 -\v 20 Do not tell it to our enemies in the region of Philistia. -\q1 Do not tell the people who live in the city of Gath. -\q2 Do not proclaim it in the streets of the city of Ashkelon, or their women would celebrate. +\v 20 Do not tell it to our enemies in the region of Philistia. +\q1 Do not tell the people who live in the city of Gath. +\q2 Do not proclaim it in the streets of the city of Ashkelon, or their women would celebrate. \q2 Do not allow those pagan women to rejoice. \s5 @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ \q1 Now there is no one to rub olive oil on Saul's shield. \q1 \v 22 Jonathan's arrows were his servants who always pierced his enemies and drew their blood. -\q2 and Saul's sword was his servant who always struck his enemies. +\q2 and Saul's sword was his servant who always struck his enemies. \b \s5 diff --git a/10-2SA/02.usfm b/10-2SA/02.usfm index 2994584c..1ebd45e3 100644 --- a/10-2SA/02.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/02.usfm @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 26 Then Abner called out to Joab, saying, "Are we going to continue to fight forever? Do you not realize that if we continue fighting the result will be very bad? We are all descendants of Jacob, so we should stop fighting each other! How long will it be until you tell your soldiers to stop pursuing us? +\v 26 Then Abner called out to Joab, saying, "Are we going to continue to fight forever? Do you not realize that if we continue fighting the result will be very bad? We are all descendants of Jacob, so we should stop fighting each other! How long will it be until you tell your soldiers to stop pursuing us? \p \v 27 Joab replied, "Just as surely as God lives, if you had not said that, my soldiers would have continued pursuing your men until tomorrow morning!" diff --git a/10-2SA/03.usfm b/10-2SA/03.usfm index 67303de7..e855948f 100644 --- a/10-2SA/03.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/03.usfm @@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 8 Abner became very angry about what Ishbosheth said to him. He said to Ishbosheth, "Do you think that I am a worthless dog from Judah? From the beginning I have been loyal to Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends. And I have kept David's army from defeating you. So now why are you criticizing me about what I have done with some woman? - +\v 8 Abner became very angry about what Ishbosheth said to him. He said to Ishbosheth, "Do you think that I am a worthless dog from Judah? From the beginning I have been loyal to Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends. And I have kept David's army from defeating you. So now why are you criticizing me about what I have done with some woman? \s5 \v 9-10 Yahweh solemnly promised that he would not allow Saul and his descendants to continue to rule. He promised that he would cause David to rule over all the tribes of Israel and Judah, from the city of Dan far in the north to the city of Beersheba far in the south. So I hope that God will kill me if I do not enable that to happen!" \v 11 Ishbosheth was very afraid of Abner, so he did not say anything to reply to Abner. diff --git a/10-2SA/05.usfm b/10-2SA/05.usfm index fba04d43..0e804506 100644 --- a/10-2SA/05.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/05.usfm @@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 11 One day Hiram, the king of the city of Tyre, sent ambassadors to David to talk about making an agreement between their countries. Hiram agreed to provide cedar trees to make lumber, and he also agreed that he would send carpenters and masons to build a palace for David. -\v 12 Because Hiram did these things, David realized that Yahweh had truly appointed him to be the king of Israel. He also realized that because Yahweh loved the Israelites and chosen them to belong to himself, he had increased David's own power as king. - +\v 12 Because Hiram did these things, David realized that Yahweh had truly appointed him to be the king of Israel. He also realized that because Yahweh loved the Israelites and chosen them to belong to himself, he had increased David's own power as king. \s5 \p \v 13 After David moved from Hebron to Jerusalem, he took more slave women to be his wives, and he also married other women. All of those women gave birth to more sons and daughters. diff --git a/10-2SA/07.usfm b/10-2SA/07.usfm index e5eac016..90a4f932 100644 --- a/10-2SA/07.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/07.usfm @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ \v 20 O Yahweh God, what more can I, David, say to you for honoring me? Although you know very well what I am like, Yahweh my God, you have acted toward me as though I were the most important man on the earth! \s5 -\v 21 You have done all these great things to teach me, and you have done them just because you wanted to do them and because you decided to do them. +\v 21 You have done all these great things to teach me, and you have done them just because you wanted to do them and because you decided to do them. \pi \v 22 O Yahweh my God, you are great. There is no one like you. Only you are God, just as we have always heard. \v 23 And there is no other nation in the world like Israel. Israel is the only nation on the earth whose people you went out to rescue, as you rescued them from Egypt. Then you made them belong to you yourself. And for doing all these things, you are now well known throughout the world. As your people advanced through this land, you drove out other people groups who were in Canaan, along with their gods. diff --git a/10-2SA/08.usfm b/10-2SA/08.usfm index 335ef2c8..8ff420f5 100644 --- a/10-2SA/08.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/08.usfm @@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ \s5 \p \v 15 David ruled over all the Israelite people, and he always did for them what was fair and just. -\v 16 Joab was the army commander. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, was the man who reported to the people everything that David decided that they should do. +\v 16 Joab was the army commander. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, was the man who reported to the people everything that David decided that they should do. \v 17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were the priests. Seraiah was the official secretary; -\v 18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the commander of David's bodyguards, and David's sons were his advisors. - +\v 18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the commander of David's bodyguards, and David's sons were his advisors. diff --git a/10-2SA/10.usfm b/10-2SA/10.usfm index e725f65e..dad67de8 100644 --- a/10-2SA/10.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/10.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \p \v 1 Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people group, died; then his son Hanun became their king. \v 2 David thought to himself, "Nahash was kind to me, so I will be kind to his son." So David sent some officials there, to tell Hanun that David was sorry that Hanun's father had died. -\p When those messengers arrived in the land of Ammon, +\p When those messengers arrived in the land of Ammon, \v 3 the Ammonite leaders said to Hanun, "Do you think that it is to honor your father that King David has sent these men to say that he is sorry that you father died? We think that he has sent them here to look around the city to determine how his army can conquer us!" \s5 diff --git a/10-2SA/11.usfm b/10-2SA/11.usfm index 88e0ed2d..522bec14 100644 --- a/10-2SA/11.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/11.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \s5 \v 9 But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept at the palace entrance with the palace guards. \p -\v 10 When someone told David that Uriah did not go to his house that night, David summoned him again and said to him, "Why did you not go home to be with your wife last night, after having been away for a long time?" +\v 10 When someone told David that Uriah did not go to his house that night, David summoned him again and said to him, "Why did you not go home to be with your wife last night, after having been away for a long time?" \p \v 11 Uriah replied, "The soldiers of Judah and Israel are camping in the open fields, and even our commander Joab is sleeping in a tent, and the sacred chest is with them. I could not possibly go home, eat and drink, and sleep with my wife. I solemnly declare that I will never do such a thing!" @@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ \p \v 18 Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting. \v 19 He said to the messenger, "Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him, -\v 20 if David is angry because so many officers were killed, he may ask you, 'Why did your soldiers go so close to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot arrows at you from the top of the city wall? - +\v 20 if David is angry because so many officers were killed, he may ask you, 'Why did your soldiers go so close to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot arrows at you from the top of the city wall? \s5 \v 21 Do you not remember how Abimelech son of Gideon was killed? A woman who lived in Thebez threw a huge millstone on him from the top of a tower, and he died. So why did our troops go near to the city wall?' If the king asks this, then tell him, 'Your officer Uriah also was killed.'" diff --git a/10-2SA/16.usfm b/10-2SA/16.usfm index c7bd830e..87cbaee3 100644 --- a/10-2SA/16.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/16.usfm @@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ \p \v 9 Then Abishai said to the king, "Your Majesty, this man is as worthless as a dead dog! Why should he be allowed to curse you? Allow me to go over there and cut off his head!" \p -\v 10 But the king replied, "You two sons of Zeruiah, I want nothing to do with you. If he is cursing me because Yahweh told him to do so, then no one should ask him, 'Why are you cursing the king?'" - +\v 10 But the king replied, "You two sons of Zeruiah, I want nothing to do with you. If he is cursing me because Yahweh told him to do so, then no one should ask him, 'Why are you cursing the king?'" \s5 \p \v 11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his officials, "You know that my own son is trying to kill me. So it is not surprising that this man from the tribe of Benjamin is also trying to kill me. Just ignore him, and allow him to curse me. Yahweh has told him to do that. diff --git a/10-2SA/17.usfm b/10-2SA/17.usfm index 478dabe7..4481a3ee 100644 --- a/10-2SA/17.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/17.usfm @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 27 When David and his soldiers arrived at Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from the Ammonite city of Rabbah, and Machir son of Ammiel from the city of Lo Debar, and Barzillai from the city of Rogelim in Gilead came to them. +\v 27 When David and his soldiers arrived at Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from the Ammonite city of Rabbah, and Machir son of Ammiel from the city of Lo Debar, and Barzillai from the city of Rogelim in Gilead came to them. \v 28 They brought sleeping mats, bowls, clay pots, barley, wheat flour, parched grain, beans, and lentils. \v 29 They brought honey and curds, sheep, and some cream for David and his soldiers to eat. They knew that David and his soldiers would be hungry and tired and thirsty from marching in the wilderness. diff --git a/10-2SA/19.usfm b/10-2SA/19.usfm index b079aec9..740558a2 100644 --- a/10-2SA/19.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/19.usfm @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 34 But Barzillai replied, "I certainly do not have many more years to live. So why should I go with you to Jerusalem? +\v 34 But Barzillai replied, "I certainly do not have many more years to live. So why should I go with you to Jerusalem? \v 35 I am eighty years old. I do not know what is enjoyable and what is not enjoyable. I cannot enjoy what I eat and what I drink. I cannot hear the voices of men and women as they sing. So why should I be another burden to you? \v 36 I will cross the Jordan River with you and go a little further, and that will be all the reward that I need for helping you. @@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ \v 40 After they crossed the river, Kimham went with the king, and all the army of Judah and half the army of the other Israelite tribes escorted the king to Gilgal. \p -\v 41 Then all the Israelite soldiers from the other Israelite tribes came to the king and said, "Why is it that our relatives, the men from Judah, took you away from us and wanted to be the only ones to escort you and your family across the river, along with all your men? Why did you not request us to do that?" - +\v 41 Then all the Israelite soldiers from the other Israelite tribes came to the king and said, "Why is it that our relatives, the men from Judah, took you away from us and wanted to be the only ones to escort you and your family across the river, along with all your men? Why did you not request us to do that?" \s5 \p \v 42 The soldiers from Judah replied, "We did it because the king is from Judah. Why are you angry about this? The king has never paid for our food, and he has never given us any gifts." diff --git a/10-2SA/20.usfm b/10-2SA/20.usfm index 41679d2c..1edc157f 100644 --- a/10-2SA/20.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/20.usfm @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ \p \v 23 Joab was the commander of the entire Israelite army. Jehoiada's son Benaiah was the commander of David's bodyguards. \v 24 Adoram supervised the men who were forced to work for the king. Ahilud's son Jehoshaphat was the man who reported to the people everything that David decided. -\v 25 Sheva was the official secretary. Zadok and Abiathar were the priests, +\v 25 Sheva was the official secretary. Zadok and Abiathar were the priests, \v 26 and Ira from Jair town was also one of David's priests. diff --git a/10-2SA/22.usfm b/10-2SA/22.usfm index 4a985dc4..e36acf0b 100644 --- a/10-2SA/22.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/22.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 3 Yahweh, you protect me. You are like a shield, +\v 3 Yahweh, you protect me. You are like a shield, \q2 and you are the powerful one who saves me. \q1 You are like a place where I find refuge. \q2 You save me from those who act violently toward me. @@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ \q1 and almost destroyed me like a flood. \q1 \v 6 I thought that I would die. It was as though death had wrapped ropes around me, -\q2 and it was as though I were in a trap where I would surely die. - +\q2 and it was as though I were in a trap where I would surely die. \s5 \q1 \v 7 But when I was very distressed, I called out to you, Yahweh. @@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ \q1 \v 34 When I walk in the mountains, \q2 you enable me to walk safely -\q2 as a deer runs, without stumbling. +\q2 as a deer runs, without stumbling. \q1 \v 35 You teach me how to fight in a battle \q2 in order that I can shoot arrows well from a very strong bow. diff --git a/10-2SA/23.usfm b/10-2SA/23.usfm index 7c3f0034..59ec592a 100644 --- a/10-2SA/23.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/23.usfm @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 5 And truly, that is how God will surely bless my family +\v 5 And truly, that is how God will surely bless my family \q2 because he made a covenant with me that will last forever, \q2 a covenant in which he promises that no part of it will ever be changed. \q1 He will surely cause me to prosper, @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ \s5 \li3 \v 33 Ahiam the son of Sharar, from Harar, -\li3 +\li3 \v 34 Eliphelet son of Ahasbai, from the city of Maacah, \li3 Eliam son of Ahithophel, from the city of Gilo, \li3 diff --git a/10-2SA/24.usfm b/10-2SA/24.usfm index 7b5da6ee..be13492c 100644 --- a/10-2SA/24.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/24.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 5 They crossed the Jordan River and set up their tents south of Aroer, in the middle of the valley, in the territory that was given to the tribe of Gad. From there they went north to Jazer. +\v 5 They crossed the Jordan River and set up their tents south of Aroer, in the middle of the valley, in the territory that was given to the tribe of Gad. From there they went north to Jazer. \v 6 Then they went north to Gilead and to Kadesh, in the land where the Heth people group lived. Then they went to Dan in the far north of Israel, and then further west, to Sidon near the Mediterranean Sea. \v 7 Then they went south to Tyre, a city with high walls around it, and to all the cities where the Hiv and Canaan people groups lived. Then they went east to Beersheba, in the southern wilderness of Judah. diff --git a/11-1KI/04.usfm b/11-1KI/04.usfm index e9ab5f8d..c274adb1 100644 --- a/11-1KI/04.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/04.usfm @@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ \s5 \v 24 Solomon ruled over all the area west of the Euphrates River, from the city of Tiphsah in the northeast to the city of Gaza in the southwest. He ruled over all the kings in that area. There was peace between his government and the governments of nearby countries. -\v 25 All during the years that Solomon ruled, the people of Judah and Israel lived safely. - +\v 25 All during the years that Solomon ruled, the people of Judah and Israel lived safely. \s5 \p \v 26 Solomon had forty thousand stalls for the horses that pulled his chariots and twelve thousand men who rode on horses. diff --git a/11-1KI/07.usfm b/11-1KI/07.usfm index fe3057c8..b228ca57 100644 --- a/11-1KI/07.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/07.usfm @@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 38 Huram also made ten bronze basins, one basin for each of the ten stands. Each basin was 1.8 meters across and held 880 liters of water. -\v 39 Huram placed five of the carts on the right side of the temple and five on the left side of the temple. He put the big tank on the corner that was toward the east and in the direction of the south. - +\v 39 Huram placed five of the carts on the right side of the temple and five on the left side of the temple. He put the big tank on the corner that was toward the east and in the direction of the south. \s5 \v 40 Huram also made pots, shovels for carrying ashes, and bowls for carrying the blood of the animals that would be sacrificed. He completed all the work that King Solomon requested him to do for the temple. This is a list of the bronze things he made: \li1 diff --git a/11-1KI/17.usfm b/11-1KI/17.usfm index 694d7fa2..162df237 100644 --- a/11-1KI/17.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/17.usfm @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 19 But Elijah replied, "Give your son to me." So she gave her son to him, and he took the boy's body from her and carried it up the steps to the room where he stayed. He laid the boy's body on his bed. -\v 20 Then Elijah cried out to Yahweh, "O Yahweh my God, this widow has kindly allowed me to stay in her home. So why have you brought this tragedy to her and caused her son to die?" +\v 20 Then Elijah cried out to Yahweh, "O Yahweh my God, this widow has kindly allowed me to stay in her home. So why have you brought this tragedy to her and caused her son to die?" \v 21 Then Elijah stretched himself on top of the boy's body and called out to Yahweh saying, "Yahweh my God, please allow this boy to become alive again!" He did this three times. \s5 diff --git a/11-1KI/21.usfm b/11-1KI/21.usfm index c24e803a..08852041 100644 --- a/11-1KI/21.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/21.usfm @@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ \p \v 27 After Elijah finished talking to Ahab, Ahab tore his clothes to show that he was sorry for all the sins that he had committed. He put on rough clothes that were made from sacks, and he refused to eat anything. He even wore those rough clothes made from sacks when he slept, to show that he was sorry. \p -\v 28 Then Yahweh said this to Elijah, -\v 29 "I have seen that Ahab is now very sorry for all the evil things that he has done. So the things that I promised to do to his family will not happen while he is still alive. I will cause them to happen after his son becomes king. Then those things will happen to his family." - +\v 28 Then Yahweh said this to Elijah, +\v 29 "I have seen that Ahab is now very sorry for all the evil things that he has done. So the things that I promised to do to his family will not happen while he is still alive. I will cause them to happen after his son becomes king. Then those things will happen to his family." diff --git a/11-1KI/22.usfm b/11-1KI/22.usfm index 199b1a2d..bd2214ad 100644 --- a/11-1KI/22.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/22.usfm @@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ \s5 \v 21 Finally one spirit came to Yahweh and said, 'I will deceive him!' -\p +\p \v 22 Yahweh asked him, 'How will you do it?' The spirit replied, 'I will go and inspire all of Ahab's prophets to tell lies.' Yahweh said, 'You will be successful; go and do it!' \v 23 So now I tell you that Yahweh has let all of your prophets lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you." \s5 \p -\v 24 Then Zedekiah walked over to Micaiah and slapped him on his face. He said, "Do you think that Yahweh's Spirit left me in order to speak to you?" +\v 24 Then Zedekiah walked over to Micaiah and slapped him on his face. He said, "Do you think that Yahweh's Spirit left me in order to speak to you?" \p \v 25 Micaiah replied, "You will find out for yourself to which of us Yahweh's Spirit has truly spoken on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide from the Aramean troops!" diff --git a/12-2KI/02.usfm b/12-2KI/02.usfm index 69113a9e..8711f404 100644 --- a/12-2KI/02.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/02.usfm @@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 17 But they continued to urge him. Finally he was tired of saying "No," and he said, "Very well, send them." So fifty men searched for three days, but they did not find Elijah. -\v 18 They returned to Jericho, and Elisha was still there. He said to them, "I told you that you should not go, because you would not find him!" - +\v 18 They returned to Jericho, and Elisha was still there. He said to them, "I told you that you should not go, because you would not find him!" \s5 \p diff --git a/12-2KI/04.usfm b/12-2KI/04.usfm index c80336bf..45772df9 100644 --- a/12-2KI/04.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/04.usfm @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 28 Then she said to Elisha, "O sir, I did not request you to enable me to give birth to a son, but I did say, 'Do not lie to me.'" +\v 28 Then she said to Elisha, "O sir, I did not request you to enable me to give birth to a son, but I did say, 'Do not lie to me.'" \p \v 29 Then Elisha realized that something must have happened to her son. So he said to Gehazi, "Get ready to leave immediately. Take my staff stick and go to her home. Do not stop to talk to anyone on the way. Go quickly to where her son is and lay the staff on the child's face. If you do that, perhaps Yahweh will cause him to live again." diff --git a/12-2KI/05.usfm b/12-2KI/05.usfm index a0e883a3..e0dfa2fc 100644 --- a/12-2KI/05.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/05.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 13 But his servants came to him, and one of them said, "Sir, if that prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would certainly have done it. So why do you refuse to do such a simple thing he asks, when he says, "Go down seven times in the water and be clean?'" +\v 13 But his servants came to him, and one of them said, "Sir, if that prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would certainly have done it. So why do you refuse to do such a simple thing he asks, when he says, "Go down seven times in the water and be clean?'" \v 14 So Naaman went down to the Jordan River and went into the water seven times, as the prophet had instructed, and his skin became healthy, like the smooth skin of a young child. \s5 diff --git a/12-2KI/08.usfm b/12-2KI/08.usfm index 0bbcb636..013addfe 100644 --- a/12-2KI/08.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/08.usfm @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 13 Hazael replied, "I am as powerless as a dog. How could I do such terrible things?" +\v 13 Hazael replied, "I am as powerless as a dog. How could I do such terrible things?" \p Elisha replied, "Yahweh has also revealed to me that you will become the king of Aram." \p \v 14 Then Hazael left and returned to his master the king, who asked him, "What did Elisha say?" diff --git a/12-2KI/09.usfm b/12-2KI/09.usfm index ce48b462..8235856a 100644 --- a/12-2KI/09.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/09.usfm @@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ \p \v 21 Joram said to his soldiers, "Get my chariot ready." So they did that. Then King Joram and King Ahaziah both rode toward Jehu, each one in his own chariot. And it happened that they met Jehu at the field that had previously belonged to Naboth! \v 22 When Joram met Jehu, he said to him, "Are you coming to act peacefully toward me?" -\p Jehu replied, "How can there be peace while you and your people are bowing down to idols and practicing very much witchcraft like your mother Jezebel did?" - +\p Jehu replied, "How can there be peace while you and your people are bowing down to idols and practicing very much witchcraft like your mother Jezebel did?" \s5 \p \v 23 Joram cried out, "Ahaziah, they have deceived us! They want to kill us!" So Joram turned his chariot around and tried to flee. diff --git a/12-2KI/16.usfm b/12-2KI/16.usfm index 1c096b81..0077cb6d 100644 --- a/12-2KI/16.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/16.usfm @@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ \p \v 10 When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath Pileser, he saw the altar that was there. So he sent to Uriah, the high priest in Jerusalem, a drawing of the altar and a model that represented exactly the altar in Damascus. \v 11 So Uriah built an altar in Jerusalem following the drawing that King Ahaz had sent. Uriah finished the altar before Ahaz returned to Jerusalem from Damascus. -\v 12 When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. - +\v 12 When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. \s5 \v 13 He went up to it and burned animal sacrifices and a flour offering on it. He also poured a wine offering on it and threw on it the blood of the offerings to promise friendship with God. \v 14 The old bronze altar that had been dedicated long ago to Yahweh was between the new altar and the temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar. diff --git a/12-2KI/18.usfm b/12-2KI/18.usfm index 33eabe83..64a1651c 100644 --- a/12-2KI/18.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/18.usfm @@ -78,9 +78,8 @@ \s5 \v 33 The gods that people of other nations worship have never rescued them from the power of the king of Assyria! -\v 34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Did any of their gods delivered Samaria out of my hand? -\v 35 None of these gods kept their people from being destroyed by the king of Assyria. Do you think your God Yahweh, can do any better? - +\v 34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Did any of their gods delivered Samaria out of my hand? +\v 35 None of these gods kept their people from being destroyed by the king of Assyria. Do you think your God Yahweh, can do any better? \s5 \p \v 36 But the people who were listening were silent. No one said anything, because King Hezekiah had told them, "When the official from Assyria talks to you, do not answer him." diff --git a/12-2KI/19.usfm b/12-2KI/19.usfm index d1d91205..ee18da1e 100644 --- a/12-2KI/19.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/19.usfm @@ -51,45 +51,45 @@ \p \v 20 Then Isaiah sent this message to Hezekiah to tell him what Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelites belonged, said in response: "I have heard what you prayed to me about Sennacherib, the king of Assyria. \v 21 This is what I say to that king: -\q The people of Jerusalem +\q The people of Jerusalem \q2 despise you and make fun of you. -\q They wag their heads +\q They wag their heads \q2 to mock you. -\q +\q \v 22 Who do you think that you were despising and ridiculing? \q2 Who do you think you were shouting at? \q2 Who do you think you were looking at very proudly? \q It was I, the holy God whom the Israelites worship. \s5 -\q -\v 23 The messengers whom you sent +\q +\v 23 The messengers whom you sent \q2 made fun of me. -\q You said, 'With my many chariots +\q You said, 'With my many chariots \q2 I have gone to the highest mountains, \q2 to the highest mountains in Lebanon. \q We have cut down its tallest cedar trees \q2 and its best cedar trees. \q We have been to the most distant peaks \q2 and to its densest forests. -\q -\v 24 We have dug wells in other countries +\q +\v 24 We have dug wells in other countries \q2 and drunk water from them. \q And by marching through the streams of Egypt, \q2 we dried them all up!' \b \s5 -\q -\v 25 But I reply, 'Have you never heard that long ago +\q +\v 25 But I reply, 'Have you never heard that long ago \q2 I planned that those things would happen? \q I planned it long ago, \q2 and now I have been causing it to occur. -\q I planned that your army -\q2 would have the power to capture many cities +\q I planned that your army +\q2 would have the power to capture many cities \q3 that were surrounded by high walls, \q2 and cause them to become piles of rubble. -\q +\q \v 26 The people who lived in those cities have no power, \q2 and as a result they became dismayed and discouraged. \q They are as frail as plants and grass in the fields, @@ -98,45 +98,44 @@ \b \s5 -\q +\q \v 27 But I know everything about you. -\q2 I know when you are in your house +\q2 I know when you are in your house \q3 and when you go outside; \q2 I also know that you are raging against me. -\q +\q \v 28 So, because you have raged against me, \q2 and because I have heard you do this, \q it will be as though I will put a hook in your nose, -\q2 and I will put an iron bit in your mouth, +\q2 and I will put an iron bit in your mouth, \q in order that I can take you where I want you to go. \q2 I will force you to return to your own country -\q on the same road on which you came here, +\q on the same road on which you came here, \q2 without conquering Jerusalem.' -\q - +\q \s5 -\q -\v 29 Now I say this to Hezekiah: +\q +\v 29 Now I say this to Hezekiah: \q2 'This is what will happen to prove that I am telling the truth: -\q This year and next year you and your people +\q This year and next year you and your people \q2 will be able to harvest only wild grain. -\q But the following year, you Israelites will be able -\q2 to plant grain and harvest it, +\q But the following year, you Israelites will be able +\q2 to plant grain and harvest it, \q2 and to plant vineyards and eat the grapes. -\q -\v 30 The people in Judah who remain alive will prosper +\q +\v 30 The people in Judah who remain alive will prosper \q2 and have many children; -\q they will be like plants whose roots go deep down +\q they will be like plants whose roots go deep down \q2 into the ground and which produce much . -\q -\v 31 There will be many people in Jerusalem +\q +\v 31 There will be many people in Jerusalem \q2 who will remain alive, -\q because I, Yahweh, commander of the armies, +\q because I, Yahweh, commander of the armies, \q2 have planned it to happen. \s5 -\q -\v 32 So this is what I, Yahweh, say +\q +\v 32 So this is what I, Yahweh, say \q2 about the king of Assyria: \q "His armies will not enter this city; \q2 they will not even shoot any arrows into it. @@ -144,15 +143,15 @@ \q2 and they will not even build high mounds of earth \q3 against the city walls \q3 to enable them to attack the city. -\q +\q \v 33 Their king will return to his own country \q2 on the same road on which he came here. \q2 He will not enter this city. \q That will happen because I, Yahweh, have said it! -\q +\q \v 34 I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed. -\q2 I will do this for the sake of my own reputation -\q2 and because of what I promised to King David, +\q2 I will do this for the sake of my own reputation +\q2 and because of what I promised to King David, \q3 who served me well.'" \b diff --git a/12-2KI/20.usfm b/12-2KI/20.usfm index a551ff7d..b09e40f3 100644 --- a/12-2KI/20.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/20.usfm @@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 12 At that time, King Merodach Baladan son of Baladan, the previous king of Babylonia, heard a report that King Hezekiah had been very sick. So he wrote some letters and gave them to some messengers to take to Hezekiah, along with a gift. -\v 13 When the messengers arrived, Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. Then he showed them all the treasure that was in his palace and treasuries—the silver and gold, the spices, the nice-smelling olive oil, and all the weapons for his soldiers. There were no valuable things in his storerooms or anywhere else in his kingdom that he did not show them. - +\v 13 When the messengers arrived, Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. Then he showed them all the treasure that was in his palace and treasuries—the silver and gold, the spices, the nice-smelling olive oil, and all the weapons for his soldiers. There were no valuable things in his storerooms or anywhere else in his kingdom that he did not show them. \s5 \p \v 14 Then the prophet Isaiah went to Hezekiah and asked him, "Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?" diff --git a/12-2KI/22.usfm b/12-2KI/22.usfm index 15ffdbed..31dbe5db 100644 --- a/12-2KI/22.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/22.usfm @@ -33,14 +33,13 @@ \p \v 14 So Hilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to consult a woman whose name was Huldah, who was a prophetess who lived in the newer part of Jerusalem. Her husband Shallum son of Tikvah and grandson of Harhas, took care of the robes that were worn in the temple. Those five men told her about the scroll. \p -\v 15 She then told them what Yahweh the God whom the Israelites worship says. Yahweh told Huldah to go back and tell the king who sent her +\v 15 She then told them what Yahweh the God whom the Israelites worship says. Yahweh told Huldah to go back and tell the king who sent her \v 16 that this is what Yahweh says: "Listen to this carefully. I am going to bring a disaster on Jerusalem and all the people who live here, which is what was written in the scroll that the king has read. \s5 \v 17 I will do that because they have abandoned me, and they burn incense to honor other gods. They have caused me to become very angry by all the idols that they have made, and my anger is like a fire that will not be put out. \v 18 The king of Judah sent you to inquire what I, Yahweh, want him to do. This is what you should say to him, 'You have paid attention to what was written in the scroll. -\v 19 Also, you have repented and humbled yourself when you heard what I threatened to do to punish this city and the people who live here, I have heard what you prayed. I said that I would cause this city to be abandoned. It will be a city whose name people will use when they curse someone. But because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you. - +\v 19 Also, you have repented and humbled yourself when you heard what I threatened to do to punish this city and the people who live here, I have heard what you prayed. I said that I would cause this city to be abandoned. It will be a city whose name people will use when they curse someone. But because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you. \s5 \v 20 So I will allow you to die and be buried peacefully. I will cause a great disaster to come to this place, but you will not be alive to see it.'" \p After the men heard that, they returned to King Josiah and gave him that message. diff --git a/13-1CH/05.usfm b/13-1CH/05.usfm index 44bb2c2e..0346cefa 100644 --- a/13-1CH/05.usfm +++ b/13-1CH/05.usfm @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \s5 \li2 -\v 14 They were descendants of Abihail. Abihail was son of Huri, Huri was the son of Jaroah, Jaroah was the son of Gilead, Gilead was son of Michael, Michael was the son of Jeshishi, Jeshishi was the son of Jahdo, and Jahdo was the son of Buz. +\v 14 They were descendants of Abihail. Abihail was son of Huri, Huri was the son of Jaroah, Jaroah was the son of Gilead, Gilead was son of Michael, Michael was the son of Jeshishi, Jeshishi was the son of Jahdo, and Jahdo was the son of Buz. \li2 \v 15 Ahi was Abdiel's son. Abdiel was Guni's son. Ahi was the leader of their clan. diff --git a/13-1CH/08.usfm b/13-1CH/08.usfm index 929de687..e9dcd6b3 100644 --- a/13-1CH/08.usfm +++ b/13-1CH/08.usfm @@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ Iphdeiah, and Penuel. \li1 \v 29 Another descendant of Benjamin was Jeiel. He lived in the city of Gibeon, and he was the leader of those who lived there. His wife was Maacah. \v 30 His oldest son was Abdon. His other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, -\v 31 Gedor, Ahio, Zeker, and Mikloth. - +\v 31 Gedor, Ahio, Zeker, and Mikloth. \s5 \li1 \v 32 Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. All these sons of Jeiel also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem. diff --git a/13-1CH/13.usfm b/13-1CH/13.usfm index 9d4095a2..7f6868da 100644 --- a/13-1CH/13.usfm +++ b/13-1CH/13.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 12 That day, David was afraid of God. He asked himself, "How can I bring God's sacred chest to my city? +\v 12 That day, David was afraid of God. He asked himself, "How can I bring God's sacred chest to my city? \v 13 So the men with David did not take the sacred chest to Jerusalem. Instead, they took it to the house of Obed Edom, who was from the city of Gath. \v 14 The sacred chest stayed with Obed Edom's family in his house for three months. During that time Yahweh blessed Obed Edom's family and everything that he owned. diff --git a/13-1CH/17.usfm b/13-1CH/17.usfm index 7c4a5ddc..e0475fdb 100644 --- a/13-1CH/17.usfm +++ b/13-1CH/17.usfm @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \s5 \v 13 I will be like a father to him, and it will be as though he is a son to me. I stopped loving Saul, the one who was the king before you became king, but I will never stop loving your son. -\v 14 I will cause him to rule over my people and his kingdom will endure forever.'" +\v 14 I will cause him to rule over my people and his kingdom will endure forever.'" \p \v 15 So Nathan reported to David everything that Yahweh had revealed to him. diff --git a/13-1CH/29.usfm b/13-1CH/29.usfm index e3e3d60e..58f14d01 100644 --- a/13-1CH/29.usfm +++ b/13-1CH/29.usfm @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ \q2 I desire that your people will continue to desire to do things like this forever, \q2 and that they will always be loyal to you. \q1 -\v 19 And now, please enable my son Solomon to faithfully and sincerely +\v 19 And now, please enable my son Solomon to faithfully and sincerely \q2 do everything that is needed to build this beautiful building \q2 for which I have provided all these things." diff --git a/14-2CH/01.usfm b/14-2CH/01.usfm index d0f7ffd5..cef817d9 100644 --- a/14-2CH/01.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/01.usfm @@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 2-5 When David had been king, he arranged for a new sacred tent to be made in Jerusalem. Then David and the Israelite leaders brought God's sacred chest from the city of Kiriath Jearim to the new sacred tent. But when Solomon became the king, the first sacred tent was still in the city of Gibeon. There was a bronze altar there that Bezalel son of Uri and grandson of Hur, had made was also still at Gibeon, in front of the first sacred tent. -\p Solomon called together the army commanders of one thousand soldiers and the commanders of one hundred soldiers, with the judges and all the other leaders in Israel. He told them to go with him to Gibeon. So they all went to the place on the hill where idols were worshiped at Gibeon. That was the same place where God had met with his people in the tent which Moses had made. There Solomon and all the others with him prayed to Yahweh. - +\p Solomon called together the army commanders of one thousand soldiers and the commanders of one hundred soldiers, with the judges and all the other leaders in Israel. He told them to go with him to Gibeon. So they all went to the place on the hill where idols were worshiped at Gibeon. That was the same place where God had met with his people in the tent which Moses had made. There Solomon and all the others with him prayed to Yahweh. \s5 \v 6 Then Solomon went up to the bronze altar in front of the sacred tent, and he offered one thousand animals to be killed and completely burned on the altar. \p diff --git a/14-2CH/02.usfm b/14-2CH/02.usfm index 40eb9cb0..7132bbca 100644 --- a/14-2CH/02.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/02.usfm @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \v 11 When Hiram received this message, he replied by sending a message back to Solomon: \pi "Because Yahweh loves his people, he has appointed you to be their king. \p -\v 12 +\v 12 \pi Let everyone praise Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelite people belong, the one who created the sky and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, one who is very intelligent and who has good skill and understanding. He wants to build a temple for Yahweh and a palace for himself. \s5 diff --git a/14-2CH/04.usfm b/14-2CH/04.usfm index 813f784e..4b0d0091 100644 --- a/14-2CH/04.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/04.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 4 The basin was set on twelve large figures of bulls, with the bulls facing outward. Three bulls faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east. -\v 5 The sides of the tank were about eight centimeters thick. The tank's brim was fashioned like the brim of a cup; it resembled a lily blossom. The tank held about sixty-six kiloliters of water. +\v 5 The sides of the tank were about eight centimeters thick. The tank's brim was fashioned like the brim of a cup; it resembled a lily blossom. The tank held about sixty-six kiloliters of water. \p \v 6 The craftsmen also made ten basins for washing the articles that were to be used in making offerings. But the priests used the very large tank for washing themselves. \s5 diff --git a/14-2CH/06.usfm b/14-2CH/06.usfm index 5da49078..b16cc5ba 100644 --- a/14-2CH/06.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/06.usfm @@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ \pi \v 18 But, my God, will you really live on earth among us? This temple I have built cannot contain you; not even the universe and heaven itself can contain you. \v 19 But Yahweh, my God, please listen to my prayer, while I am pleading with this day and do what I am requesting. -\v 20 Always protect this temple, this place where you said you would be present, in order that you might always hear me when I pray, for I am your servant. - +\v 20 Always protect this temple, this place where you said you would be present, in order that you might always hear me when I pray, for I am your servant. \s5 \v 21 Listen to me when I pray, and listen to your Israelite people when they pray, whether we are here, or even if we just face in this direction. Listen from heaven, where you live; and when you hear us pray, forgive us. diff --git a/14-2CH/18.usfm b/14-2CH/18.usfm index d42446fa..c5531cf1 100644 --- a/14-2CH/18.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/18.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 9 Now the king of Israel and the king of Judah were sitting there on thrones, wearing their royal robes. They were sitting by the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were busy saying words of prophecy to them. +\v 9 Now the king of Israel and the king of Judah were sitting there on thrones, wearing their royal robes. They were sitting by the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were busy saying words of prophecy to them. \p \v 10 One of them whose name was Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled the horns of a bull. He proclaimed to Ahab, "This is what Yahweh says: 'With horns like these, your army will keep attacking the army of Aram like a bull attacks another animal, until you completely destroy them.'" \v 11 All the other prophets of Ahab agreed. They said, "Yes! If you attack Ramoth in Gilead, you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them." diff --git a/14-2CH/26.usfm b/14-2CH/26.usfm index 081faae8..6600ef8d 100644 --- a/14-2CH/26.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/26.usfm @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 11 Amaziah's army was trained for fighting battles. They were in groups that were always ready to go into battles. Jeiel, the king's secretary, and Maaseiah, one of the army officers, counted the men and placed them in groups. Hananiah, one of the king's officials, was their commander. -\v 12 There were leaders appointed to be in charge of the soldiers. They came from the traditional families of Judah, and were 2,600 in number. +\v 12 There were leaders appointed to be in charge of the soldiers. They came from the traditional families of Judah, and were 2,600 in number. \v 13 In the groups that those leaders commanded there was a total of 307,500 well-trained soldiers. It was a very powerful army, ready to fight the king's enemies. \s5 diff --git a/14-2CH/32.usfm b/14-2CH/32.usfm index b0a5c38a..1865d959 100644 --- a/14-2CH/32.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/32.usfm @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ \p \v 24 About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He thought that he was about to die. But he prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh answered him. He performed a miracle and healed Hezekiah. \v 25 But Hezekiah was very proud, and he did not thank Yahweh for acting kindly toward him. Therefore Yahweh was angry with him and punished him and the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah. -\v 26 Then Hezekiah said that he was sorry about being proud, and the people of Jerusalem also said that they were sorry for their sins. So Yahweh did not punish +\v 26 Then Hezekiah said that he was sorry about being proud, and the people of Jerusalem also said that they were sorry for their sins. So Yahweh did not punish them during the remaining years that Hezekiah was their king. diff --git a/15-EZR/01.usfm b/15-EZR/01.usfm index a4f4c81c..17ccc7c2 100644 --- a/15-EZR/01.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/01.usfm @@ -2,20 +2,20 @@ \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1 During the first year that Cyrus ruled the Persian Empire, he did something that fulfilled the prophecy that Jeremiah had spoken. Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this message, and then +\v 1 During the first year that Cyrus ruled the Persian Empire, he did something that fulfilled the prophecy that Jeremiah had spoken. Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this message, and then Cyrus caused this message to be proclaimed throughout his empire: \v 2 "I, King Cyrus, rule the Persian Empire, and I say this: Yahweh, the God who is in heaven, has made me ruler of all the kingdoms on earth. And he has assigned me to make sure that his people build a temple for him in Jerusalem, in Judah. \s5 -\v 3 All you people who belong to God may go up to Jerusalem to rebuild this temple for Yahweh, the God who lives in Jerusalem, the God of Israel. -\v 4 The other people who are living where Israelites are now in exile, whose ancestors were exiled here, must contribute silver and gold to those who go. They should also give the Jews the supplies that +\v 3 All you people who belong to God may go up to Jerusalem to rebuild this temple for Yahweh, the God who lives in Jerusalem, the God of Israel. +\v 4 The other people who are living where Israelites are now in exile, whose ancestors were exiled here, must contribute silver and gold to those who go. They should also give the Jews the supplies that they will need for the journey to Jerusalem. They should also give them some livestock and gifts of money to help build the temple of God in Jerusalem." \s5 \p -\v 5 Then God motivated some of the priests and Levites and some of the leaders of the tribes that were descended from Judah and Benjamin to return to Jerusalem. Those whom God motivated +\v 5 Then God motivated some of the priests and Levites and some of the leaders of the tribes that were descended from Judah and Benjamin to return to Jerusalem. Those whom God motivated got ready to return to Jerusalem and build the temple for him there. -\v 6 All of their neighbors helped them by giving them silver and golden things, and supplies for the journey, and livestock. They also gave them other valuable gifts, and +\v 6 All of their neighbors helped them by giving them silver and golden things, and supplies for the journey, and livestock. They also gave them other valuable gifts, and also gave them money to buy things for building the temple. \s5 diff --git a/15-EZR/02.usfm b/15-EZR/02.usfm index 31dcad41..08cb81b8 100644 --- a/15-EZR/02.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/02.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 2 \p -\v 1 King Nebuchadnezzar's soldiers captured many Israelite people and took them to Babylonia. Many years later, some Israelite people returned to Judah. Some returned to Jerusalem, +\v 1 King Nebuchadnezzar's soldiers captured many Israelite people and took them to Babylonia. Many years later, some Israelite people returned to Judah. Some returned to Jerusalem, and some returned to other places in Judah. They went to the towns where their ancestors had lived. This is a list of the groups who returned. \v 2 The leaders of those people who returned were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. \p The groups of people who returned to Judah are listed next. @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, \p \v 61 The descendants of the priests in this group included people belonging to Habaiah's clan, Hakkoz's clan, and Barzillai's clan. Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai from the region of Gilead, and he had taken for himself the name of his father-in-law's clan. \p -\v 62 The people in that group searched in the documents that had the names of the ancestors of all the clans, but these men's names were not found. So they were not permitted do the +\v 62 The people in that group searched in the documents that had the names of the ancestors of all the clans, but these men's names were not found. So they were not permitted do the work that priests did. \v 63 The governor told them that they would need to ask a priest to consult Yahweh by casting the sacred lots, to determine whether those men were truly Israelites. If the stones showed that those men were Israelites, they would be permitted to eat the shares of the sacrifices that were given to the priests. @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ work that priests did. \s5 \p -\v 70 Then the priests, the other descendants of Levi, the musicians, the temple guards, and some of the other people started to live in the towns and villages near Jerusalem. The rest of the +\v 70 Then the priests, the other descendants of Levi, the musicians, the temple guards, and some of the other people started to live in the towns and villages near Jerusalem. The rest of the people went to the other places in Israel there where their ancestors had lived. diff --git a/15-EZR/03.usfm b/15-EZR/03.usfm index dd724e49..4ca63aa3 100644 --- a/15-EZR/03.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/03.usfm @@ -4,33 +4,33 @@ \c 3 \p \v 1 After the Israelite people returned to Jerusalem and they began to live in their towns, in the autumn of that year, they all gathered together in Jerusalem. -\v 2 Then Jeshua son of Jehozadak, and his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his close friends, all began to rebuild the altar of the God of Israel. They did +\v 2 Then Jeshua son of Jehozadak, and his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his close friends, all began to rebuild the altar of the God of Israel. They did that in order that they could sacrifice burned offerings on it, according to what the prophet Moses had written in the laws that God had given to him. \s5 \v 3 Even though they were afraid of the people who were already living in that area, they rebuilt the altar at the same place where the previous altar had been. They began to offer sacrifices every morning and every eventing. -\v 4 Fifteen days after they started to offer these sacrifices, the people celebrated the Festival of Shelters, as Moses had commanded them to do in the decrees that God had given to him. -Each day the priests offered the sacrifices that were required for that day. +\v 4 Fifteen days after they started to offer these sacrifices, the people celebrated the Festival of Shelters, as Moses had commanded them to do in the decrees that God had given to him. +Each day the priests offered the sacrifices that were required for that day. \v 5 In addition, they presented the regular burned offerings and the offerings that were required for the New Moon festivals and the other festivals that they celebrated as special times each year to honor Yahweh. They also brought other offerings only because they desired to bring them, not because they were required to bring them. \s5 \p \v 6 But even though they started bringing burned offerings to Yahweh at the beginning of autumn, they had not yet started building the temple building. -\v 7 So the Israelites hired masons and carpenters, and they bought logs from cedar trees from the people of Tyre and Sidon. They gave those people food, wine, and olive oil as payment. -They brought the logs down from the mountains in Lebanon to the Mediterranean seacoast and then floated them along the coast of the sea to Joppa. King Cyrus permitted them to do that. +\v 7 So the Israelites hired masons and carpenters, and they bought logs from cedar trees from the people of Tyre and Sidon. They gave those people food, wine, and olive oil as payment. +They brought the logs down from the mountains in Lebanon to the Mediterranean seacoast and then floated them along the coast of the sea to Joppa. King Cyrus permitted them to do that. Then the logs were brought from Joppa inland up to Jerusalem. \s5 \p -\v 8 The Israelites started to rebuild the temple in the spring of the second year after they returned to Jerusalem. Zerubbabel and Jeshua, together with all the people who had returned to Jerusalem, +\v 8 The Israelites started to rebuild the temple in the spring of the second year after they returned to Jerusalem. Zerubbabel and Jeshua, together with all the people who had returned to Jerusalem, worked on the building. All the Levites supervised this work. -\v 9 Jeshua, his sons, and his other relatives, and Kadmiel and his sons, who were descendants of Judah, also helped to supervise the work. The people who were descendants of Henadad, who were also all +\v 9 Jeshua, his sons, and his other relatives, and Kadmiel and his sons, who were descendants of Judah, also helped to supervise the work. The people who were descendants of Henadad, who were also all Levites, joined with them in supervising this work. \s5 \p -\v 10 When the builders finished laying the foundation of the temple, the priests put on their robes and stood in their places, blowing their trumpets. Then the Levites who were descendants +\v 10 When the builders finished laying the foundation of the temple, the priests put on their robes and stood in their places, blowing their trumpets. Then the Levites who were descendants of Asaph clashed their cymbals to praise Yahweh, just as King David had many years previously told Asaph and the other musicians to do. \v 11 They praised Yahweh and thanked him, and they sang this song about him: \q "He is very good to us! @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ of Asaph clashed their cymbals to praise Yahweh, just as King David had many yea Then all the people shouted loudly, praising him because they had finished laying the foundation of his temple. \s5 -\v 12 Many of the old priests, Levites, and leaders of families remembered what the first temple was like, and they cried aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid because +\v 12 Many of the old priests, Levites, and leaders of families remembered what the first temple was like, and they cried aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid because they knew that the new temple would not be as beautiful as the first temple. But the other people shouted joyfully. \v 13 The shouting and the crying were like one very loud sound that even people far away could hear. diff --git a/15-EZR/04.usfm b/15-EZR/04.usfm index 3d77a7fe..305127ce 100644 --- a/15-EZR/04.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/04.usfm @@ -12,23 +12,23 @@ \s5 \p -\v 4 Then the people who had been living in that land before the Israelites returned tried to cause the Jews to become discouraged and afraid, so they would stop building +\v 4 Then the people who had been living in that land before the Israelites returned tried to cause the Jews to become discouraged and afraid, so they would stop building the temple. -\v 5 They bribed government officials to prevent the Jews from continuing to work on the temple. They did that all during the time that Cyrus was king of +\v 5 They bribed government officials to prevent the Jews from continuing to work on the temple. They did that all during the time that Cyrus was king of Persia and also when Darius became king. \v 6 Then during the first year that Darius' son Ahasuerus was king, the enemies of the Jews wrote a letter to the king saying that the Jews were planning to rebel against the government. \s5 \p -\v 7 Later, when Ahasuerus' son Artaxerxes became king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and their colleagues wrote a letter to him. They wrote the letter in the Aramaic language, +\v 7 Later, when Ahasuerus' son Artaxerxes became king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and their colleagues wrote a letter to him. They wrote the letter in the Aramaic language, and it was translated into the language of the Persians. \p \v 8 Rehum, the high commissioner, and Shimshai, the provincial secretary, wrote the letter to King Artaxerxes concerning what was happening in Jerusalem. \s5 -\v 9 They stated that the letter was from Rehum, Shimshai, and their associates, the judges, and other government officials, who +\v 9 They stated that the letter was from Rehum, Shimshai, and their associates, the judges, and other government officials, who were from Erech, Babylon, and Susa in the district of Elam. -\v 10 They also wrote that they represented the other people groups whom the army of the great and glorious Ashurbanipal had deported and sent to live in Samaria and in other cities in the +\v 10 They also wrote that they represented the other people groups whom the army of the great and glorious Ashurbanipal had deported and sent to live in Samaria and in other cities in the province west of the Euphrates River. \s5 @@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ province west of the Euphrates River. \s5 \v 14 Now, because we are loyal to you, and because we do not want you to be humiliated, we are sending this information to you. -\v 15 And, we suggest that you order your officials to search among the records kept by your ancestors. If you do that, you will find out that the people in this city have always rebelled against the -government. You will also find out that from long ago these people caused trouble for kings and for rulers of provinces. They have always revolted against those who ruled them. That is the +\v 15 And, we suggest that you order your officials to search among the records kept by your ancestors. If you do that, you will find out that the people in this city have always rebelled against the +government. You will also find out that from long ago these people caused trouble for kings and for rulers of provinces. They have always revolted against those who ruled them. That is the reason that this city was destroyed by the Babylonian army. \v 16 We want you to know that if they rebuild this city and finish building its walls, you will no longer be able to control the people in this province west of the Euphrates River." @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ reason that this city was destroyed by the Babylonian army. \v 17 After the king read this letter, he sent this reply to them: "To you Rehum, the high commissioner, and Shimshai, the provincial secretary, and their colleagues in Samaria and in other parts of the province that is west of the Euphrates River, I send my greetings. \v 18 The letter that you sent to me was translated and read to me. -\v 19 So then, I ordered my officials to search the records. I have found out that it is true that the people of that city have always revolted against their rulers, and that the city is full of people +\v 19 So then, I ordered my officials to search the records. I have found out that it is true that the people of that city have always revolted against their rulers, and that the city is full of people who have rebelled and caused trouble. \s5 @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ who have rebelled and caused trouble. \s5 \p -\v 23 Messengers took that letter to Rehum and Shimshai and their colleagues and read it to them. Then Rehum and the others went quickly to Jerusalem, and they forced the Jews to stop +\v 23 Messengers took that letter to Rehum and Shimshai and their colleagues and read it to them. Then Rehum and the others went quickly to Jerusalem, and they forced the Jews to stop rebuilding the city wall. \v 24 The result was that the Jews stopped rebuilding the temple. They did not do any more work to rebuild the temple until the second year after Darius became the king of Persia. diff --git a/15-EZR/05.usfm b/15-EZR/05.usfm index 80379cc3..1286f261 100644 --- a/15-EZR/05.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/05.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 5 \p -\v 1 At that time two prophets were giving messages from God to the Jews in Jerusalem and other cities in Judah. The prophets were Haggai and Zechariah, who was a descendant of Iddo. +\v 1 At that time two prophets were giving messages from God to the Jews in Jerusalem and other cities in Judah. The prophets were Haggai and Zechariah, who was a descendant of Iddo. They spoke those messages representing the God that the people of Israel worshiped. \v 2 Then Zerubbabel and Jeshua led many other people to being to rebuild the temple of God in Jerusalem. God's prophets Haggai and Zechariah were also with them and helped them. @@ -25,26 +25,26 @@ They spoke those messages representing the God that the people of Israel worship \v 10 We also requested them to tell us the names of their leaders, in order that we could tell you who they were. \s5 -\v 11 But instead of telling us their leaders' names, what they said was, 'We serve the God who created the heaven and the earth. Many years ago a great king of Israel told our ancestors to +\v 11 But instead of telling us their leaders' names, what they said was, 'We serve the God who created the heaven and the earth. Many years ago a great king of Israel told our ancestors to build a temple here, and now we are rebuilding it. \s5 -\v 12 But God, who rules in heaven, allowed the armies of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylonia, to destroy that temple, because our ancestors did things that caused God to become very +\v 12 But God, who rules in heaven, allowed the armies of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylonia, to destroy that temple, because our ancestors did things that caused God to become very angry. Nebuchadnezzar's army took many of the Israelite people to Babylonia. \v 13 However, during the first year that Cyrus king of Babylon started to rule, he decreed that the temple of God should be rebuilt. \s5 -\v 14 Cyrus returned to our leaders all the gold and silver objects that had been taken from the temple and put in the temple in Babylon. Those objects were +\v 14 Cyrus returned to our leaders all the gold and silver objects that had been taken from the temple and put in the temple in Babylon. Those objects were given to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom King Cyrus had appointed to be the governor in Judah. -\v 15 The king instructed him to take the objects back to Jerusalem, to the place from where they had been taken. He also decreed that they should rebuild the temple at the place +\v 15 The king instructed him to take the objects back to Jerusalem, to the place from where they had been taken. He also decreed that they should rebuild the temple at the place where it had been before. So Cyrus appointed Sheshbazzar to be the governor in Judah. He also sent all those things made of gold and silver, for Sheshbazzar to put into the new temple. \s5 -\v 16 So Sheshbazzar did that. He came here to Jerusalem and supervised the men who laid the foundation of the temple. And since that time, the people have been working on the temple, +\v 16 So Sheshbazzar did that. He came here to Jerusalem and supervised the men who laid the foundation of the temple. And since that time, the people have been working on the temple, but it is not finished yet.' \s5 -\v 17 Therefore, your Majesty, please order someone to search in the place in Babylon where the important records are kept, to find out whether it is true that King Cyrus decreed that God's +\v 17 Therefore, your Majesty, please order someone to search in the place in Babylon where the important records are kept, to find out whether it is true that King Cyrus decreed that God's temple should be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then you can tell us what you want us to do about this matter." diff --git a/15-EZR/06.usfm b/15-EZR/06.usfm index d895998d..e0302c4f 100644 --- a/15-EZR/06.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/06.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 6 \p -\v 1 So King Darius commanded someone to search in the place where important records were kept, but those documents were not there in Babylon. +\v 1 So King Darius commanded someone to search in the place where important records were kept, but those documents were not there in Babylon. \v 2 They found a scroll in the fortress city of Ecbatana in Media that contained the information that they wanted to know. \p This is what was written on that scroll: diff --git a/15-EZR/07.usfm b/15-EZR/07.usfm index 81d299c6..86beb3d7 100644 --- a/15-EZR/07.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/07.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \s5 \v 6 Ezra was a man who knew the laws that Moses wrote very well. Those were the laws that Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given to the Israelite people. He left Babylon after the king had told people to give him anything he requested. Indeed, Yahweh helped Ezra very much in all these matters. -\v 7 Some of the priests, some descendants of Levi, some singers, some gatekeepers, and some men who worked in the temple, and some other Israelite people went up with Ezra to +\v 7 Some of the priests, some descendants of Levi, some singers, some gatekeepers, and some men who worked in the temple, and some other Israelite people went up with Ezra to Jerusalem. That was during the seventh year that Artaxerxes was the king of Persia. \s5 @@ -23,24 +23,24 @@ Jerusalem. That was during the seventh year that Artaxerxes was the king of Pers \s5 \p -\v 11 Before Ezra left Babylon to go +\v 11 Before Ezra left Babylon to go to Jerusalem, King Artaxerxes wrote a letter and gave a copy to him. This is what the king wrote: -\v 12 "This letter is from me, Artaxerxes, the greatest of the kings. I am giving it to Ezra the priest, who has studied very well all the rules and regulations that the God who is in heaven gave +\v 12 "This letter is from me, Artaxerxes, the greatest of the kings. I am giving it to Ezra the priest, who has studied very well all the rules and regulations that the God who is in heaven gave to the Israelite people. -\v 13 Ezra, I command that when you return to Jerusalem, any of the Israelite people in my kingdom who want to be allowed to go with you. That includes any priests and descendants of Levi +\v 13 Ezra, I command that when you return to Jerusalem, any of the Israelite people in my kingdom who want to be allowed to go with you. That includes any priests and descendants of Levi who will work in the temple who want to go. \s5 -\v 14 I, along with my seven counselors, am sending you to Jerusalem, in order that you can determine what is happening there and in other towns in Judah. You are taking with you a copy +\v 14 I, along with my seven counselors, am sending you to Jerusalem, in order that you can determine what is happening there and in other towns in Judah. You are taking with you a copy of God's laws; make sure that the people are doing everything that is written in those laws. -\v 15 We are also telling you to take with you the silver and gold that I and my advisors are wanting to give to you, in order that you will present it as an offering to the God of Israel +\v 15 We are also telling you to take with you the silver and gold that I and my advisors are wanting to give to you, in order that you will present it as an offering to the God of Israel who lives in Jerusalem. -\v 16 You should also take any silver and gold that the people in the entire Babylonia province give to you, and the money that the priests and other Israelite people have happily said that they +\v 16 You should also take any silver and gold that the people in the entire Babylonia province give to you, and the money that the priests and other Israelite people have happily said that they would give to you to be offerings for building the temple of their God in Jerusalem. \s5 \v 17 With this money, you should buy the bulls, rams, lambs, and the grain and wine that the priests will burn on the altar outside the temple of your God in Jerusalem. -\v 18 If there is any silver or gold that remains after you have bought all those things, you and your companions are permitted to use it to buy whatever you desire, but buy only things that +\v 18 If there is any silver or gold that remains after you have bought all those things, you and your companions are permitted to use it to buy whatever you desire, but buy only things that you know that God wants you to buy. \s5 @@ -48,19 +48,19 @@ you know that God wants you to buy. \v 20 If you need any other things for the temple, you are permitted to get the money for those things from the royal treasury here. \s5 -\v 21 And I, King Artaxerxes, command this to all the treasurers in the province west of the Euphrates River: Give to Ezra, the priest who has studied very well the laws of the God who is in +\v 21 And I, King Artaxerxes, command this to all the treasurers in the province west of the Euphrates River: Give to Ezra, the priest who has studied very well the laws of the God who is in heaven, everything that he requests, and give it to him quickly. \v 22 Give him up to 3.5 metric tons of silver, five hundred bushels of wheat, 2.2 kiloliters of wine, the same of olive oil, and all the salt that they need. \v 23 Be sure that you provide whatever their God requires for his temple, because we certainly do not want him to be angry with me or with my descendants who will later be kings. \s5 -\v 24 We are also commanding that none of the priests, descendants of Levi who work in the temple, musicians, temple guards, or other men who work in the temple, will be required to +\v 24 We are also commanding that none of the priests, descendants of Levi who work in the temple, musicians, temple guards, or other men who work in the temple, will be required to pay any taxes. \s5 -\v 25 Ezra, your God has enabled you to become very wise. Using that wisdom, appoint men in the province west of the Euphrates River who will judge cases involving the people, and +\v 25 Ezra, your God has enabled you to become very wise. Using that wisdom, appoint men in the province west of the Euphrates River who will judge cases involving the people, and men who will judge cases involving the government. You must appoint men who know the laws of your God. All of you must teach God's laws to others who do not know them. -\v 26 Everyone who does not obey God's laws or the laws of my government must be punished severely. Some of them will be executed, some will be put in prison, some will be sent out +\v 26 Everyone who does not obey God's laws or the laws of my government must be punished severely. Some of them will be executed, some will be put in prison, some will be sent out of the country or have all their property taken away from them." \s5 diff --git a/15-EZR/08.usfm b/15-EZR/08.usfm index 24ad9fb9..bfea9a36 100644 --- a/15-EZR/08.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/08.usfm @@ -28,35 +28,35 @@ Hattush, a descendant of Shecaniah in the clan descended from King David. \s5 \p -\v 15 Ezra said, "I gathered together all of Jews at the canal that goes from Babylon to Ahava. We set up our tents there and stayed there for three days. During that time I read the lists of names +\v 15 Ezra said, "I gathered together all of Jews at the canal that goes from Babylon to Ahava. We set up our tents there and stayed there for three days. During that time I read the lists of names and found out that there were priests going with us, but no other descendants of Levi who could help them in the temple. -\v 16 So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, El Nathan, Jarib, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were all leaders of the people. I also summoned Joiarib +\v 16 So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, El Nathan, Jarib, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were all leaders of the people. I also summoned Joiarib and another El Nathan, who were teachers. \s5 -\v 17 I sent them all to Iddo, the leader of the descendants of Levi, who was living in Casiphia, to request that he and his relatives and other men who had worked in the temple in Jerusalem send us +\v 17 I sent them all to Iddo, the leader of the descendants of Levi, who was living in Casiphia, to request that he and his relatives and other men who had worked in the temple in Jerusalem send us some men who would go with us to work in God's new temple. \s5 \p -\v 18 Because God acted kindly toward us, they brought to us a man named Sherebiah and eighteen of his sons and other relatives. Sherebiah was a very wise man, a descendant of Mahli, +\v 18 Because God acted kindly toward us, they brought to us a man named Sherebiah and eighteen of his sons and other relatives. Sherebiah was a very wise man, a descendant of Mahli, who was a grandson of Levi. \v 19 They also sent to us Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah, descendants of Levi's son Merari, and twenty of their relatives. -\v 20 They also sent 220 other men to work in the temple. Those men's ancestors had been appointed by King David to assist the descendants of Levi. I listed the names of all +\v 20 They also sent 220 other men to work in the temple. Those men's ancestors had been appointed by King David to assist the descendants of Levi. I listed the names of all those men. \s5 \p -\v 21 There alongside the Ahava Canal, I announced a time for us all to fast and pray. I told them that we should humble ourselves in the presence of our God. We prayed that God would protect +\v 21 There alongside the Ahava Canal, I announced a time for us all to fast and pray. I told them that we should humble ourselves in the presence of our God. We prayed that God would protect us while we traveled, and also protect our children and our possessions. -\v 22 Previously we had told the king that our God takes care of all those who truly trust in him, but that he becomes very angry with those who refuse to obey him. So I would have been ashamed +\v 22 Previously we had told the king that our God takes care of all those who truly trust in him, but that he becomes very angry with those who refuse to obey him. So I would have been ashamed to ask the king to send soldiers and men riding on horses to protect us from our enemies while we were traveling along the road. \v 23 So we fasted and requested God to protect us, and we prayed to him. \s5 \p \v 24 I chose twelve of the leaders of the priests, Sherebiah and Hashabiah and ten others. -\v 25 I assigned them to supervise the transport to Jerusalem of the gifts of silver and gold and the other valuable items that the king and his advisors and other officials, and the Israelite people who were +\v 25 I assigned them to supervise the transport to Jerusalem of the gifts of silver and gold and the other valuable items that the king and his advisors and other officials, and the Israelite people who were living in Babylonia, had contributed for the temple of our God. \s5 @@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ living in Babylonia, had contributed for the temple of our God. \s5 \p -\v 28 I said to those priests, 'You are specially set apart for Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors worshiped, and these valuable things are special to him in the same way. The people themselves gave these things to +\v 28 I said to those priests, 'You are specially set apart for Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors worshiped, and these valuable things are special to him in the same way. The people themselves gave these things to be offerings to Yahweh voluntarily. -\v 29 So guard them carefully, and when we arrive in Jerusalem, weigh them in the presence of the priests, the descendants of Levi who will help the priests, and the other Israelite leaders there. +\v 29 So guard them carefully, and when we arrive in Jerusalem, weigh them in the presence of the priests, the descendants of Levi who will help the priests, and the other Israelite leaders there. They will then put them in the storerooms in the new temple.' \v 30 So the priests and descendants of Levi took from me all the gifts of silver and gold and the other valuable items, in order to carry them to the temple in Jerusalem. @@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ They will then put them in the storerooms in the new temple.' \s5 \p -\v 35 We who had returned from Babylonia offered to God sacrifices on the altar. We offered twelve bulls for all us Israelite people. We also offered ninety-six rams and seventy-seven lambs. +\v 35 We who had returned from Babylonia offered to God sacrifices on the altar. We offered twelve bulls for all us Israelite people. We also offered ninety-six rams and seventy-seven lambs. We also sacrificed twelve goats to atone for the sins that all the people had committed. These were all completely burned on the altar. -\v 36 Some of us who returned from Babylonia took to the governors and other officials of the province west of the Euphrates River the letter that the king had given to us. After they read the +\v 36 Some of us who returned from Babylonia took to the governors and other officials of the province west of the Euphrates River the letter that the king had given to us. After they read the letter, they did all that they were able to do for us Israelite people and for the temple of God." diff --git a/15-EZR/09.usfm b/15-EZR/09.usfm index 4f0be523..83849487 100644 --- a/15-EZR/09.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/09.usfm @@ -3,51 +3,51 @@ \s5 \c 9 \p -\v 1 "Some time later, the Jewish leaders came to me and said, 'Many Israelites, and even some priests and other men who are descendants of Levi who work in the temple, have -not kept themselves from doing what the other people who are living in this land do. They are doing the same disgusting things that are being done by the Canaan, Heth, Periz, Jebus, Ammon, and Amor -people groups, and by the people from Moab and Egypt, -\v 2 Specifically, some Israelite men have married women who are not Israelites, and they have allowed their sons to do the same thing. So we, God's sacred people, have become +\v 1 "Some time later, the Jewish leaders came to me and said, 'Many Israelites, and even some priests and other men who are descendants of Levi who work in the temple, have +not kept themselves from doing what the other people who are living in this land do. They are doing the same disgusting things that are being done by the Canaan, Heth, Periz, Jebus, Ammon, and Amor +people groups, and by the people from Moab and Egypt, +\v 2 Specifically, some Israelite men have married women who are not Israelites, and they have allowed their sons to do the same thing. So we, God's sacred people, have become polluted. And some of our leaders and officials have been the first ones to betray God in this way!' \s5 \p -\v 3 When I heard that, I was overwhelmed, so I tore my clothes and tore some hair from my head and from my beard. Then I sat down, ashamed of my people since the +\v 3 When I heard that, I was overwhelmed, so I tore my clothes and tore some hair from my head and from my beard. Then I sat down, ashamed of my people since the Israelites knew that God had warned us that he would punish us if we disobeyed what he had said to us about marrying women who are not Israelites. -\v 4 So many of them trembled when they heard that some of those who had returned from Babylonia had sinned like that. They came and sat with me until it was time to offer the evening +\v 4 So many of them trembled when they heard that some of those who had returned from Babylonia had sinned like that. They came and sat with me until it was time to offer the evening sacrifices of grain. \s5 \p -\v 5 When it was time to offer those sacrifices, I was still sitting there, wearing those torn clothes and mourning. I stood up, and then I quickly prostrated myself on the ground. I lifted up my +\v 5 When it was time to offer those sacrifices, I was still sitting there, wearing those torn clothes and mourning. I stood up, and then I quickly prostrated myself on the ground. I lifted up my hands to Yahweh, my God, \v 6 and this is what I prayed: 'Yahweh my God, I am very ashamed to raise my head in front of you. The sins that we Israelites have committed are very great; it is as though they have risen up higher than our heads. As for our guilt for committing those sins, it is as though it rises up to the heavens. \s5 -\v 7 Since the time that our ancestors lived until now, we have been very guilty. That is the reason that we and our kings and our priests have been defeated by the armies of the kings of +\v 7 Since the time that our ancestors lived until now, we have been very guilty. That is the reason that we and our kings and our priests have been defeated by the armies of the kings of other lands. They killed some of our people, they captured some, they robbed some, and they caused them all to be disgraced, just as we are today. \s5 -\v 8 But now, Yahweh God, you have acted very kindly toward us. You have allowed some of us to survive. You have revived our spirits and allowed us to escape from being slaves in Babylonia +\v 8 But now, Yahweh God, you have acted very kindly toward us. You have allowed some of us to survive. You have revived our spirits and allowed us to escape from being slaves in Babylonia and to return safely to live in this sacred place. -\v 9 We were slaves, but you did not abandon us. Instead, because you are always faithful to your covenant with us, you caused the kings of Persia to act very kindly toward us. You have allowed +\v 9 We were slaves, but you did not abandon us. Instead, because you are always faithful to your covenant with us, you caused the kings of Persia to act very kindly toward us. You have allowed us to continue to live and to rebuild your temple which had been completely destroyed. You have allowed us to start to live safely here in Jerusalem and in other towns in Judah. \s5 \v 10 Our God, what more can we say now? In spite of all that you have done for us, we have disobeyed your commands. -\v 11 They are commands that you gave to your servants, the prophets, to tell to us. They told us that the land that we would occupy was polluted because of the detestable things that were done +\v 11 They are commands that you gave to your servants, the prophets, to tell to us. They told us that the land that we would occupy was polluted because of the detestable things that were done by the people who lived there. They said that the land was filled from one end to the other with people who did immoral things. -\v 12 They said that we should not allow our daughters to marry their sons! We should not allow our sons to marry their daughters! We should not even try to cause things to go well for those people! They said that if we obeyed these +\v 12 They said that we should not allow our daughters to marry their sons! We should not allow our sons to marry their daughters! We should not even try to cause things to go well for those people! They said that if we obeyed these instructions, our nation would be strong, and we would enjoy the good crops that grow on the land, and the land would belong to our descendants forever. \s5 -\v 13 But you punished us because we were very guilty for having done wicked things. Still, you have not punished us as much as we deserve to be punished. I say this because you, our God, +\v 13 But you punished us because we were very guilty for having done wicked things. Still, you have not punished us as much as we deserve to be punished. I say this because you, our God, have allowed some of us to survive. -\v 14 However, some of us are again disobeying your commands, and we are marrying women who do those detestable things. If we continue to do that, surely you will get rid of all of us, with +\v 14 However, some of us are again disobeying your commands, and we are marrying women who do those detestable things. If we continue to do that, surely you will get rid of all of us, with the result that none of us will remain alive. \s5 -\v 15 Yahweh, God of Israel, you always do the right thing! We are guilty. We are only a few people who have escaped from Babylonia, but we are praying to you, even though we do not deserve +\v 15 Yahweh, God of Israel, you always do the right thing! We are guilty. We are only a few people who have escaped from Babylonia, but we are praying to you, even though we do not deserve to be in your presence."'" diff --git a/15-EZR/10.usfm b/15-EZR/10.usfm index a557bd58..a65677d6 100644 --- a/15-EZR/10.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/10.usfm @@ -3,20 +3,20 @@ \s5 \c 10 \p -\v 1 While Ezra was kneeling down in front of the temple and praying and crying, he was confessing the sins that the Israelite people had committed. Many people, men and women and children, +\v 1 While Ezra was kneeling down in front of the temple and praying and crying, he was confessing the sins that the Israelite people had committed. Many people, men and women and children, gathered around him and also cried very much. \v 2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel in the clan of Elam, said this to him: "We have disobeyed God. Some of us have married women who are not Israelites. But we can still hope that Yahweh will be merciful to us Israelite people. \s5 -\v 3 We will do what you, and the others who have an awesome respect for what our God has commanded, tell us to do. We will do what God told us in his laws. We will make a covenant +\v 3 We will do what you, and the others who have an awesome respect for what our God has commanded, tell us to do. We will do what God told us in his laws. We will make a covenant with our God, saying that we will divorce our wives who are not Israelites, and we will send them away with their children. \v 4 It is your responsibility to tell us what to do. So get up, and be courageous, and do what is necessary. We will support you." \s5 \p -\v 5 So Ezra stood up and demanded that the leaders of the priests, the descendants of Levi, and all the other Israelite people solemnly declare that they would do what Shecaniah said that they +\v 5 So Ezra stood up and demanded that the leaders of the priests, the descendants of Levi, and all the other Israelite people solemnly declare that they would do what Shecaniah said that they should do. So they all solemnly promised to do that. -\v 6 Then Ezra went away from in front of the temple and went to the room where Jehohanan lived. He stayed there that night, but he did not eat or drink anything. He was still sad because some +\v 6 Then Ezra went away from in front of the temple and went to the room where Jehohanan lived. He stayed there that night, but he did not eat or drink anything. He was still sad because some of the Israelites who had returned from Babylonia had not faithfully obeyed God's laws. \s5 @@ -26,35 +26,35 @@ of the Israelites who had returned from Babylonia had not faithfully obeyed God' \s5 \p -\v 9 So within three days, all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem. They were there, sitting in the courtyard in front of the temple. They were +\v 9 So within three days, all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem. They were there, sitting in the courtyard in front of the temple. They were shaking because it was raining hard and because they were worried that they would be punished for what they had done. -\v 10 Then Ezra stood up and said to them, "Some of you men have committed an act of treason against God. You have married women who are not Israelites. By doing that, you have made us +\v 10 Then Ezra stood up and said to them, "Some of you men have committed an act of treason against God. You have married women who are not Israelites. By doing that, you have made us Israelite people more guilty than we were before. \s5 -\v 11 So now you must worship Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors worshiped, and you must do what he wants. Separate yourselves from the people of other nations and from the women +\v 11 So now you must worship Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors worshiped, and you must do what he wants. Separate yourselves from the people of other nations and from the women from those nations whom you have married." \s5 \p \v 12 The whole group answered, shouting loudly, "Yes, what you have said is right! We will do what you have said. -\v 13 But we are a very large group, and it is raining hard. Also, there are many of us who have committed this evil sin. This is something that we cannot take care of in +\v 13 But we are a very large group, and it is raining hard. Also, there are many of us who have committed this evil sin. This is something that we cannot take care of in one or two days, and we cannot stand here in this rain. \s5 -\v 14 So allow our leaders to decide for all of us what we should do. Tell everyone who has married a woman who is not Israelite to come at a time that you decide. They should come with the +\v 14 So allow our leaders to decide for all of us what we should do. Tell everyone who has married a woman who is not Israelite to come at a time that you decide. They should come with the elders and judges from each city. If we do that, our God will stop being angry with us because of what we have done." \p \v 15 Jonathan son of Asahel, and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah disagreed with this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai, a descendant of Levi, supported them. \s5 \p -\v 16 But all the others who had returned from Babylonia said that they would do it. So Ezra chose leaders of each of the clans, and I wrote down their names. On the first day of the tenth month these men came and sat +\v 16 But all the others who had returned from Babylonia said that they would do it. So Ezra chose leaders of each of the clans, and I wrote down their names. On the first day of the tenth month these men came and sat down to investigate the matter. \v 17 By the first day of the first month of the next year they had finished determining which men had married women who were not Israelites. \s5 -\v 18 This is a list of the names of the priests who had married non-Jewish women, and the clans to which they belonged. +\v 18 This is a list of the names of the priests who had married non-Jewish women, and the clans to which they belonged. In the clan of Jeshua and his brothers, who were sons of Jehozadak, there were Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. \v 19 They solemnly promised to divorce their wives, and they each sacrificed a ram to be an offering to atone for their sins. @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ In the clan of Jeshua and his brothers, who were sons of Jehozadak, there were M \s5 \v 23 The descendants of Levi who had married non-Jewish women were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (whose other name was Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. -\v 24 There was Eliashib the musician. +\v 24 There was Eliashib the musician. Among the temple guards there were Shallum, Telem, and Uri. \v 25 This is a list of the names of the other Israelites who had married foreign wives: In the clan of Parosh there were Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah. diff --git a/16-NEH/01.usfm b/16-NEH/01.usfm index 66a60c8e..e7a1c122 100644 --- a/16-NEH/01.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/01.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 4 When I heard that, I sat down and cried. For many days I mourned and fasted, and I prayed to the God who is in heaven. -\v 5 I said, +\v 5 I said, "Yahweh, you are the God who is in heaven. You are the great and awesome God, and you keep your sacred bond and promise with everyone who loves you and who obeys your rules and commands. \s5 @@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ \p \v 10 We are your servants. We are the people whom you have delivered from slavery by your very great power. You did that because you are able to do whatever you desire. \v 11 Yahweh, please hear my prayer, I who am your servant. Please hear the prayers of all your people who have great joy when they honor you for who you are and what you do. Now I pray you would give me success when I go to the king; and protect me as I make a request of the king that could put my life in jeopardy. Give me mercy." -\p I was serving as one of the most trusted servants to the king. - +\p I was serving as one of the most trusted servants to the king. diff --git a/16-NEH/02.usfm b/16-NEH/02.usfm index ce84cfa5..289900cd 100644 --- a/16-NEH/02.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/02.usfm @@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ \p And before I answered him, I prayed to God in heaven. \v 5 Then I replied, "If you are willing to do it, and if I have pleased you, then you could send me to Jerusalem, where my ancestors are buried, so that I may rebuild the city." \p -\v 6 The king (with queen sitting beside him) asked me, "If I allow you to go, how long will you be gone? And when will you return?" He gave me permisson to go as soon as I gave him the dates of my going there and coming back again. - +\v 6 The king (with queen sitting beside him) asked me, "If I allow you to go, how long will you be gone? And when will you return?" He gave me permisson to go as soon as I gave him the dates of my going there and coming back again. \s5 \p \v 7 I also said to the king, "As a reward for my faithful service to you, please give me letters addressed to the governors who oversee the area beyond the Euphrates River. Please give them orders to allow me to travel safely through their province on my way to and from Judah. @@ -25,15 +24,14 @@ \s5 \p -\v 9 I left to travel to Judah. The king sent some army officers and soldiers riding on horses to accompany me, to protect me. When we came to the region where the governors ruled, I gave them the letters from the king. +\v 9 I left to travel to Judah. The king sent some army officers and soldiers riding on horses to accompany me, to protect me. When we came to the region where the governors ruled, I gave them the letters from the king. \p \v 10 But when two government officials, Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant, heard that I had arrived, they were very angry that someone had come to help the people of Israel. \s5 \p -\v 11 So I came to Jerusalem and stayed there three days. -\v 12 I went out of the city in the evening, and I took a few men with me. We only had one animal, the one that I was riding on. I said nothing to anyone about what God had inspired me to do in Jerusalem. - +\v 11 So I came to Jerusalem and stayed there three days. +\v 12 I went out of the city in the evening, and I took a few men with me. We only had one animal, the one that I was riding on. I said nothing to anyone about what God had inspired me to do in Jerusalem. \s5 \p \v 13 I passed through the Valley Gate and went outside of the city wall. Then I went around the city and passed by the well called the Jackal's Well. Then I proceeded to the Dung Gate. I inspected all the walls around Jerusalem and found they were all broken open, and the wooden gates all around the wall were burned to ashes. @@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 19 But Sanballat, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arabian, heard about what we planned to do. They mocked and made fun of us. They said, "What is this work that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?" +\v 19 But Sanballat, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arabian, heard about what we planned to do. They mocked and made fun of us. They said, "What is this work that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?" \p \v 20 But I replied, "The God who is in heaven will give us success. But you have no right to this city, you have no deed, you have no lawful claim to it, and you have no historic connection to the city of Jerusalem." diff --git a/16-NEH/03.usfm b/16-NEH/03.usfm index ccd5bfe6..3e81a5d0 100644 --- a/16-NEH/03.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/03.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 3 The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They laid in the wooden beams above the gates, and also set the doors in place. Then they affixed the bolt and the bars for a strong lock. +\v 3 The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They laid in the wooden beams above the gates, and also set the doors in place. Then they affixed the bolt and the bars for a strong lock. \v 4 Next to them, Meremoth, the son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, repaired the walls to make them strong. Next to him, Meshullam son of Berekiah and grandson of Meshezabel, repaired part of the wall. Next to him, Zadok son of Baana repaired part of the wall. \v 5 Next to him, Tekoites repaired part of the wall, but the leaders of Tekoa refused to do the work that their supervisors assigned to them. @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \v 15 Shallum son of Colhozeh, who ruled the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He put a roof over the gate, and put in their places the gates and the bolts and the bars for locking the gate. Near the Pool of Siloam he built the wall next to the king's garden, as far as the steps that went down from the city of David. \s5 -\v 16 Next to him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, who ruled half of the district of Beth Zur, repaired the wall as far as the tombs in the city of David, to the pool that was man-made, and to the House of the Heroes. +\v 16 Next to him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, who ruled half of the district of Beth Zur, repaired the wall as far as the tombs in the city of David, to the pool that was man-made, and to the House of the Heroes. \p \v 17 Next to him, several descendants of Levi who helped the priests repaired parts of the wall. Rehum son of Bani repaired one section. Hashabiah, who ruled half of the district of Keilah, repaired the next section on behalf of the people of his district. @@ -58,14 +58,12 @@ \s5 \v 25 Next to him, Palal son of Uzai repaired a section, from where the wall turns and from where the watchtower is taller than the upper palace. The watchtower is near the courtyard where the guards lived. Next to Palal, Pedaiah son of Parosh repaired the wall. \v 26 Next to him the temple servants repaired a section facing the Water Gate on the east side of the tall tower. -\v 27 Next to him, the Tekoites repaired a second section that was in front of the tall tower as far as the wall of Ophel. - +\v 27 Next to him, the Tekoites repaired a second section that was in front of the tall tower as far as the wall of Ophel. \s5 \p \v 28 A group of priests repaired the wall north from the Horse Gate. Each one repaired the section in front of his own house. \v 29 Next to them, Zadok son of Immer repaired the section in front of his house. Next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, who was the gatekeeper at the east gate, repaired the next section. -\v 30 Next to him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired a section. That was the second section that they repaired. After him Meshullam son of Berechiah repaired the walls in the section that faced the rooms where he lived. - +\v 30 Next to him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired a section. That was the second section that they repaired. After him Meshullam son of Berechiah repaired the walls in the section that faced the rooms where he lived. \s5 \v 31 Next to them, Malchijah, who also made things from gold, repaired a section as far as the building used by the temple servants and merchants, which was in front of the Appointment Gate and the upper apartments on the corner. \v 32 Other men who worked with gold, making beautiful things, along with merchants, repaired the last section of the wall as far as the Sheep Gate. diff --git a/16-NEH/04.usfm b/16-NEH/04.usfm index e3b9e0c9..6ce35d4b 100644 --- a/16-NEH/04.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/04.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 4 \p -\v 1 When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the city wall, the fact that they were rebuilding Jerusalem burned like a fire within him, and he was furious and he spoke of the Jews with disgust. +\v 1 When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the city wall, the fact that they were rebuilding Jerusalem burned like a fire within him, and he was furious and he spoke of the Jews with disgust. \v 2 While his counselors and officials of the army troops who had come from Samaria were listening he said, "These Jews can hardly stand on their own legs, what do they think they are doing? Will they rebuild the city and live in it themselves? Will they restore the temple and the all the sacrifices that the priests gave to Yahweh? Will they finish such a great work in only a day? Will they turn these burned and useless rocks into useful material to rebuilt the wall and will they bring life to the city again? \p \v 3 Tobiah was standing beside Sanballat. He said, "That wall they are building is so weak that even if a little fox climbed up on it, their stone wall would fall to the ground!" @@ -13,30 +13,28 @@ \v 4 Then I prayed. I said, "Our God, hear us, because they are ridiculing us! Cause the words of their insults to fall back on themselves! Allow their enemies to come and capture them and force them to go to a foreign land! \v 5 They are guilty. Do not take away their guilt and let them answer for the sin they committed before you. With their insults, they are making those who are rebuilding the walls become very angry!" \p -\v 6 But after some time, the workers built the wall around the whole city to about half its total height. They were able to accomplish this because they wanted to do the best work they could do. - +\v 6 But after some time, the workers built the wall around the whole city to about half its total height. They were able to accomplish this because they wanted to do the best work they could do. \s5 \p \v 7 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the work on the wall was continuing and that we were filling in the gaps in the wall, they became very angry. \v 8 They all made a plan together to come and fight against the people of Jerusalem, and to cause confusion within it. -\v 9 But we prayed to our God to protect us, and we put men around the walls to guard the city day and night because of these who were so angry with us for rebuilding the wall. - +\v 9 But we prayed to our God to protect us, and we put men around the walls to guard the city day and night because of these who were so angry with us for rebuilding the wall. \s5 \p -\v 10 Then the people of Judah started to say, "The men who are working on the wall have used up all their strength. There is too much heavy rubble that we must move away; we are not able to finish this work. It is too much for us. +\v 10 Then the people of Judah started to say, "The men who are working on the wall have used up all their strength. There is too much heavy rubble that we must move away; we are not able to finish this work. It is too much for us. \p \v 11 Besides, our enemies are saying, 'Before the Jews see us, we will rush down on them and kill them and stop their work on the wall!'" \s5 \p -\v 12 The Jews who were living near our enemies came and told us many times, to warn us about the wicked plans our enemies were planning to carry out against us. +\v 12 The Jews who were living near our enemies came and told us many times, to warn us about the wicked plans our enemies were planning to carry out against us. \p \v 13 So I put people from each of the families to stand guard at the wall. They were put at the lowest points of the wall, at the places where the wall would be most easily crossed over. They would protect it with their swords, their spears, and their bows and arrows. \v 14 Then after I inspected everything, I summoned the leaders and other officials and many of the other people, and I said to them, "Do not be afraid of our enemies! Keep in mind God is great and glorious! And fight to protect your families, your sons and daughters, your wives, and your homes!" \s5 \p -\v 15 Our enemies heard that we knew what they were planning to do and that God had spoiled all their plans to stop our work. So we all returned to work on the wall, at the same places we were working before. +\v 15 Our enemies heard that we knew what they were planning to do and that God had spoiled all their plans to stop our work. So we all returned to work on the wall, at the same places we were working before. \p \v 16 But after that, only half of the men there were doing the work on the wall. The others stood there holding their spears, shields, bows and arrows, and wearing armor for protection. The leaders stood guard behind the people of Judah. diff --git a/16-NEH/05.usfm b/16-NEH/05.usfm index 79b827dc..202a5edd 100644 --- a/16-NEH/05.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/05.usfm @@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ \s5 \p \v 6 I was very angry when I heard these things about which they were so concerned. -\v 7 So I thought about what I could do about it. I told the leaders and officials, "You are charging interest to your own relatives when they borrow money from you. You know that is wrong!" Then I called together a large group of people to bring charges against them. +\v 7 So I thought about what I could do about it. I told the leaders and officials, "You are charging interest to your own relatives when they borrow money from you. You know that is wrong!" Then I called together a large group of people to bring charges against them. \v 8 I said to them, "Some of our Jewish relatives have been forced to sell themselves to become slaves of the nations. As much as we have been able, we have been buying them back. But now you are even selling your own relatives so that they might be sold back to us, their fellow Jews!" When I said that to them, they were silent. They did not answer with even a single word. \s5 \p -\v 9 Then I said to them, "What you are doing is terrible. Should you not obey God and do what is right? If you did, you would prevent our enemies from treating us with disrepect. +\v 9 Then I said to them, "What you are doing is terrible. Should you not obey God and do what is right? If you did, you would prevent our enemies from treating us with disrepect. \v 10 I and my fellow Jews and my servants have lent money and grain to people. But let us all stop charging interest on any of these loans. \v 11 Also, you must give back to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive tree orchards, and their houses that you have taken from them. You must also give back to them the interest that you charged them when they borrowed money, grain, wine, and olive oil from you. You must do this today!" diff --git a/16-NEH/06.usfm b/16-NEH/06.usfm index 8f014b52..1de4ee3b 100644 --- a/16-NEH/06.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/06.usfm @@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ \s5 \p -\v 5 Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me, bringing a fifth message. This one was written, but it was not sealed and he held it in his hand. +\v 5 Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me, bringing a fifth message. This one was written, but it was not sealed and he held it in his hand. \v 6 This is what was written in the message: -\pi "Some people in the nearby countries have heard a report that you and the other Jews are rebuilding the wall in order to be able start a rebellion against the king of Babylon, and that you are planning to become the king of the Israel. Geshem has told us that this is the truth. - +\pi "Some people in the nearby countries have heard a report that you and the other Jews are rebuilding the wall in order to be able start a rebellion against the king of Babylon, and that you are planning to become the king of the Israel. Geshem has told us that this is the truth. \s5 -\pi +\pi \v 7 People are also saying that you have appointed some prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem that you, Nehemiah, are now the king in Judea. King Artaxerxes will certainly hear these reports, and then you will be in big trouble. So I suggest that we should meet together to talk about this matter." \s5 @@ -41,8 +40,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 15 We finished rebuilding the wall in the month of Elul, on the twenty-fifth day of the month. We did all the work in fifty-two days. -\v 16 When our enemies in the nearby countries heard about that, they became very afraid and they were humiliated, because they knew it was God who helped us complete this work. - +\v 16 When our enemies in the nearby countries heard about that, they became very afraid and they were humiliated, because they knew it was God who helped us complete this work. \s5 \p \v 17 During this time, the Jewish leaders had been sending many messages to Tobiah, and Tobiah had been sending messages back to them. diff --git a/16-NEH/07.usfm b/16-NEH/07.usfm index d06f9d05..610b25d9 100644 --- a/16-NEH/07.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/07.usfm @@ -4,34 +4,32 @@ \c 7 \p \v 1 After the wall had been finished and we had put the gates in their places, we assigned to the temple guards and to the members of the sacred choir and the other descendants of Levi the work that they were to do. -\v 2 I appointed my brother Hanani as governor of Jerusalem. He was a faithful man who respected God and honored him, more than many others. In addition, Hananiah was appointed commander of the fortress there in Jerusalem. - +\v 2 I appointed my brother Hanani as governor of Jerusalem. He was a faithful man who respected God and honored him, more than many others. In addition, Hananiah was appointed commander of the fortress there in Jerusalem. \s5 \v 3 I said to them, "Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. And close the gates and put the bars across the doors only when gatekeepers are guarding the gates." I also told them to appoint some people who live in Jerusalem to be guards, and to assign some of them to guard stations around the city, and some would guard near their own houses." \p -\v 4 The city of Jerusalem covered a large area, but at that time not many people lived in the city, and they had not rebuilt any of the houses. - +\v 4 The city of Jerusalem covered a large area, but at that time not many people lived in the city, and they had not rebuilt any of the houses. \s5 \v 5 God gave me the idea to summon the leaders and officials and other people, and to enroll them by their families in the books of the records of the families. I also found the records of the people who had been the first ones to return to Jerusalem. This is what I found written in those records. \s5 \p -\v 6 "This is a list of the people who returned to Jerusalem and to other places in Judea. They had been living in Babylonia. Nebuchadnezzar had taken them there. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah. Each one who returned went back to his own city where his ancestors had lived before the exile. +\v 6 "This is a list of the people who returned to Jerusalem and to other places in Judea. They had been living in Babylonia. Nebuchadnezzar had taken them there. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah. Each one who returned went back to his own city where his ancestors had lived before the exile. \v 7 They came back with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. \b \p The number of men from the people who returned to Judah are listed next. \s5 \li2 -\v 8 From the descendants of Parosh, 2,172, +\v 8 From the descendants of Parosh, 2,172, \li2 -\v 9 from the descendants of Shephatiah, 372, +\v 9 from the descendants of Shephatiah, 372, \li2 \v 10 from the descendants of Arah, 652. \s5 \li2 -\v 11 From the descendants of Pahathmoab, the descendants of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818, +\v 11 From the descendants of Pahathmoab, the descendants of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818, \li2 \v 12 from the descendants of Elam, 1,254, \li2 diff --git a/16-NEH/08.usfm b/16-NEH/08.usfm index d5d633f4..edd86a66 100644 --- a/16-NEH/08.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/08.usfm @@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ \c 8 \p \v 1 All the people gathered together in the plaza that was close to the Water Gate. Men and women and children who were old enough to understand gathered together. They asked Ezra to bring out the scroll of the law that Moses had written down, and which Yahweh had given as the law for the people of Israel, for them to obey its rules and commands. -\v 2 Ezra, who served God through the sacrifices in the temple, brought out the law and presented it before all the people, to both men and women, and anyone else who could understand what he read. He did this on the first day of the seventh month of that year. -\v 3 So he brought it out and read it to the people. He read it from early in the morning until the middle of the day. All the people listened, men and women, anyone who was able to understand what he read. The people listened with great interest to what Ezra read from the book of the law. - +\v 2 Ezra, who served God through the sacrifices in the temple, brought out the law and presented it before all the people, to both men and women, and anyone else who could understand what he read. He did this on the first day of the seventh month of that year. +\v 3 So he brought it out and read it to the people. He read it from early in the morning until the middle of the day. All the people listened, men and women, anyone who was able to understand what he read. The people listened with great interest to what Ezra read from the book of the law. \s5 \p \v 4 Ezra stood on top of a high wooden platform that had been built by the people for this purpose. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah. At his left side stood Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. @@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ \s5 \p -\v 18 Every day during that week Ezra read to the people from the book of the law of God. Then on the eighth day, they followed the decree and called for all the people to come together, so they could bring the festival to an end. - +\v 18 Every day during that week Ezra read to the people from the book of the law of God. Then on the eighth day, they followed the decree and called for all the people to come together, so they could bring the festival to an end. diff --git a/16-NEH/09.usfm b/16-NEH/09.usfm index f9b66e56..c82670d9 100644 --- a/16-NEH/09.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/09.usfm @@ -3,15 +3,14 @@ \s5 \c 9 \p -\v 1 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the people gathered together. They did not eat food for a while, and they wore clothes they made from bags used to carry wheat and other grains, and they put the dust of the earth on their heads. -\v 2 The descendants of Israel separated themselvses away from all the foreigners. They stood there and confessed their own sins and the wicked things their ancestors had done. - +\v 1 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the people gathered together. They did not eat food for a while, and they wore clothes they made from bags used to carry wheat and other grains, and they put the dust of the earth on their heads. +\v 2 The descendants of Israel separated themselvses away from all the foreigners. They stood there and confessed their own sins and the wicked things their ancestors had done. \s5 -\v 3 They stood and for three hours they read from the law of Yahweh, and for another three hours they spoke out loud about their sins before Yahweh, and they bowed down and worshiped him. +\v 3 They stood and for three hours they read from the law of Yahweh, and for another three hours they spoke out loud about their sins before Yahweh, and they bowed down and worshiped him. \v 4 There were Levites standing on the stairs. They were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, another Bani, and Kenani. \s5 -\v 5 Then the leaders of the Levites called out to the people. They were Jeshua, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah. They said, +\v 5 Then the leaders of the Levites called out to the people. They were Jeshua, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah. They said, "Stand there and give praise to Yahweh your God, who has always lived and will live forever! Yahweh, we praise your glorious name! Your name is more important than everything else that is good and wonderful! \v 6 You are Yahweh, and no one else. You made the sky and the heavens above everything, and all the angels who do God's will. You made the earth and everything that is on it, and you made the seas and everything that is in them. You give life to everything. All the angel armies in heaven worship you. @@ -34,12 +33,12 @@ \v 13 On Mount Sinai you came down from heaven and spoke to them. You gave them many regulations and decrees that are just and reliable, and you gave them commands and laws that are good. \s5 -\v 14 You taught them about your holy Sabbath, and you gave them commands, and rules, and a list of laws to obey from your servant Moses. He would tell them to the people. +\v 14 You taught them about your holy Sabbath, and you gave them commands, and rules, and a list of laws to obey from your servant Moses. He would tell them to the people. \v 15 When they were hungry, you gave them bread from heaven. When they were thirsty, you gave them water from a rock. You said to them to go and take the land you promised with a vow to give them. \s5 \pi -\v 16 But our ancestors were very proud and stubborn. They refused even to listen to what you commanded them to do. +\v 16 But our ancestors were very proud and stubborn. They refused even to listen to what you commanded them to do. \v 17 They refused to listen to you. They forgot about all the miracles that you had performed for them. They became stubborn, and because they rebelled against you, they appointed a leader to take them back to Egypt, where they would be slaves again! But you are a God who forgives again and again. You are slow to be angry, and your love for them is never-ending and it is great. You did not abandon them. \s5 @@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ \s5 \pi -\v 26 But they disobeyed you and rebelled against you. They turned their backs on your laws. They killed the prophets who warned them that they should return to you. They cursed your name. +\v 26 But they disobeyed you and rebelled against you. They turned their backs on your laws. They killed the prophets who warned them that they should return to you. They cursed your name. \v 27 So you handed them over to their enemies to defeat them. But when their enemies caused them to suffer, they called out to you. You heard their cry from heaven, and because you are very merciful, you sent whomever could deliver them from their enemies. And they did. \s5 @@ -84,8 +83,7 @@ \v 34 Our kings and other leaders and our priests and our other ancestors did not obey your laws. They did not heed your commands or the warnings that you gave them. \s5 -\v 35 Even when they had their own kings, and they enjoyed the good things that you did for them in this large and fertile land that you gave to them, they did not serve you and they would not stop doing what was evil. - +\v 35 Even when they had their own kings, and they enjoyed the good things that you did for them in this large and fertile land that you gave to them, they did not serve you and they would not stop doing what was evil. \s5 \pi \v 36 So now we are slaves here in this land that you gave to our ancestors, the land that you gave to them in order that they could enjoy all the good things that grow here. But we became slaves here! diff --git a/16-NEH/12.usfm b/16-NEH/12.usfm index 610fee1c..3ec70745 100644 --- a/16-NEH/12.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/12.usfm @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 24 These were the leaders of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brothers who stood across from them to praise and give thanks to God. They did that just as King David, the man who served God, had instructed them. -\p +\p \v 25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were the gatekeepers. They stood guard at the storerooms close to the gates of the temple. \v 26 They did that work during the time of Joiakim son of Jeshua and the grandson of Jehozadak, during the time of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest. Ezra also knew the Jewish laws very well. @@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ \v 33 Those who followed after them were Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, \v 34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah, \v 35 and some of the priests' sons who played their trumpets, including Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, -the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, a descendant of Asaph. - +the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, a descendant of Asaph. \s5 \v 36 Behind them marched other members of Zechariah's family, including Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. They all were playing the same kinds of musical instruments that King David had played many years previously. Ezra, the man who knew the Jewish laws very well, marched in front of this group. diff --git a/16-NEH/13.usfm b/16-NEH/13.usfm index 4ef2a062..4ee31642 100644 --- a/16-NEH/13.usfm +++ b/16-NEH/13.usfm @@ -11,13 +11,11 @@ \p \v 4 Previously, Eliashib the priest had been appointed to be in charge of the storerooms in the temple. He was a relative of Tobiah. -\v 5 He allowed Eliashib to use a large room. There they had stored the grain offerings and the incense. They put there the equipment that is used in the temple. They put in there the offerings the people gave for the Levites. They brought in tithes of grain and wine and olive oil that God had commanded for the Levites, for the musicians, and the gatekeepers. And they brought in the gifts to support the other priests. - +\v 5 He allowed Eliashib to use a large room. There they had stored the grain offerings and the incense. They put there the equipment that is used in the temple. They put in there the offerings the people gave for the Levites. They brought in tithes of grain and wine and olive oil that God had commanded for the Levites, for the musicians, and the gatekeepers. And they brought in the gifts to support the other priests. \s5 \p \v 6 During that time I was not in Jerusalem. It was the thirty-second year that Artaxerxes was the king of Babylonia, and I had gone back to report to the king what I had been doing. After I had been there a while, I requested the king to allow me to return to Jerusalem. -\v 7 When I returned, I found out that Eliashib had done an evil thing. He let Tobiah take over a storeroom in the very house of God for his own use. - +\v 7 When I returned, I found out that Eliashib had done an evil thing. He let Tobiah take over a storeroom in the very house of God for his own use. \s5 \v 8 I became very angry. I went to that room and I threw out everything that belonged to Tobiah. \v 9 Then I commanded that they perform a ritual cleansing of that room to make it pure again. And I also ordered that all the equipment used in the temple and all the grain offerings and incense should be put back in that room, where they belonged. @@ -25,12 +23,11 @@ \s5 \p \v 10 I also found out that the temple musicians and other Levites had left Jerusalem and returned to their fields, because the people of Israel had not been bringing into the storerooms the food they needed. -\v 11 So I rebuked the officials, saying to them, "Why have you not taken care of the services to be held in the temple? So I got them together and put them back at their stations. - +\v 11 So I rebuked the officials, saying to them, "Why have you not taken care of the services to be held in the temple? So I got them together and put them back at their stations. \s5 \p \v 12 Then all the people of Judah again started to bring to the temple storerooms their tithes of grain, wine, and olive oil. -\v 13 I appointed these men to be in charge of the storerooms. Shelemiah the priest, Zadok, an expert in the Jewish laws, and Pedaiah, a descendant of Levi. I appointed Hanan son of Zaccur and grandson of Mattaniah to assist them. I knew that I could trust those men to distribute the offerings fairly to their fellow workers. +\v 13 I appointed these men to be in charge of the storerooms. Shelemiah the priest, Zadok, an expert in the Jewish laws, and Pedaiah, a descendant of Levi. I appointed Hanan son of Zaccur and grandson of Mattaniah to assist them. I knew that I could trust those men to distribute the offerings fairly to their fellow workers. \p \v 14 My God, do not forget all these good deeds that I have done for your temple and for the work that is done there! @@ -40,7 +37,7 @@ \s5 \v 16 I also saw some people from Tyre who were living there in Jerusalem who were bringing fish and other things into Jerusalem to sell to the people of Judea on the Sabbath day. -\v 17 So I rebuked the Jewish leaders and told them, "This is a very evil thing that you are doing! You are making the Sabbath days into something God never wanted it to be. +\v 17 So I rebuked the Jewish leaders and told them, "This is a very evil thing that you are doing! You are making the Sabbath days into something God never wanted it to be. \v 18 Your ancestors did things like this, so God punished them. He allowed this city to be destroyed because of their sin! And now by breaking the laws for the Sabbath day, you are going to cause God to be angry with us, and he will punish us even more!" \s5 @@ -51,8 +48,7 @@ \s5 \v 21 I warned them, "It is useless for you to stay here outside the walls on Friday night! If you do this again, I will take you and remove you myself!" So after that, they did not come on Sabbath days. \v 22 I also commanded the descendants of Levi to perform the ritual to purify themselves and to take up their stations to guard the City Gates, to make sure that the Sabbath was kept holy by not allowing merchants to enter it on that holy day. -\p My God, do not forget what I have done for you! And be kind to me, as kind as your love is for me. - +\p My God, do not forget what I have done for you! And be kind to me, as kind as your love is for me. \s5 \p \v 23 During that time, I also found out that many of the Jewish men had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. diff --git a/17-EST/01.usfm b/17-EST/01.usfm index 9c231050..26b56987 100644 --- a/17-EST/01.usfm +++ b/17-EST/01.usfm @@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 The guests drank wine from gold cups. Each cup had a different design on it. The king was generous with the wine, and they had much to drink. -\v 8 There was a lot of wine, because the king wanted the guests to drink as much as they wanted, but the rule was, "No one is forced to drink." - +\v 8 There was a lot of wine, because the king wanted the guests to drink as much as they wanted, but the rule was, "No one is forced to drink." \s5 \p \v 9 Queen Vashti invited the women to a feast in another place in the palace. @@ -37,8 +36,7 @@ \p \v 16 While the other officials were present, Memucan told the king, "Your majesty, Queen Vashti has insulted you, and she has insulted all the officials and all the people in all the provinces of your Majesty. \v 17 All the women throughout the empire will hear what she has done, and they will say, 'The king commanded Queen Vashti to come to him, and she refused.' So they will not obey their husbands, and they will show them disrespect. -\v 18 Before this day ends, the wives of all the officials in Persia and Media will hear what the queen did, and they will say to all of your Majesty's officials what the queen has said. They will have contempt and anger for all men. - +\v 18 Before this day ends, the wives of all the officials in Persia and Media will hear what the queen did, and they will say to all of your Majesty's officials what the queen has said. They will have contempt and anger for all men. \s5 \v 19 So if it pleases your Majesty, you should write a law, like all the laws of Persia and Media, to be a law that no one can change. This law should say that Queen Vashti will never be allowed to see you again, and you will choose another woman to be queen, a woman who deserves to be queen more than she does. \v 20 When everyone in your empire hears what you have commanded, all the wives, those who are important and those who are not important, will honor their husbands." diff --git a/17-EST/02.usfm b/17-EST/02.usfm index 42185da4..761965a7 100644 --- a/17-EST/02.usfm +++ b/17-EST/02.usfm @@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ \v 2 So his personal servants said to him, "Your Majesty, you should send some men to search for beautiful young virgin girls for the king. \s5 -\v 3 After they find some, you can appoint some officials in each province to bring them to the place where you keep your wives here in Susa. They are to be cared for by Hegai (the king's eunuch) who is who protects and cares for these women, he can arrange for their cosmetics. +\v 3 After they find some, you can appoint some officials in each province to bring them to the place where you keep your wives here in Susa. They are to be cared for by Hegai (the king's eunuch) who is who protects and cares for these women, he can arrange for their cosmetics. \v 4 Then the young girl who pleases you most can become queen instead of Vashti." The king liked what they suggested, so he did it. \s5 \p -\v 5 At that time there was a Jew living in the city of Susa, whose name was Mordecai. He was the son of Jair who was the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, and he was a member of the tribe of Benjamin. +\v 5 At that time there was a Jew living in the city of Susa, whose name was Mordecai. He was the son of Jair who was the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, and he was a member of the tribe of Benjamin. \v 6 Many years before that, Nebuchadnezzar, who had been king of Babylonia, had taken Mordecai and brought him from Jerusalem to Babylon. This was at the same time that he took away King Jehoiachin from Judah, along with many others. \s5 @@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 12 Before these women were taken to the king, for twelve months they received beauty treatments, and for six months they were treated with olive oil mixed with myrrh. -\v 13 When one of these women was summoned to go to the king, she was allowed to have whatever she wished to take with her from the house of the women, when she went to the king's palace. - +\v 13 When one of these women was summoned to go to the king, she was allowed to have whatever she wished to take with her from the house of the women, when she went to the king's palace. \s5 \v 14 In the evening, she would go to the king, and the next morning she would return to the second house of the women, and to the protection of Shaashgaz, the king's official in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king again, except when the king wanted her and called her by name. @@ -47,13 +46,12 @@ \s5 \p -\v 19 Later all those young women were gathered together again. By that time Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, where the elders and leaders would hold court and settle disputes for others in the kingdom. +\v 19 Later all those young women were gathered together again. By that time Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, where the elders and leaders would hold court and settle disputes for others in the kingdom. \v 20 But Esther still did not tell anyone about her family, or about her people, the Jews. She continued to do what Mordecai had told her to do; she continued to respect him and honor him by doing what he said. \v 21 One day when Mordecai was at the king's gate, two of the king's officials were there. Their names were Bigthana and Teresh. They were the guards who protected the king, standing just outside the king's own rooms. They became angry with the king, and they were planning how they could do him great harm. \s5 -\v 22 But Mordecai heard about what they were planning, he told Queen Esther. Then she told the king, and she told the king that the information came from Mordecai, calling him by name. -\v 23 The king investigated it and confirmed. So the king ordered those two men be hanged from a gallows. When that was done, an official wrote a report about it in the book called The History of the King. - +\v 22 But Mordecai heard about what they were planning, he told Queen Esther. Then she told the king, and she told the king that the information came from Mordecai, calling him by name. +\v 23 The king investigated it and confirmed. So the king ordered those two men be hanged from a gallows. When that was done, an official wrote a report about it in the book called The History of the King. diff --git a/17-EST/04.usfm b/17-EST/04.usfm index a839a057..784bd5b0 100644 --- a/17-EST/04.usfm +++ b/17-EST/04.usfm @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ \v 5 Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king's officials, whom he had appointed serve and protect her. She told him to go out and talk to Mordecai to find out what the trouble was about. \s5 -\v 6 Hathach went to Mordecai in the city square in front of the gate to the king's palace. -\v 7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened. He told him how much silver Haman had promised to deposit in the king's treasury in order to kill the Jews. +\v 6 Hathach went to Mordecai in the city square in front of the gate to the king's palace. +\v 7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened. He told him how much silver Haman had promised to deposit in the king's treasury in order to kill the Jews. \v 8 Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the decree that had been issued in Susa, so that he might show it to Esther. Mordecai wanted to command Esther to take action about this order from the king and to beg favor from the king. He wanted her to go to the king and try to help the Jewish people. \s5 @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ \v 14 If you remain silent at this time, someone else will rescue the Jews in some other way, but you and your father's family will die. Who knows, perhaps it was for just for a time like this that you were made queen." \s5 -\v 15 Then Esther sent this message to Mordecai, -\v 16 "Go and gather together all the Jews here in Susa, and tell them to fast for for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, neither in the night or day. My young girls and I will fast in the same way. Then I will go to the king, even though I know it is against the law. And if I die, I die." +\v 15 Then Esther sent this message to Mordecai, +\v 16 "Go and gather together all the Jews here in Susa, and tell them to fast for for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, neither in the night or day. My young girls and I will fast in the same way. Then I will go to the king, even though I know it is against the law. And if I die, I die." \v 17 Mordecai went and did what Esther told him to do. diff --git a/17-EST/05.usfm b/17-EST/05.usfm index d1333342..5fbe4ceb 100644 --- a/17-EST/05.usfm +++ b/17-EST/05.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 2 When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, the king was glad and welcomed her. He held out to her the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther approached the king and touched the tip of the scepter. \s5 -\v 3 Then the king said to her, "What is it that you want Queen Esther? What is your request? I will give you up to half my kingdom, if that is what you request." +\v 3 Then the king said to her, "What is it that you want Queen Esther? What is your request? I will give you up to half my kingdom, if that is what you request." \v 4 Esther replied, "Your Majesty, if it pleases you, will you and Haman come to a feast that I have prepared for you?" \s5 @@ -20,15 +20,13 @@ \s5 \p \v 9 Haman was feeling very happy when he left the feast. But he saw Mordecai sitting at the gate of the palace, and once again, Mordecai did not stand up or shake with fear in front of him. So Haman was filled with anger toward Mordecai. -\v 10 However, he did nothing to show that he was angry. He went to his house and gathered his friends. He also called for his wife, Zeresh. -\v 11 Haman told them all about the great riches he had accumulated. He talked about his many sons, and how he had achieved more than all the other officials and the servants of the king. - +\v 10 However, he did nothing to show that he was angry. He went to his house and gathered his friends. He also called for his wife, Zeresh. +\v 11 Haman told them all about the great riches he had accumulated. He talked about his many sons, and how he had achieved more than all the other officials and the servants of the king. \s5 \v 12 Then Haman added, "Even Queen Esther invited just two of us, me and the king, to a banquet she prepared for us today. And she is inviting just the two of us to another banquet that she is will give us tomorrow!" \v 13 Then Haman said, "But these things mean nothing to me as long as I can see Mordecai the Jew sitting there at the king's gate!" \s5 -\v 14 Then Zeresh his wife said to Haman and all his friends, "Why do you not quickly set up a gallows? Make it twenty-three meters high. Then in the morning speak to the king for them to hang Mordecai on it. After that, you can go to the banquet with the king and be happy." This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows set up. - +\v 14 Then Zeresh his wife said to Haman and all his friends, "Why do you not quickly set up a gallows? Make it twenty-three meters high. Then in the morning speak to the king for them to hang Mordecai on it. After that, you can go to the banquet with the king and be happy." This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows set up. diff --git a/17-EST/06.usfm b/17-EST/06.usfm index 7d2a4d8d..b88541ed 100644 --- a/17-EST/06.usfm +++ b/17-EST/06.usfm @@ -9,15 +9,14 @@ \v 3 The king asked, "What was done to honor Mordecai for what did?" The young men serving the king answered, "Nothing has been done for him." \s5 -\v 4 The king said, "Is there anyone in the courtyard?" At that moment, Haman had entered the outer courtyard of the palace. He wanted to talk to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had just set up. +\v 4 The king said, "Is there anyone in the courtyard?" At that moment, Haman had entered the outer courtyard of the palace. He wanted to talk to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had just set up. \v 5 His servants replied, "Haman is in the courtyard." The king said, "Bring him in." \v 6 When Haman came in, the king asked him, "What should I do for someone whom I want to honor?" Now Haman thought to himself, "Whom would the king like to honor more than me?" \s5 \v 7 So he replied to the king, "For the one you want to honor, \v 8 you should tell your servants to bring out some robes that you yourself have worn, and to bring out one of the horses you have ridden and that bears a royal crest on his head. -\v 9 Then tell one of your very important officials to put the robe on that man, and to lead the horse through the city streets. As he goes, other servants will shout, 'This is what happens when the king wants to honor someone!'" - +\v 9 Then tell one of your very important officials to put the robe on that man, and to lead the horse through the city streets. As he goes, other servants will shout, 'This is what happens when the king wants to honor someone!'" \s5 \v 10 The king replied to Haman, "Hurry, take the robes and horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew who sits at the king's gate! Do not forget anything you have said!" \v 11 So Haman took the robe and the horse. He put the robe on Mordecai, and Haman led him on the horse through the city streets proclaiming "This is what is done for a man when the king wants to honor him!" diff --git a/17-EST/08.usfm b/17-EST/08.usfm index da820268..8c973016 100644 --- a/17-EST/08.usfm +++ b/17-EST/08.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 8 \p -\v 1 Later on that same day, King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther all the possessions of Haman, who had been the Jews' enemy. Mordecai served the king because Esther had by now told the king how she was related to him. +\v 1 Later on that same day, King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther all the possessions of Haman, who had been the Jews' enemy. Mordecai served the king because Esther had by now told the king how she was related to him. \v 2 When Mordecai came in, the king took off the ring that had his official seal on it, the ring that he had recovered from Haman, and he gave it to Mordecai. Esther appointed Mordecai to be in charge of Haman's property. \s5 diff --git a/17-EST/10.usfm b/17-EST/10.usfm index b74afadf..9fb6e7cd 100644 --- a/17-EST/10.usfm +++ b/17-EST/10.usfm @@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ \s5 \c 10 \p -\v 1 King Ahasuerus made the people living on land and along the sea pay a tax. -\v 2 And all the great things that Ahasuerus did because of his power have been written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia. Also written there is a history of the great things done by Mordecai, and of the honor that the king gave him. - +\v 1 King Ahasuerus made the people living on land and along the sea pay a tax. +\v 2 And all the great things that Ahasuerus did because of his power have been written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia. Also written there is a history of the great things done by Mordecai, and of the honor that the king gave him. \s5 \v 3 Mordecai the Jew, was second in rank to King Ahasuerus, and all the Jews also considered him to be a very great man. He was respected by his Jewish brothers and sisters, for he sought the welfare of his people, and he spoke to gain security for all of them. diff --git a/18-JOB/06.usfm b/18-JOB/06.usfm index 80c86265..783a2a97 100644 --- a/18-JOB/06.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/06.usfm @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ \v 26 I am a man who has nothing to hope for, \q2 but you try to correct me, and you think what I say is as useless as the wind! \q1 -\v 27 You do not sympathize with me at all for the things +\v 27 You do not sympathize with me at all for the things that I am suffering. \q2 You will do anything to get something for yourselves! You would even play a game to see who gets an orphan as a prize! \b diff --git a/18-JOB/07.usfm b/18-JOB/07.usfm index 92bde16a..9b8c0e55 100644 --- a/18-JOB/07.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/07.usfm @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ \q2 so why do you pay so much attention to us ? \q1 \v 18 You look at us every morning to see what we are doing, -\q2 and you +\q2 and you examine us every moment to see if we are doing what is right. \s5 diff --git a/18-JOB/08.usfm b/18-JOB/08.usfm index 87384a65..e1425e8f 100644 --- a/18-JOB/08.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/08.usfm @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 21 He will always enable you to laugh -\q2 and to +\q2 and to shout joyfully. \q1 \v 22 But those who hate you will be very ashamed, diff --git a/18-JOB/09.usfm b/18-JOB/09.usfm index 0a214c1e..edcd7eb4 100644 --- a/18-JOB/09.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/09.usfm @@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ \q2 he moves further on, but I do not see him go. \q1 \v 12 If he wants to snatch someone away, no one could stop him; -\q2 no one dares ask him, 'Why are you doing that?' - +\q2 no one dares ask him, 'Why are you doing that?' \s5 \q1 \v 13 God will not very easily stop being angry; diff --git a/18-JOB/11.usfm b/18-JOB/11.usfm index 1669aa39..27d1a379 100644 --- a/18-JOB/11.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/11.usfm @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ \v 11 He knows which people are worthless; \q2 and when he sees people doing wicked things, he certainly does not ignore them. \q1 -\v 12 Stupid people like you will start to become wise +\v 12 Stupid people like you will start to become wise \q2 when wild donkeys start giving birth to people. \b diff --git a/18-JOB/15.usfm b/18-JOB/15.usfm index aad78e4f..ef66a48a 100644 --- a/18-JOB/15.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/15.usfm @@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 7 Tell me, why do you think you know so much? You do not think that you were the first person who was ever born, do you? +\v 7 Tell me, why do you think you know so much? You do not think that you were the first person who was ever born, do you? \q2 You do not think that you were born before God created the mountains, do you? \q1 -\v 8 Were you listening when God made all his plans? +\v 8 Were you listening when God made all his plans? \q2 Do you think that you are the only person who is wise? \q1 \v 9 What do you know that we others do not know? diff --git a/18-JOB/16.usfm b/18-JOB/16.usfm index 1a06632e..99a54a9a 100644 --- a/18-JOB/16.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/16.usfm @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ \q2 God does not pity me at all. \q1 \v 14 It is as though I were a wall that he is breaking through time after time; -\q2 he rushes at me like a soldier who is attacking his enemy. +\q2 he rushes at me like a soldier who is attacking his enemy. \b \s5 @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ I want it to cry out against those who killed me, \q2 but my eyes are full of tears while I cry out to God. \q1 \v 21 I pray that the one who knows what I have done would come to plead with God for me -\q2 as a person pleads for his friend. +\q2 as a person pleads for his friend. \b \q1 \v 22 I say this because within a few years I will die; diff --git a/18-JOB/18.usfm b/18-JOB/18.usfm index 233d46e9..b8e9cefb 100644 --- a/18-JOB/18.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/18.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 3 Why do you think that we are as stupid as cattle and as unrighteous? +\v 3 Why do you think that we are as stupid as cattle and as unrighteous? \q1 \v 4 By being very angry, you are only hurting yourself. \q2 Do you think that everyone on the earth must leave to prove that you are right, diff --git a/18-JOB/31.usfm b/18-JOB/31.usfm index d371df27..6163f1cd 100644 --- a/18-JOB/31.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/31.usfm @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 31-32 No one can truthfully that I did not welcome travelers to stay in my house, +\v 31-32 No one can truthfully that I did not welcome travelers to stay in my house, \q2 or that I did not open my doors to them, but that I forced them to sleep in the streets! \q2 All the men who work for me certainly know that I have given food to anyone who needed it! diff --git a/18-JOB/33.usfm b/18-JOB/33.usfm index 5e498bb6..2e89ffdb 100644 --- a/18-JOB/33.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/33.usfm @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \q2 and he considers that I am his enemy. \q1 \v 11 It is as though he had put my feet in stocks, -\q2 and he watches everything that I do.' +\q2 and he watches everything that I do.' \b \q1 \v 12 However, what you have said is wrong, @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 21 Our bodies become very thin so that we look like a skeleton, +\v 21 Our bodies become very thin so that we look like a skeleton, \q2 and our bones stick out so others can count them. \q1 \v 22 We know that we will soon die diff --git a/18-JOB/34.usfm b/18-JOB/34.usfm index e6816624..d757eee3 100644 --- a/18-JOB/34.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/34.usfm @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ \q2 no one can criticize him. \q1 God controls all nations and all people. \q1 -\v 30 He does this so that those who rule over us may honor him, +\v 30 He does this so that those who rule over us may honor him, \q2 so that our rulers do not oppress us. \b diff --git a/18-JOB/35.usfm b/18-JOB/35.usfm index f12a7767..7a440369 100644 --- a/18-JOB/35.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/35.usfm @@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ \q1 You say, 'God knows that I am innocent,' \q1 \v 3 and you also say, 'What good have I received for not sinning? -\q2 What benefit have I received that I would not have had, even if I had sinned?' - +\q2 What benefit have I received that I would not have had, even if I had sinned?' \s5 \q1 \v 4 Well, I will answer you, diff --git a/18-JOB/36.usfm b/18-JOB/36.usfm index e5193663..5e2dda11 100644 --- a/18-JOB/36.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/36.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \q2 and he always acts justly toward those who are suffering. \q1 \v 7 He always watches over those who are righteous; -\q2 he makes them prosper, as if they were kings, +\q2 he makes them prosper, as if they were kings, \q2 and he causes others to honor them forever. \s5 diff --git a/18-JOB/42.usfm b/18-JOB/42.usfm index 1d2b98e6..d42c31ba 100644 --- a/18-JOB/42.usfm +++ b/18-JOB/42.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 7 After Yahweh said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz, "I am angry with you and your two friends, Bildad and Zophar, because you did not say true things about me, as my servant Job did. +\v 7 After Yahweh said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz, "I am angry with you and your two friends, Bildad and Zophar, because you did not say true things about me, as my servant Job did. \v 8 So now you must take to Job seven young bulls and seven rams and kill them and burn them on the altar as a sacrifice for yourselves. Then Job will pray for you, and I will do what he requests me to do. I will forgive you for speaking wrongly about me. I will not punish you, even though you deserve to be punished, because what you said about me was not right." \p \v 9 So Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar did what Yahweh commanded them to do, and Yahweh did what Job requested him to do for the three of them. diff --git a/19-PSA/001.usfm b/19-PSA/001.usfm index a205a408..5cf95652 100644 --- a/19-PSA/001.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/001.usfm @@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ \q1 and who do not join with people who ridicule God. \q1 \v 2 Instead, those with whom Yahweh is pleased delight in understanding what he teaches us. -\q2 They read and think every day and every night about what Yahweh teaches. - +\q2 They read and think every day and every night about what Yahweh teaches. \s5 \q1 \v 3 They constantly do things that please God, diff --git a/19-PSA/002.usfm b/19-PSA/002.usfm index ac2a2665..41e85541 100644 --- a/19-PSA/002.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/002.usfm @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \q2 and I will give them to you. \q1 Even the most remote nations will be yours. \q1 -\v 9 You will strike them down with an iron rod; +\v 9 You will strike them down with an iron rod; \q2 like the potter crashes his pot into pieces when he throws it on the ground, \q2 that is how you will break them up into small pieces. \b diff --git a/19-PSA/003.usfm b/19-PSA/003.usfm index fbd3d829..93141799 100644 --- a/19-PSA/003.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/003.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \q1 \v 2 Many people are saying about me, \q2 "God will certainly not help him." -\qr +\qr \b \s5 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 I cry out to you, Yahweh, \q2 and you answer me from Zion, your sacred hill. -\qr +\qr \b \s5 @@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ \q1 \v 8 Yahweh, you are the one who saves your people from their enemies. \q2 Yahweh, bless your people! -\qr - +\qr diff --git a/19-PSA/009.usfm b/19-PSA/009.usfm index 9e2ce226..b9c482b5 100644 --- a/19-PSA/009.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/009.usfm @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ \q1 Look at the ways that my enemies have injured me. \q2 Do not allow me to die because of these injuries. \q1 -\v 14 I want to live in order that I can praise you at the gates of Jerusalem +\v 14 I want to live in order that I can praise you at the gates of Jerusalem \q2 and to rejoice because you rescued me. \s5 @@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 19 Yahweh, do not allow our enemies to conquer us +\v 19 Yahweh, do not allow our enemies to conquer us \q just because they are strong; -\q You see what the people do and you bring justice to them all. +\q You see what the people do and you bring justice to them all. \q1 \v 20 Yahweh, teach them that they must be afraid of you and honor you. \q2 Cause them to know that they are only human beings. diff --git a/19-PSA/010.usfm b/19-PSA/010.usfm index fadbdf08..2f955cb3 100644 --- a/19-PSA/010.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/010.usfm @@ -12,19 +12,19 @@ \q2 God, make them fall into their own traps, so that what they did to others may be done to them! \q1 \v 3 The wicked person boasts about the evil things he wants to do. -\q2 He desires to own the things that others have, and he does not want them to own more things than he has. +\q2 He desires to own the things that others have, and he does not want them to own more things than he has. \q2 He boasts about all the things he owns, while he curses you, Yahweh. \s5 \q1 \v 4 The wicked person is so proud -\q2 he never looks for God +\q2 he never looks for God \q2 and if he did look for God, he would not find him. -\q2 He is too proud to even think about God. +\q2 He is too proud to even think about God. \q1 -\v 5 But, looking at the life of the wicked man, -\q2 it seems that everything he does is successful. -\q2 He cannot even understand your commands, God, +\v 5 But, looking at the life of the wicked man, +\q2 it seems that everything he does is successful. +\q2 He cannot even understand your commands, God, \q2 and then he mocks his enemies. \s5 @@ -32,28 +32,27 @@ \v 6 In his mind he thinks, "Nothing bad can happen to me! \q2 As long as I live, I will never have troubles." \q1 -\v 7 When he speaks he always curses and tells lies, +\v 7 When he speaks he always curses and tells lies, \q2 and he makes threats against others. \q2 When he talks, he only speaks about hurting or destroying other people. \s5 \q1 \v 8 He makes plans to attack the people living in the villages, people who have done nothing wrong. -\q2 He waits in places where he can hide -\q2 while he keeps looking for more people he can attack, +\q2 He waits in places where he can hide +\q2 while he keeps looking for more people he can attack, \q2 people who cannot defend themselves. \q1 -\v 9 He waits for his victims like a lion who crouches down, +\v 9 He waits for his victims like a lion who crouches down, \q2 and just like the lion, he hides in the bushes. -\q2 He is like the hunter who spreads out the net +\q2 He is like the hunter who spreads out the net \q2 so he can catch helpless people and drag them away. \b \q1 -\v 10 The helpless people are crushed by the wicked person's plans -\q2 and all the things he does. -\q2 He is powerful, and when he opposes the helpless people, -\q2 he always takes away from them whatever he wants. - +\v 10 The helpless people are crushed by the wicked person's plans +\q2 and all the things he does. +\q2 He is powerful, and when he opposes the helpless people, +\q2 he always takes away from them whatever he wants. \s5 \q1 \v 11 The wicked person says, "God cannot remember what I did. @@ -74,8 +73,8 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 15 God, destroy the power of the person who is wicked and evil! -\q2 Make him pay for those evil things he did, -\q2 those things that he thought God would not find out about him. +\q2 Make him pay for those evil things he did, +\q2 those things that he thought God would not find out about him. \b \q1 \v 16 Yahweh is king forever! @@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ \v 17 Yahweh, when the people who suffer cry out to you, you listen. \q2 You hear them when they pray and you encourage them. \q1 -\v 18 You defend the orphans and oppressed people +\v 18 You defend the orphans and oppressed people \q2 when the strong and the wicked work to do them harm. \q2 And so, no one has to worry or be terrified anymore. diff --git a/19-PSA/014.usfm b/19-PSA/014.usfm index 5ca648bc..539b78ad 100644 --- a/19-PSA/014.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/014.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \q1 he looks to see if anyone is very wise, \q2 wise enough to desire to know him. \q1 -\v 3 Everyone turns away from Yahweh. They are depraved and do disgusting, filthy things. +\v 3 Everyone turns away from Yahweh. They are depraved and do disgusting, filthy things. \q2 No one does what is good. \b diff --git a/19-PSA/017.usfm b/19-PSA/017.usfm index 27be14d9..2c8bc19a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/017.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/017.usfm @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ \v 13 Yahweh, arise, attack my enemies, and defeat them! \q2 With your sword save me from those wicked people! \q1 -\v 14 Yahweh, by your power rescue me from those people who are interested only in things here in this world. +\v 14 Yahweh, by your power rescue me from those people who are interested only in things here in this world. \b \q1 But you provide plenty of food for those whom you love dearly; \q2 their children also have many things that their grandchildren will inherit. diff --git a/19-PSA/018.usfm b/19-PSA/018.usfm index 9de09e5b..4e0be911 100644 --- a/19-PSA/018.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/018.usfm @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 15 The bottom of the ocean became visible, and the water uncovered the foundations of the earth when Yahweh rebuked his enemies +\v 15 The bottom of the ocean became visible, and the water uncovered the foundations of the earth when Yahweh rebuked his enemies \q with the breath that came in his anger! \b @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 30 Everything that Yahweh my God does is perfect. We can depend on him to do what he promises. +\v 30 Everything that Yahweh my God does is perfect. We can depend on him to do what he promises. \q He is like a shield to protect all those who go to him to be safe. \q1 \v 31 Yahweh is the only one who is God; only he is like a huge rock on top of which we can be safe. @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 50 He has enabled me, his king, to powerfully defeat my enemies; he faithfully loves me as he promised in his covenant. +\v 50 He has enabled me, his king, to powerfully defeat my enemies; he faithfully loves me as he promised in his covenant. \q He loves me, David, the one he has chosen to be king, and he will faithfully love my descendants forever. diff --git a/19-PSA/022.usfm b/19-PSA/022.usfm index 5e677f87..1a2fbb29 100644 --- a/19-PSA/022.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/022.usfm @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ \q1 I no longer expect that God will save me; \q2 I am completely discouraged. \q1 -\v 15 My strength is all dried up +\v 15 My strength is all dried up \q2 like a broken piece of a clay jar that has dried in the sun. \q2 I am so thirsty that my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. \q2 God, I think that you are about to let my body die and become dust! diff --git a/19-PSA/023.usfm b/19-PSA/023.usfm index 3406a4e6..342fcf3d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/023.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/023.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 4 Even when I am walking in very dangerous places +\v 4 Even when I am walking in very dangerous places \q2 where I might die, \q1 I will not be afraid of anything \q2 because you are with me. diff --git a/19-PSA/024.usfm b/19-PSA/024.usfm index 0812ca43..9b954510 100644 --- a/19-PSA/024.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/024.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \q1 When God judges them, he will rescue them and say that they have done nothing wrong. \q1 \v 6 They are the people who come to God, -\q2 they are the ones who desire to worship God, +\q2 they are the ones who desire to worship God, \q2 and serve the God of Jacob. \b diff --git a/19-PSA/027.usfm b/19-PSA/027.usfm index 1424c900..77c0e9a0 100644 --- a/19-PSA/027.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/027.usfm @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \v 4 There is one thing that I have requested from Yahweh; \q2 this is the one thing that I desire: \q1 that I may worship in Yahweh's house every day during my life, -\q2 that I may see how wonderful Yahweh is, +\q2 that I may see how wonderful Yahweh is, \q2 and that I may ask him what he wants me to do. \b diff --git a/19-PSA/031.usfm b/19-PSA/031.usfm index 54183cef..9006f078 100644 --- a/19-PSA/031.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/031.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \q2 rescue me! \q1 \v 2 Listen to me, and save me right now! -\q1 Be like a huge rock on which I can be safe +\q1 Be like a huge rock on which I can be safe \q2 and like a strong fort in which I will be secure. \s5 diff --git a/19-PSA/037.usfm b/19-PSA/037.usfm index 9630c09f..45744e6a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/037.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/037.usfm @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \q2 and he will do whatever is needed to help you. \q1 \v 6 He will show as clearly as the sunlight that you are innocent; -\q2 he will show as clearly as the sun at noontime +\q2 he will show as clearly as the sun at noontime \q2 that all the things that you have decided are just. \b @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \q1 \v 14 Wicked people pull out their swords \q2 and they put strings on their bows, -\q1 ready to kill people who are poor +\q1 ready to kill people who are poor \q2 and to slaughter those who live righteously. \q1 \v 15 But they will be killed by their own swords, diff --git a/19-PSA/042.usfm b/19-PSA/042.usfm index c0d8cbe7..b98073ed 100644 --- a/19-PSA/042.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/042.usfm @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ \q1 "Why have you forgotten me? You know the hardships that my enemies bring on me." \q1 \v 10 They are always making fun of me; -\q2 they keep asking, "Why does your God not help you?" +\q2 they keep asking, "Why does your God not help you?" \q1 When they insult me like that, \q2 it is like wounds that shatter my bones. \b diff --git a/19-PSA/043.usfm b/19-PSA/043.usfm index 7af5033a..7271a9e2 100644 --- a/19-PSA/043.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/043.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 3 Speak true words that help me to live. +\v 3 Speak true words that help me to live. \q1 Give a command that will allow me to go back to Zion, your sacred hill in Jerusalem, \q1 and to your temple where you live. \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/045.usfm b/19-PSA/045.usfm index 56945a70..9c429316 100644 --- a/19-PSA/045.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/045.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \v 3 You who are a mighty warrior, put on your sword! \q2 You are glorious and majestic. \q -\v 4 Ride on like a great king +\v 4 Ride on like a great king \q2 to defend the truth that you speak \q2 and the fair decisions that you make! \q1 Because you fight in many battles, diff --git a/19-PSA/048.usfm b/19-PSA/048.usfm index 861738b5..13412f79 100644 --- a/19-PSA/048.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/048.usfm @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 12 You Israelite people should walk around Mount Zion +\v 12 You Israelite people should walk around Mount Zion \q2 and count the towers there; \q1 \v 13 notice the walls there and examine their strongest parts diff --git a/19-PSA/049.usfm b/19-PSA/049.usfm index 2637a02a..528770dd 100644 --- a/19-PSA/049.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/049.usfm @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 14 They are certain to die just like sheep -\q2 when a shepherd leads them away to be slaughtered. +\q2 when a shepherd leads them away to be slaughtered. \q1 In the morning the righteous people will rule over them, \q1 and then those wealthy people will die and their bodies will quickly decay in their graves; \q2 they will be where dead people are, far from their homes. diff --git a/19-PSA/050.usfm b/19-PSA/050.usfm index 568d4f57..2d432046 100644 --- a/19-PSA/050.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/050.usfm @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \v 10 because all the animals in the forest belong to me, \q2 and all the cattle on a thousand hills also belong to me. \q1 -\v 11 I know and own all the birds in the mountains, +\v 11 I know and own all the birds in the mountains, \q2 and all the creatures that move around in the fields. \s5 diff --git a/19-PSA/052.usfm b/19-PSA/052.usfm index fbb066fb..b2b2cef8 100644 --- a/19-PSA/052.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/052.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \b \q1 \v 1 You proud man, you think that you are strong; -\q2 you boast about the trouble that you make for others, +\q2 you boast about the trouble that you make for others, \q1 but God faithfully protects people from you every day. \q1 \v 2 All during the day you plan to get rid of others; @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \b \q \v 9 God, I will always thank you for everything you have done. -\q2 I will wait patiently because you are so good, +\q2 I will wait patiently because you are so good, \q2 especially when I stand before your faithful people. diff --git a/19-PSA/061.usfm b/19-PSA/061.usfm index 6b8ee7be..8b09c4b5 100644 --- a/19-PSA/061.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/061.usfm @@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ \v 2 While I am discouraged and far from my home, \q1 I am calling out to you. \b -\q1 Lead me to a place that will be like a high rock +\q1 Lead me to a place that will be like a high rock \q2 on top of which I will be safe. \q1 \v 3 You have been my refuge; -\q2 you have been like a strong tower +\q2 you have been like a strong tower \q2 in which my enemies cannot attack me. \b @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 8 If you do that, I will always sing to praise you +\v 8 If you do that, I will always sing to praise you \q2 while I offer to you each day the sacrifices that I promised to give to you. diff --git a/19-PSA/063.usfm b/19-PSA/063.usfm index 094a1521..cb8eb6d0 100644 --- a/19-PSA/063.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/063.usfm @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 5 You fill me up and you meet every need I have. -\q2 My response to you is much like when I eat a delicious banquet of rich foods +\v 5 You fill me up and you meet every need I have. +\q2 My response to you is much like when I eat a delicious banquet of rich foods \q2 and the food fills me. \q2 I will have great happiness when I praise you with the words that I speak about you. \b @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ \v 9 But those who are trying to kill me \q2 will die and descend into the place of the dead; \q1 -\v 10 they will be killed in battles +\v 10 they will be killed in battles \q2 and their corpses will be eaten by dogs. \b diff --git a/19-PSA/065.usfm b/19-PSA/065.usfm index 58e48574..2a25614a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/065.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/065.usfm @@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ \v 11 Because you bless the soil, there are very good crops at harvest season; \q2 wherever you have gone, good crops are very abundant. \q1 -\v 12 The pastures in the wilderness are wet with the morning dew, -\q2 it is as though the hills are singing joyful songs. - +\v 12 The pastures in the wilderness are wet with the morning dew, +\q2 it is as though the hills are singing joyful songs. \s5 \q1 \v 13 The meadows are covered with sheep and goats, diff --git a/19-PSA/069.usfm b/19-PSA/069.usfm index f635843a..55ea9f73 100644 --- a/19-PSA/069.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/069.usfm @@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 16 O Yahweh, answer my prayer and help me -\q2 because you are good +\q2 because you are good \q2 and I can depend on your love for me. -\q2 You have not punished me for what I deserve. +\q2 You have not punished me for what I deserve. \q1 I know you will listen to me! \q1 \v 17 Do not hide yourself from me; diff --git a/19-PSA/072.usfm b/19-PSA/072.usfm index 466a02f8..3d60d7f8 100644 --- a/19-PSA/072.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/072.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 6 I desire that his rule may be enjoyed by the people +\v 6 I desire that his rule may be enjoyed by the people \q2 as they enjoy rain on the growing crops, \q2 as they enjoy the showers that fall on the land. \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/073.usfm b/19-PSA/073.usfm index d098ade9..e8765f2d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/073.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/073.usfm @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 10 The result is that people pay attention to them +\v 10 The result is that people pay attention to them \q2 and listen to everything they say. \q1 \v 11 Wicked people say to themselves, "God will certainly not know what we have done; diff --git a/19-PSA/074.usfm b/19-PSA/074.usfm index 9cceb843..b05ee3bf 100644 --- a/19-PSA/074.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/074.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \v 1 God, why have you abandoned us? \q2 Will you keep rejecting us forever? \q1 Why are you angry with us -\q2 since we are like sheep in your pasture and you are like our shepherd? +\q2 since we are like sheep in your pasture and you are like our shepherd? \q1 \v 2 Do not forget your people whom you chose long ago, \q2 the people whom you freed from being slaves in Egypt and caused to become your tribe. @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 14 It was as though you crushed the head of the king of Egypt +\v 14 It was as though you crushed the head of the king of Egypt \q2 and gave his body to the animals in the desert to eat. \q1 \v 15 You caused springs and streams to flow, diff --git a/19-PSA/078.usfm b/19-PSA/078.usfm index ff26a829..f0448aa1 100644 --- a/19-PSA/078.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/078.usfm @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 21 So when Yahweh heard that, he became very angry, -\q2 and he sent a fire to burn up some of his Israelite people. +\q2 and he sent a fire to burn up some of his Israelite people. \q2 \v 22 He did that because they did not trust in him, \q2 and they did not believe that he would rescue them. @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ \q1 he was like a strong man who became angry because he drank a lot of wine. \q1 \v 66 He pushed his enemies back -\q1 and caused them to be very ashamed for a long time +\q1 and caused them to be very ashamed for a long time \q2 because they had been defeated. \s5 diff --git a/19-PSA/083.usfm b/19-PSA/083.usfm index c0adf768..4396e573 100644 --- a/19-PSA/083.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/083.usfm @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 6 Your enemies are the people who live in the tents of Edom— -\q2 the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, they conspire together with +\v 6 Your enemies are the people who live in the tents of Edom— +\q2 the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, they conspire together with \v 7 the people of Gebal, and the Ammonites, and the Amalekites, \q2 and the Philistines, and the people of the city of Tyre. diff --git a/19-PSA/085.usfm b/19-PSA/085.usfm index ee9817a2..0fa809ec 100644 --- a/19-PSA/085.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/085.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q2 and turned away from severely punishing us. \b \q1 -\v 4 Now, God, the only one who can save us, stop being angry with us +\v 4 Now, God, the only one who can save us, stop being angry with us \q1 and help us. \q1 \v 5 Will you continue to be angry with us forever? diff --git a/19-PSA/089.usfm b/19-PSA/089.usfm index 2fd8fd4a..b8646442 100644 --- a/19-PSA/089.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/089.usfm @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ \v 31 if they disregard my requirements \q2 and do not do the right things that I have told them to do, \q1 -\v 32 I will punish them severely +\v 32 I will punish them severely \q2 and cause them to suffer for doing wrong. \s5 @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 44 You have caused his splendor to end +\v 44 You have caused his splendor to end \q2 and knocked his throne to the ground. \q1 \v 45 You have caused him to become old when he is still young diff --git a/19-PSA/090.usfm b/19-PSA/090.usfm index cdfafab3..982c2441 100644 --- a/19-PSA/090.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/090.usfm @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 14 Each morning, show us that it is enough for us if you love us faithfully as you have promised you would do. +\v 14 Each morning, show us that it is enough for us if you love us faithfully as you have promised you would do. \q2 Show us this so that we may shout joyfully and be happy all during the years that we live. \q1 \v 15 Cause us to be now as happy for as many years as you afflicted us and we experienced troubles. diff --git a/19-PSA/105.usfm b/19-PSA/105.usfm index 880e0aec..bbbfd41e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/105.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/105.usfm @@ -76,9 +76,8 @@ \q1 and they put an iron collar around his neck. \q1 \v 19 Joseph was in prison until the time -\q the events he predicted came to pass. -\q This was how Yahweh tested Joseph. - +\q the events he predicted came to pass. +\q This was how Yahweh tested Joseph. \s5 \q1 \v 20 The king of Egypt sent servants, who set him free; diff --git a/19-PSA/106.usfm b/19-PSA/106.usfm index dc1a31c3..8bc3cb31 100644 --- a/19-PSA/106.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/106.usfm @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 19 Then the Israelite leaders made a gold statue of a calf at Mount Sinai +\v 19 Then the Israelite leaders made a gold statue of a calf at Mount Sinai \q2 and worshiped it. \q1 \v 20 Instead of worshiping our glorious God, @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ \q1 \v 47 Yahweh our God, rescue us \q1 and bring us back to Israel from among those people groups -\q2 so that we may thank you +\q2 so that we may thank you \q2 and joyfully praise you. \b \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/109.usfm b/19-PSA/109.usfm index 7798c7f4..93f63e3d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/109.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/109.usfm @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 28 They may curse me, but I ask that you bless me. -\q2 Cause those who persecute me to be defeated and disgraced, +\q2 Cause those who persecute me to be defeated and disgraced, \q1 but cause me to be glad! \q1 \v 29 Cause those who accuse me to be completely disgraced; diff --git a/19-PSA/110.usfm b/19-PSA/110.usfm index 57bccde3..f8743cc4 100644 --- a/19-PSA/110.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/110.usfm @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ \b \q1 \v 1 Yahweh said to my lord the king, -\q1 "Sit here, close to me, in the place of highest honor -\q2 until I completely defeat your enemies +\q1 "Sit here, close to me, in the place of highest honor +\q2 until I completely defeat your enemies \q2 and make them like a stool for your feet!" \b diff --git a/19-PSA/119.usfm b/19-PSA/119.usfm index cd0c22d6..918fcc9c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/119.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/119.usfm @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ \v 73 You created me and formed my body; \q2 help me to be wise so that I may learn your commands. \q1 -\v 74 Those who have an awesome respect for you will see what you have done for me, +\v 74 Those who have an awesome respect for you will see what you have done for me, \q2 because they trust the covenant you made with your people. \s5 @@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 105 Your word is a lamp to guide me; -\q2 it is like a light that shows me where to walk. +\q2 it is like a light that shows me where to walk. \q1 \v 106 I have solemnly promised, and I am solemnly promising it again, \q2 that I will always obey your regulations; diff --git a/19-PSA/120.usfm b/19-PSA/120.usfm index d59e7d2d..0d7704b4 100644 --- a/19-PSA/120.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/120.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q2 and what he will do to punish you. \q1 \v 4 He will punish you when soldiers shoot sharp arrows at you; -\q2 arrows that were hardened and made sharp +\q2 arrows that were hardened and made sharp \q2 over hot coals from the wood of a broom tree. \b diff --git a/19-PSA/122.usfm b/19-PSA/122.usfm index 12d6b03a..6c81495a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/122.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/122.usfm @@ -11,20 +11,19 @@ \v 2 Now we are here, \q2 standing inside the gates of Jerusalem. \q1 -\v 3 We can see that Jerusalem was a carefully built city. -\q2 Every part of the city was built to fit together -\q2 within the city as a whole. - +\v 3 We can see that Jerusalem was a carefully built city. +\q2 Every part of the city was built to fit together +\q2 within the city as a whole. \s5 \q1 -\v 4 We people of the tribes of Israel +\v 4 We people of the tribes of Israel \q2 who belong to Yahweh can now go up there, \q2 as Yahweh commanded that we should do, \q2 so we can thank him. \q1 -\v 5 There are the thrones, -\q2 the thrones that the kings of Israel sat -\q2 when they ruled Israel. +\v 5 There are the thrones, +\q2 the thrones that the kings of Israel sat +\q2 when they ruled Israel. \q2 These are the thrones of the descendants of King David. \b diff --git a/19-PSA/129.usfm b/19-PSA/129.usfm index 74bbb3c3..c96e885f 100644 --- a/19-PSA/129.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/129.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \v 2 "Our enemies have afflicted us since our nation began, \q2 but they have not defeated us! \q1 -\v 3 Our enemies struck us with whips that cut into our backs +\v 3 Our enemies struck us with whips that cut into our backs \q as a farmer uses a plow to cuts deep furrows into the ground." \s5 diff --git a/19-PSA/135.usfm b/19-PSA/135.usfm index af754a31..d969c90c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/135.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/135.usfm @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \v 8 He is the one who killed all the firstborn males in Egypt, \q2 the firstborn of people and of animals. \q1 -\v 9 There he performed many kinds of miracles +\v 9 There he performed many kinds of miracles \q2 to punish the king and all his officials. \s5 diff --git a/19-PSA/144.usfm b/19-PSA/144.usfm index b138b8e2..db96c9bf 100644 --- a/19-PSA/144.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/144.usfm @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \q1 They are men from foreign countries \q1 \v 8 who always tell lies. -\q1 Even when they swear to tell the truth, +\q1 Even when they swear to tell the truth, \q2 they tell lies. \b @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \v 11 So I ask you to save me from being killed by the swords that those evil people carry. \q1 Rescue me from the power of those men from foreign countries \q2 who always tell lies. -\q1 Even when they swear to tell the truth, +\q1 Even when they swear to tell the truth, \q2 they tell lies. \b diff --git a/19-PSA/148.usfm b/19-PSA/148.usfm index 5fe5f88f..340e6c71 100644 --- a/19-PSA/148.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/148.usfm @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 5 I want all of these to praise Yahweh +\v 5 I want all of these to praise Yahweh \q2 because by commanding that they exist, he created them. \q1 \v 6 He set them in place; @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 13 I want them all to praise Yahweh +\v 13 I want them all to praise Yahweh \q2 because he is greater than anyone else. \q2 His power controls everything on the earth and in the heavens. \q1 diff --git a/20-PRO/01.usfm b/20-PRO/01.usfm index 4bc40e30..29718dae 100644 --- a/20-PRO/01.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/01.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1 These are the sayings that compare one example with another, to teach moral lessons and to make people wise, from Solomon the king of Israel, who was son of David. +\v 1 These are the sayings that compare one example with another, to teach moral lessons and to make people wise, from Solomon the king of Israel, who was son of David. \q1 \v 2 The purpose of these sayings is to teach the meaning of wisdom \q2 and give examples of moral instruction, so wise teaching can guide you. @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 4 They give wise teaching to those who have no experience and to instruct those who do not know how to live a moral life, -\q and to give the young the knowledge they need and to teach them the understanding they do not have— +\q and to give the young the knowledge they need and to teach them the understanding they do not have— \q1 \v 5 so the wise may listen to these sayings and increase in their learning, \q2 and those who already have insight will gain more ways to teach people how they should live— @@ -24,25 +24,24 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 7 You must begin your search for knowledge by honoring Yahweh and respecting him, +\v 7 You must begin your search for knowledge by honoring Yahweh and respecting him, \q2 a fool who dishonors himself hates wisdom and fights against the one who corrects him. -\q1 +\q1 \v 8 My son, listen when your father teaches you \q2 and do not disobey the rules your mother set down. \q1 -\v 9 Their teaching is a wreath upon your head, -\q2 and beautiful necklaces around your neck, +\v 9 Their teaching is a wreath upon your head, +\q2 and beautiful necklaces around your neck, \q2 they are priceless gifts from your parents. \s5 \q1 -\v 10 My son, as sinners try to draw you into their sin with smooth talk and flattery, +\v 10 My son, as sinners try to draw you into their sin with smooth talk and flattery, \q2 do not listen to what they say and do not follow them. \q1 \v 11 They may say, "Come with us! Join us! \q2 We will hide in wait and we will take the life of one who passes by. -\q2 We will hide ourselves and we will rise up and attack a person who has done us no wrong—that will be our sport. - +\q2 We will hide ourselves and we will rise up and attack a person who has done us no wrong—that will be our sport. \s5 \q1 \v 12 Like the grave has power to take even a healthy person and drag them to the place of the dead, we will take their life from them. @@ -62,39 +61,37 @@ \v 16 They run to the places where they do terrible things, \q2 They hurry so they can commit murder. \q1 -\v 17 It is useless to put out a net to trap a bird +\v 17 It is useless to put out a net to trap a bird \q while the bird is watching you. \s5 \q1 \v 18 These men make plans that turn around and kill them. -\q2 They set a trap and the trap catches them. +\q2 They set a trap and the trap catches them. \q1 -\v 19 These are the ways of all who gain their riches through theft and deceit; -\q2 the things they stole destroy the lives of the thieves who cling to them. - +\v 19 These are the ways of all who gain their riches through theft and deceit; +\q2 the things they stole destroy the lives of the thieves who cling to them. \s5 \q1 \v 20 Wisdom is like a woman who cries out in the streets. \q2 Wisdom calls out to people in the plazas. \q1 -\v 21 At the intersection of busy streets she cries out +\v 21 At the intersection of busy streets she cries out \q2 and at the entrance of city gates. \q1 \v 22 She cries, "How long will you who have not been taught, will you love being enticed to do what will harm you? \q2 How long will you who think you know more than the wise, have so much joy in the little you know? -\q2 How long will you fools refuse to learn? - +\q2 How long will you fools refuse to learn? \s5 \q1 \v 23 If you pay attention to me when I correct you, -\q2 I will tell you all I am thinking. +\q2 I will tell you all I am thinking. \q2 I will help you understand what I am saying to you. \q1 \v 24 But when I called to you, you refused to listen. \q2 I beckoned you and stretched out my hands to you, -\q but no one paid any attention. +\q but no one paid any attention. \q1 \v 25 You refused to listen to my advice \q and you did not listen when I corrected you. @@ -126,10 +123,10 @@ \s5 \q \v 31 So they will experience the consequences of their actions -\q2 when they carry out their evil plans. +\q2 when they carry out their evil plans. \q1 -\v 32 Those who have not been taught wisdom are foolish. -\q2 Fools choose to make no decision about anything, but be sure of this: their failure to make a decision will destroy their lives. +\v 32 Those who have not been taught wisdom are foolish. +\q2 Fools choose to make no decision about anything, but be sure of this: their failure to make a decision will destroy their lives. \q1 \v 33 But those who pay attention to me will live in peace and safety, \q2 and they will rest and not be afraid of any disaster that may come." diff --git a/20-PRO/02.usfm b/20-PRO/02.usfm index 24990e05..8797f823 100644 --- a/20-PRO/02.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/02.usfm @@ -34,25 +34,25 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 9 You will understand what Yahweh sees is right and what Yahweh determines is just to do, -\q2 and he will show you the best way to live. +\q2 and he will show you the best way to live. \q1 -\v 10 Wisdom will fill your life; +\v 10 Wisdom will fill your life; \q2 knowing what Yahweh wants you to know will cause you to be joyful. \s5 \q1 -\v 11 You will learn to tell the difference between right and wrong +\v 11 You will learn to tell the difference between right and wrong \q1 and that will keep you safe. \q1 \v 12 You will not do what Yahweh forbids you to do, -\q2 and you will stay away from those who imagine horrible things and talk about them. +\q2 and you will stay away from those who imagine horrible things and talk about them. \q1 \v 13 They go the wrong way, \q2 and they walk where there is no light. \s5 \q1 -\v 14 They are glad when they do what is wrong, +\v 14 They are glad when they do what is wrong, \q2 they twist good things into bad and enjoy doing what they know is wrong. \q1 \v 15 They bend the truth and live by deception @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 16 Wisdom will keep you safe from the adulterous woman, +\v 16 Wisdom will keep you safe from the adulterous woman, \q2 and you will not pay attention when a strange woman invites you to be with her. \q1 \v 17 Those women left the husbands they married when they were young, @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 18 Her house is the temple of death and the place where death is worshiped, +\v 18 Her house is the temple of death and the place where death is worshiped, \q2 because what she does, leads people to lose their lives. \q1 @@ -80,13 +80,12 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 20 You must live your life in the same way that good men are living. -\q2 You should do the same things as those who do what is right. +\q2 You should do the same things as those who do what is right. \q1 -\v 21 Those who do what is right will receive the land as a gift from Yahweh, -\q2 and only those who do what they have promised will stay in the land for a long time. +\v 21 Those who do what is right will receive the land as a gift from Yahweh, +\q2 and only those who do what they have promised will stay in the land for a long time. \q1 -\v 22 Those who do bad things will have no claim to this land, -\q2 and people who take advantage of others and do not keep their word, they will never have even a small part of the land. - +\v 22 Those who do bad things will have no claim to this land, +\q2 and people who take advantage of others and do not keep their word, they will never have even a small part of the land. diff --git a/20-PRO/03.usfm b/20-PRO/03.usfm index fdec74ed..62b9330d 100644 --- a/20-PRO/03.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/03.usfm @@ -6,42 +6,40 @@ q \v 1 My son, do not forget the lessons I have taught you. \q1 Keep my commands inside of you, as important guidance for how you will live, \q1 -\v 2 because they will help you live a long life, measured in either days or years, -\q1 and they will bring you peace in addition to all the lessons they teach you. - +\v 2 because they will help you live a long life, measured in either days or years, +\q1 and they will bring you peace in addition to all the lessons they teach you. \s5 \q1 -\v 3 Treat others with tenderness and always speak the truth to them. -\q2 Let tenderness and truth guide you in every relationship, -\q2 as if they both were on a necklace you wear, a necklace that guides you in everything you say. +\v 3 Treat others with tenderness and always speak the truth to them. +\q2 Let tenderness and truth guide you in every relationship, +\q2 as if they both were on a necklace you wear, a necklace that guides you in everything you say. \q1 -\v 4 Then you will experience God's delight in you, +\v 4 Then you will experience God's delight in you, \q2 and people will also approve of you. \s5 \q1 \v 5 Put all your trust in Yahweh, -\q2 and do not take action because you made up your mind what you should do; +\q2 and do not take action because you made up your mind what you should do; \q1 -\v 6 but in every choice and decision, look to Yahweh, +\v 6 but in every choice and decision, look to Yahweh, \q2 and he will show you how you must live. \s5 \q1 -\v 7 Do not think you are wise enough to direct your life, +\v 7 Do not think you are wise enough to direct your life, \q2 give Yahweh the reverence he deserves, \q2 and when evil invites you in, turn aside from it. \q1 -\v 8 Giving Yahweh reverence will make your body healthy -\q2 and it will give your bones the food it needs. - +\v 8 Giving Yahweh reverence will make your body healthy +\q2 and it will give your bones the food it needs. \s5 \q1 \v 9 When you gain money, honor Yahweh by giving him the tithe; -\q2 give him the first portion of what you received, to remember it all came from him. +\q2 give him the first portion of what you received, to remember it all came from him. \q1 \v 10 If you honor Yahweh, -your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow, +your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow, \q2 and your barrels will be bursting with all the wine you have made. \s5 @@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow, \v 13 Those who get wisdom are fortunate; \q1 with her they also get understanding. \q1 -\v 14 Wisdom gives you a better profit than owning silver, +\v 14 Wisdom gives you a better profit than owning silver, \q2 and she will give you something that is much more valuable than gold. \s5 @@ -65,15 +63,15 @@ your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow, \v 15 Being wise is more precious than jewels \q2 and there is nothing you desire that is worth as much as wisdom. \q1 -\v 16 Wisdom can make you able to live a long life, if you do what she teaches; +\v 16 Wisdom can make you able to live a long life, if you do what she teaches; \q2 she is also ready to make you wealthy and to persuade other people to honor you. \s5 \q1 -\v 17 Wisdom is known by how kind she is, -\q2 and she always directs you to the place where you will find peace. +\v 17 Wisdom is known by how kind she is, +\q2 and she always directs you to the place where you will find peace. \q1 -\v 18 Wisdom is like a tree whose fruit gives life to those who hold on to it, +\v 18 Wisdom is like a tree whose fruit gives life to those who hold on to it, \q2 and Yahweh gives happiness to those who hold on to it. \s5 @@ -81,38 +79,34 @@ your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow, \v 19 By his wisdom Yahweh laid out the earth from the very beginning, \q2 and by his understanding he put everything in the heavens exactly where they should be. \q1 -\v 20 The deepest part of the oceans broke open according to Yahweh's design, -\q2 and in the same way, he made the dew so it would fall from the clouds above. - +\v 20 The deepest part of the oceans broke open according to Yahweh's design, +\q2 and in the same way, he made the dew so it would fall from the clouds above. \s5 \q1 \v 21 My son, hold on to good sense in the decisions you make, \q2 and do not take your eye off of them. \q1 -\v 22 They will bring life to you, -\q2 and a sign of Yahweh's blessings on your life -\q2 that people can see by your good judgment. - +\v 22 They will bring life to you, +\q2 and a sign of Yahweh's blessings on your life +\q2 that people can see by your good judgment. \s5 \q1 -\v 23 Your good decisions will take you where you are going in safety, -\q2 and they will keep you from taking a wrong step on the way. +\v 23 Your good decisions will take you where you are going in safety, +\q2 and they will keep you from taking a wrong step on the way. \q1 -\v 24 When you lie down to sleep, you will not have any fear, -\q2 and your sleep will be refreshing. - +\v 24 When you lie down to sleep, you will not have any fear, +\q2 and your sleep will be refreshing. \s5 \q1 -\v 25 Do not let a disaster fill you with terror, +\v 25 Do not let a disaster fill you with terror, \q2 and do not let the wicked fill you with fear when they come for you. \q1 -\v 26 Yahweh takes your side to defend you, -\q2 he will not allow any trap to catch and hold you. - +\v 26 Yahweh takes your side to defend you, +\q2 he will not allow any trap to catch and hold you. \s5 \q1 \v 27 Give good gifts to those who deserve it, -\q2 when you can, help them. +\q2 when you can, help them. \q1 \v 28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back later; \q2 perhaps I will help you tomorrow," @@ -121,7 +115,7 @@ your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow, \s5 \q1 -\v 29 Do not make plans to harm anyone you know, +\v 29 Do not make plans to harm anyone you know, \q especially those who live close to you and trust you. \q1 \v 30 If a person has done nothing to you, @@ -129,15 +123,15 @@ your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow, \s5 \q1 -\v 31 Do not envy a person who does violence to others, +\v 31 Do not envy a person who does violence to others, \q2 and do not imitate anything he does. \q1 -\v 32 A lying person is hated by Yahweh for what he does, +\v 32 A lying person is hated by Yahweh for what he does, \q2 but Yahweh is a close friend to anyone who lives rightly. \s5 \q1 -\v 33 Yahweh promises punishment to the families of those who do evil things. +\v 33 Yahweh promises punishment to the families of those who do evil things. \q2 but he makes happy the families of the good. \q1 \v 34 Yahweh makes fools of those who treat others with disrespect, diff --git a/20-PRO/04.usfm b/20-PRO/04.usfm index 6637f8a0..4e946e6f 100644 --- a/20-PRO/04.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/04.usfm @@ -7,22 +7,20 @@ \v 1 Listen, children, listen to what I am teaching you. \q2 If you pay attention, you will learn about what it means to understand. \q1 -\v 2 The lessons I give to you are good teaching, given in order. -\q2 So do not refuse to learn the lessons I teach you. - +\v 2 The lessons I give to you are good teaching, given in order. +\q2 So do not refuse to learn the lessons I teach you. \s5 \q1 -\v 3 When I was my father's boy, +\v 3 When I was my father's boy, \q1 and the only child of my mother, \q1 \v 4 my father told me, "Put my words deep within you, \q1 obey my orders to you, -\q2 and you will have life. - +\q2 and you will have life. \s5 \q1 -\v 5 Hold on to what is wise and whatever helps you understand, -\q1 and do not forget the lessons I taught you and do not throw away the insights I spoke to you. +\v 5 Hold on to what is wise and whatever helps you understand, +\q1 and do not forget the lessons I taught you and do not throw away the insights I spoke to you. \q1 \v 6 Do not run away from the lessons which the wise teach you, \q2 because if you become wise, wisdom will keep you safe. @@ -31,23 +29,23 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 7 The most important thing you can do is to study the principles of wisdom -\q2 and spend all you own so you can grow more and more in your understanding. +\q2 and spend all you own so you can grow more and more in your understanding. \q1 \v 8 Wisdom is to be loved more than anything that is valuable, and she will raise you to a high position— -\q2 and wisdom will honor you when you show how much you love it. +\q2 and wisdom will honor you when you show how much you love it. \q1 \v 9 When you have attained wisdom, it will be like a beautiful wreath of honor on your head; \q2 she will give you a beautiful crown." \s5 \q1 -\v 10 Hear, my son, listen and understand what I say to you— -\q1 do this, and you will live a long life. +\v 10 Hear, my son, listen and understand what I say to you— +\q1 do this, and you will live a long life. \q1 \v 11 I directed you in the way you should walk and to use the wisdom you were taught; -\q2 I led you by the hand down the roads, roads that are the right way for you to go. +\q2 I led you by the hand down the roads, roads that are the right way for you to go. \v 12 When you live, you do not have anyone to blame; if you live wisely, \q2 when you use all your effort, you will succeed . @@ -58,14 +56,13 @@ \q1 Guard them; for you live your life by them. \q1 \v 14 Do not do what wicked people do, nor be with them; -\q1 do not be with people who do evil things. +\q1 do not be with people who do evil things. \q1 \v 15 Stay far from those ways; -\q2 turn another way and go on another road. - +\q2 turn another way and go on another road. \s5 \q1 -\v 16 Evil people cannot rest until they have done something that Yahweh said they must not do. +\v 16 Evil people cannot rest until they have done something that Yahweh said they must not do. \q2 They will not rest until they force someone to fall, someone who was doing well until they came along. \q1 \v 17 They get their strength, and they are fed by doing what is wrong; @@ -73,8 +70,8 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 18 The path taken by those who do right grows brighter and brigher, like the rising of the sun at dawn, -\q2 and it shines brighter and brighter until it is as full as the light of day. +\v 18 The path taken by those who do right grows brighter and brigher, like the rising of the sun at dawn, +\q2 and it shines brighter and brighter until it is as full as the light of day. \q1 \v 19 The actions of the wicked are like the darkness— \q2 they stumble because they cannot see what makes them fall. @@ -82,25 +79,23 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 20 My son, pay attention to what I am saying to you. -\q2 Pay attention to these lessons I am teaching you. +\q2 Pay attention to these lessons I am teaching you. \q1 -\v 21 Keep reading them over and over, -\q1 and keep them deep within you. - +\v 21 Keep reading them over and over, +\q1 and keep them deep within you. \s5 \q2 -\v 22 For my words bring a message of life to those who pay attention to them, +\v 22 For my words bring a message of life to those who pay attention to them, \q and their message brings health to the entire body. \q1 \v 23 Protect your heart with all your strength and guard what you love; -\q2 guard it, for it becomes a fountain overflowing with life. - +\q2 guard it, for it becomes a fountain overflowing with life. \s5 \q1 -\v 24 Make it your aim to keep any lying speech, any deceptive talk away from you; -\q2 and put away from you anything that might corrode their values or harm them with useless talk. +\v 24 Make it your aim to keep any lying speech, any deceptive talk away from you; +\q2 and put away from you anything that might corrode their values or harm them with useless talk. \q1 -\v 25 Look straight ahead because you are focused on what is good and right, +\v 25 Look straight ahead because you are focused on what is good and right, \q2 and do not turn aside neither to the right or the left. \s5 diff --git a/20-PRO/05.usfm b/20-PRO/05.usfm index 3a95fb63..43907d7d 100644 --- a/20-PRO/05.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/05.usfm @@ -3,52 +3,48 @@ \s5 \c 5 \q1 -\v 1 My son, learn the lessons I teach you about wisdom. -\q2 I understand much about this, so listen very carefully to what I tell you. +\v 1 My son, learn the lessons I teach you about wisdom. +\q2 I understand much about this, so listen very carefully to what I tell you. \q1 \v 2 If you do that, you will learn the difference between what is important and what is not, \q2 and you will not mix true knowledge with mistakes when you speak. \s5 \q1 -\v 3 The woman who desires to commit adultery speaks with words that are sweet, +\v 3 The woman who desires to commit adultery speaks with words that are sweet, \q2 and her kisses are smoother than oil, \q1 \v 4 but in the end, she is so bitter you can taste it, -\q2 and she cuts you like a sharp sword. - +\q2 and she cuts you like a sharp sword. \s5 \q1 \v 5 She walks down to the place of death; -\q2 if you follow her, she will lead you all the way to the grave. +\q2 if you follow her, she will lead you all the way to the grave. \q1 \v 6 She does not want to take the path that will let her live for a long time. \q1 She goes here and there, but where she is going she does not know. \s5 \q1 -\v 7 So now, my sons, pay attention to what I say, -\q1 and do not forget or disobey the instruction I am giving you. +\v 7 So now, my sons, pay attention to what I say, +\q1 and do not forget or disobey the instruction I am giving you. \q1 \v 8 Stay far away from the immoral woman; -\q2 do not go near the door of her house. - +\q2 do not go near the door of her house. \s5 \q1 \v 9 If you go to her you will lose the respect of others, -\q2 and you give your life to someone who will not have mercy on you. +\q2 and you give your life to someone who will not have mercy on you. \q1 -\v 10 It may be that others will take all the wealth that you have earned, -\q2 and it goes into the houses of people you do not know. - +\v 10 It may be that others will take all the wealth that you have earned, +\q2 and it goes into the houses of people you do not know. \s5 \q1 \v 11 And when you are about to die, \q1 you will groan because your flesh and your body are wasting away. \q1 -\v 12 Then you will say, "I hated it when I was punished for doing wrong; -\q2 I despised people when they told me how to live. - +\v 12 Then you will say, "I hated it when I was punished for doing wrong; +\q2 I despised people when they told me how to live. \s5 \q1 \v 13 I did not obey my teachers @@ -62,33 +58,31 @@ \v 15 Just as you drink water from your own cistern, be faithful to your own wife. \q1 \v 16 You would not waste your own water by pouring it into the street, -\q2 or let your water run into the public places. +\q2 or let your water run into the public places. \q1 \v 17 Let both your water and your wife be for you alone to enjoy, -\q2 and not for others to share with you. - +\q2 and not for others to share with you. \s5 \q1 \v 18 May your fountain be blessed; \q1 may you be happy with the woman you married when you were young. \q -\v 19 She is as graceful as a loving deer and as graceful as a young doe. -\q2 Let her breasts always satisfy your longings, -\q2 so you are forever enraptured with her love. - +\v 19 She is as graceful as a loving deer and as graceful as a young doe. +\q2 Let her breasts always satisfy your longings, +\q2 so you are forever enraptured with her love. \s5 \q1 -\v 20 My son, why should you be caught up in the arms of an adulteress? +\v 20 My son, why should you be caught up in the arms of an adulteress? \q2 Why should you caress the breasts of another man's wife? \q1 -\v 21 Yahweh sees everything we do; nothing is hidden from him. +\v 21 Yahweh sees everything we do; nothing is hidden from him. \q2 He sees every path we take; he knows everywhere we go. \s5 \q1 -\v 22 An evil person's sinful desires take hold of him; -\q2 his sins are like a trap that catches him. +\v 22 An evil person's sinful desires take hold of him; +\q2 his sins are like a trap that catches him. \q1 \v 23 An evil man will die because he could not say, "No" to his desires; \q2 he gets lost because his foolishness has no limits. diff --git a/20-PRO/06.usfm b/20-PRO/06.usfm index bfc4c5c9..96a33992 100644 --- a/20-PRO/06.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/06.usfm @@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ \c 6 \q1 \v 1 My son, if you provide a guarantee for a neighbor who takes out a loan, -\q2 or if you give the promise that you will pay for a loan of a person you do not know, +\q2 or if you give the promise that you will pay for a loan of a person you do not know, \q1 -\v 2 you laid a trap for yourself by making the promise, -\q2 and you have been caught by agreeing to a contract for someone you did not know. - +\v 2 you laid a trap for yourself by making the promise, +\q2 and you have been caught by agreeing to a contract for someone you did not know. \s5 \q1 \v 3 Do this, my son, and deliver yourself from this difficulty: @@ -16,19 +15,18 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 4 Do not sleep, +\v 4 Do not sleep, \q2 and do not rest until you go and talk with him. \q1 \v 5 Save yourself, \q2 like a deer that escapes from the hunter; -\q2 or like a bird that flies away from the hand of one who hunts for birds. - +\q2 or like a bird that flies away from the hand of one who hunts for birds. \s5 \q1 \v 6 You lazy person, learn something from watching the ants. -\q2 Become wise and watch what they do. +\q2 Become wise and watch what they do. \q1 -\v 7 The ant has no commander, officer, or ruler telling him what to do, +\v 7 The ant has no commander, officer, or ruler telling him what to do, \q1 \v 8 but during the summer it works hard, \q2 gathering and storing food to eat during the winter. @@ -38,28 +36,26 @@ \v 9 But you lazy person, how long will you continue to sleep ? \q2 When will you rise and go to work? \q1 -\v 10 You sleep a for a little time, and then you say, "A little more sleep, a little more resting in bed, -\q2 a little more folding of the hands to take a nap." +\v 10 You sleep a for a little time, and then you say, "A little more sleep, a little more resting in bed, +\q2 a little more folding of the hands to take a nap." \q1 -\v 11 Suddenly poverty will take over your life like a thief who steals everything from you. - +\v 11 Suddenly poverty will take over your life like a thief who steals everything from you. \s5 \q1 -\v 12 A worthless person — a person who does bad to others—he lives by the lies he speaks to others. +\v 12 A worthless person — a person who does bad to others—he lives by the lies he speaks to others. \q2 \v 13 They tell tales by winking their eyes and they give signals by moving their feet, and they make plans by pointing with their fingers. \s5 \q1 \v 14 The one who does bad things lays out plans within himself; -\q2 he stirs up constant conflict wherever he goes. +\q2 he stirs up constant conflict wherever he goes. \q1 \v 15 His own disaster will overtake him in a second; -\q2 he will be crushed to the point that he cannot be healed. - +\q2 he will be crushed to the point that he cannot be healed. \s5 \q1 -\v 16 There are six, even seven, things that Yahweh hates. +\v 16 There are six, even seven, things that Yahweh hates. \q3 \s5 diff --git a/20-PRO/07.usfm b/20-PRO/07.usfm index 62824a00..cfec29f8 100644 --- a/20-PRO/07.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/07.usfm @@ -3,22 +3,21 @@ \s5 \c 7 \q1 -\v 1 My son, hold on to the words I speak to you, +\v 1 My son, hold on to the words I speak to you, \q2 and store up in reserve all my orders. \q1 \v 2 Obey my commands, \q2 and you will live. -\q1 Consider my commands to be the most precious thing you possess. +\q1 Consider my commands to be the most precious thing you possess. \q1 -\v 3 Tie my commands to your fingers to remind you; -\q2 write them on a tablet, like Moses wrote the law, in your inner self. - +\v 3 Tie my commands to your fingers to remind you; +\q2 write them on a tablet, like Moses wrote the law, in your inner self. \s5 \q1 \v 4 Speak to wisdom and say to her, "You are my sister," \q2 and speak to understanding and say, "You are a member of my family," \q1 -\v 5 and they will keep you away from the woman who desires to commit adultery with you, +\v 5 and they will keep you away from the woman who desires to commit adultery with you, \q2 the woman who would draw you to herself with her inviting words. Do not listen to her. \s5 @@ -31,17 +30,17 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 8 He walked down the street near the house on the corner of the road, -\q2 and he walked toward the house of the adultress. +\v 8 He walked down the street near the house on the corner of the road, +\q2 and he walked toward the house of the adultress. \q1 \v 9 It was the time of day when night and darkness were coming near. \s5 \q1 \v 10 That was where the woman who was seeking an affair met the young man, and she greeted him. -\q2 She was dressed as prostitutes dress, with seductive and enticing clothes, and she knew why she was there. +\q2 She was dressed as prostitutes dress, with seductive and enticing clothes, and she knew why she was there. \q1 -\v 11 She was loud and wayward, attracting attention. +\v 11 She was loud and wayward, attracting attention. \q2 She does not stay in her own home— \q1 \v 12 she searches for a man as she walks along the streets one day, and another day she stands to find a man in the market; @@ -50,10 +49,10 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 13 When she sees the young man, she firmly takes hold of him, and then she kisses him. -\q2 and without any shame and with great boldness, she says, +\q2 and without any shame and with great boldness, she says, \q1 \v 14 "Today I have meat in my house, because I made a sacrifice in the temple to promise friendship with Yahweh. -\q2 In this way I kept my vows to Yahweh, +\q2 In this way I kept my vows to Yahweh, \q1 \v 15 and now I have come out here to meet you. \q2 I was looking for you, and now I have found you! @@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ \v 19 My husband is not at home; \q2 he has gone away on a long journey. \q1 -\v 20 He filled a bag with money and took it with him; +\v 20 He filled a bag with money and took it with him; \q2 he will not come back until the middle of the month." \q1 \v 21 So she she convinces him with her persuasive words; @@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 24 My sons, listen to me, +\v 24 My sons, listen to me, \q2 and pay careful attention to what I say to you. \q1 \v 25 You must resist her from within you, from deep inside. Do not decide to do what you want and follow her. diff --git a/20-PRO/08.usfm b/20-PRO/08.usfm index 14cacd16..e49942dd 100644 --- a/20-PRO/08.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/08.usfm @@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ \q1 \v 1 Listen to Wisdom calling; her voice sounds like that of a woman who shouting in the public square. -\q1 Understanding raises her voice; she sounds like a woman who calls out to be heard. +\q1 Understanding raises her voice; she sounds like a woman who calls out to be heard. \q1 -\v 2 On the top of the hills and where the roads come together, -\q1 there Wisdom stands. +\v 2 On the top of the hills and where the roads come together, +\q1 there Wisdom stands. \q1 \v 3 Wisdom also stands at the gates at the entrance to the city, and she calls out with a loud voice. Wisdom says: \s5 \q1 -\v 4 "I am calling out to everyone; +\v 4 "I am calling out to everyone; \q2 I am shouting to all people! \q1 \v 5 You people who have no training, you must be taught how to live; @@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 8 Everything that I say is right; -\q2 I do not say anything that changes the meaning of what is good or that leads people away from it. +\q2 I do not say anything that changes the meaning of what is good or that leads people away from it. \q1 \v 9 My words give good advice to the one who understands the meaning of what I say; \q2 my words are are right for those who have learned to tell what is good from what is evil. \s5 \q1 -\v 10 Choose what I teach you, -\q2 instead of trying to get much silver; +\v 10 Choose what I teach you, +\q2 instead of trying to get much silver; \q1 and choose the knowledge I will show you, for it is more valuable than gold. \q2 \v 11 For I, Wisdom, am more precious than jewels; @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 14 I give good advice and I have the best wisdom; +\v 14 I give good advice and I have the best wisdom; \q2 I have true understanding about the nature of things, and I have great strength. \q1 \v 15 When kings are wise, they rule well; @@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ \v 20 I always do what is right and just. \q1 \v 21 I give wealth to those who love me, -\q2 and I fill up their treasuries. - +\q2 and I fill up their treasuries. \s5 \q1 \v 22 Yahweh created me, Wisdom; he made me when he began to create the world; @@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 32 So, you who are my children, listen to me. -\q2 How fortunate are those who live as I live. +\q2 How fortunate are those who live as I live. \q1 \v 33 Listen to what I teach you and you will become wise. \q2 Do not reject what I have taught you. @@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ \v 35 Those who find me will find life, \q2 and Yahweh will be pleased with them. \q1 -\v 36 But those who do not find me, they hurt themselves. +\v 36 But those who do not find me, they hurt themselves. \q2 All those who hate me love death." diff --git a/20-PRO/09.usfm b/20-PRO/09.usfm index 5cf580c5..a3df3e6f 100644 --- a/20-PRO/09.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/09.usfm @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ \c 9 \q1 -\v 1 Wisdom builds her own house, just like a woman who has built her home, -\q2 and she made seven pillars that she used to support the roof of her house. +\v 1 Wisdom builds her own house, just like a woman who has built her home, +\q2 and she made seven pillars that she used to support the roof of her house. \q1 \v 2 She prepared a meal and set her table; -\q1 she prepared the animals and cooked them to serve for the dinner, +\q1 she prepared the animals and cooked them to serve for the dinner, \q1 and she made the wine ready for her guests. \s5 @@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 5 "Come and eat the food that I have prepared," she says, +\v 5 "Come and eat the food that I have prepared," she says, \q2 "and drink the good wine that I have mixed. \q1 -\v 6 Leave your untrained ways behind you, and live, +\v 6 Leave your untrained ways behind you, and live, \q2 and I will show you how to walk on the road that will give you understanding. \b @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \v 7 If you rebuke someone who says insulting things about other people, he will insult you, too. \q1 If you offer correction to an evil person, he will hurt you. \q1 -\v 8 A person who insults others will hate you if you tell him to stop. +\v 8 A person who insults others will hate you if you tell him to stop. \q2 But if you rebuke a wise person, he will become your friend. \q1 \v 9 If you give instruction to a wise person, he will become even more wise. @@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 10 The first step in getting wisdom is to give Yahweh the respect he deserves, -\q2 and knowing Yahweh, the Holy One, is the where understanding comes from. +\v 10 The first step in getting wisdom is to give Yahweh the respect he deserves, +\q2 and knowing Yahweh, the Holy One, is the where understanding comes from. \q1 -\v 11 If you become wise, your days will be filled full, -\q2 and you will add years to your life. +\v 11 If you become wise, your days will be filled full, +\q2 and you will add years to your life. \q1 \v 12 If you get wisdom, you will gain many benefits from it; \q2 but when you ridicule other people, you will suffer by yourself." diff --git a/20-PRO/10.usfm b/20-PRO/10.usfm index 325cd922..c672450f 100644 --- a/20-PRO/10.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/10.usfm @@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ \p \v 1 These are the proverbs of Solomon: -\q A child who lives according to wisdom makes his father happy; -\q2 but if a child does foolish things, he causes his mother to be very sad. +\q A child who lives according to wisdom makes his father happy; +\q2 but if a child does foolish things, he causes his mother to be very sad. \q1 \v 2 Riches that you got by being dishonest will not have any value; -\q2 but when you do what is right, you will be protected from death. +\q2 but when you do what is right, you will be protected from death. \q1 \v 3 Yahweh does not allow people who do right to starve, \q2 but he will makes it impossible for wicked people to get what they want. @@ -20,36 +20,32 @@ \q2 those who work hard become rich. \q1 \v 5 He is wise who harvests the crops when they are ready to be gathered; -\q2 but it would be shameful for him to sleep while others are harvesting the crop. - +\q2 but it would be shameful for him to sleep while others are harvesting the crop. \s5 \q1 -\v 6 Those who do right will receive many good gifts from God; -\q2 but those who do wicked things cover their violence so they cannot be seen. +\v 6 Those who do right will receive many good gifts from God; +\q2 but those who do wicked things cover their violence so they cannot be seen. \q1 -\v 7 When we remember those who do what is right, we get a blessing from Yahweh; -\q2 but we cannot remember the names of the wicked. - +\v 7 When we remember those who do what is right, we get a blessing from Yahweh; +\q2 but we cannot remember the names of the wicked. \s5 \q1 \v 8 Wise people follow good instructions, -\q2 but a fool who talks too much will fail. +\q2 but a fool who talks too much will fail. \q1 \v 9 An honest person lives his life and has nothing to hide; -\q2 but one who is dishonest—his lies will be discovered. - +\q2 but one who is dishonest—his lies will be discovered. \s5 \q1 -\v 10 The one who winks his eye signals others to help him do something that is wrong, -\q2 and a fool will be ruined because he talks too much. +\v 10 The one who winks his eye signals others to help him do something that is wrong, +\q2 and a fool will be ruined because he talks too much. \q1 \v 11 A person who does right is like a spring that gives life-saving water; -\q2 but the wicked person hides his brutality by his words. - +\q2 but the wicked person hides his brutality by his words. \s5 \q1 -\v 12 Hatred has the power to start many arguments; -\q but love covers anything that may hurt us. +\v 12 Hatred has the power to start many arguments; +\q but love covers anything that may hurt us. \q1 \v 13 Those who have good sense say what is wise, \q2 but people who do not have good judgment must be punished. @@ -57,7 +53,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 14 Wise people continue to learn all that they can, -\q2 but when foolish people speak, they will soon experience destruction. +\q2 but when foolish people speak, they will soon experience destruction. \q1 \v 15 The wealth that rich people have protects them like a city is protected by a strong wall around it , \q2 but because people are poor, they have no one to help them. @@ -72,7 +68,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 18 Those who hide their hatred of others, must lie to cover it up. +\v 18 Those who hide their hatred of others, must lie to cover it up. \q2 and those who repeat slander are foolish. \q1 \v 19 When people talk a lot, sin is sure to follow; @@ -82,39 +78,38 @@ \q1 \v 20 The one who does right \q1 is like pure silver; -\q1 there is little value in the heart of the one who does wicked things. +\q1 there is little value in the heart of the one who does wicked things. \q1 \v 21 What those who do right say benefits many, \q2 but foolish people die because they lack good sense. \s5 \q1 -\v 22 Yahweh gives good gifts that make some people wealthy, +\v 22 Yahweh gives good gifts that make some people wealthy, \q2 and he does not make them suffer for it. \b \q1 \v 23 Foolish people play games when they do what is wrong, -\q2 but people with understanding enjoy wisdom. - +\q2 but people with understanding enjoy wisdom. \s5 \q1 \v 24 What the wicked fear will happen to them; \q1 those who do what is right will get what they hoped for. \q1 -\v 25 Wicked people are like the storm that comes and then it is gone. +\v 25 Wicked people are like the storm that comes and then it is gone. \q2 but those who do right are like a foundation that lasts forever. \s5 \q1 \v 26 Like vinegar in our mouths or smoke in our eyes, -\q1 that is what the lazy man is like to the one who hired him. +\q1 that is what the lazy man is like to the one who hired him. \v 27 If you give Yahweh the respect he deserves, you will live for a long time; \q2 but wicked people die before they become old. \s5 \q1 -\v 28 Those who do right have hope in their joy, -\q2 but the wicked can expect their lives to be short. +\v 28 Those who do right have hope in their joy, +\q2 but the wicked can expect their lives to be short. \q1 \v 29 Following Yahweh brings protection to those who keep their promises; \q2 but those who do not follow him find out he destroys those who do what is evil. @@ -124,10 +119,10 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 31 Wisdom is like a fruit that those who do right bear, -\q2 but Yahweh will cut out the deceitful tongue. +\v 31 Wisdom is like a fruit that those who do right bear, +\q2 but Yahweh will cut out the deceitful tongue. \q1 -\v 32 Those who do right know the words Yahweh permits them to speak, +\v 32 Those who do right know the words Yahweh permits them to speak, \q2 but wicked people say what Yahweh has forbidden. diff --git a/20-PRO/11.usfm b/20-PRO/11.usfm index 5e062351..6220b9a4 100644 --- a/20-PRO/11.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/11.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 11 \q1 -\v 1 When people use scales that are not correct; +\v 1 When people use scales that are not correct; \q1 Yahweh is angry that they are stealing from their customers; \q2 he is delighted with those who use correct weights on the scales. \q1 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 3 People who keep their promises also make choices that lead them in the right way; -\q2 those who cannot be trusted are destroyed by their own dishonesty. +\q2 those who cannot be trusted are destroyed by their own dishonesty. \q1 \v 4 Your money will not help you on the day Yahweh judges the world; \q2 but if you do what is right, you will be kept safe from many dangers, even death. @@ -29,11 +29,10 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 7 When a wicked person dies, all he hoped for in the future is lost; -\q2 what he wanted to accomplish with his strength, will never happen. +\q2 what he wanted to accomplish with his strength, will never happen. \q1 -\v 8 The one who does what is right, Yahweh delivers from trouble; -\q2 and Yahweh gives that trouble to the wicked. - +\v 8 The one who does what is right, Yahweh delivers from trouble; +\q2 and Yahweh gives that trouble to the wicked. \s5 \q1 \v 9 A person who has no kind of religious faith uses his words to destroy his neighbor; @@ -43,11 +42,10 @@ \q2 and shouts of joy are heard when wicked people die. \q1 \v 11 When there are people in the city who please God and they give good gifts to others, the city becomes great; -\q2 but the words spoken by the wicked tear down the city. - +\q2 but the words spoken by the wicked tear down the city. \s5 \q1 -\v 12 The one who treats his friend with contempt has no good judgment; +\v 12 The one who treats his friend with contempt has no good judgment; \q2 a person who has learned what is important says nothing. \q1 \v 13 Those who spread gossip tell secrets to others, @@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 17 By their kindness to others kind people give good gifts to themselves, -\q2 but one who is cruel hurts himself by his cruelty. +\q2 but one who is cruel hurts himself by his cruelty. \q1 \v 18 Wicked people tell lies to make more money, \q2 but those who do what is right will be paid even more because they earned it. @@ -79,30 +77,29 @@ \v 19 Those who do what is right will live, \q2 but those who do what is wrong will die. \q1 -\v 20 Yahweh hates those who take good things and they twist them and they do bad things with them, +\v 20 Yahweh hates those who take good things and they twist them and they do bad things with them, \q2 but he is delighted with those who always do what is right. \s5 \q1 \v 21 It is certain that evil people will not escape their punishment. -\q2 and the children of those who do right will be kept safe. +\q2 and the children of those who do right will be kept safe. \q1 -\v 22 If you see a gold ring in a pig's nose, -\q2 that is very much like a beautiful woman who does not have good sense. - +\v 22 If you see a gold ring in a pig's nose, +\q2 that is very much like a beautiful woman who does not have good sense. \s5 \q1 \v 23 Those who do what is right desire things that result in good, \q2 but the reward of the wicked is that they will experience Yahweh's wrath. \q1 -\v 24 If a person sows seed, he can expect to harvest a crop; +\v 24 If a person sows seed, he can expect to harvest a crop; \q1 his few seeds will give him much more; \q1 another person does not plant a crop, and he becomes poor. \s5 \q1 \v 25 Those who give generously to others will prosper; -\q2 if you share your water with other people, you will have enough for yourself, too. +\q2 if you share your water with other people, you will have enough for yourself, too. \q1 \v 26 People will curse the merchant who will not sell them grain, \q2 but they praise the one who sells it. @@ -122,12 +119,12 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 30 Those who do what is right will be like a life giving tree, +\v 30 Those who do what is right will be like a life giving tree, \q2 but acts of violence take away life. \q1 -\v 31 It is sure that those who do what is right will get what they truly deserve; -\q2 but even more, the person who does bad things -\q1 and the one who sins against Yahweh, +\v 31 It is sure that those who do what is right will get what they truly deserve; +\q2 but even more, the person who does bad things +\q1 and the one who sins against Yahweh, \q1 will surely receive what they deserve. diff --git a/20-PRO/12.usfm b/20-PRO/12.usfm index 3b9dfe7f..18cfdaca 100644 --- a/20-PRO/12.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/12.usfm @@ -3,16 +3,15 @@ \s5 \c 12 \q1 -\v 1 The one who wants to learn will welcome correction. -\q2 But the one who does not want to be corrected will remain stupid. +\v 1 The one who wants to learn will welcome correction. +\q2 But the one who does not want to be corrected will remain stupid. \q1 \v 2 Yahweh approves of those who are good, -\q2 but he condemns those who make evil plans. - +\q2 but he condemns those who make evil plans. \s5 \q1 \v 3 Wickedness is a bad foundation for a person's life. -\q2 People who do well are as stable as a tree with deep roots. +\q2 People who do well are as stable as a tree with deep roots. \q1 \v 4 A good wife brings praise to her husband, \q2 but a wife who brings shame home is like a disease that destroys his bones. @@ -39,22 +38,20 @@ \q2 than to tell others how important you are, but you have nothing to eat. \q1 \v 10 People who do what is right care about the feeding and health of their animals, -\q2 but even when the wicked try to do something for their animals, it becomes an act of cruelty. - +\q2 but even when the wicked try to do something for their animals, it becomes an act of cruelty. \s5 \q1 \v 11 The farmer who works hard in the fields will have enough food to eat, -\q2 but those who have no good judgment take on projects that bring them nothing. +\q2 but those who have no good judgment take on projects that bring them nothing. \q1 -\v 12 Wicked people desire the things that evil people have—things they stole from others. -\q2 But people who do what is right have what they have earned; it is their reward. - +\v 12 Wicked people desire the things that evil people have—things they stole from others. +\q2 But people who do what is right have what they have earned; it is their reward. \s5 \q1 \v 13 An evil person is trapped by the wicked things he says, \q2 but those who do right stay away from much trouble. \q1 -\v 14 The good words spoken by a person fill his life with good things, +\v 14 The good words spoken by a person fill his life with good things, \q2 just as his hard work brings him a reward. \s5 @@ -67,15 +64,15 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 17 Speaking the truth is the same as saying what is right, +\v 17 Speaking the truth is the same as saying what is right, \q2 but a dishonest person tell lies. \q1 -\v 18 When a person speaks without thinking, it is like they are taking stabs at you with a sword; +\v 18 When a person speaks without thinking, it is like they are taking stabs at you with a sword; \q2 but what wise people say helps to heal the hurts. \s5 \q1 -\v 19 Speaking the truth will never be out of favor, +\v 19 Speaking the truth will never be out of favor, \q2 but a lie is over in a moment. \q1 \v 20 When evil is planned there must be lies within those who carry it out; @@ -83,7 +80,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 21 Bad things do not happen to those who do what is right, +\v 21 Bad things do not happen to those who do what is right, \q2 but wicked people's lives are filled up with troubles. \q1 \v 22 Yahweh detests those who tell lies, @@ -94,12 +91,12 @@ \v 23 Those with good sense do not reveal all that they know, \q2 but foolish people shout out their foolish thinking. \q1 -\v 24 Those who are known for their hard work will gain authority over others, +\v 24 Those who are known for their hard work will gain authority over others, \q2 but those who are lazy will be forced to work, even though they hate it. \s5 \q1 -\v 25 When a person is anxious, it is like he is carrying a heavy load, +\v 25 When a person is anxious, it is like he is carrying a heavy load, \q2 but a good word makes him feel better. \q1 \v 26 The one who does right will be a good guide for his friend, diff --git a/20-PRO/13.usfm b/20-PRO/13.usfm index 7aea4bca..942a4f58 100644 --- a/20-PRO/13.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/13.usfm @@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ \c 13 \q1 \v 1 A wise child pays attention to the teaching his father gives him; -\q2 but a stubborn child refuses to listen to correction. +\q2 but a stubborn child refuses to listen to correction. \q1 -\v 2 Good things come as the fruit of what one says, -\q2 but the desire of the deceitful is to consume more and more violence. - +\v 2 Good things come as the fruit of what one says, +\q2 but the desire of the deceitful is to consume more and more violence. \s5 \q1 \v 3 The person who is very careful about what he says preserves his life; @@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 11 People who think too much of themselves will spend all their money; +\v 11 People who think too much of themselves will spend all their money; \q2 the one who makes his money by working with his hands, will find ways to make his money grow. \q1 \v 12 When hope for the future is postponed, it makes you sick—you feel you will never receive what you long for, @@ -69,13 +68,12 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 17 A wicked messenger will not deliver the message, -\q2 but bitter enemies are brought together +\q2 but bitter enemies are brought together \q2 when the messages are delivered by a dependable messenger. \q1 \v 18 The one who does not learn from the lessons of discipline will be poor, and he will know shame, -\q2 but the one who takes the lessons of discipline and learns from them, -\q2 honor will find him. - +\q2 but the one who takes the lessons of discipline and learns from them, +\q2 honor will find him. \s5 \q1 \v 19 When a longing comes true, @@ -97,7 +95,7 @@ \q1 \v 23 A field owned by a poor person can produce much food, \q2 but the poor are victims of injustice more than the rich, -\q2 and the crop is not planted. +\q2 and the crop is not planted. \q1 \v 24 A parent who does not train his child in how he should live, \q2 does not show him any love, diff --git a/20-PRO/14.usfm b/20-PRO/14.usfm index 528ff8e8..f291104a 100644 --- a/20-PRO/14.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/14.usfm @@ -6,26 +6,24 @@ \v 1 A wise woman holds her family together, \q2 but a foolish woman tears it apart by the foolish things she does. \q1 -\v 2 The one who honors Yahweh in the way he lives, gives to Yahweh the respect he deserves; -\q2 the dishonest person shows his disrespect, and he despises Yahweh. - +\v 2 The one who honors Yahweh in the way he lives, gives to Yahweh the respect he deserves; +\q2 the dishonest person shows his disrespect, and he despises Yahweh. \s5 \q1 -\v 3 Pride grows out of the mouth of the fool, like an offshoot from a tree; -\q2 but what wise people say preserves their lives. +\v 3 Pride grows out of the mouth of the fool, like an offshoot from a tree; +\q2 but what wise people say preserves their lives. \q1 -\v 4 Where there are no cattle feeding in the barn, the feeding trough is clean; +\v 4 Where there are no cattle feeding in the barn, the feeding trough is clean; \q2 but if a farmer only has one ox, still he can grow a very great crop. \s5 \q1 -\v 5 You can tell if a witness is reliable, if he tells the truth, -\q2 but when a witness breaths out lie after lie, he is a false witness and cannot be depended on. +\v 5 You can tell if a witness is reliable, if he tells the truth, +\q2 but when a witness breaths out lie after lie, he is a false witness and cannot be depended on. \b \q1 -\v 6 One who thinks he is better than others, he may seek wisdom, but he will not find it, -\q2 but the one who has grown in knowledge can easily learn much more. - +\v 6 One who thinks he is better than others, he may seek wisdom, but he will not find it, +\q2 but the one who has grown in knowledge can easily learn much more. \s5 \q1 \v 7 Do not stay close to a foolish person: Walk away from him. @@ -33,17 +31,15 @@ \b \q1 \v 8 The one who has learned much knowledge applies it to his own life; that is wisdom. -\q2 The foundation of all folly is the lie. - +\q2 The foundation of all folly is the lie. \s5 \q1 \v 9 Fools watch the guilt offering being sacrificed in the temple, and they make fun of it, -\q2 but those who please Yahweh are glad to share his favor. +\q2 but those who please Yahweh are glad to share his favor. \b \q1 -\v 10 A person keeps close inside all his bitterness and disappointment; -\q2 and no stranger will ever know all the joy it contains. - +\v 10 A person keeps close inside all his bitterness and disappointment; +\q2 and no stranger will ever know all the joy it contains. \s5 \q1 \v 11 The family of the wicked will be destroyed, @@ -51,26 +47,24 @@ \b \q1 \v 12 A person sees a way, and it appears to be the right way for him to go, -\q2 but he does not know that it only leads to death. - +\q2 but he does not know that it only leads to death. \s5 \q1 \v 13 A person can be in great pain and still be able to laugh; \q2 a time of great joy may end in grief. \b \q1 -\v 14 The faithless man will receive from Yahweh what he deserves; +\v 14 The faithless man will receive from Yahweh what he deserves; \q2 but Yahweh will give a good person what is his. \s5 \q1 \v 15 Those who have had no instruction believe everything they are told, -\q2 but the man who has learned some knowledge thinks about what he will do. +\q2 but the man who has learned some knowledge thinks about what he will do. \b \q1 -\v 16 A wise person sees evil and is afraid of it, and he turns away from it; -\q2 the foolish person boldly throws aside every warning. - +\v 16 A wise person sees evil and is afraid of it, and he turns away from it; +\q2 the foolish person boldly throws aside every warning. \s5 \q1 \v 17 Those who get angry quickly do foolish things; @@ -78,17 +72,15 @@ \b \q1 \v 18 Those who have not been instructed have foolishness handed to them; -\q2 those who have learned a little knowledge are surrounded by it. - +\q2 those who have learned a little knowledge are surrounded by it. \s5 \q1 \v 19 Evil people will bow down before those who are good, -\q2 and the wicked people will bow down at the gates of those who do right. +\q2 and the wicked people will bow down at the gates of those who do right. \b \q1 \v 20 The poor are hated even by their own companions, -\q2 but the rich have many friends. - +\q2 but the rich have many friends. \s5 \q1 \v 21 It is sinful to have contempt for your neighbors; @@ -101,17 +93,15 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 23 If you work hard, you will make some money, -\q2 but where there is only talk, it leads to poverty. +\q2 but where there is only talk, it leads to poverty. \b \q1 \v 24 The reward of the wise is the wealth they have, -\q2 but the folly of fools only brings them more foolishness. - +\q2 but the folly of fools only brings them more foolishness. \s5 \q1 -\v 25 A witness who tells the truth, saves the lives of the innocent; -\q2 a lying witness is filled with deceit. - +\v 25 A witness who tells the truth, saves the lives of the innocent; +\q2 a lying witness is filled with deceit. \s5 \q1 \v 26 Those give Yahweh the honor he deserves @@ -126,17 +116,17 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 28 A king measures his glory by the number of the people in his kingdom, -\q2 but if the prince has no people, he is brought to ruin. +\q2 but if the prince has no people, he is brought to ruin. \b \q1 \v 29 Those who do not quickly become angry have much understanding; -\q2 the quick-tempered praise foolishness. +\q2 the quick-tempered praise foolishness. \b \s5 \q1 \v 30 Being at peace is good for the whole body, -\q2 but having evil within, rots the bones. +\q2 but having evil within, rots the bones. \b \q1 \v 31 The one who oppresses a poor person curses Yahweh who made him, @@ -150,16 +140,14 @@ \b \q1 \v 33 Wisdom finds a place to rest in someone who has discernment, -\q2 but wisdom lets herself be known even among fools. - +\q2 but wisdom lets herself be known even among fools. \s5 \q1 \v 34 When a people do what is right, the nation does well, -\q2 but sin brings disgrace upon any people. +\q2 but sin brings disgrace upon any people. \b \q1 \v 35 A king is pleased with a servant who does his work with good judgment, -\q2 but the king is angry with any servant who brings shame to him. - +\q2 but the king is angry with any servant who brings shame to him. diff --git a/20-PRO/15.usfm b/20-PRO/15.usfm index 3b1e36f2..bc6263a9 100644 --- a/20-PRO/15.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/15.usfm @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ \c 15 \q1 \v 1 A gentle answer turns away anger, -\q but a harsh reply stirs up anger even more. +\q but a harsh reply stirs up anger even more. \q1 -\v 2 When wise people speak, they give praise to the value of knowledge; +\v 2 When wise people speak, they give praise to the value of knowledge; \q2 foolish people continually say foolish things. \s5 @@ -23,23 +23,22 @@ \v 5 A fool has contempt for his father when he disciplines him, \q2 but the one who learns from correction has insight. \q1 -\v 6 In the families of those who do right there are great treasures, -\q2 but the wealth that the wicked have gives them great troubles. +\v 6 In the families of those who do right there are great treasures, +\q2 but the wealth that the wicked have gives them great troubles. \b \s5 \q1 \v 7 The wise scatter knowledge about like the farmer scatters his seed, -\q2 but the hearts of fools are not so generous. +\q2 but the hearts of fools are not so generous. \b \q1 \v 8 Yahweh hates it when the wicked offer their sacrifices, -\q2 but when those who please him pray, he is delighted. - +\q2 but when those who please him pray, he is delighted. \s5 \q1 \v 9 Yahweh hates the way the wicked live, -\q2 but he loves the one who runs after what is right. +\q2 but he loves the one who runs after what is right. \q1 \v 10 Yahweh will discipline those who lose their way, \q2 and those who hate correction will die. @@ -47,12 +46,12 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 11 The places of death and destruction are known to Yahweh; +\v 11 The places of death and destruction are known to Yahweh; \q2 how much more does Yahweh know everything within the minds of the people he has made? \b \q1 \v 12 The one who thinks he is better than anyone, he resents being corrected by anyone; -\q2 he thinks he is so smart, he will never talk with one who is wise. +\q2 he thinks he is so smart, he will never talk with one who is wise. \b \s5 @@ -76,11 +75,11 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 17 It is better to have a simple meal with vegetables when there is love in the home, -\q2 than to enjoy a delicious meal served by people who hate you. +\v 17 It is better to have a simple meal with vegetables when there is love in the home, +\q2 than to enjoy a delicious meal served by people who hate you. \q1 \v 18 When a person is angry, he stirs up more arguments, -\q2 but one who does not quickly become angry, he is able to stop an argument and make peace. +\q2 but one who does not quickly become angry, he is able to stop an argument and make peace. \b \s5 @@ -136,13 +135,13 @@ \q2 but he listens to the prayers of those who do what is right. \q1 \v 30 When people smile, it makes them happy, -\q2 and good news brings healing to the body. +\q2 and good news brings healing to the body. \b \s5 \q1 \v 31 If you pay attention when someone corrects you, -\q2 you will stay among those who are wise. +\q2 you will stay among those who are wise. \q1 \v 32 The one who refuses to follow discipline, despises himself; \q2 the one who receives correction gains understanding as well. @@ -151,7 +150,6 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 33 The honor that Yahweh deserves will be the lesson that will teach you wisdom, -\q2 and then humility comes before honor. - +\q2 and then humility comes before honor. diff --git a/20-PRO/16.usfm b/20-PRO/16.usfm index 6bcbda29..09014ed2 100644 --- a/20-PRO/16.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/16.usfm @@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ \s5 \c 16 \q1 -\v 1 People make plans out of their longings deep within them, +\v 1 People make plans out of their longings deep within them, \q2 but it is Yahweh who tells him what will happen. \b \q1 \v 2 A person sees nothing wrong with what he does, -\q2 but Yahweh measures every part of what a person does according to his purposes. +\q2 but Yahweh measures every part of what a person does according to his purposes. \b \s5 @@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 5 Yahweh hates those whose pride comes from deep within them; -\q2 and even there are many of them together, they will still be punished for their pride. +\q2 and even there are many of them together, they will still be punished for their pride. \b \q1 -\v 6 Love and faithfulness will cover over sin and forgive sin. -\q2 When people give Yahweh the respect he deserves, +\v 6 Love and faithfulness will cover over sin and forgive sin. +\q2 When people give Yahweh the respect he deserves, \q2 they will be able to turn away from doing what is evil. \s5 @@ -34,16 +34,16 @@ \v 7 When a person pleases Yahweh by the way he lives his life, \q2 he even causes that person's enemies to have get along with him. \q1 -\v 8 It is better to have a little money and to follow what is right, +\v 8 It is better to have a little money and to follow what is right, \q2 than to have a large amount of money and to live by spreading injustice. \s5 \q1 -\v 9 From deep within a person come the plans he makes, +\v 9 From deep within a person come the plans he makes, \q2 but Yahweh leads the person in each step he takes. \b \q1 -\v 10 A king can speak with inspired judgment; +\v 10 A king can speak with inspired judgment; \q2 and when he makes a ruling, it is good and true. \b @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \q2 it is he who decided how much each unit should weigh. \b \q1 -\v 12 We should hate it when kings do wicked things, +\v 12 We should hate it when kings do wicked things, \q2 for the throne is set on a firm foundation when the king does what is right. \b @@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ \q2 and he loves the one who is direct when he talks. \b \q1 -\v 14 If a king becomes angry, his wrath is a danger that can kill; -\q2 so wise people will try to calm him so that he is not too angry. +\v 14 If a king becomes angry, his wrath is a danger that can kill; +\q2 so wise people will try to calm him so that he is not too angry. \b \s5 @@ -84,83 +84,81 @@ \b \q1 \v 18 Pride happens to someone first, and then he perishes. -\q2 If someone thinks he is better than others, -\q2 he will have a terrible fall. +\q2 If someone thinks he is better than others, +\q2 he will have a terrible fall. \b \s5 \q1 \v 19 It is better to be humble and live among the poor -\q2 than to receive a portion of what proud people took by force. +\q2 than to receive a portion of what proud people took by force. \b \q1 -\v 20 Those who think about what they have been taught -\q2 find many good things in the lesson; +\v 20 Those who think about what they have been taught +\q2 find many good things in the lesson; \q2 how fortunate are those who put their trust in Yahweh. \s5 \q1 -\v 21 One who has wisdom deep inside him is given the title, "discerning," -\q2 and those who speak in a way that can be understood -\q2 and can motivate their hearers, teach well. +\v 21 One who has wisdom deep inside him is given the title, "discerning," +\q2 and those who speak in a way that can be understood +\q2 and can motivate their hearers, teach well. \q1 -\v 22 When you understand, it is as if you have found a fountain of life within you; -\q2 but fools find their punishment when their foolishness comes back to them. - +\v 22 When you understand, it is as if you have found a fountain of life within you; +\q2 but fools find their punishment when their foolishness comes back to them. \s5 \q1 -\v 23 From deep within him, the wise person speaks from the insight he has learned; +\v 23 From deep within him, the wise person speaks from the insight he has learned; \q2 and so when he speaks he has the power to pursuade others. \q1 \v 24 Kind words are like a honeycomb; -\q2 they are sweet for us to take in, -\q2 and they give healing to our bodies. +\q2 they are sweet for us to take in, +\q2 and they give healing to our bodies. \b \s5 \q1 -\v 25 A person lives out his life and he thinks he is doing what is right, -\q2 but when he comes to the end of his life, all he finds is death. +\v 25 A person lives out his life and he thinks he is doing what is right, +\q2 but when he comes to the end of his life, all he finds is death. \b \q1 \v 26 A worker's appetite drives him to work harder, -\q2 his hunger urges him to keep working. +\q2 his hunger urges him to keep working. \b \s5 \q1 -\v 27 A worthless man digs and digs until he finds something -\q2 he can use to embarrass someone and cause them trouble; -\q2 and what he says about them is like a fire that burns the field. +\v 27 A worthless man digs and digs until he finds something +\q2 he can use to embarrass someone and cause them trouble; +\q2 and what he says about them is like a fire that burns the field. \b \q1 \v 28 A person who has no morals stirs up conflict between people; -\q2 and those who spread rumors pull friends apart. +\q2 and those who spread rumors pull friends apart. \b \s5 \q1 -\v 29 A violent person tells lies to his friend, -\q2 and he leads him down a path that will never find what is good. +\v 29 A violent person tells lies to his friend, +\q2 and he leads him down a path that will never find what is good. \b \q1 -\v 30 The one who winks the eye is signaling to others it is time to begin their terrible plot; -\q2 those who press their lips together, they do evil things. +\v 30 The one who winks the eye is signaling to others it is time to begin their terrible plot; +\q2 those who press their lips together, they do evil things. \b \s5 \q1 -\v 31 Gray hair is like a glorious crown; -\q2 it is given to those who live their lives +\v 31 Gray hair is like a glorious crown; +\q2 it is given to those who live their lives \q2 by doing what is right. \b \q1 \v 32 The one who is slow to get angry is stronger than a warrior; -\q2 the one who is self-controlled is mightier than one who conquers a city by force. - +\q2 the one who is self-controlled is mightier than one who conquers a city by force. \s5 \q1 -\v 33 The stones making up the "lot" are thrown into a person's lap, +\v 33 The stones making up the "lot" are thrown into a person's lap, \q2 but Yahweh decides on which side of the stones they will stop rolling. diff --git a/20-PRO/17.usfm b/20-PRO/17.usfm index d03ff967..78c580da 100644 --- a/20-PRO/17.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/17.usfm @@ -7,14 +7,13 @@ \q2 than to live in a house where quarreling is as regular as feasting. \b \q1 -\v 2 A slave who acts wisely will rule over the son of his master +\v 2 A slave who acts wisely will rule over the son of his master \q2 if that son does shameful things. -\q2 That slave will receive a share of the inheritance and will be treated like one of his master's sons. - +\q2 That slave will receive a share of the inheritance and will be treated like one of his master's sons. \s5 \q1 -\v 3 Silver is put into the crucible to be refined, and gold is put into the furnace to be made pure, -\q2 but it is Yahweh who makes people pure. +\v 3 Silver is put into the crucible to be refined, and gold is put into the furnace to be made pure, +\q2 but it is Yahweh who makes people pure. \b \q1 \v 4 Those who do what is evil pay attention to the person who talks in wicked ways, @@ -37,31 +36,31 @@ \q2 even more is it wrong to lie to someone with a royal title. \q1 \v 8 A bribe works like magic for the one who is giving the bribe; -\q2 everything he tries to do by giving bribes succeeds. +\q2 everything he tries to do by giving bribes succeeds. \b \s5 \q1 -\v 9 You must learn not to be offended by the one you love, +\v 9 You must learn not to be offended by the one you love, \q2 but if you bring up something to your friend that hurt you, and you do it over and over, \q2 that will pull the best of friends apart. \b \q1 \v 10 A rebuke to someone with understanding goes deeper into him -\q2 than trying to teach a fool by hitting him a hundred times with a stick. +\q2 than trying to teach a fool by hitting him a hundred times with a stick. \b \s5 \q1 \v 11 An evil person is only interested in disobeying the rules; -\q2 he deserves a messenger who will be cruel to him. +\q2 he deserves a messenger who will be cruel to him. \q1 \v 12 You would be better off meeting a mother bear who had been robbed of her cubs \q2 than to meet a fool who is being foolish. \s5 \q1 -\v 13 If someone gives back evil for the good that was given to him, +\v 13 If someone gives back evil for the good that was given to him, \q2 evil will stay in his family. \b \q1 @@ -70,22 +69,22 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 15 When a court sets the wicked free and condemns those who do what is right, +\v 15 When a court sets the wicked free and condemns those who do what is right, \q2 Yahweh hates both of these actions. \b \q1 \v 16 There is no benefit for a fool when he pays money to learn about wisdom; -\q2 no matter how much he tries, he will not be able to learn about wisdom. +\q2 no matter how much he tries, he will not be able to learn about wisdom. \b \s5 \q1 \v 17 A friend loves you all the time, -\q2 and when you are in trouble, there is no one better than a brother to help you. +\q2 and when you are in trouble, there is no one better than a brother to help you. \b \q1 -\v 18 One having no good judgment will make a contract he cannot pay, -\q2 and he will even may a promise to pay the money his neighbor owes. +\v 18 One having no good judgment will make a contract he cannot pay, +\q2 and he will even may a promise to pay the money his neighbor owes. \b \s5 @@ -93,13 +92,13 @@ \v 19 The one who loves to have arguments, that person also loves the sin that lies behind the conflict; \q2 one thing leads to another: the one who makes the threshold of his door too high, it is sure to make someone break the bones in his foot. \q1 -\v 20 A person who is dishonest because of what is within him, he will never find what is good, +\v 20 A person who is dishonest because of what is within him, he will never find what is good, \q2 and the one who tells lies will fall into trouble. \s5 \q1 \v 21 The father who has a fool brings sadness into his life; -\q2 the father of a fool cannot live a happy life. +\q2 the father of a fool cannot live a happy life. \b \q1 \v 22 Being cheerful is like medicine that makes you feel better, @@ -109,29 +108,27 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 23 A wicked person accepts a bribe in such a way as no one could see him, -\q2 so the bribe would change the verdict in his favor. +\q2 so the bribe would change the verdict in his favor. \b \q1 \v 24 The one who has begun to understand, he knows that he must also now go after wisdom. -\q2 However, the foolish person has bold plans and impossible dreams, -\q2 and he looks for them no matter how far away they may be. - +\q2 However, the foolish person has bold plans and impossible dreams, +\q2 and he looks for them no matter how far away they may be. \s5 \q1 -\v 25 A foolish child brings a father great sadness, -\q2 and regret to the mother who gave birth to him. +\v 25 A foolish child brings a father great sadness, +\q2 and regret to the mother who gave birth to him. \q1 -\v 26 It cannot be good to punish someone who does what is right, +\v 26 It cannot be good to punish someone who does what is right, \q2 and if a good man with moral character is punished by the law, this can never be good. \s5 \q1 \v 27 The one who has learned knowledge, learned to speak well using few words, -\q2 and the one who has understanding, does not lose his temper. +\q2 and the one who has understanding, does not lose his temper. \b \q1 \v 28 When a fool keeps silent, some may think he is very wise; -\q2 when he keeps his mouth shut, even a fool looks intelligent. - +\q2 when he keeps his mouth shut, even a fool looks intelligent. diff --git a/20-PRO/18.usfm b/20-PRO/18.usfm index 148598f8..af976cb5 100644 --- a/20-PRO/18.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/18.usfm @@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ \q2 and then comes shame and disgrace following along. \q1 \v 4 The words a man speaks are like the deep waters of an ocean -\q2 or a fountain that flows with wisdom. - +\q2 or a fountain that flows with wisdom. \s5 \q1 \v 5 When the wicked are treated with special honor, it is not good, @@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 7 A foolish person brings himself to ruin by the things he says; -\q2 his very words set a trap in which he will be caught. +\q2 his very words set a trap in which he will be caught. \q1 \v 8 When a person gossips, his words are as sweet to other people as candy is in their mouths, \q2 and they love to listen to them. @@ -40,8 +39,7 @@ \q2 is a relative to the one who destroys everything. \q1 \v 10 The name of Yahweh is like a castle that can never be overrun; -\q2 those who do what is right run for safety into it, and in the fortress of his name, they are safe. - +\q2 those who do what is right run for safety into it, and in the fortress of his name, they are safe. \s5 \q1 \v 11 The wealthy person depends on his wealth as a city depends on its fortifications; @@ -76,32 +74,29 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 19 If you offend your brother, finding a way to have peace with him again +\v 19 If you offend your brother, finding a way to have peace with him again \q2 may be harder than waging a battle to win a city. -\q2 and having an argument is more difficult to overcome +\q2 and having an argument is more difficult to overcome \q2 than breaking down the bars of a castle. \b \q1 \v 20 The words a person speaks can bring satisfaction to himself, -\q2 like the food he eats satisfies his stomach. - +\q2 like the food he eats satisfies his stomach. \s5 \q1 \v 21 People are able to kill others or keep them alive by means of what they say. -\q2 And there is danger for those who love the power of their speaking. +\q2 And there is danger for those who love the power of their speaking. \b \q1 \v 22 The one who finds a wife, finds something so good it is a gift to bless his life, -\q2 and it is Yahweh who gives him this wonderful gift. - +\q2 and it is Yahweh who gives him this wonderful gift. \s5 \q1 -\v 23 A poor person desperately begs for mercy, -but a rich person is rude when he answers. +\v 23 A poor person desperately begs for mercy, +but a rich person is rude when he answers. \q1 -\v 24 One person says that he has many friends, but his life is ruined by them; +\v 24 One person says that he has many friends, but his life is ruined by them; \q2 but there is a friend who stands with us through everything, -\q2 and he is always close at our side, even closer than a brother. - +\q2 and he is always close at our side, even closer than a brother. diff --git a/20-PRO/19.usfm b/20-PRO/19.usfm index 4038ccec..87bb1cbc 100644 --- a/20-PRO/19.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/19.usfm @@ -3,78 +3,70 @@ \s5 \c 19 \q1 -\v 1 Compare a poor person who keeps his promises, -\q2 with a fool who is full of lies. +\v 1 Compare a poor person who keeps his promises, +\q2 with a fool who is full of lies. \q1 -\v 2 And consider, having desire without knowledge -\q2 is like running so fast that you miss the path you want to take. - +\v 2 And consider, having desire without knowledge +\q2 is like running so fast that you miss the path you want to take. \s5 \q1 \v 3 The folly of a fool destroys his life, -\q2 but he becomes furious with Yahweh for his troubles. +\q2 but he becomes furious with Yahweh for his troubles. \q1 -\v 4 Those who are wealthy easily find many friends, -but a poor person will find that his poverty separates him from the one friend he had. - +\v 4 Those who are wealthy easily find many friends, +but a poor person will find that his poverty separates him from the one friend he had. \b \s5 \q1 \v 5 A person who lies in order to become a friend will be punished for taking advantage, -\q2 just as the one whose every word he speaks is a lie, he will not escape. +\q2 just as the one whose every word he speaks is a lie, he will not escape. \b \q1 -\v 6 When a person is generous with their gifts, many people will ask for favors, -\q2 it seems that everyone is a friend of the one who gives many gifts. - +\v 6 When a person is generous with their gifts, many people will ask for favors, +\q2 it seems that everyone is a friend of the one who gives many gifts. \s5 \q1 -\v 7 All the brothers of one who is poor hate him; -\q2 and even more do his friends hate him, and they go far away from him; -\q2 he calls out to them, but they have left. +\v 7 All the brothers of one who is poor hate him; +\q2 and even more do his friends hate him, and they go far away from him; +\q2 he calls out to them, but they have left. \q1 -\v 8 The one who makes every effort to learn about wisdom, loves himself; -\q2 having understanding helps you know what is good and what is not. - +\v 8 The one who makes every effort to learn about wisdom, loves himself; +\q2 having understanding helps you know what is good and what is not. \s5 \q1 \v 9 The ones who lie when they give testimony will be punished, -\q2 but the one whose every word is a lie, he will die. +\q2 but the one whose every word is a lie, he will die. \q1 \v 10 When a fool lives in luxury—it is not right, -\q2 and it is even worse for a slave to rule over princes. - +\q2 and it is even worse for a slave to rule over princes. \s5 \q1 -\v 11 A person with good sense is slow to get angry, -\q2 and it is to his honor that he overlooks it when someone does him wrong. +\v 11 A person with good sense is slow to get angry, +\q2 and it is to his honor that he overlooks it when someone does him wrong. \q1 \v 12 What is the wrath of the king like? It is like the roaring of a young lion, -\q2 but his kindness is like the dew on the grass. - +\q2 but his kindness is like the dew on the grass. \s5 \q1 \v 13 A foolish child will ruin a father. \q2 A wife who is always quarreling will upset her husband like water that is constantly dripping. \b \q1 -\v 14 We can inherit houses and money from our parents, -\q2 but a sensible wife is from Yahweh. - +\v 14 We can inherit houses and money from our parents, +\q2 but a sensible wife is from Yahweh. \s5 \q1 \v 15 The one who is lazy finds that sleep comes easily to him, -\q2 but anyone who refuses to work will go hungry. +\q2 but anyone who refuses to work will go hungry. \b \q1 \v 16 The one who follows the command he was taught puts a guard over his life, -\q2 but the one who does not think about how he lives his life will die. - +\q2 but the one who does not think about how he lives his life will die. \s5 \q1 -\v 17 One who is kind to the poor, it is as if he were lending to Yahweh; -\q2 and Yahweh will pay him for what he did. +\v 17 One who is kind to the poor, it is as if he were lending to Yahweh; +\q2 and Yahweh will pay him for what he did. \b \q1 \v 18 Train your children and give them discipline while it is still possible to rescue them; @@ -82,42 +74,39 @@ but a poor person will find that his poverty separates him from the one friend h \s5 \q1 -\v 19 A hot-tempered person will pay a price for his anger; -\q2 if you rescue him after he had has an outburst, you will have to do it again and again. +\v 19 A hot-tempered person will pay a price for his anger; +\q2 if you rescue him after he had has an outburst, you will have to do it again and again. \q1 -\v 20 Pay attention to good guidance and let others teach you -\q2 so that you can become wise by the end of your life. +\v 20 Pay attention to good guidance and let others teach you +\q2 so that you can become wise by the end of your life. \b \s5 \q1 \v 21 A person has many plans that come from within him, -\q2 but Yahweh has his own plans, and he will carry them out. +\q2 but Yahweh has his own plans, and he will carry them out. \q1 \v 22 A person wants loyalty, -\q2 and a poor person is better than a liar. - +\q2 and a poor person is better than a liar. \s5 \q1 \v 23 Anyone who has respect for Yahweh will live a long life; -\q2 such a person who has this respect for Yahweh will be satisfied, -\q2 and will come to no harm. - +\q2 such a person who has this respect for Yahweh will be satisfied, +\q2 and will come to no harm. \q1 \v 24 The lazy person puts his hand in the dish; -\q2 he is not able to raise his hand up to his mouth to eat. - +\q2 he is not able to raise his hand up to his mouth to eat. \s5 \q1 \v 25 If you punish someone who mocks others, \q2 an uninstructed person will learn how to be prudent. -\q2 If you correct someone who has understanding, +\q2 If you correct someone who has understanding, \q2 he will gain more knowledge. \s5 \q1 \v 26 Someone who steals from his father and alienates his mother -\q2 brings shame and disgrace to himself. +\q2 brings shame and disgrace to himself. \q1 \v 27 My son, if you will not listen to the teaching, \q2 you will wander away from the words of knowledge. @@ -128,8 +117,7 @@ but a poor person will find that his poverty separates him from the one friend h \v 28 A lying witness laughs at anyone who acts justly, \q2 and wicked people act sinfully as easily as they eat food. \q1 -\v 29 Yahweh is ready to punish those who make themselves out to be better than other people, -\q2 and he is ready to flog the backs of fools. - +\v 29 Yahweh is ready to punish those who make themselves out to be better than other people, +\q2 and he is ready to flog the backs of fools. diff --git a/20-PRO/20.usfm b/20-PRO/20.usfm index 39922755..4669ec3e 100644 --- a/20-PRO/20.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/20.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 5 The purposes within a person's life are like the deep waters of the ocean, -\q2 but a person who has understanding is able to draw them out and help bring them to pass. +\q2 but a person who has understanding is able to draw them out and help bring them to pass. \b \q1 \v 6 Many people proclaim that they can be trusted to do what they promise, @@ -43,23 +43,21 @@ \b \q1 \v 10 Uneven weights, improperly marked, and unequal measures, that favor the one who is selling, -\q2 Yahweh hates both of them. - +\q2 Yahweh hates both of them. \s5 \q1 -\v 11 Also, even a youth is known by how what he does, -\q2 it is clear whether what he does is pure and respectable or not. +\v 11 Also, even a youth is known by how what he does, +\q2 it is clear whether what he does is pure and respectable or not. \b \q1 \v 12 Ears that hear and eyes that see— -\q2 Yahweh made them both. - +\q2 Yahweh made them both. \s5 \q1 \v 13 If you love to sleep all the time, you will become poor; -\q2 stay awake when you should be at work and you will have plenty to eat. +\q2 stay awake when you should be at work and you will have plenty to eat. \q1 -\v 14 "It is no good," the buyer says when he is bargaining with you about the price. +\v 14 "It is no good," the buyer says when he is bargaining with you about the price. \q2 But after he buys it, he goes and boasts to his friends what a good price he bought it for. \b @@ -86,42 +84,38 @@ \b \q1 \v 20 If a person curses his father or his mother, -\q2 his life will be put out as a light that is snuffed out. - +\q2 his life will be put out as a light that is snuffed out. \s5 \q1 \v 21 An inheritance that comes to a person quickly, may do some good at the beginning, -\q2 but later it will do less good for the person who received it. +\q2 but later it will do less good for the person who received it. \q1 -\v 22 Do not say, "I will pay you back for the wrong you did to me." -\q2 Wait for Yahweh and he will take care of the matter. - +\v 22 Do not say, "I will pay you back for the wrong you did to me." +\q2 Wait for Yahweh and he will take care of the matter. \s5 \q1 \v 23 Yahweh detests those who use dishonest scales \q2 and weights that are not accurate. \b \q1 -\v 24 Yahweh is the one who directs the way a person will go. +\v 24 Yahweh is the one who directs the way a person will go. \q2 So then, how can someone understand where he is going? \s5 \q1 \v 25 It is dangerous to declare that something is holy to Yahweh, -\q2 and it is worse to think about the meaning of holiness only after you have made a vow. +\q2 and it is worse to think about the meaning of holiness only after you have made a vow. \q1 \v 26 A king who is wise will separate the wicked from among his people; -\q2 then he will drive a threshing cart over their bodies to kill them. - +\q2 then he will drive a threshing cart over their bodies to kill them. \s5 \q1 \v 27 The life-giving spirit within a man is the light shining from Yahweh within us, \q2 it shines deep within and shows what is hidden deep inside us. \b \q1 -\v 28 Love and faithfulness preserve the life of the king; -\q2 his throne is made strong by steadfast love. - +\v 28 Love and faithfulness preserve the life of the king; +\q2 his throne is made strong by steadfast love. \s5 \q1 \v 29 The honor of young people is seen in how strong they are, diff --git a/20-PRO/21.usfm b/20-PRO/21.usfm index 46464b25..8ffd4eb4 100644 --- a/20-PRO/21.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/21.usfm @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ \c 21 \q1 \v 1 The motives of the king are directed like a stream of water by Yahweh; -\q2 he diverts the king like he directs the flow of water, in any way he wants. +\q2 he diverts the king like he directs the flow of water, in any way he wants. \b \q1 -\v 2 When a person looks at his own life, everything he does may seem right to him, -\q2 but what matters is what Yahweh thinks about what he does. +\v 2 When a person looks at his own life, everything he does may seem right to him, +\q2 but what matters is what Yahweh thinks about what he does. \b \s5 @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \q2 than offering sacrifices to him. \b \q1 -\v 4 When you show people that you think you are better than they, +\v 4 When you show people that you think you are better than they, \q2 and add to that the pride you have within you—this shines like a light and it tells others you are a wicked person— \q2 they are examples of sin. @@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ \q2 but everyone who takes action too quickly and with little planning, make themselves poor. \b \q1 -\v 6 When someone becomes rich because he tells lies, +\v 6 When someone becomes rich because he tells lies, \q2 that wealth fades away like the mist; that wealth will kill him. \s5 \q1 -\v 7 When wicked people act with violence, they are destroyed by their own violence, -\q2 because they refuse to do what is right. +\v 7 When wicked people act with violence, they are destroyed by their own violence, +\q2 because they refuse to do what is right. \b \q1 \v 8 A guilty person follows a path covered with lies, @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \v 9 It is better to live alone in the corner of a housetop \q2 than inside a house with a wife who always wants to argue with you. \q1 -\v 10 The wicked crave evil more than anything, +\v 10 The wicked crave evil more than anything, \q2 when his neighbor looks at him, he cannot see any kindness in his eyes. \s5 @@ -58,78 +58,72 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 13 When the poor cried out for help, there was a person who refused to listen to their cries, -\q2 but when he cried out, because he covered his ears to their cries, no one heard his cries. +\v 13 When the poor cried out for help, there was a person who refused to listen to their cries, +\q2 but when he cried out, because he covered his ears to their cries, no one heard his cries. \q1 -\v 14 Give a gift to a person who is angry with you, and it may turn away his anger; +\v 14 Give a gift to a person who is angry with you, and it may turn away his anger; \q2 a secret gift may help a person who is angry at you to calm down. \s5 \q1 -\v 15 When there is justice, those who love what is right are happy, -\q2 but when there is justice, it brings great fear to those who do what is evil. +\v 15 When there is justice, those who love what is right are happy, +\q2 but when there is justice, it brings great fear to those who do what is evil. \q1 \v 16 A person who does not understand right and wrong, will get lost when he tries to make decisions, -\q2 he will only rest when he is dead. - +\q2 he will only rest when he is dead. \s5 \q1 \v 17 Love pleasure and it will make you poor; -\q2 you cannot be rich and love to drink wine and eat expensive foods. +\q2 you cannot be rich and love to drink wine and eat expensive foods. \q1 \v 18 A person who does right is honored much more than a wicked man, -\q2 and a good man is worth far more than one who never keeps his promise. - +\q2 and a good man is worth far more than one who never keeps his promise. \s5 \q1 \v 19 It is better to live alone in a desert \q2 than with a wife who is always stirring up conflicts and never stops complaining. \q1 -\v 20 Those who are wise have very precious treasures and they live very well, +\v 20 Those who are wise have very precious treasures and they live very well, \q2 but foolish people waste all they have. \s5 \q1 -\v 21 A person who does right and is kind, +\v 21 A person who does right and is kind, \q2 lives a good life, makes wise decisions, and receives honor from others. \q1 -\v 22 When a wise leader goes up against a city of mighty warriors, -\q2 he knows how to bring down the defenses of the city and he conquers it. - +\v 22 When a wise leader goes up against a city of mighty warriors, +\q2 he knows how to bring down the defenses of the city and he conquers it. \s5 \q1 -\v 23 Be careful, if you could put a guard to watch over the words that come out of your mouth and tongue, -\q2 you would keep away from a lot of trouble. +\v 23 Be careful, if you could put a guard to watch over the words that come out of your mouth and tongue, +\q2 you would keep away from a lot of trouble. \q1 \v 24 The mocker thinks he is better than other people, -\q2 and his actions come from his pride and his arrogance. - +\q2 and his actions come from his pride and his arrogance. \s5 \q1 \v 25 The things that the lazy person chooses to do will kill him; -\q2 he refuses to work. +\q2 he refuses to work. \q1 \v 26 All day long he desires things—he could not desire for more things— -\q2 but whoever does right gives gifts to others, and he never holds back anything that is good. - +\q2 but whoever does right gives gifts to others, and he never holds back anything that is good. \s5 \q1 \v 27 When the wicked decide to give an offering to Yahweh, Yahweh hates it, -\q2 and Yahweh hates it even more when the wicked man comes to worship Yahweh in order to get something for himself. +\q2 and Yahweh hates it even more when the wicked man comes to worship Yahweh in order to get something for himself. \q1 \v 28 Those who lie about other people, will die, \q2 but the one who takes time to listen—when he says something, people will remember it. \s5 \q1 -\v 29 The wicked man acts as if he were strong, -\q2 but an honest man has thought about what to do and is certain about it. - +\v 29 The wicked man acts as if he were strong, +\q2 but an honest man has thought about what to do and is certain about it. \s5 \q1 \v 30 Can there be any wisdom, any understanding, or any advice, that is wiser than Yahweh? \q1 -\v 31 The groomsman prepares the horse for the day of battle, +\v 31 The groomsman prepares the horse for the day of battle, \q2 but the outcome of the battle, the winner or the loser, is determined by Yahweh. diff --git a/20-PRO/22.usfm b/20-PRO/22.usfm index 282f760a..a58cbd8b 100644 --- a/20-PRO/22.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/22.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 22 \q1 \v 1 Being a person who keeps his word is more important than having great riches, -\q2 and being a person who everyone respects for doing right, is better than having silver and gold. +\q2 and being a person who everyone respects for doing right, is better than having silver and gold. \b \q1 \v 2 People who are rich and people who are poor have at least one thing in common— @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 3 One who has good sense takes cover when he sees trouble coming, -\q2 but those who have no experience or knowledge rush ahead into danger. +\q2 but those who have no experience or knowledge rush ahead into danger. \q1 -\v 4 When a person is humble and gives Yahweh the respect he deserves, +\v 4 When a person is humble and gives Yahweh the respect he deserves, \q2 these are his rewards: riches, and honor, and life. \s5 @@ -29,17 +29,16 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 7 The fact is that the rick often have power over the poor, +\v 7 The fact is that the rick often have power over the poor, \q2 and one who borrows money is almost like a slave to the one who lends him the money. \q1 \v 8 If you plant the seeds of wickedness, you can expect a crop of trouble, -\q2 and when you use a rod to discipline your child, -\q2 but you use it when you are furious, it will do no good. - +\q2 and when you use a rod to discipline your child, +\q2 but you use it when you are furious, it will do no good. \s5 \q1 -\v 9 The one who looks for people to help, Yahweh will give many good gifts, -\q2 because he considered it important to share his food with the poor. +\v 9 The one who looks for people to help, Yahweh will give many good gifts, +\q2 because he considered it important to share his food with the poor. \q1 \v 10 If you throw out the conceited person, out will go all kinds of conflict with him. \q2 No one will quarrel or insult anyone else when he is gone. @@ -51,73 +50,67 @@ \q2 —the king will be his friend. \b \q1 -\v 12 Yahweh gives protection to knowledge, to keep it safe, -\q2 just as surely as he makes the lying promises of the betrayer fail. - +\v 12 Yahweh gives protection to knowledge, to keep it safe, +\q2 just as surely as he makes the lying promises of the betrayer fail. \s5 \q1 \v 13 A lazy person calls out, "There is a lion in the street! If I go out, I will be killed!" \q1 \v 14 The words spoken by an adulteress will draw you in, and it will be as if you have fallen into a deep and dangerous pit! -\q2 All those who fall into that pit will be in trouble, -\q2 but what is worse, they will experience Yahweh's anger for what they have done. - +\q2 All those who fall into that pit will be in trouble, +\q2 but what is worse, they will experience Yahweh's anger for what they have done. \s5 \q1 -\v 15 Stupid and silly things are bound up within a child, -\q2 and they come out in foolishness; +\v 15 Stupid and silly things are bound up within a child, +\q2 and they come out in foolishness; \q2 but correcting a child with discipline drives the folly far away. \q1 -\v 16 The one who makes his money by taking advantage of the poor, -\q2 or by giving more money to the wealthy, -\q2 Yahweh will bring him into poverty. - +\v 16 The one who makes his money by taking advantage of the poor, +\q2 or by giving more money to the wealthy, +\q2 Yahweh will bring him into poverty. \s5 \q1 \v 17 Now listen to what those who are wise have said; -\q2 give it all your attention and learn the knowledge you will need if you are to become wise. +\q2 give it all your attention and learn the knowledge you will need if you are to become wise. \q1 \v 18 It will be good for you to make them the guiding principles you live by, \q2 and be able to repeat all of them to others. \q1 \v 19 The most important thing is for you to trust in Yahweh, -\q2 and so I am teaching them to you, yes, even to you. - +\q2 and so I am teaching them to you, yes, even to you. \s5 \q1 -\v 20 I have written thirty of these sayings for you to learn; -\q2 sayings to give you advice and to teach you what you do not know. +\v 20 I have written thirty of these sayings for you to learn; +\q2 sayings to give you advice and to teach you what you do not know. \q1 \v 21 These lessons show you what is true and they teach you with faithful lessons, \q2 so you may give reliable and true answers to those who sent you. \s5 \q1 -\v 22 Anyone can rob a poor person. Do not do it. +\v 22 Anyone can rob a poor person. Do not do it. \q2 And do not hurt them who are begging at the city gate, \q1 -\v 23 for Yahweh stands to defend them, -\q2 and he will take the life of those who stole from the poor. - +\v 23 for Yahweh stands to defend them, +\q2 and he will take the life of those who stole from the poor. \s5 \q1 \v 24 Do not become a friend with one whose life is controlled by his anger, \q2 and do not associate with a person who rages in his terrible wrath, \q1 -\v 25 or you will learn to be like him, -\q2 and your anger will become like a trap, a trap that will take charge of your life. - +\v 25 or you will learn to be like him, +\q2 and your anger will become like a trap, a trap that will take charge of your life. \s5 \q1 \v 26 Be careful that you do not sign contracts to pay for the debts of others, \q2 and do not make or sign a pledge so another person can take out a loan. -\q1 +\q1 \v 27 For if you cannot pay it back, \q2 they will surely come and take away everything from you, even your bed on which you sleep. \s5 \q1 -\v 28 The ancient boundary stones show where the property lines are. Do not take them away or move them. +\v 28 The ancient boundary stones show where the property lines are. Do not take them away or move them. Your ancestors put them there. Leave them alone. \q1 \v 29 One who learns a trade and is skillful at it will become a servant of kings. diff --git a/20-PRO/23.usfm b/20-PRO/23.usfm index 8e54fdbc..ab537fa2 100644 --- a/20-PRO/23.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/23.usfm @@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ \v 1 When you sit down to eat a meal with ruler of a country, \q2 think carefully about what is in front of you. \q1 -\v 2 It is said, "put a knife to your throat" if you think of eating a lot of food, -\q2 because it would be foolish to eat too much at such an important event. +\v 2 It is said, "put a knife to your throat" if you think of eating a lot of food, +\q2 because it would be foolish to eat too much at such an important event. \q1 \v 3 Do not crave the special and expensive food the ruler enjoys; \q2 the food will deceive you. @@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 4 Do not work so much that you are always tired, so you can become rich; -\q2 be wise and know when you should stop and rest. +\q2 be wise and know when you should stop and rest. \q1 \v 5 As soon as you look at the money, it will be gone; -\q2 it will be as if it suddenly took up wings +\q2 it will be as if it suddenly took up wings \q2 and flew up like an eagle, up into the sky. \s5 @@ -27,35 +27,33 @@ \v 6 Do not eat with an evil man—he will gaze at your food for a long time— \q2 do not desire his fine food, \q1 -\v 7 because he will be thinking about how much your food cost him, -\q2 and he will say to you, "Eat and drink," +\v 7 because he will be thinking about how much your food cost him, +\q2 and he will say to you, "Eat and drink," \q2 but that is not what he will really be thinking. \q1 \v 8 When you realize what he is really thinking, you will want to vomit what you have eaten; -\q2 and you will have wasted all the compliments you gave about the fine meal he prepared. - +\q2 and you will have wasted all the compliments you gave about the fine meal he prepared. \s5 \q1 \v 9 Do not waste time talking to a fool; \q2 he will only despise the wise things that you say. \q1 \v 10 Again, do not remove the ancient boundary stone. It is a marker for the property lines; -\q2 and do not claim land that is set apart for orphans to work, +\q2 and do not claim land that is set apart for orphans to work, \q1 -\v 11 because the One who redeems them is strong, +\v 11 because the One who redeems them is strong, \q2 and he will plead their case against you. \s5 \q1 \v 12 Pay attention to what you are learning, -\q2 and listen to the words of knowledge. - +\q2 and listen to the words of knowledge. \s5 \q1 \v 13 Do not refuse to discipline your children; \q2 if you punish them, they will not die, \q1 -\v 14 and if you beat them with the rod of discipline, +\v 14 and if you beat them with the rod of discipline, \q2 you may save their lives from death. \s5 @@ -63,15 +61,14 @@ \v 15 My son, if you have taken wisdom deep within yourself, \q2 I will be very happy, \q1 -\v 16 and I will be sincerely glad -\q2 when you say what is right. - +\v 16 and I will be sincerely glad +\q2 when you say what is right. \s5 \q1 \v 17 Do not envy sinful people; -\q2 but give Yahweh the respect he deserves, all day long. +\q2 but give Yahweh the respect he deserves, all day long. \q1 -\v 18 If you respect him, you will have a life in the future, +\v 18 If you respect him, you will have a life in the future, \q2 and Yahweh will not cut off his promises for the future. \s5 @@ -87,30 +84,28 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 22 Pay attention to your father who brought you into the world, +\v 22 Pay attention to your father who brought you into the world, \q2 and do not hate your mother when she is old. \q1 -\v 23 When you study wisdom, think of it as buying truth, but never selling it; -\q2 and the same for wisdom, and with discipline, and also with understanding; -\q2 let it be as though you were buying them so you can keep them for the rest of your life. - +\v 23 When you study wisdom, think of it as buying truth, but never selling it; +\q2 and the same for wisdom, and with discipline, and also with understanding; +\q2 let it be as though you were buying them so you can keep them for the rest of your life. \s5 \q1 -\v 24 The father of a child who does what is right will be very happy; +\v 24 The father of a child who does what is right will be very happy; \q2 any man who has a wise son will be very happy because of him. \q1 -\v 25 Make your father and mother proud, -\q2 and let your mother be glad. - +\v 25 Make your father and mother proud, +\q2 and let your mother be glad. \s5 \q1 -\v 26 My son, take what I say and put it deep within you, -\q2 and pay attention to the way that I live. +\v 26 My son, take what I say and put it deep within you, +\q2 and pay attention to the way that I live. \q1 -\v 27 A prostitute is like a very deep pit, that is easy to fall into, but difficult to get out; -\q2 another man's wife is a narrow pit; just as dangerous as a deep pit, but of a different kind. +\v 27 A prostitute is like a very deep pit, that is easy to fall into, but difficult to get out; +\q2 another man's wife is a narrow pit; just as dangerous as a deep pit, but of a different kind. \q1 -\v 28 The immoral woman is waiting for you, waiting like a robber waits for his victim; +\v 28 The immoral woman is waiting for you, waiting like a robber waits for his victim; \q2 and they cause many men to become liars and traitors to those who love them. \s5 @@ -129,9 +124,8 @@ \q1 \v 32 But, in the last, it bites you like a poisonous snake . \q1 -\v 33 It makes you see strange things, -\q2 and within you, you say perverse things when you are drunk. - +\v 33 It makes you see strange things, +\q2 and within you, you say perverse things when you are drunk. \s5 \q \v 34 You will think you are on a ship that is tossing on the sea; diff --git a/20-PRO/24.usfm b/20-PRO/24.usfm index 61d6c140..d35570d0 100644 --- a/20-PRO/24.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/24.usfm @@ -12,37 +12,35 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 3 It takes wisdom to build a house, -\q2 and by understanding the builder exercises his craft, and a house is made solid on its foundation. +\v 3 It takes wisdom to build a house, +\q2 and by understanding the builder exercises his craft, and a house is made solid on its foundation. \q1 -\v 4 It takes knowledge to fill the rooms of the house +\v 4 It takes knowledge to fill the rooms of the house \q2 with all the beautiful and expensive decorations. \s5 \q1 \v 5 A man who has wisdom has strength, -\q2 and a person with knowledge is mightier than the one who is strong, +\q2 and a person with knowledge is mightier than the one who is strong, \q1 -\v 6 for with wise guidance you can wage a war successfully, +\v 6 for with wise guidance you can wage a war successfully, \q2 and by the advice of many advisors there will be victory. \s5 \q1 \v 7 Wisdom is something that a fool cannot understand; -\q2 at the gate where the elders gather, the fool has nothing to say. - +\q2 at the gate where the elders gather, the fool has nothing to say. \s5 \q1 \v 8 There is a man who does evil and makes plots—he is called the Master of Schemes. \q1 -\v 9 A foolish plan is not only folly, it is sin; +\v 9 A foolish plan is not only folly, it is sin; \q2 when people tell the truth, they hate those who are conceited and mock everyone. \s5 \q1 -\v 10 When trouble comes, and you are terrified like a coward, -\q2 then your strength is small. - +\v 10 When trouble comes, and you are terrified like a coward, +\q2 then your strength is small. \s5 \q1 \v 11 Rescue the ones who are being carried away to the slaughter; @@ -58,14 +56,13 @@ \v 13 My son, eat honey, because it tastes good; \q2 the honeycomb is sweet. \q1 -\v 14 Wisdom is like the honeycomb, it feeds your life, if you can find it. -\q2 If you can find it, you will have a future, -\q2 and you will come to the future with hope that will not be cut short. - +\v 14 Wisdom is like the honeycomb, it feeds your life, if you can find it. +\q2 If you can find it, you will have a future, +\q2 and you will come to the future with hope that will not be cut short. \s5 \q1 -\v 15 Do not be like wicked people who hide and wait to attack the home of those who do what is right. +\v 15 Do not be like wicked people who hide and wait to attack the home of those who do what is right. \q2 Do not commit a violent attack on the place where the good man rests! \q1 \v 16 Even if good people fall down seven times, @@ -79,8 +76,7 @@ \q2 and do not be happy when he stumbles, \q1 \v 18 for Yahweh will see how you treat your enemy, and if he disapproves how you treat him, -\q1 Yahweh may turn his wrath from your enemy and put it on you. - +\q1 Yahweh may turn his wrath from your enemy and put it on you. \s5 \q1 \v 19 Do not worry about those who do what is evil, @@ -92,11 +88,10 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 21 My son, give to Yahweh and give to the king the respect each of them deserves, -\q2 and do not associate with anyone who rebels against either Yahweh or the king; +\q2 and do not associate with anyone who rebels against either Yahweh or the king; \q1 \v 22 because disasters will suddenly come upon those rebels, -\q2 and no one knows how terrible the disasters will be that will come from both Yahweh and from the king. - +\q2 and no one knows how terrible the disasters will be that will come from both Yahweh and from the king. \s5 \v 23 Here are more things that wise people have said: \q1 It is wrong for judges to decide matters unfairly. @@ -104,7 +99,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 24 If they say to people who are guilty, "You are innocent," -\q2 they will be cursed by foreign peoples, and hated by nations. +\q2 they will be cursed by foreign peoples, and hated by nations. \q1 \v 25 But if judges say that guilty people must be punished, \q2 things will go well for those judges, and they will receive gifts of goodness. @@ -140,7 +135,6 @@ \v 33 A little sleep, a little nap, a little folding of the hands to rest—and while you rest, \q1 \v 34 poverty will come to you like a thief who steals from you, -\q2 and poverty will come like an armed soldier who attacks you. - +\q2 and poverty will come like an armed soldier who attacks you. diff --git a/20-PRO/25.usfm b/20-PRO/25.usfm index fd1fb745..17678123 100644 --- a/20-PRO/25.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/25.usfm @@ -5,42 +5,38 @@ \p \v 1 Here are more wise sayings of Solomon that were written down by the men of Hezekiah, the king of Judah. \q1 -\v 2 God honors himself when he hides something so people cannot know it. -\q2 But it is to the honor of kings to search out the things that God has hidden. +\v 2 God honors himself when he hides something so people cannot know it. +\q2 But it is to the honor of kings to search out the things that God has hidden. \q1 -\v 3 What kings think is above the way peasants think; they are like the heavens, they are above us all; -\q2 and all kings have the same deep burdens that others cannot understand. - +\v 3 What kings think is above the way peasants think; they are like the heavens, they are above us all; +\q2 and all kings have the same deep burdens that others cannot understand. \s5 \q1 -\v 4 Silver cannot be used by the metal worker, +\v 4 Silver cannot be used by the metal worker, \q2 unless the silver is heated and dross is removed from it; \q1 -\v 5 just as the dross is removed, even so, if wicked men are removed from the kings court, -\q2 his throne will be more secure, and he will be able to do what is right. - +\v 5 just as the dross is removed, even so, if wicked men are removed from the kings court, +\q2 his throne will be more secure, and he will be able to do what is right. \s5 \q1 \v 6 When you stand in front of a king, do not bring attention to yourself -\q2 and do not stand in the place set aside for those the king is honoring. - +\q2 and do not stand in the place set aside for those the king is honoring. \s5 \q1 \v 7 It is better if someone tells you to sit closer to the king, \q2 than for them to tell you, while one of the king's nobles is listening, that you should sit further away in order that someone who is more important may sit there. \q When you witness something that gives you concern, \q1 -\v 8 you should not quickly bring the matter to trial, -\q2 unless you are very sure about it. -\q2 because your neighbor may have a good explanation for what you saw. - +\v 8 you should not quickly bring the matter to trial, +\q2 unless you are very sure about it. +\q2 because your neighbor may have a good explanation for what you saw. \s5 \q1 -\v 9 If you and your neighbor are having a disagreement, -\q2 settle it between yourselves, and do not tell others any secret you have learned about; +\v 9 If you and your neighbor are having a disagreement, +\q2 settle it between yourselves, and do not tell others any secret you have learned about; \q1 -\v 10 for others might find out what you have done, -\q2 and you would be ashamed; +\v 10 for others might find out what you have done, +\q2 and you would be ashamed; \q2 and from that time on, you will have a bad reputation. \s5 @@ -49,12 +45,11 @@ \q2 this is as delightful as seeing designs of gold in a silver bowl. \q1 \v 12 When a wise person rebukes someone who is willing to listen to him, -\q2 it is as priceless as a gold ring or jewelry made of finest gold. - +\q2 it is as priceless as a gold ring or jewelry made of finest gold. \s5 \q1 -\v 13 A messenger who is reliable and on time, gives delight to those who sent him, +\v 13 A messenger who is reliable and on time, gives delight to those who sent him, \q2 to them he is like the cold of snow at harvest time, that refreshes the ground. \b \q1 @@ -63,28 +58,25 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 15 With patient persuasion even a ruler's mind can be changed, -\q2 like the proverb that says, 'a soft tongue can break a bone.' - +\v 15 With patient persuasion even a ruler's mind can be changed, +\q2 like the proverb that says, 'a soft tongue can break a bone.' \s5 \q1 \v 16 If you find some honey, eat just a little, \q2 because if you eat too much, you could vomit it up. \q1 \v 17 Do not go to your neighbor's house too often; -\q2 he may get tired of you, and if you do not stop, he could even grow to hate you. - +\q2 he may get tired of you, and if you do not stop, he could even grow to hate you. \s5 \q1 \v 18 To falsely accuse others in court \q2 is like attacking them with a club used in battle, or with a sword, or with sharp arrows. \q1 \v 19 Depending on an unreliable person during times of trouble -\q2 is like having a bad tooth or a foot that slips and makes you fall. - +\q2 is like having a bad tooth or a foot that slips and makes you fall. \s5 \q1 -\v 20 Singing a song to someone who is feeling sad, +\v 20 Singing a song to someone who is feeling sad, \q2 it is as unhelpful as taking off a coat on a very cold day, \q2 or pouring vinegar into a wound. @@ -93,7 +85,7 @@ \v 21 If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat; \q2 if they are thirsty, give them something to drink; \q1 -\v 22 that will be the equal to pouring coals of fire on his head, without doing him any harm, +\v 22 that will be the equal to pouring coals of fire on his head, without doing him any harm, \q2 and Yahweh will reward you for doing that. \s5 @@ -109,7 +101,7 @@ \v 25 When you receive news from a far away country, \q2 that is like giving cold water to a person who is thirsty. \q1 -\v 26 A good person who falls before the wicked, +\v 26 A good person who falls before the wicked, \q2 that is as bad as a spring that becomes muddied or a fountain that becomes polluted. \s5 @@ -117,7 +109,7 @@ \v 27 It is not good to eat too much honey; \q2 that is like searching for more honor when you already have honor. \q1 -\v 28 A person who cannot control himself +\v 28 A person who cannot control himself \q2 is like a city with no way to keep out enemies; its walls have fallen down. diff --git a/20-PRO/26.usfm b/20-PRO/26.usfm index c23e9d62..3326d07c 100644 --- a/20-PRO/26.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/26.usfm @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ \s5 \c 26 \q1 -\v 1 When it snows in the summer, or when it rains in the harvest, +\v 1 When it snows in the summer, or when it rains in the harvest, \q2 that is what is it like when a fool gets honor— -\q2 honor for him comes at the wrong time, and the wrong place. +\q2 honor for him comes at the wrong time, and the wrong place. \q1 -\v 2 A sparrow flies here and there flittering around, and a swallow darts back and forth when it flies, +\v 2 A sparrow flies here and there flittering around, and a swallow darts back and forth when it flies, \q2 that is like someone speaking a curse against you—but it cannot land on you. \s5 @@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ \v 3 A horse needs a whip to make it move, and a donkey must have a bridle in its mouth, or it will not carry its load. \q2 In the same way, a fool needs someone to beat him on his back to get him to do anything. \q1 -\v 4 Do not reply to a fool when he is trying to draw you into his foolishness, +\v 4 Do not reply to a fool when he is trying to draw you into his foolishness, \q2 or you will be just as much a fool as he is. \s5 \q1 -\v 5 Give a fool an answer that will be just as foolish as his question, -\q2 and that may open his eyes so he can see that he is not as wise as he thinks. +\v 5 Give a fool an answer that will be just as foolish as his question, +\q2 and that may open his eyes so he can see that he is not as wise as he thinks. \q1 -\v 6 If you entrust an important message to be delivered by a fool, +\v 6 If you entrust an important message to be delivered by a fool, \q2 that would as foolish as cutting of your own feet, and then taking a drink of poison. \s5 @@ -31,80 +31,73 @@ \v 7 A lame man cannot use his legs; they hang down and are useless, \q2 as useless as when fools are reciting proverbs to one another that they do not understand.. \q1 -\v 8 When you tie a stone into a sling so it cannot be thrown, -\q2 that is like one who gives honor to a fool, -\q2 for no matter how much you praise him, -\q2 it will never do him any good. - +\v 8 When you tie a stone into a sling so it cannot be thrown, +\q2 that is like one who gives honor to a fool, +\q2 for no matter how much you praise him, +\q2 it will never do him any good. \s5 \q1 -\v 9 When a drunk man picks up a bush full of thorns -\q2 and starts to swing it around at people, -\q2 that is as helpful as a fool reciting proverbs, -\q2 people stand back and try to get away from him. +\v 9 When a drunk man picks up a bush full of thorns +\q2 and starts to swing it around at people, +\q2 that is as helpful as a fool reciting proverbs, +\q2 people stand back and try to get away from him. \q1 -\v 10 An archer who aims and shoots arrows at people standing around him, -\q2 is as dangerous as one who hires a fool -\q2 or he takes so little care that he hires the next person who comes along. - +\v 10 An archer who aims and shoots arrows at people standing around him, +\q2 is as dangerous as one who hires a fool +\q2 or he takes so little care that he hires the next person who comes along. \s5 \q1 -\v 11 When you see a dog return to his vomit, +\v 11 When you see a dog return to his vomit, \q2 that is just like a fool who does the same foolish thing over and over again. \q1 \v 12 Do you know someone who has this idea about himself— \q2 he thinks he is a very wise person? -\q2 It is easier to teach a fool than him. - +\q2 It is easier to teach a fool than him. \s5 \q1 -\v 13 The lazy person has many reasons for not working— -\q2 you might hear him say, "But there is a lion in the street!" +\v 13 The lazy person has many reasons for not working— +\q2 you might hear him say, "But there is a lion in the street!" \q2 or "Oh, there is a lion in the market!" \q1 -\v 14 When you see a door swing back and forth on it hinges, -\q2 that is just like one who is lazy, when he is lying on his bed, turning back and forth. - +\v 14 When you see a door swing back and forth on it hinges, +\q2 that is just like one who is lazy, when he is lying on his bed, turning back and forth. \s5 \q1 -\v 15 One who is lazy might reach down with his hand to get some food, -\q2 but he does not have the energy to put the food into his mouth. +\v 15 One who is lazy might reach down with his hand to get some food, +\q2 but he does not have the energy to put the food into his mouth. \q1 -\v 16 The one who is lazy considers himself to be very wise, +\v 16 The one who is lazy considers himself to be very wise, \q2 more wise than seven men who are known for their insight. \s5 \q1 -\v 17 Someone who walks by a dog lying on the ground, who then reaches down and pulls its ears; -\q2 he is like someone who hears an argument as he is walking by, -\q2 and he gets involved, and becomes angry +\v 17 Someone who walks by a dog lying on the ground, who then reaches down and pulls its ears; +\q2 he is like someone who hears an argument as he is walking by, +\q2 and he gets involved, and becomes angry \q2 and then he takes sides and joins in— -\q2 even though he had nothing to do with it. - +\q2 even though he had nothing to do with it. \s5 \q1 -\v 18-19 Who is like an insane person who shoots burning arrows in every direction? +\v 18-19 Who is like an insane person who shoots burning arrows in every direction? \q2 One who lies to his neighbor! -\q2 He makes an excuse to his neighbor and tells him, -\q2 "I was only joking;" -\q2 but just like the madman's arrows, -\q2 what he said has set everything on fire. - +\q2 He makes an excuse to his neighbor and tells him, +\q2 "I was only joking;" +\q2 but just like the madman's arrows, +\q2 what he said has set everything on fire. \s5 \q1 -\v 20 The fire goes out when there is no more wood to burn; +\v 20 The fire goes out when there is no more wood to burn; \q2 and so arguments stop when no one is gossipping. \q1 \v 21 As charcoal can ignite into burning coal and a log of wood into a fire; -\q2 so the one who argues sets anger ablaze. - +\q2 so the one who argues sets anger ablaze. \s5 \q1 -\v 22 The gossip tells stories that are like sweet treats to eat; -\q2 people eat them like candy until they are filled. +\v 22 The gossip tells stories that are like sweet treats to eat; +\q2 people eat them like candy until they are filled. \q1 -\v 23 A shining glaze applied with great heat, covers the clay pot, +\v 23 A shining glaze applied with great heat, covers the clay pot, \q2 and that is like the firey words that cover an evil heart. \s5 @@ -115,16 +108,15 @@ \v 25 He may speak kind words, but you should not believe them, \q2 because deep within him is everything that Yahweh despises. \q1 -\v 26 Even though he covers up his hatred by his lies, +\v 26 Even though he covers up his hatred by his lies, \q2 everyone will realize how wicked he is. \s5 \q1 -\v 27 One who digs a pit will fall into it; -\q2 and a stone rolls back on the one who tried to push it up a hill. +\v 27 One who digs a pit will fall into it; +\q2 and a stone rolls back on the one who tried to push it up a hill. \q1 -\v 28 The one who lies hates the people he destroys; -\q2 just as much as the person who uses flattery causes terrible destruction. - +\v 28 The one who lies hates the people he destroys; +\q2 just as much as the person who uses flattery causes terrible destruction. diff --git a/20-PRO/27.usfm b/20-PRO/27.usfm index 7b83297e..2e60a07a 100644 --- a/20-PRO/27.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/27.usfm @@ -8,41 +8,39 @@ \b \q1 \v 2 Do not praise yourself; let someone else praise you. -\q2 It is better for someone you do not know to praise you, +\q2 It is better for someone you do not know to praise you, \q2 than for you to praise yourself. \s5 \q1 -\v 3 If you think about how heavy a stone can be, or how much sand can weigh— -\q2 then you will understand that the trouble a fool causes is harder to carry than both of those things. +\v 3 If you think about how heavy a stone can be, or how much sand can weigh— +\q2 then you will understand that the trouble a fool causes is harder to carry than both of those things. \q1 -\v 4 If you think about how cruel can be people who rage at others, and how angry people can attack others like a flood of water, +\v 4 If you think about how cruel can be people who rage at others, and how angry people can attack others like a flood of water, \q2 then think about how jealous people are even worse; -\q2 no one can resist being harmed by a jealous person. - +\q2 no one can resist being harmed by a jealous person. \s5 \q1 -\v 5 It is better to offer a rebuke out in the open, than to have a love that is hidden. +\v 5 It is better to offer a rebuke out in the open, than to have a love that is hidden. \q1 -\v 6 A wound from a friend is better than kisses from an enemy. - +\v 6 A wound from a friend is better than kisses from an enemy. \s5 \q1 \v 7 When a person is walking along and he has a full stomach, he may step on a honeycomb because he is not hungry; \q2 but if he were very hungry, even bitter things would taste sweet to him. \q1 -\v 8 When a man wanders away from his home, +\v 8 When a man wanders away from his home, \q2 he is acting like a bird that stays far from its nest. \s5 \q1 \v 9 The aroma of perfume and the scent of incense can help to make a person feel happy; -\q2 but the sweetness of a friend is more important than his advice. +\q2 but the sweetness of a friend is more important than his advice. \q1 -\v 10 Do not forget your friend or a friend of your father; -\q2 and when you have a problem and you need help, +\v 10 Do not forget your friend or a friend of your father; +\q2 and when you have a problem and you need help, \q2 do not go to your brother's home. -\q2 When there is trouble, a neighbor who lives close by +\q2 When there is trouble, a neighbor who lives close by \q2 is better than a brother who lives far away. \s5 @@ -52,11 +50,10 @@ \b \q1 \v 12 One who has good sense takes cover when he sees trouble coming, -\q2 but those who have no experience or knowledge rush ahead into danger. - +\q2 but those who have no experience or knowledge rush ahead into danger. \s5 \q1 -\v 13 Take a man's garment as security when he is guaranteeing a loan for a stranger. +\v 13 Take a man's garment as security when he is guaranteeing a loan for a stranger. \q2 If one wants to hold the debt for an adulteress, do not let him do it; take hold of him. \q1 \v 14 Whoever shouts out a blessing in a loud voice early in the morning, @@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 15 A wife who continually argues with her husband is as annoying as +\v 15 A wife who continually argues with her husband is as annoying as \q2 the constant dripping of water on a rainy day; \q1 \v 16 and stopping her from arguing would be as difficult as restraining the wind, @@ -83,13 +80,12 @@ \q2 similarly when we look at what a person loves, we know what he is like deep inside. \q1 \v 20 You know that the Place of the Dead and The Destroyer are never satisfied; -\q2 and people, too, are never satisfied and always want more. - +\q2 and people, too, are never satisfied and always want more. \s5 \q1 \v 21 Silver is refined in a crucible, and gold is put into a furnace to be made pure; -\q2 and how a person responds to the praise given to them -\q2 will tell you what kind of person he is. +\q2 and how a person responds to the praise given to them +\q2 will tell you what kind of person he is. \q1 \v 22 Though you grind a fool as if you were grinding up grain, \q2 you will not be able to take his foolishness out of him. @@ -98,18 +94,16 @@ \q1 \v 23 A good shepherd will know the condition of all his sheep and he will check on them every day. \q2 -\v 24 Wealth does not last forever. +\v 24 Wealth does not last forever. \q2 Does the crown of a king endure for all generations? \q1 \v 25 The grass dies out and then the new growth starts to grow; -\q2 and on the mountains food for the cattle is stacked up in the barns. - +\q2 and on the mountains food for the cattle is stacked up in the barns. \s5 \q1 -\v 26 The lambs will give you warm clothing and the goats will give you enough to pay for the cost of the field. +\v 26 The lambs will give you warm clothing and the goats will give you enough to pay for the cost of the field. \q1 \v 27 There will be milk from the goats that you can drink—that will be food for everyone who lives in your house— -\q2 and it is food to feed your servant girls, as well. - +\q2 and it is food to feed your servant girls, as well. diff --git a/20-PRO/28.usfm b/20-PRO/28.usfm index 4ab1772e..e11760f0 100644 --- a/20-PRO/28.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/28.usfm @@ -7,23 +7,21 @@ \q2 but the one who does what is right is as brave as lions. \b \q1 -\v 2 The more sin there is in a country, the greater the number of rulers it will have; -\q2 but when there is a ruler who has understanding and knowledge, the country can last a long time. - +\v 2 The more sin there is in a country, the greater the number of rulers it will have; +\q2 but when there is a ruler who has understanding and knowledge, the country can last a long time. \s5 \q1 \v 3 When a poor person oppresses other poor people, -\q2 it is like a hard rain that destroys the crops and leaves no food for anyone to eat. +\q2 it is like a hard rain that destroys the crops and leaves no food for anyone to eat. \q1 \v 4 Those who reject the law are the same people who speak well of those who are wicked; -\q2 but those who obey the law fight against the wicked. - +\q2 but those who obey the law fight against the wicked. \s5 \q1 -\v 5 As difficult as it is for evil people to understand what is just, -\q2 even so those who want to find Yahweh understand everything that is important. +\v 5 As difficult as it is for evil people to understand what is just, +\q2 even so those who want to find Yahweh understand everything that is important. \q1 -\v 6 It is better to be honest and poor, +\v 6 It is better to be honest and poor, \q2 than to be dishonest in all you do, and to be rich. \s5 @@ -32,48 +30,45 @@ \q2 but if children go around with friends who are only interested in eating too much, they put their father to shame. \q1 \v 8 The person who becomes rich by charging a high rate of interest , -\q2 he does not know that he is gathering his money, and it will be given to someone who helps the poor and is kind to them. - +\q2 he does not know that he is gathering his money, and it will be given to someone who helps the poor and is kind to them. \s5 \q1 \v 9 If you refuse to hear what the law says to you about how you should live; -\q2 then Yahweh is offended by your prayers. +\q2 then Yahweh is offended by your prayers. \q1 -\v 10 If someone tricks an honest person into doing that is bad, -\q2 the one who did that will fall into his own trap, +\v 10 If someone tricks an honest person into doing that is bad, +\q2 the one who did that will fall into his own trap, \q2 but those who have tried to right will received many good things. \s5 \q1 -\v 11 A rich person can think of himself as being wise, -\q2 but someone who is poor but who has good sense will be able to tell if the rich man is really wise. +\v 11 A rich person can think of himself as being wise, +\q2 but someone who is poor but who has good sense will be able to tell if the rich man is really wise. \b \q1 \v 12 When those who do what is right have a victory, it is a time to celebrate, -\q2 but when those who are wicked rise up in victory, people run and hide. - +\q2 but when those who are wicked rise up in victory, people run and hide. \s5 \q1 -\v 13 The one who tries to cover up his sins will be found out, -\q2 but Yahweh will forgive those who tell their sins to him, and they turn away from doing them. +\v 13 The one who tries to cover up his sins will be found out, +\q2 but Yahweh will forgive those who tell their sins to him, and they turn away from doing them. \q1 -\v 14 How fortunate are those who always honor Yahweh; +\v 14 How fortunate are those who always honor Yahweh; \q2 but those who refuse to listen to him, who do not want to learn from him, will fall into trouble. \s5 \q1 -\v 15 You know what a roaring lion or a charging bear is like; -\q2 they are just like the wicked ruler who is tearing apart poor people. - +\v 15 You know what a roaring lion or a charging bear is like; +\q2 they are just like the wicked ruler who is tearing apart poor people. \q1 -\v 16 A king who does not have good sense thinks he is wise when he is cruel and he takes everything away from his people. +\v 16 A king who does not have good sense thinks he is wise when he is cruel and he takes everything away from his people. \q2 but a person who hates getting anything by breaking the law, will live a long life. \s5 \q1 \v 17 If a person is guilty of murdering another \q2 he will live like a fugitive until he dies; -\q2 and no one will help him. +\q2 and no one will help him. \b \q1 \v 18 When a person lives his life and is blameless, Yahweh will keep him safe; @@ -82,9 +77,9 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 19 A farmer who works his field will have plenty of food to eat; -\q2 but anyone who gives his time to worthless dreams, will be very poor. +\q2 but anyone who gives his time to worthless dreams, will be very poor. \q1 -\v 20 Yahweh will give good things to a faithful person; +\v 20 Yahweh will give good things to a faithful person; \q2 but he will certainly punish those who become rich quickly. \s5 @@ -93,8 +88,7 @@ \q2 some people will do what is wrong just to get a piece of bread. \q1 \v 22 A man who hates to spend his money will run to more, -\q2 but he does not know that poverty is coming to him. - +\q2 but he does not know that poverty is coming to him. \s5 \q1 \v 23 The one who rebukes a person will later be appreciated more @@ -103,21 +97,20 @@ \q1 \v 24 Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother \q2 and says "That is not sinful," -\q2 he is friend of the one who destroys. - +\q2 he is friend of the one who destroys. \s5 \q1 \v 25 A greedy person stirs up arguments between people; \q2 but the one who trusts in Yahweh will do well. \b \q1 -\v 26 One who depends on himself is a fool, +\v 26 One who depends on himself is a fool, \q2 those who make wise decisions escape danger. \s5 \q1 \v 27 One who gives to help the poor, will not lack anything, -\q2 but many curses will come to whoever turns away and ignores them. +\q2 but many curses will come to whoever turns away and ignores them. \q1 \v 28 When wicked people get power, men and women hide; \q2 but when the wicked die, there will be more and more of those who do what is right. diff --git a/20-PRO/29.usfm b/20-PRO/29.usfm index 19fcdeae..ff670a34 100644 --- a/20-PRO/29.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/29.usfm @@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ \c 29 \q1 \v 1 When you rebuke a person who has rejected your words and who refused to listen to you, -\q2 he will be crushed to the point that he cannot be healed. - +\q2 he will be crushed to the point that he cannot be healed. \q1 -\v 2 When people live the right way, they become more numerous, -\q2 but when a wicked ruler starts to govern, the people groan. - +\v 2 When people live the right way, they become more numerous, +\q2 but when a wicked ruler starts to govern, the people groan. \s5 \q1 \v 3 A son who desires to learn about wisdom makes his father very happy; @@ -19,19 +17,19 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 5 One who praises his neighbor to get something from him, -\q2 is like the one who listens for the sound of his footsteps, +\v 5 One who praises his neighbor to get something from him, +\q2 is like the one who listens for the sound of his footsteps, \q2 so he can catch him in a net. \q1 -\v 6 A bad person sets a trap with his sin; then he falls into it; +\v 6 A bad person sets a trap with his sin; then he falls into it; \q2 but one who does right is full of songs and joy. \s5 \q1 -\v 7 The one who does right stands up for the poor and defends them; -\q2 but wicked people do not see the importance of standing up for the poor. +\v 7 The one who does right stands up for the poor and defends them; +\q2 but wicked people do not see the importance of standing up for the poor. \q1 -\v 8 People who sneer and mock others are like those who set a city on fire; +\v 8 People who sneer and mock others are like those who set a city on fire; \q2 but those who help people get rid of their anger are wise. \s5 @@ -39,12 +37,12 @@ \v 9 If a wise person has any conflict with a foolish person, \q2 the foolish person screams at him and then laughs at him, and it never ends. \q1 -\v 10 A murderer hates him who does everything right; +\v 10 A murderer hates him who does everything right; \q2 and they seek to kill the one who has a good reputation. \s5 \q1 -\v 11 A fool shows all his anger, +\v 11 A fool shows all his anger, \q2 but a person who is wise holds his anger, and he knows how to calm himself down. \q1 \v 12 If a ruler believes the lies that are told to him, @@ -52,34 +50,31 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 13 What do a poor person and one who takes advantage of people have in common? +\v 13 What do a poor person and one who takes advantage of people have in common? \q2 Yahweh gives life to both of them. \q1 \v 14 If a king judges the poor by listening to the truth, -\q2 he will build a kingdom that will continue forever. - +\q2 he will build a kingdom that will continue forever. \s5 \q1 \v 15 If a child is punished, -\q2 the gift of wisdom is given to him; +\q2 the gift of wisdom is given to him; \q2 but when a child is out of control, \q2 this brings shame to his mother. \q1 -\v 16 When wicked people have authority, lawbreaking is common; -\q2 but those who do what is right will see the day -\q2 when the wicked will lose their power. - +\v 16 When wicked people have authority, lawbreaking is common; +\q2 but those who do what is right will see the day +\q2 when the wicked will lose their power. \s5 \q1 \v 17 Discipline your child and he will help you and serve you; \q2 you will truly rejoice over him. \q1 \v 18 When no prophet receives any vision from Yahweh, the people go out of control, -\q2 but those who obey the law are fortunate. - +\q2 but those who obey the law are fortunate. \s5 \q1 -\v 19 Talk to a slave as much as you want, +\v 19 Talk to a slave as much as you want, \q2 but though he understands what you are saying, they have learned not to give you an answer. \q1 \v 20 Do you see someone who is quick to speak, quick to give an opinion? @@ -87,36 +82,33 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 21 If a slave is excused from his labor -\q2 and treated better than other slaves by his master -\q2 from the time he is young; -\q2 but when he is grown, -\q2 that slave will give trouble to his master. +\v 21 If a slave is excused from his labor +\q2 and treated better than other slaves by his master +\q2 from the time he is young; +\q2 but when he is grown, +\q2 that slave will give trouble to his master. \q1 \v 22 A person who cannot control his anger stirs up many quarrels -\q2 and uses his rage to rule over others, and so he commits many sins. - +\q2 and uses his rage to rule over others, and so he commits many sins. \s5 \q1 \v 23 Any person who is proud will be humbled; \q2 but the one who is humbled will be given honor. \q1 \v 24 A person who helps a thief, hates himself; -\q2 he overhears the curse, but he does not say anything about it. - +\q2 he overhears the curse, but he does not say anything about it. \s5 \q1 -\v 25 When one is afraid of what people can do, +\v 25 When one is afraid of what people can do, \q2 it is like setting a trap for himself. \q2 but whoever trusts in Yahweh is safe. \b \q1 -\v 26 Many people want to come before a ruler to get help from him, -\q2 but Yahweh is the only one who gives him true justice. - +\v 26 Many people want to come before a ruler to get help from him, +\q2 but Yahweh is the only one who gives him true justice. \s5 \q1 -\v 27 Those who do what is right detest a person who treats others in an unfair way; +\v 27 Those who do what is right detest a person who treats others in an unfair way; \q2 just as the wicked hate those who live good lives. diff --git a/20-PRO/30.usfm b/20-PRO/30.usfm index b13f39f3..3741b348 100644 --- a/20-PRO/30.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/30.usfm @@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ \v 1 These are sayings containing wisdom, the sayings of Agur son of Jakeh. \q1 Agur wrote them for Ithiel, yes, to Ithiel and to Ucal. \q1 -\v 2 I am more like an animal than any human being! +\v 2 I am more like an animal than any human being! \q2 I lack the understanding that a human being has! \q1 \v 3 -I have not learned about wisdom; +I have not learned about wisdom; \q2 I do not know Yahweh, the Holy One. \s5 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ I have not learned about wisdom; \q2 What is his name? And what is the name of his son? Do you know? -\s5 +\s5 \q1 \v 5 Every word of God is proven by a test that it is true; \q2 he is like a shield that protects those who run to him. @@ -32,15 +32,15 @@ Do you know? \s5 \q1 -\v 7 I ask Yahweh for two things, -\q2 and that he give them to me before I die. +\v 7 I ask Yahweh for two things, +\q2 and that he give them to me before I die. \q1 \v 8 Put vain pride and lies far away from me; -\q2 and let me neither have poverty or riches, -\q2 just give me the food I need every day. -\v 9 For if I have too much money, +\q2 and let me neither have poverty or riches, +\q2 just give me the food I need every day. +\v 9 For if I have too much money, \q2 I will deny my God, and say, "Who is Yahweh?" -\q2 Or I become so poor that I steal from others, +\q2 Or I become so poor that I steal from others, \q2 and bring disgrace on the name of my God. \s5 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Do you know? \s5 \q1 \v 11 There are many people who curse their fathers -\q2 and they do not praise their mothers or thank them; +\q2 and they do not praise their mothers or thank them; \q1 \v 12 those people think everything they do should not be criticized, \q2 but really they have never been cleansed from their filth. @@ -63,29 +63,28 @@ Do you know? \q1 \v 14 These people use their mouths to speak the most hurtful words, like they are cutting and tearing people apart; \q1 it is as if they are eating up the poor people from the earth, -\q2 and swallowing up the needy from humanity. - +\q2 and swallowing up the needy from humanity. \s5 \q1 \v 15 There are leeches that suck blood, imagine they had two daughters; -\q2 they say, "Give to us! Give to us! +\q2 they say, "Give to us! Give to us! \q1 There are four things that are never satisfied— \q2 they always want more : \q1 \v 16 The grave, the place of the dead; -\q1 the womb of a woman that never conceived a child; +\q1 the womb of a woman that never conceived a child; \q1 soil that badly needs to be watered; \q1 and a fire that burns hot and it never says, "The fire is hot enough!" \b \q1 -\v 17 The one who dishonors his father, -\q2 and who disrespects and disobeys his mother. +\v 17 The one who dishonors his father, +\q2 and who disrespects and disobeys his mother. \q1 such a person would be killed and have his eyes pecked out by crows, \q2 and would be devoured by the vultures. \s5 \q1 -\v 18 There are three wonderful things I can mention; +\v 18 There are three wonderful things I can mention; \q2 no, there are four that are too amazing and I cannot understand them. \q1 \v 19 How eagles fly in the sky; @@ -96,19 +95,18 @@ Do you know? \s5 \q1 \v 20 This is what a woman is like who is not faithful to her husband: -\q2 she eats and then wipes her mouth, +\q2 she eats and then wipes her mouth, \q2 and she says, "There is nothing wrong in what I have done." \s5 \q1 \v 21 There are four things that make the earth tremble: \q1 -\v 22 the earth trembles with a slave becomes a king; -\q1 the earth trembles when fool has eaten his food and is filled; +\v 22 the earth trembles with a slave becomes a king; +\q1 the earth trembles when fool has eaten his food and is filled; \q1 \v 23 the earth trembles when a woman who is hated by all, gets married, -\q1 and the earth trembles, when the maid becomes the wife of her master. - +\q1 and the earth trembles, when the maid becomes the wife of her master. \s5 \q1 \v 24 There are four creatures on the earth that are small, but they are very wise. @@ -135,9 +133,8 @@ Do you know? \v 30 Lions, which are the strongest among wild animals \q2 and are not afraid of any of them. \q1 -\v 31 Strutting roosters, and male goats, -\q1 and kings who stand with their soldiers beside them. - +\v 31 Strutting roosters, and male goats, +\q1 and kings who stand with their soldiers beside them. \s5 \q1 \v 32 If you have acted foolishly, exalting yourself, diff --git a/20-PRO/31.usfm b/20-PRO/31.usfm index a17b7e3f..2c3dc902 100644 --- a/20-PRO/31.usfm +++ b/20-PRO/31.usfm @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ \c 31 \p -\v 1 These are sayings of King Lemuel—an oracle his mother taught him. +\v 1 These are sayings of King Lemuel—an oracle his mother taught him. \q1 -\v 2 She says: You are my son; I carried you in my womb; +\v 2 She says: You are my son; I carried you in my womb; \q2 you are the son, I made promises to Yahweh for you. \q1 \v 3 Do not give your strength to women; @@ -14,27 +14,24 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 4 Lemuel, kings should be careful about drinking wine; -\q2 and a king should never ask, "Where is the strong drink?" +\v 4 Lemuel, kings should be careful about drinking wine; +\q2 and a king should never ask, "Where is the strong drink?" \q1 -\v 5 They could drink but then they might forget that they made a decree of the king, -\q2 and tear down the rights of those who have been taken advantage of. - +\v 5 They could drink but then they might forget that they made a decree of the king, +\q2 and tear down the rights of those who have been taken advantage of. \s5 \q1 \v 6 Give strong drink to those who are dying -\q2 and to those who are grieving their loss. -\v 7 One who drinks will forget he is poor, -\q2 and he will not remember his trouble. - +\q2 and to those who are grieving their loss. +\v 7 One who drinks will forget he is poor, +\q2 and he will not remember his trouble. \s5 \q1 \v 8 Speak for those who cannot speak for themselves, -\q2 speak for those who are approaching death. +\q2 speak for those who are approaching death. \q1 -\v 9 Speak out and render judgment according to what is right; -\q2 and plead for justice to come in the cases of the poor and the needy. - +\v 9 Speak out and render judgment according to what is right; +\q2 and plead for justice to come in the cases of the poor and the needy. \s5 \q1 \v 10 Who can find a wife who is good at many things? @@ -51,25 +48,23 @@ \v 13 She finds wool and flax in the market, \q2 and she enjoys spinning it to make yarn and fabric. \q1 -\v 14 She is like the merchant ships +\v 14 She is like the merchant ships \q2 because she brings her food to her home from far away. \q1 \v 15 She gets up before dawn to prepare food for her family, -\q2 and she gives each servant girl her duties for the day. - +\q2 and she gives each servant girl her duties for the day. \s5 \q1 \v 16 She goes out and considers what field she will buy, and she buys it. -\q1 With the money she has made in other ventures, -\q2 she plants a vineyard. -\q1 -\v 17 She prepares herself with her strength, -\q2 and her arms are strong, able to do hard work. - +\q1 With the money she has made in other ventures, +\q2 she plants a vineyard. +\q1 +\v 17 She prepares herself with her strength, +\q2 and her arms are strong, able to do hard work. \s5 \q1 \v 18 She knows when she is getting a good profit from her business. -\q1 She keeps a lamp burning all night long. +\q1 She keeps a lamp burning all night long. \q1 \v 19 She holds the spindle, \q2 and then she spins the thread that she will use. @@ -79,16 +74,14 @@ \v 20 She gives an outstretched hand to help the poor. \q1 \v 21 She is not worried about the snow, -\q2 for everyone in her house have the best winter coats. - +\q2 for everyone in her house have the best winter coats. \s5 \q1 \v 22 She makes covers for the beds. \q2 She wears fine purple linen clothes—the color of royalty. \q1 -\v 23 Her husband is well known at the city gates, -\q2 and there at the gates he sits with the other leaders of the town. - +\v 23 Her husband is well known at the city gates, +\q2 and there at the gates he sits with the other leaders of the town. \s5 \q1 \v 24 She makes linen garments and she sells them. @@ -115,12 +108,11 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 30 Elegance can deceive -\q2 and make you think more highly of a person than you should; -\q2 and beauty has no lasting value. +\v 30 Elegance can deceive +\q2 and make you think more highly of a person than you should; +\q2 and beauty has no lasting value. \q2 But a woman who honors Yahweh will be praised for the person she is. -\v 31 Give her what she has earned, -\q2 and her works will praise her among the leaders of the town. - +\v 31 Give her what she has earned, +\q2 and her works will praise her among the leaders of the town. diff --git a/21-ECC/01.usfm b/21-ECC/01.usfm index f8aeb115..27294b1a 100644 --- a/21-ECC/01.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/01.usfm @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ \p \v 12 I, the Teacher, have been the king of Israel for many years, ruling in Jerusalem. -\v 13 By using my wisdom, I concentrated on understanding everything that was being done on the earth. It is a task that wears me out, just like anyone else who tries it. +\v 13 By using my wisdom, I concentrated on understanding everything that was being done on the earth. It is a task that wears me out, just like anyone else who tries it. \v 14 It seems that nothing that happens on the earth really enables us to do anything useful. It is like trying to control the wind. \b \q1 diff --git a/21-ECC/05.usfm b/21-ECC/05.usfm index 1bd91292..f2779976 100644 --- a/21-ECC/05.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/05.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 2 Think carefully before you speak +\v 2 Think carefully before you speak \q2 and do not be too quick to promise God that you will do something. \q1 Do not forget that God is in heaven and that he can do anything, \q2 while you, on the other hand, are here on the earth. diff --git a/21-ECC/06.usfm b/21-ECC/06.usfm index 7fd92186..1580646e 100644 --- a/21-ECC/06.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/06.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 9 It is better to enjoy the things that we already have +\v 9 It is better to enjoy the things that we already have \q2 than to constantly want more things. \q1 Continually wanting more things is senseless, \q2 like trying to control the wind. diff --git a/21-ECC/08.usfm b/21-ECC/08.usfm index f334be34..5a5039bd 100644 --- a/21-ECC/08.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/08.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \q1 \v 1 I will tell you about those who are truly wise, \q2 with the result that they can explain why everything happens. -\q1 Being wise enables people to be happy +\q1 Being wise enables people to be happy \q2 and enables them to smile. \s5 diff --git a/21-ECC/09.usfm b/21-ECC/09.usfm index 4d2ee8c6..6ce9850e 100644 --- a/21-ECC/09.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/09.usfm @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 17 A wise man who speaks quietly—people hear him better +\v 17 A wise man who speaks quietly—people hear him better \q2 than they hear a king who is shouting to a foolish crowd. \q1 \v 18 Being wise is more useful diff --git a/21-ECC/11.usfm b/21-ECC/11.usfm index 931a9591..1d8d7896 100644 --- a/21-ECC/11.usfm +++ b/21-ECC/11.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 If farmers see in what direction the wind is blowing, \q2 they will know whether it is wise at that time to plant things or not. -\q1 It is also true that if farmers look at the clouds and see that they are blowing from the west and will bring rain, +\q1 It is also true that if farmers look at the clouds and see that they are blowing from the west and will bring rain, \q2 they will not try to harvest their crops on that day. \b \q1 diff --git a/22-SNG/00.usfm b/22-SNG/00.usfm index ad41c68a..9fa52d9a 100644 --- a/22-SNG/00.usfm +++ b/22-SNG/00.usfm @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ \ide UTF-8 \h SONG OF SONGS \toc1 The Song of Songs -\toc2 Song of Songs +\toc2 Song of Songs \toc3 Sng \mt1 Song of Songs \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/22-SNG/02.usfm b/22-SNG/02.usfm index eaaf78dd..c401d04e 100644 --- a/22-SNG/02.usfm +++ b/22-SNG/02.usfm @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ \q2 as sheep love to graze in pastures. \sp The woman speaking to her lover \q1 -\v 17 You who love me, you must go away before dawn, when the darkness disappears. +\v 17 You who love me, you must go away before dawn, when the darkness disappears. \q2 Go away quickly, like a gazelle or like a young deer running on the high hills. diff --git a/22-SNG/04.usfm b/22-SNG/04.usfm index 680e25e7..76188951 100644 --- a/22-SNG/04.usfm +++ b/22-SNG/04.usfm @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \q1 \v 6 Until dawn tomorrow morning, \q2 when the nighttime shadows disappear, -\q1 I will lie close to your breasts, +\q1 I will lie close to your breasts, \q2 because they are like two hills that smell like sweet spices. \q1 \v 7 My darling, you are completely beautiful; diff --git a/22-SNG/06.usfm b/22-SNG/06.usfm index 762932e2..cdf5c0ee 100644 --- a/22-SNG/06.usfm +++ b/22-SNG/06.usfm @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ \s5 -\sp What the queens and the concubines said +\sp What the queens and the concubines said \q1 \v 10 Who is this who looks like the dawn, \q2 who is as beautiful to look at as the moon, diff --git a/23-ISA/01.usfm b/23-ISA/01.usfm index 327e8c9a..d31c8155 100644 --- a/23-ISA/01.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/01.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 2 Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth, because this is what Yahweh said: -\q1 "I have raised people since they were born, +\q1 "I have raised people since they were born, \q2 but they have rebelled against me. \q1 \v 3 Oxen know their owners, @@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 4 Terrible things will happen to this sinful nation, this people group weighted down by their sin, -\q2 these children of people who do evil things, +\q2 these children of people who do evil things, \q1 these sons who are unjust. -\q2 +\q2 \q1 They have left Yahweh, \q2 the Holy One of Israel. \q2 They have turned away from him. @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \q1 \v 10 Listen to what Yahweh has to say to you, you rulers of Sodom! \q2 Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah! -\q1 +\q1 \q1 \v 11 "What do your many sacrifices mean to me?" says Yahweh; \q2 "I do not want any more burnt offerings of rams, or the fat of bulls. @@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ \q1 \v 18 Yahweh says, "You need to think about what you do. \q2 Even though your sins are like scarlet red, -\q1 they will be as white as snow; -\q2 though your sins are like crimson red, +\q1 they will be as white as snow; +\q2 though your sins are like crimson red, \q1 they will be as white as sheeps' wool. \s5 @@ -131,9 +131,8 @@ \q1 \v 22 Your silver is no longer pure, \q2 and your wine has become mixed with water. -\q1 -\q2 - +\q1 +\q2 \s5 \q1 \v 23 Your leaders are rebels; diff --git a/23-ISA/05.usfm b/23-ISA/05.usfm index 160accdd..7d226b2d 100644 --- a/23-ISA/05.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/05.usfm @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 29 They will roar like fierce lions +\v 29 They will roar like fierce lions \q2 that growl and then pounce on the animals they want to kill; \q1 they will carry them off, \q2 and no one will be able to rescue them. diff --git a/23-ISA/14.usfm b/23-ISA/14.usfm index 97b2c131..1aae6913 100644 --- a/23-ISA/14.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/14.usfm @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ \q1 \v 30 Those of my people who are very poor will take care of their flocks of sheep, \q2 and the needy people will lie down safely, -\q1 but I will cause you people of Philistia who are still alive +\q1 but I will cause you people of Philistia who are still alive \q2 to die from famine. \b diff --git a/23-ISA/16.usfm b/23-ISA/16.usfm index ff4ff8c1..adb6205e 100644 --- a/23-ISA/16.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/16.usfm @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ \q2 and for the grapevines of Sibmah. \q1 I will shed tears for all of you. \q1 I will cry because people will no longer shout joyfully, like they usually do -\q2 when they gather the fruit that ripens in the summer and the other crops. +\q2 when they gather the fruit that ripens in the summer and the other crops. \q1 \v 10 People will no longer be glad at harvest time. \q2 No one will sing in the vineyards; diff --git a/23-ISA/22.usfm b/23-ISA/22.usfm index 1c4e8d7d..707b5251 100644 --- a/23-ISA/22.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/22.usfm @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ \p \v 15 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, said this to me: "Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him: \q1 -\v 16 'Who do you think you are? +\v 16 'Who do you think you are? \q2 Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, \q2 chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley?'" diff --git a/23-ISA/29.usfm b/23-ISA/29.usfm index 5d739782..437706d7 100644 --- a/23-ISA/29.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/29.usfm @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 9 You people of Jerusalem, be amazed and surprised about this! -\q2 Do not believe what I have said! +\q2 Do not believe what I have said! \q1 And continue to be blind about what Yahweh is doing. \q2 You are stupid, but it is not because you have drunk a lot of wine. \q2 You stagger, but not from drinking alcoholic drinks. diff --git a/23-ISA/33.usfm b/23-ISA/33.usfm index eb25d2b3..4102f68e 100644 --- a/23-ISA/33.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/33.usfm @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ \v 11 You people of Assyria make plans that are as useless as chaff and straw. \q2 Your breath will become a fire that will burn you up. \q1 -\v 12 Your people will be burned until only ashes remain, +\v 12 Your people will be burned until only ashes remain, \q2 like thornbushes are cut down and burned up. \s5 diff --git a/23-ISA/38.usfm b/23-ISA/38.usfm index abfe2504..15a97496 100644 --- a/23-ISA/38.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/38.usfm @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 7 And this is what I will do to prove that I will do what I have just now promised. +\v 7 And this is what I will do to prove that I will do what I have just now promised. \v 8 I will cause the shadow of the sun to move ten steps backward on the stairs that were built by King Ahaz.'" So the shadow of the sun on the stairs moved backward ten steps. \s5 diff --git a/23-ISA/41.usfm b/23-ISA/41.usfm index ac6201d9..fb5dd27a 100644 --- a/23-ISA/41.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/41.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 3 Even though they in danger, they go very swiftly as +\v 3 Even though they in danger, they go very swiftly as \q2 they pursue their enemies, and nothing stops them. \q1 \v 4 Who has enabled rulers to do mighty deeds like that? @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ \v 14 Although others have treated you people of Israel like worms, \q2 do not be afraid of your enemies, \q1 because I will help you!" -\q1 This is what Yahweh solemnly says—the one who rescues you, +\q1 This is what Yahweh solemnly says—the one who rescues you, \q2 the Holy One of Israel. \q1 \v 15 He continues to say, "I will cause you to be like a new threshing sledge, very sharp and two-edged. @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ \v 19 I will plant cedars, acacia, and myrtle, in the wilderness— \q2 and olive trees I will plant in the desert plain— cypresses, pines, and boxtrees all together. \q1 -\v 20 I will do that in order that people who see it will think about it, and they will know and understand +\v 20 I will do that in order that people who see it will think about it, and they will know and understand \q2 that it is I, Yahweh, who has done it; \q1 it is what I, the Holy One of Israel, have done. diff --git a/23-ISA/42.usfm b/23-ISA/42.usfm index 9034ec65..96b414e9 100644 --- a/23-ISA/42.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/42.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \q1 I have given him my Spirit, \q2 and he will make certain that all the people groups do what is right. \q1 -\v 2 He will not show his power by shouting +\v 2 He will not show his power by shouting \q2 or by talking very loudly. \s5 @@ -35,12 +35,11 @@ \q1 I will grasp your hand and protect you, \q2 and I will present you to my Israelite people \q2 to be the one who will put into effect my covenant with them. -\q1 You will be like a light to the other nations. - +\q1 You will be like a light to the other nations. \s5 \q1 \v 7 For you will enable blind people to see, -\q2 you will free those who are in prison +\q2 you will free those who are in prison \q2 and release those who are in dark dungeons. \b diff --git a/23-ISA/49.usfm b/23-ISA/49.usfm index c039d87f..0b4651a5 100644 --- a/23-ISA/49.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/49.usfm @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 26 And I will cause your enemies to destroy themselves +\v 26 And I will cause your enemies to destroy themselves \q2 instead of murdering others. \q1 When that happens, everyone in the world will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who saves you, \q2 the one who rescues you from your enemies; diff --git a/23-ISA/51.usfm b/23-ISA/51.usfm index ea57d55b..9d05d785 100644 --- a/23-ISA/51.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/51.usfm @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ \q1 like someone who causes another person to fall down \q2 by forcing him to drink every drop of a large bowl of wine. \q1 -\v 18 Now you do not have any children who are alive +\v 18 Now you do not have any children who are alive \q2 and who are able to take your hand and guide you. You cannot help yourself. \s5 diff --git a/23-ISA/53.usfm b/23-ISA/53.usfm index 30597300..82ee4b5e 100644 --- a/23-ISA/53.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/53.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 3 People will despise and reject him. +\v 3 People will despise and reject him. \q1 He will endure much pain, and he will suffer much. \q2 Because his face will be very disfigured, people will not want to look at him; he will not even look human any more; \q1 people will despise him and think that he is not worth paying any attention to. @@ -62,20 +62,20 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 10 But it will be Yahweh's will that he be afflicted and caused to suffer. When he dies as an offering for your own sin, +\v 10 But it will be Yahweh's will that he be afflicted and caused to suffer. When he dies as an offering for your own sin, \q2 he will benefit many, many people, as if they were his children; \q2 he will live a long time after he dies and becomes alive again, \q2 and he will accomplish everything that Yahweh has planned. \q2 \v 11 When he sees all that he will accomplish because of his suffering, \q1 he will be satisfied. -\q2 And because of what will have happened to him, Yahweh's righteous servant, +\q2 And because of what will have happened to him, Yahweh's righteous servant, \q1 he will cause the guilt of many people to be ended, \q2 because he will bear the guilt for their sins. \s5 \q1 -\v 12 So Yahweh will share with many people the spoils he has won from his enemies. +\v 12 So Yahweh will share with many people the spoils he has won from his enemies. \q2 His servant will be like a king who divides the spoils among his soldiers, \q1 because he put himself in danger of dying and did in fact die. \q2 Even though people had considered him to be a sinner, diff --git a/23-ISA/55.usfm b/23-ISA/55.usfm index b431fa5a..840f8777 100644 --- a/23-ISA/55.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/55.usfm @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ \q1 Now those who had no money, \q2 you can come and buy wine and milk from me, the finest wine and the best milk! \q1 You can get what you need from me, -\q2 and you can buy it now! -\q1 You can buy it even though you do not have any money, +\q2 and you can buy it now! +\q1 You can buy it even though you do not have any money, \q2 and even though you could never afford it! \s5 diff --git a/23-ISA/57.usfm b/23-ISA/57.usfm index 7ff4d8f5..2bdece4b 100644 --- a/23-ISA/57.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/57.usfm @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 You have put charms behind your doors and doorposts, \q2 and you have deserted me. -\q1 You have taken off your clothes +\q1 You have taken off your clothes \q2 and climbed into your bed, \q1 and invited more of your lovers to come to bed with you. \q1 You have paid them to sleep with you, diff --git a/23-ISA/60.usfm b/23-ISA/60.usfm index f09ae2ad..91e7e916 100644 --- a/23-ISA/60.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/60.usfm @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ \q1 \v 21 Your people will all be righteous, \q2 and they will occupy the land forever, -\q1 because I myself have put you there like people plant trees +\q1 because I myself have put you there like people plant trees \q2 in order that you will show others that I am very great. \q1 \v 22 At that time, the groups that are very small now will become very large clans, diff --git a/23-ISA/61.usfm b/23-ISA/61.usfm index 6e62e7f3..bdaadabd 100644 --- a/23-ISA/61.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/61.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 2 He has sent me to tell those who mourn +\v 2 He has sent me to tell those who mourn \q2 that now is the time when Yahweh will act kindly toward his people; \q1 now is the time when our God will get revenge on their enemies. diff --git a/24-JER/02.usfm b/24-JER/02.usfm index 3536cce0..b9fc18bf 100644 --- a/24-JER/02.usfm +++ b/24-JER/02.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \c 2 \p \v 1 Yahweh gave me another message -\v 2 to proclaim to everyone in Jerusalem. He said that I should tell them this, +\v 2 to proclaim to everyone in Jerusalem. He said that I should tell them this, \q1 "I, Yahweh, remember in your favor that you followed me and trusted in our covenant long ago. \q2 You tried to please me like a bride tries to please her husband; \q1 You loved me, @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ \q2 You love and worship those idols instead of me just like an unfaithful man loves a prostitute instead of his wife. \q1 \v 21 It is as though you were a grapevine that I planted -\q2 when it was a cutting from a very good vine. +\q2 when it was a cutting from a very good vine. \q1 So now it is disgusting that you have become like a rotten worthless vine. \q1 \v 22 Your guilt from your sins is like very bad stains on a cloth, diff --git a/24-JER/03.usfm b/24-JER/03.usfm index 038bedd2..c7b6a71b 100644 --- a/24-JER/03.usfm +++ b/24-JER/03.usfm @@ -3,21 +3,20 @@ \q1 \v 1 "People know that if a man divorces his wife and then she marries another man, \q2 her first husband certainly must not take her back again to be his wife again. -\q1 She would be ceremonially unclean and she has broken the law of Yahweh. -\q1 This nation is like this woman. +\q1 She would be ceremonially unclean and she has broken the law of Yahweh. +\q1 This nation is like this woman. \q1 But you have more idols than prostitutes have men whom they have slept with! -\q2 So, why should I accept you if you return to me? it is Yahweh who says this. +\q2 So, why should I accept you if you return to me? it is Yahweh who says this. \q1 \v 2 "Look up at the barren hilltops. -\q2 On every hilltop you have given yourselves to the idols +\q2 On every hilltop you have given yourselves to the idols \q2 in the way a prostitute gives herself to her lovers. -\q1 You sat along the roadsides like an Arab nomad who is always waiting in the desert for someone to come; +\q1 You sat along the roadsides like an Arab nomad who is always waiting in the desert for someone to come; \q2 but you are waiting to have sex with those who pass by. -\q1 Your unfaithfulness is the worship of idols, +\q1 Your unfaithfulness is the worship of idols, \q2 and your prostitution is just like your idol worship. -\q1 The whole land is made unacceptable to Yahweh, -\q2 and your worship of idols is your prostitution and your wickedness is what made you unclean. - +\q1 The whole land is made unacceptable to Yahweh, +\q2 and your worship of idols is your prostitution and your wickedness is what made you unclean. \s5 \q1 \v 3 That is why I have not sent you any rain at the times of the year when you needed it. @@ -28,8 +27,8 @@ \q2 You have loved me ever since I was young! \q1 \v 5 So surely you will not be angry with me forever!' -\q1 You promised you would not obey me, and you did what you said! -\q2 And you sinned over and over again! +\q1 You promised you would not obey me, and you did what you said! +\q2 And you sinned over and over again! \q1 But you will not quit sinning!" \s5 diff --git a/24-JER/08.usfm b/24-JER/08.usfm index e2a6d346..1dce03f5 100644 --- a/24-JER/08.usfm +++ b/24-JER/08.usfm @@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ \q Because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not very wise to do that! \q \v 10 So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to the enemy soldiers who conquer them. -\q All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important and even my prophets and priests, deceive others in order to obtain their possessions. - +\q All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important and even my prophets and priests, deceive others in order to obtain their possessions. \s5 \q \v 11 They act as though the sins of my people are not serious, like wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. @@ -69,8 +68,7 @@ \v 18 My grief for the people of Judah has overwhelmed any sense of happiness. I am very sad in my inner being. \q \v 19 Throughout our land, the people ask, "Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? -\q Is he, our city's king, no longer there?" Yahweh replies, "If they want me to be in Jerusalem, why do the people worship idols and foreign gods?" - +\q Is he, our city's king, no longer there?" Yahweh replies, "If they want me to be in Jerusalem, why do the people worship idols and foreign gods?" \s5 \q \v 20 The people say, "The harvest season is finished, the summer has ended, but Yahweh still has not rescued us from our enemies." diff --git a/24-JER/09.usfm b/24-JER/09.usfm index 13f7b63e..30cd095f 100644 --- a/24-JER/09.usfm +++ b/24-JER/09.usfm @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th \q 'We have been ruined! \q We have experienced a terrible disaster! \q Now we are very ashamed, -\q because our houses have been destroyed by our enemies, and we are being forced to leave our land.' +\q because our houses have been destroyed by our enemies, and we are being forced to leave our land.' \q \v 20 You women, listen to what Yahweh says. \q Pay attention to his words. diff --git a/24-JER/25.usfm b/24-JER/25.usfm index 991e6bda..517ad1ad 100644 --- a/24-JER/25.usfm +++ b/24-JER/25.usfm @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 30 Now tell them all those things that I have said, and also say this to them: -\q1 'Yahweh will shout to them from his holy dwelling in heaven +\q1 'Yahweh will shout to them from his holy dwelling in heaven \q2 and it will sound like the roar of a lion. \q1 He will shout like people shout when they are treading on grapes to make juice for wine; \q2 he will shout to everyone on the earth. diff --git a/24-JER/35.usfm b/24-JER/35.usfm index d0aef0ab..1f49b620 100644 --- a/24-JER/35.usfm +++ b/24-JER/35.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 12 Then Yahweh gave this message to me: +\v 12 Then Yahweh gave this message to me: \v 13 "This is what I, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, say: 'Go and tell this to the people in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah: "Why do you not listen to me or learn something about how to obey me? \v 14 The Rechab clan still do not drink wine, because their ancestor Jonadab told them to not do that. In contrast, I have spoken to you many times, but you ignored me and refused to obey me. diff --git a/24-JER/39.usfm b/24-JER/39.usfm index dc6a7b8f..7733b3e1 100644 --- a/24-JER/39.usfm +++ b/24-JER/39.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 4 When King Zedekiah and all his soldiers realized that the army of Babylonia had broken into the city, they fled. They waited until it was dark. Then they went out of the city through the king's garden, through the gate that was between the two walls. Then they started running toward the plain along the Jordan. +\v 4 When King Zedekiah and all his soldiers realized that the army of Babylonia had broken into the city, they fled. They waited until it was dark. Then they went out of the city through the king's garden, through the gate that was between the two walls. Then they started running toward the plain along the Jordan. \p \v 5 But the soldiers from Babylonia pursued the king, and they caught him on the plains near Jericho. They took him to the king of Babylon, who was at Riblah in the Hamath. There Nebuchadnezzar told his soldiers what they should do to punish Zedekiah. @@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 15 But while Jeremiah was still being guarded in the palace courtyard, Yahweh gave him this message: -\v 16 "Say this to Ebed Melech, the official from Ethiopia: 'This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says: I will do to this city everything that I said that I would do. Everthing I told you would be done, and you will see it with your own eyes. - +\v 16 "Say this to Ebed Melech, the official from Ethiopia: 'This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says: I will do to this city everything that I said that I would do. Everthing I told you would be done, and you will see it with your own eyes. \s5 \v 17 But I promise to rescue you from the people you are afraid of. This is what I, Yahweh, have promised to you! \v 18 You trusted me, so I will save you. You will not be killed by our enemies' swords. You will live. That will surely happen, because I, Yahweh, have said it.'" diff --git a/24-JER/42.usfm b/24-JER/42.usfm index 020e6db6..249cbef0 100644 --- a/24-JER/42.usfm +++ b/24-JER/42.usfm @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \v 10 'You should stay here in this land. If you do that, I will cause your nation to be strong and not be weak. I will cause you to prosper and not be exiled again. I will stop the disasters that I made you experience. \s5 -\v 11 But do not be afraid of the king of Babylon anymore, because I will be with you. I will rescue you from his power. +\v 11 But do not be afraid of the king of Babylon anymore, because I will be with you. I will rescue you from his power. \v 12 I will be merciful to you by causing him to act kindly toward you. So as a result, he will allow you to stay here in your land.' \s5 diff --git a/24-JER/46.usfm b/24-JER/46.usfm index 49591df3..ce31e921 100644 --- a/24-JER/46.usfm +++ b/24-JER/46.usfm @@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ \q2 Proclaim it in the cities of Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpenes! \q1 'Get into your positions for the battle; \q2 Prepare to defend yourselves, -\q2 because everyone around you will be killed.' - +\q2 because everyone around you will be killed.' \s5 \q1 \v 15 Why do those whose strength you trust fall down? diff --git a/24-JER/48.usfm b/24-JER/48.usfm index 3c84c18c..669298cf 100644 --- a/24-JER/48.usfm +++ b/24-JER/48.usfm @@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ \b \q1 \v 29 We have all heard that the people of Moab are very proud; -\q2 they are extremely proud and conceited. - +\q2 they are extremely proud and conceited. \s5 \q1 \v 30 But Yahweh says, "I know about that, diff --git a/24-JER/49.usfm b/24-JER/49.usfm index 7c7fd026..3bd51b05 100644 --- a/24-JER/49.usfm +++ b/24-JER/49.usfm @@ -201,8 +201,7 @@ \q1 \v 36 I will bring their enemies from every direction \q2 and they will scatter the people of Elam in all of those directions. -\q1 The people of Elam will be exiled to every nation on the earth. - +\q1 The people of Elam will be exiled to every nation on the earth. \s5 \q1 \v 37 Because I am very angry with the people of Elam, diff --git a/24-JER/50.usfm b/24-JER/50.usfm index 3b86e65c..a0c5666c 100644 --- a/24-JER/50.usfm +++ b/24-JER/50.usfm @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ \q1 \v 12 But soon your people will be very disgraced as a result of being conquered. \q2 Your country will be the most insignificant nation; -\q2 it will be a wilderness, a dry land and a desert plain. +\q2 it will be a wilderness, a dry land and a desert plain. \q1 \v 13 Because I, Yahweh, am angry with you people of Babylon, \q2 I will cause your city to become completely deserted. diff --git a/25-LAM/01.usfm b/25-LAM/01.usfm index 5ed4c424..a6eb907c 100644 --- a/25-LAM/01.usfm +++ b/25-LAM/01.usfm @@ -22,19 +22,19 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 3 The people of Judah have become poor +\v 3 The people of Judah have become poor \q2 and have suffered greatly. -\q1 Almost all of our people +\q1 Almost all of our people \q2 were forced to leave our land. \q1 We now live in another country \q2 and we have no peace. -\q1 When the people Judah were unable to defend ourselves, +\q1 When the people Judah were unable to defend ourselves, \q2 that was when our enemies captured us. \b \s5 \q1 -\v 4 The roads to Mount Zion are empty +\v 4 The roads to Mount Zion are empty \q2 because no one comes here to celebrate the sacred festivals any longer. \q1 No elders or leaders sit under the city gates to talk any more, \q2 and Jerusalem's priests groan in sorrow. @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \q2 and they prosper. \q1 Yahweh has punished us, the people of Jerusalem, \q2 because of all the sins that we have committed. -\q1 Our enemies have taken all our children +\q1 Our enemies have taken all our children \q2 and made them go to other countries. \b @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 13 It is as though he sent a fire from heaven +\v 13 It is as though he sent a fire from heaven \q2 that burned in my bones; \q1 it is as though he has placed a trap to entangle my feet, \q2 and has prevented me from walking turning back to our home. @@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ \b \q1 \v 17 The people who lived in Zion (the city of Jerusalem) -\q2 have no one to give them comfort. -\q1 Yahweh has give the order that the people in nearby nations +\q2 have no one to give them comfort. +\q1 Yahweh has give the order that the people in nearby nations \q2 will become the enemies of the descendants of our father Jacob (who are also called the Israelites). \q2 Jerusalem has become disgusting to them. \b @@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ \q2 for I had refused to obey what he told me to do. \q1 You people everywhere, listen to me! \q2 Look and see that that I am suffering greatly. -\q1 My young daughters and brave sons +\q1 My young daughters and brave sons \q2 have been taken away to far off lands. \b \q1 \v 19 I pleaded with our allies, in whom we trusted, to help, -\q2 but they all refused, +\q2 but they all refused, \q2 they told lies and did not keep their promises. \q1 My priests and my leaders \q2 died with the walls of the city @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ \q2 because I have rebelled against you \q2 and have caused you great sadness! \q1 Our enemies kill people in the streets with their swords; -\q2 and that makes our homes the places where the dead are kept. +\q2 and that makes our homes the places where the dead are kept. \b \s5 @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ \v 21 Here my groaning! \q2 but no one came to comfort me. \q1 All our enemies know what happened to me; -\q2 they were all happy to hear +\q2 they were all happy to hear \q2 about what Yahweh has done to his people. \q1 Please do soon what you have promised, \q2 when our enemies will suffer like we have suffered! diff --git a/25-LAM/02.usfm b/25-LAM/02.usfm index bda51105..cf20a1ce 100644 --- a/25-LAM/02.usfm +++ b/25-LAM/02.usfm @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \q2 as easily as if it had been a hut in a garden. \q1 He has caused us, his people, to forget \q2 all our sacred festivals and Sabbath days. -\q1 He has hated our kings and priests +\q1 He has hated our kings and priests \q2 because he was extremely angry with them. \b @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ \q2 but what they said was false and worthless. \q1 They did not work to save you from your enemies; \q2 they did not tell you that you had sinned. -\q1 Instead, they announced to you things that they said Yahweh had told them; +\q1 Instead, they announced to you things that they said Yahweh had told them; \q2 they tempted you to believe them, and you did. \b @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 18 I wish the city walls could speak like the people who +\v 18 I wish the city walls could speak like the people who \q2 cry out to Yahweh! \q1 I would tell the walls, "Cry out for help to Yahweh! \q2 Let your tears flow day and night! diff --git a/25-LAM/03.usfm b/25-LAM/03.usfm index 6367bb89..037347ab 100644 --- a/25-LAM/03.usfm +++ b/25-LAM/03.usfm @@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ \q2 when I feel very depressed. \q1 \v 21 However, I confidently expect Yahweh to do good things for me again, -\q2 and this I know is true. - +\q2 and this I know is true. \s5 \q1 \v 22 Yahweh never stops faithfully loving us, and because of his love, we are not destroyed. @@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ \v 26 So it is good for us to wait quietly \q2 for Yahweh to save us. \q1 -\v 27 And it is good for us to suffer patiently +\v 27 And it is good for us to suffer patiently \q2 while we are young. \b \q1 @@ -247,7 +246,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 64 Yahweh, give them what they deserve! -\q2 Pay them back for what they have done to me! +\q2 Pay them back for what they have done to me! \q1 \v 65 Curse them \q2 and make them very, very afraid of you. diff --git a/25-LAM/04.usfm b/25-LAM/04.usfm index 1b42f73f..03d53d33 100644 --- a/25-LAM/04.usfm +++ b/25-LAM/04.usfm @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ \q1 \v 5 People who previously ate fine food \q2 are now starving in the streets; -\q1 those who previously wore fine clothes -\q2 now lie upon the rubbish heaps with nothing to eat. +\q1 those who previously wore fine clothes +\q2 now lie upon the rubbish heaps with nothing to eat. \b \s5 @@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ \q1 \v 7 Our leaders were could be compare to snow or milk, \q2 so they were clean and spotless. -\q1 Their physical bodies were healthy, -\q2 and their health and strength could compare -\q2 to brilliance and beauty of sapphires. +\q1 Their physical bodies were healthy, +\q2 and their health and strength could compare +\q2 to brilliance and beauty of sapphires. \b \q1 \v 8 But now their faces are blacker than soot, @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 9 It is better to die in a battle +\v 9 It is better to die in a battle \q2 than to die of hunger. \q1 There was no food to harvest in the fields, \q2 so the people slowly starved until they died. diff --git a/25-LAM/05.usfm b/25-LAM/05.usfm index 396bb715..01c596dd 100644 --- a/25-LAM/05.usfm +++ b/25-LAM/05.usfm @@ -83,6 +83,6 @@ \v 21 Please enable us to return to you, \q2 and enable us to prosper as we did previously. \q1 -\v 22 Please do that, or is it really true that you have rejected us forever? +\v 22 Please do that, or is it really true that you have rejected us forever? \q2 Is it really true that you will never stop being extremely angry with us? diff --git a/26-EZK/03.usfm b/26-EZK/03.usfm index 24f53766..cb1accfe 100644 --- a/26-EZK/03.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/03.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 4 Then he said to me, "Son of Man, go to the Israelite people and tell them my message. -\v 5 The people to whom I am sending you are not people whose language is very difficult to learn, a language which you do not understand. I am sending you to your Israelite people. +\v 5 The people to whom I am sending you are not people whose language is very difficult to learn, a language which you do not understand. I am sending you to your Israelite people. \v 6 I am sending you to people whose language you understand very well. If I were sending you to people whose language was difficult for you to understand, they would pay attention to what you say to them. \v 7 But because the Israelite people do not want to listen to me, they will not want to listen to you. They do not want to listen because they are all very rebellious. diff --git a/26-EZK/06.usfm b/26-EZK/06.usfm index c2e962b1..04341fce 100644 --- a/26-EZK/06.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/06.usfm @@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ \s5 \v 6 Wherever you live, your towns will be ruined and the places where idols were worshiped on the hilltops will be smashed. Your altars will be completely smashed, and everything that you own will become a pile of ruins. -\v 7 Many of your people will be killed right in front of you, and then you will know that I am Yahweh and I do what I say I will do. - +\v 7 Many of your people will be killed right in front of you, and then you will know that I am Yahweh and I do what I say I will do. \s5 \p \v 8 But I will allow some of you to remain alive. They will escape death when your enemies scatter you among many other nations. diff --git a/26-EZK/13.usfm b/26-EZK/13.usfm index fc5270f6..dc1e4ca4 100644 --- a/26-EZK/13.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/13.usfm @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \v 14 The false prophecies of your prophets are like a wall that they have covered with whitewash, but I will break it down, and shatter it down to the ground, with the result that people can see its foundations. When the wall collapses you also will be killed, and everyone will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. \s5 -\v 15 In that way I will show that I am very angry with the wall and with those who covered it with whitewash. And I will say, "The wall is gone and those who whitewashed it have been killed." +\v 15 In that way I will show that I am very angry with the wall and with those who covered it with whitewash. And I will say, "The wall is gone and those who whitewashed it have been killed." \v 16 Those are the prophets who prophesied that things would go well for the people in Jerusalem, when things would not go well for them.' \s5 diff --git a/26-EZK/18.usfm b/26-EZK/18.usfm index ee120017..96f455b7 100644 --- a/26-EZK/18.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/18.usfm @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 25 But you say that I, Yahweh, do not act fairly. You Israelite people, listen to what I say: It is certainly not what I do that is unfair; it is what you continually do that is not fair. +\v 25 But you say that I, Yahweh, do not act fairly. You Israelite people, listen to what I say: It is certainly not what I do that is unfair; it is what you continually do that is not fair. \v 26 If a righteous person turns away from doing what is right and commits sins, he will die for committing those sins. \s5 diff --git a/26-EZK/19.usfm b/26-EZK/19.usfm index 31083255..e18c1331 100644 --- a/26-EZK/19.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/19.usfm @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 10 'It is as though your mother -\q2 were a grapevine fertilized in blood, +\v 10 'It is as though your mother +\q2 were a grapevine fertilized in blood, \q2 and growing up beside a stream. \q1 There was plenty of water, \q2 so it had lots of branches and produced a lot of grapes. diff --git a/26-EZK/26.usfm b/26-EZK/26.usfm index 4256f8b6..a68d11b8 100644 --- a/26-EZK/26.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/26.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \v 4 Their soldiers will destroy the walls around Tyre and tear down your towers. The city will be completely destroyed. Then they will scrape away the rubble and cause the city to become a bare rock. \s5 -\v 5 Out in the sea, the part of your city that is on an island will become a place where men spread their fishing nets to dry them. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh the Lord, have predicted it: People from many nations will carry off everything of value in your city. +\v 5 Out in the sea, the part of your city that is on an island will become a place where men spread their fishing nets to dry them. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh the Lord, have predicted it: People from many nations will carry off everything of value in your city. \v 6 The people in small villages on the coast near Tyre—your enemies will kill them with their swords. Then people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.' \s5 diff --git a/26-EZK/30.usfm b/26-EZK/30.usfm index 076b031f..290aedd8 100644 --- a/26-EZK/30.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/30.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 6 This is what Yahweh says: -\q1 'This army will defeat Egypt's allies, +\q1 'This army will defeat Egypt's allies, \q2 and the power that the people of Egypt are so proud of will end. \q1 From the city of Migdol in the north to the city of Syene in the south, they will kill the soldiers of Egypt's allies. \q2 This is what Yahweh the Lord declares. @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 13 This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: -\q1 I will cause the enemy to destroy the idols +\q1 I will cause the enemy to destroy the idols \q2 in the city of Memphis. \q1 No longer will there be a king in Egypt, \q2 and I will terrify everyone in the land of Egypt. @@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ \s5 \v 25 I will cause the king of Babylon to become stronger and stronger, and the king of Egypt to become completely weak. When that happens, when I make the Babylonian army strong, they will use that power to attack Egypt. -\v 26 I will scatter the people of Egypt among the nations. And when that happens, people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. - +\v 26 I will scatter the people of Egypt among the nations. And when that happens, people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. diff --git a/26-EZK/31.usfm b/26-EZK/31.usfm index 9b82dbd7..ba2a0e3f 100644 --- a/26-EZK/31.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/31.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 That huge tree grew very tall, \q2 higher than all the other trees around it. -\q1 Its branches grew very thick and long +\q1 Its branches grew very thick and long \q2 because of the abundant water at the base of the tree. \q1 \v 6 Birds built their nests in the branches, diff --git a/26-EZK/34.usfm b/26-EZK/34.usfm index 49569d4e..f1ed41c3 100644 --- a/26-EZK/34.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/34.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \v 3 But you are like shepherds who eat the fat sheep, who slaughter the best animals for their wool. You are not real shepherds at all. \s5 -\v 4 You have taken care of the sick sheep; you have paid no attention to those who are wounded. You have not looked for the sheep who have wandered off. You rule over them with force and violence. +\v 4 You have taken care of the sick sheep; you have paid no attention to those who are wounded. You have not looked for the sheep who have wandered off. You rule over them with force and violence. \v 5 Because you did not take care of them, my people have wandered away like sheep. And while they are scattered, wild animals attack and kill them, and then eat their flesh. \v 6 My people wander like sheep all over the high hills and mountains. They are scattered all over the earth, and no one is searching for them. diff --git a/26-EZK/40.usfm b/26-EZK/40.usfm index 2810689f..a4179cb5 100644 --- a/26-EZK/40.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/40.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 5 In the vision I saw that there was a wall that completely surrounded the temple area. The measuring stick in the man's hand was about 3.2 meters long. He measured the wall; it was about 3.2 meters thick and about 3.2 meters high. +\v 5 In the vision I saw that there was a wall that completely surrounded the temple area. The measuring stick in the man's hand was about 3.2 meters long. He measured the wall; it was about 3.2 meters thick and about 3.2 meters high. \p \v 6 Then he went to the gate in the temple wall on the temple's east side. He climbed the steps and measured the gateway that faced outward; it was about 3.2 meters deep. \v 7 Next, there were alcoves for the temple guards, each being about 3.2 meters long and deep. The distance of the wall between each alcove was about 2.7 meters. The gateway that faced inward, which led to the temple portico, was also about 3.2 meters deep. @@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 20 Then he measured how long and how wide was the gateway on the north side, which was an entrance into the outer courtyard of the temple complex. -\v 21 There were three alcoves for guards on each side of that gateway. From the gateway to the end of its portico was about twenty-seven meters, and they were about 13.5 meters wide. - +\v 21 There were three alcoves for guards on each side of that gateway. From the gateway to the end of its portico was about twenty-seven meters, and they were about 13.5 meters wide. \s5 \v 22 It had the same windows, portico, guard alcoves, and palm tree decorations as the east gate had. Like the east gate, there were seven steps leading up to it and its portico. \v 23 Across the outer courtyard from the north gate was a gate leading to the inner courtyard, just as there was on the east side. The man measured the distance from the north gate to the gate leading to the inner courtyard; it was about fifty-four meters in distance. @@ -90,8 +89,7 @@ \s5 \v 42 There were also four tables of cut stone for the preparation of the offerings that were to be completely burned, about 0.8 meters long on each side and about one half meter high. The priests would put on those stone tables the tools for slaughtering all the animals. -\v 43 The meat for the offerings would be placed on those stone tables. There were hooks on which the meat was hung, each with two prongs, each about eight centimeters long, fastened to the walls of the porticos. - +\v 43 The meat for the offerings would be placed on those stone tables. There were hooks on which the meat was hung, each with two prongs, each about eight centimeters long, fastened to the walls of the porticos. \s5 \p \v 44 Outside two of the inner gateways, on the inner courtyard side, there were rooms for those who led in singing during the worship, one on the north side and one on the south side. diff --git a/26-EZK/41.usfm b/26-EZK/41.usfm index a61ecd14..01f40e28 100644 --- a/26-EZK/41.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/41.usfm @@ -38,15 +38,14 @@ \v 15 Then he measured the building on the west side. Including its walls, it was also about fifty-four meters long. \p The outer walls of the holy place, of the very holy place, and the portico, \v 16 the inner walls above and below the narrow windows, and the galleries on all the storys—all these things were covered with thin panels of wood. -\v 17 All the walls inside the temple were decorated with carvings of winged creatures and palm trees; between each figure of a winged creature was a carving of a palm tree. - +\v 17 All the walls inside the temple were decorated with carvings of winged creatures and palm trees; between each figure of a winged creature was a carving of a palm tree. \s5 \v 18-19 Each winged creature had two faces. One face was the face of a human, and one was the face of a lion. Those figures were carved on the walls all around the inside of the temple, and each face looked at the carving of a palm tree. \v 20 They covered all the walls, from the floor to the wall above the entryway. \s5 \p -\v 21 At the entrance to the main room of the temple there were square doorposts, all the same in appearance. +\v 21 At the entrance to the main room of the temple there were square doorposts, all the same in appearance. \v 22 In front of the very holy place there was a wooden altar. It was about 1.6 meters high and about one meter wide on all four sides. Its corners and base and sides were all made of wood. The man said to me, "This is the table that is in the presence of Yahweh." \v 23 The holy place and the very holy place had folding doors. \v 24 Each door consisted of two parts that swung on hinges. diff --git a/26-EZK/42.usfm b/26-EZK/42.usfm index a9bcbfdb..2761b247 100644 --- a/26-EZK/42.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/42.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p \v 1 Then in the vision the man led me out of the inner courtyard, through the gate on the north side. We entered the outer courtyard and came to rooms that were facing the northern outer wall. -\v 2 The building with those rooms was about fifty-four meters long and about twenty-seven meters wide. +\v 2 The building with those rooms was about fifty-four meters long and about twenty-seven meters wide. \v 3 In that building there was one group of rooms that faced the inner courtyard. The distance between those rooms and the sanctuary, the main temple building, was about eleven meters. These rooms were built on three stories. Each set of rooms had a walkway over the set of rooms below it. There were rooms that overlooked the open area of the outer courtyard. \s5 diff --git a/27-DAN/01.usfm b/27-DAN/01.usfm index 4d0f5fe0..d09c1b57 100644 --- a/27-DAN/01.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/01.usfm @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 8 But Daniel decided that he would not eat the kind of food that the king ate, or drink the wine that the king drank because that would make him ritually defiled. So he asked Ashpenaz, the chief of the king's officials for permission to eat and drink other food so that he might not defile himself. -\v 9 God gave Daniel kindness and compassion in the relationship he had with Ashpenaz. The chief official had great respect for Daniel. +\v 8 But Daniel decided that he would not eat the kind of food that the king ate, or drink the wine that the king drank because that would make him ritually defiled. So he asked Ashpenaz, the chief of the king's officials for permission to eat and drink other food so that he might not defile himself. +\v 9 God gave Daniel kindness and compassion in the relationship he had with Ashpenaz. The chief official had great respect for Daniel. \v 10 He said to Daniel, "My master the king, has chosen what food and drink you should have. If you eat other things and you become thinner and paler than the other young men who are your age, he could order his soldiers to cut off my head because you did not follow his directions." \s5 diff --git a/27-DAN/02.usfm b/27-DAN/02.usfm index ed2272ed..e6ffa505 100644 --- a/27-DAN/02.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/02.usfm @@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ \p \v 14 Arioch, the commander of the king's guards, came with soldiers to kill everyone in Babylon who was considered to be wise. So Daniel spoke to him very wisely and tactfully. \v 15 Daniel asked the captain Arioch, "Why has the king made a decree that must be carried out so quickly?" So Arioch told Daniel all that had happened. -\v 16 Daniel went to talk with the king and requested an appointment with the king so that he could tell the king what the dream was and what it meant. - +\v 16 Daniel went to talk with the king and requested an appointment with the king so that he could tell the king what the dream was and what it meant. \s5 \p \v 17 Daniel went to his house and he told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what had happened. @@ -49,20 +48,19 @@ \v 19 That night God gave Daniel a vision, and in that vision the secret was made known to him. Then Daniel praised God \v 20 saying, \q1 "We praise the name of the true God forever -\q2 because he owns all wisdom and power. - +\q2 because he owns all wisdom and power. \s5 \q1 -\v 21 He makes the time move forward, -and he owns the seasons. -\q2 He removes every king when he chooses -and gives new kings their kingdom. +\v 21 He makes the time move forward, +and he owns the seasons. +\q2 He removes every king when he chooses +and gives new kings their kingdom. \q1 He gives wisdom to some, and people become wise. -\q2 He teaches knowledge +\q2 He teaches knowledge to those who understand. \q1 -\v 22 He reveals to us things that are deep and hidden. +\v 22 He reveals to us things that are deep and hidden. \q2 He can do this because he knows everything that the darkness hides from us, \q2 and because the light comes from where he lives. @@ -92,8 +90,7 @@ to those who understand. \s5 \p \v 29 O king, while you were sleeping, you dreamed about events that will happen in the future. The one who reveals mysteries has shown you what is going to happen. -\v 30 It is not because I am wiser than anyone else on earth that I know the meaning of this mysterious dream. It is because God wanted you to understand your deep thoughts hidden in the vision he gave you. - +\v 30 It is not because I am wiser than anyone else on earth that I know the meaning of this mysterious dream. It is because God wanted you to understand your deep thoughts hidden in the vision he gave you. \s5 \p \v 31 O king, in your vision you saw in front of you a huge and terrifying statue of a man. It was shining very brightly, and it was frightening and awesome. @@ -133,8 +130,7 @@ to those who understand. \s5 \p -\v 48 Then the king gave many gifts to Daniel, and he also appointed him to rule over the entire province of Babylon. He made him to be the chief governor over all the wisest men in Babylon. -\v 49 Daniel asked the king to appoint Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to serve in important positions as administrators in the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained in the king's palace and served the king there. - +\v 48 Then the king gave many gifts to Daniel, and he also appointed him to rule over the entire province of Babylon. He made him to be the chief governor over all the wisest men in Babylon. +\v 49 Daniel asked the king to appoint Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to serve in important positions as administrators in the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained in the king's palace and served the king there. diff --git a/27-DAN/03.usfm b/27-DAN/03.usfm index 8ac0cb88..43dae2b7 100644 --- a/27-DAN/03.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/03.usfm @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 13 When he heard this, Nebuchadnezzar became very angry. He commanded his soldiers to bring in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So they brought them to the king. +\v 13 When he heard this, Nebuchadnezzar became very angry. He commanded his soldiers to bring in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So they brought them to the king. \v 14 Nebuchadnezzar said to them, "Have you decided that you will not worship my gods or the golden statue that I have set up? \s5 @@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, "We must all praise the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent one of his messengers to rescue these three men who worship him and trust in him. They ignored the king's command and refused to worship any other god but their own God, even if it cost them their lives. - +\v 28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, "We must all praise the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent one of his messengers to rescue these three men who worship him and trust in him. They ignored the king's command and refused to worship any other god but their own God, even if it cost them their lives. \s5 \v 29 Therefore I am now making this decree: 'If any people from any nation, or those who speak any language, say anything against the God who is worshiped by Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they will be torn to pieces and their houses will be torn down and made into piles of garbage. This decree is made because there is no other god who can rescue people like this!'" \p diff --git a/27-DAN/04.usfm b/27-DAN/04.usfm index 642cd1f8..afe6dcf3 100644 --- a/27-DAN/04.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/04.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \pi "I wish that all things will go very well with you! \b \pi -\v 2 I want you to know about all the ways in which God Most High has shown his power, and how he has done so many amazing things for me. +\v 2 I want you to know about all the ways in which God Most High has shown his power, and how he has done so many amazing things for me. \b \q1 \v 3 He performs great miracles that show his power; diff --git a/27-DAN/05.usfm b/27-DAN/05.usfm index 2e75ca88..2522c64f 100644 --- a/27-DAN/05.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/05.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 5 \p -\v 1 Several years later, Belshazzar became the king of Babylon. One day he invited one thousand of the most important people to a big feast, and he drank wine in front of them all. +\v 1 Several years later, Belshazzar became the king of Babylon. One day he invited one thousand of the most important people to a big feast, and he drank wine in front of them all. \v 2 While he was drinking, he commanded that his servants bring him the gold and silver cups that his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem. He did this so that he and his officials, his wives, and his concubines could drink from them. \s5 @@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 8 But when all those wise men came in, none of them could read the writing or tell him what it meant. -\v 9 So King Belshazzar became more afraid. His face was changed and he looked different. None of his officials knew how they could help him. - +\v 9 So King Belshazzar became more afraid. His face was changed and he looked different. None of his officials knew how they could help him. \s5 \p \v 10 The queen came to the place where they were eating. She heard what the king had said and that his nobles did not know how to help him. She said, "O king, may you live forever! Do not be upset about this or let this change the way you look. @@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ \v 26 This is what those words mean: \q 'Mene' means 'numbered.' That means that God has been counting the days that you will rule, and he has decided that you will not rule anymore. \q -\v 27 'Mene' means 'weighed.' God has weighed you on a scale, and you do not weigh what you should. +\v 27 'Mene' means 'weighed.' God has weighed you on a scale, and you do not weigh what you should. \q \v 28 'Peres' means 'divided.' God has divided your kingdom. It will be ruled by people from Media and by people from Persia." diff --git a/27-DAN/06.usfm b/27-DAN/06.usfm index 16790f37..43a13cd8 100644 --- a/27-DAN/06.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/06.usfm @@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ \p \v 1 King Darius decided to divide his kingdom into 120 provinces. He appointed a governor to rule each province. \v 2 The king also appointed three administrators, one of whom was Daniel. These chief administrators were to supervise the provincial governors, to give oversight so that the king's orders were followed, and to ensure that the king would not have anything stolen from his treasuries. -\v 3 Daniel was a very capable leader and an exceptional person, and he distinguished himself among the chief administrators. The king made plans to appoint Daniel over his entire kingdom. - +\v 3 Daniel was a very capable leader and an exceptional person, and he distinguished himself among the chief administrators. The king made plans to appoint Daniel over his entire kingdom. \s5 \v 4 Then the other administrators and the governors became jealous. So they began to search to find some way that they could criticize the work Daniel did when he was working for the king. But he always did his work faithfully and honestly. They could not find anything to criticize. He was honest and worked hard. \v 5 They began their plot against Daniel, "The only way we can find a reason to criticize Daniel would be to use his obedience to the law of his God against him." @@ -22,9 +21,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 When Daniel found out that the king had written and signed that law, he went home, knelt in his upstairs room, and prayed. The room had a window that looked toward Jerusalem and the windows were open. Anyone could see that he was praying. This is what he did every day, three times a day. -\v 11 The officials followed their plot against Daniel, and they found him praying and asking God for help. - +\v 10 When Daniel found out that the king had written and signed that law, he went home, knelt in his upstairs room, and prayed. The room had a window that looked toward Jerusalem and the windows were open. Anyone could see that he was praying. This is what he did every day, three times a day. +\v 11 The officials followed their plot against Daniel, and they found him praying and asking God for help. \s5 \v 12 So they returned to the king and said to him, "Is it true that you wrote a law stating that for the next thirty days people may pray only to you, and that if anyone prays to anyone else, either to a human or to a god, he will be thrown into a pit of lions?" \p The king replied, "Yes, that is the law that I wrote. It is a law in the lands of Media and Persia which cannot be changed." @@ -36,15 +34,14 @@ \s5 \p -\v 15 In the evening, many of those who formed the plot against Daniel spoke to the king, "You know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that no change can be made to the king's commands, and no one can change it." - +\v 15 In the evening, many of those who formed the plot against Daniel spoke to the king, "You know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that no change can be made to the king's commands, and no one can change it." \s5 \p \v 16 Hearing this, the king gave the order and his servants brought Daniel and threw him into a pit where the lions were. Before they threw him in, the king said to Daniel, "I hope your God, whom you worship all the time, will rescue you!" \s5 \p -\v 17 They rolled a huge stone across the entrance to the pit. Then the king sealed the entrance with his signet ring, and the other officials also sealed the entrance with their signet rings, so that nothing could be done for Daniel. +\v 17 They rolled a huge stone across the entrance to the pit. Then the king sealed the entrance with his signet ring, and the other officials also sealed the entrance with their signet rings, so that nothing could be done for Daniel. \v 18 The king returned to his palace. That night he refused to eat any food. He would not allow anyone to entertain him and that night he was unable to sleep. \s5 @@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 21 Daniel answered, "O king, may you live forever! +\v 21 Daniel answered, "O king, may you live forever! \v 22 Yes, my God sent his angel to shut the lions' mouths and they have not hurt me! He knows that I have done nothing wrong, and you know, O king, I never did anything wrong to you either!" \s5 diff --git a/27-DAN/07.usfm b/27-DAN/07.usfm index 3c44afd6..1179d78c 100644 --- a/27-DAN/07.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/07.usfm @@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 15 As for me, Daniel, I was very sad by what I had seen in that vision; I was so troubled, I did not know what to think about it. -\v 16 I went to one of those who were standing in front of the throne of God, and I asked him to tell me what it meant. - +\v 16 I went to one of those who were standing in front of the throne of God, and I asked him to tell me what it meant. \s5 \p \v 17 He said, 'The four large animals represent four kings who will come to power on the earth. diff --git a/27-DAN/08.usfm b/27-DAN/08.usfm index ee3c8706..b6794bc1 100644 --- a/27-DAN/08.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/08.usfm @@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 The goat struck the ram furiously and broke off its two horns. The goat knocked the ram down to the ground and trampled on it. No one could rescue the ram from the goat's power. -\v 8 The goat became very powerful. But when its power was very great, its great horn was broken off. Four other distinctive horns grew up in its place. Each one pointed to one of the four winds in the sky: north, south, east, and west. - +\v 8 The goat became very powerful. But when its power was very great, its great horn was broken off. Four other distinctive horns grew up in its place. Each one pointed to one of the four winds in the sky: north, south, east, and west. \s5 \p \v 9 Then from one of those four horns appeared a little horn. It became very great and pointed toward the south and then toward the east and then toward the beautiful land of Israel. @@ -53,8 +52,7 @@ \s5 \v 22 As for the four horns that grew after the first horn was broken off, they represent four kingdoms into which that first kingdom will be divided. Those four kingdoms will not be as strong as the first kingdom. \p -\v 23 But then the time will come for those kingdoms to end. This will be after those wicked leaders will have done all the evil that God will allow them to do. Then one of those kingdoms will have a king rise up who will be very proud and very intelligent in doing evil. - +\v 23 But then the time will come for those kingdoms to end. This will be after those wicked leaders will have done all the evil that God will allow them to do. Then one of those kingdoms will have a king rise up who will be very proud and very intelligent in doing evil. \s5 \v 24 He will become very powerful, but it will not be because of what he himself does. He will destroy things in many places, and he will succeed in everything he does. He will get rid of many brave soldiers and the people who are holy. \v 25 Because he is very cunning, he will succeed by deceiving others. He will also rebel against the King of kings, who will destroy him without any human power. diff --git a/27-DAN/09.usfm b/27-DAN/09.usfm index 38bda043..981dc93a 100644 --- a/27-DAN/09.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/09.usfm @@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ \s5 \v 5 But we have sinned and done things that are wrong. We have done wicked things, and we have rebelled against you. We have turned away and disobeyed your commands. -\v 6 Your prophets spoke for you, giving your messages to our kings, to our other rulers, to our other ancestors, and to all the Israelite people, but we did not listen to them. - +\v 6 Your prophets spoke for you, giving your messages to our kings, to our other rulers, to our other ancestors, and to all the Israelite people, but we did not listen to them. \s5 \pi \v 7 Lord, you act justly. However, we are covered in shame. This is true for the people of Judah who live in Jerusalem and who live in other places in Judea. It is also true about your people the Jews, that you scattered to other countries because we were very unfaithful to you. @@ -30,14 +29,13 @@ \s5 \pi \v 12 You warned us and our rulers that you would punish Jerusalem severely by causing a great disaster there, a disaster that would be worse than any disaster that any other city had ever experienced, and you have done what you said that you would do. -\v 13 You punished us just as Moses wrote that you would do. But we still have not turned away from our bad deeds to the truth, or begged you for mercy. +\v 13 You punished us just as Moses wrote that you would do. But we still have not turned away from our bad deeds to the truth, or begged you for mercy. \v 14 So because we did not obey you, Yahweh, you prepared to punish us, and then you did punish us, because you always do what is righteous. \s5 \pi \v 15 Lord our God, you brought your people out of Egypt by your great power, and by doing that you have caused people from that time until the present time to know that you are great even though we have sinned and done wicked things. -\v 16 But now, because everything you do is righteous, we request you to not be angry with Jerusalem any longer, O Lord. Jerusalem is your city, and your temple was built there on your sacred hill. Now all the people who live in nearby countries despise Jerusalem because of our sins and because of the evil things that our ancestors did. - +\v 16 But now, because everything you do is righteous, we request you to not be angry with Jerusalem any longer, O Lord. Jerusalem is your city, and your temple was built there on your sacred hill. Now all the people who live in nearby countries despise Jerusalem because of our sins and because of the evil things that our ancestors did. \s5 \pi \v 17 Our God, I, your servant, ask you to listen to my prayer and my requests. For your own sake, act kindly toward your sanctuary in Jerusalem, which has been destroyed by the armies of Babylonia. diff --git a/27-DAN/11.usfm b/27-DAN/11.usfm index 0fa1a50f..079c01bf 100644 --- a/27-DAN/11.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/11.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 11 \p -\v 1 In the first year of Darius the Mede, I myself came to help and encourage Michael. +\v 1 In the first year of Darius the Mede, I myself came to help and encourage Michael. \p \v 2 The angel said, "What I am going to reveal to you now will truly happen. There will be three more kings to rule Persia, one after the other. Then there will be a fourth king, who will be much richer than the others. He will gain his power through money. Then he will incite everyone to fight against the kingdom of Greece. @@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ \s5 \v 5 Then the king of the South will become very powerful. But one of his army generals will become more powerful than he is and will rule a bigger area. -\v 6 At the right time, they will make an agreement. The daughter of the king of the South will come to the king of the North to make the agreement secure. But she will lose her power and will come to nothing—she and all who accompanied her, and her father, as well as the king of the North and his children. - +\v 6 At the right time, they will make an agreement. The daughter of the king of the South will come to the king of the North to make the agreement secure. But she will lose her power and will come to nothing—she and all who accompanied her, and her father, as well as the king of the North and his children. \s5 \p \v 7 Soon after that, one of her relatives will take power in her place, and his army will attack the army of the king of the North. They will enter the fortress of the soldiers and defeat them. @@ -28,8 +27,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 11 Then the king of the South, having become very angry, will march with his army north and fight against a great army. The king of the North will gather together a very large army, but the army of the king of the South will defeat them. -\v 12 The king of the South will become very proud because his army will defeat a very large number of soldiers and will kill many of his enemies. But he will not succeed. - +\v 12 The king of the South will become very proud because his army will defeat a very large number of soldiers and will kill many of his enemies. But he will not succeed. \s5 \v 13 The king of the North will again gather together an army that will be bigger than the one that he had before. After a few years, the king of the North will come again with a large army and a lot of equipment for fighting battles. @@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \v 17 Then the king of the North will decide to march south with all the soldiers from his kingdom. He will make an alliance with the king of the South and in order that his daughter will help him to destroy the kingdom of the South, he will give her to the king of the South to become his wife. But that plan will fail. -\v 18 After that, the army of the king of the North will attack the regions that are close to the Mediterranean Sea, and his army will conquer many of them. But the army of a leader from another country will defeat him and will stop him from being proud. He will also turn his pride against him. +\v 18 After that, the army of the king of the North will attack the regions that are close to the Mediterranean Sea, and his army will conquer many of them. But the army of a leader from another country will defeat him and will stop him from being proud. He will also turn his pride against him. \v 19 Then the king of the North will return to the fortresses in his own land. But he will be defeated, and no one will be able to find him. \s5 @@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 36 The king will do what he wants. He will boast and say that he is greater than any god. He will even insult the God of gods. He will be able to do what he wants until the time when God's anger is completed, for what God has ordered will be done. +\v 36 The king will do what he wants. He will boast and say that he is greater than any god. He will even insult the God of gods. He will be able to do what he wants until the time when God's anger is completed, for what God has ordered will be done. \v 37 The king will ignore the gods that his ancestors worshiped and the gods that many women love. He will ignore every god because he will think that he is greater than any of them. \s5 @@ -98,8 +96,7 @@ \s5 \v 42 He will invade other countries, and the people of Egypt will be defeated. -\v 43 The army of the North will take away the treasuries of gold and silver. He will take the riches of Egypt. The Libyans and the Ethiopians will serve him. - +\v 43 The army of the North will take away the treasuries of gold and silver. He will take the riches of Egypt. The Libyans and the Ethiopians will serve him. \s5 \v 44 But he will become very frightened when he hears reports about what is happening in the east and in the north. So he will become very angry and will send his army to fight furiously and to kill many of their enemies. \v 45 The king will set up his royal tents in the area between the Mediterranean Sea and the hill in Jerusalem, the location of the temple. But he will be killed there, and there will be no one to help him." diff --git a/27-DAN/12.usfm b/27-DAN/12.usfm index 56e0e49d..0ce22a80 100644 --- a/27-DAN/12.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/12.usfm @@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ f \c 12 \p \v 1 The angel also said to me, "After those things happen, the great angel Michael, who protects the Israelite people, will appear. Then there will be a time when there will be great troubles. The troubles will be greater than any troubles since any nation began. At that time, all of your people whose names have been written in the book will be saved. -\v 2 Many of those who have died will become alive again. Some of them will live in everlasting life, and some in shame and everlasting contempt. - +\v 2 Many of those who have died will become alive again. Some of them will live in everlasting life, and some in shame and everlasting contempt. \s5 \v 3 Those who were wise will shine as brightly as the sky. Those who have shown to others the way to live righteously will shine forever like the stars. \v 4 But as for you, Daniel, close up the scroll in which you are writing and seal it until the time of the end. Before that happens, many people will travel here and there, learning more and more about many things." diff --git a/28-HOS/02.usfm b/28-HOS/02.usfm index a4615f12..12b35db2 100644 --- a/28-HOS/02.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/02.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \q1 Tell Israel that they must stop acting like a prostitute; she must stop worshiping idols. \q2 Israel must stop worshiping idols. She must stop acting like a woman who leaves her husband and goes to other men. \q1 -\v 3 If she does not stop, +\v 3 If she does not stop, \q1 I will take her clothes off her and make her naked like she was when she was born. \q2 I will make her like the barren wilderness—dry and lifeless; I will make her like a woman dying from thirst in the desert. @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ I will make her like a woman dying from thirst in the desert. \v 4 I will have no pity on her people, the people of Israel, \q2 because their nation is like a prostitute. \q1 -\v 5 Israel is like a prostitute; +\v 5 Israel is like a prostitute; \q2 she is like a woman who has had these children from doing shameful things with other men. \q1 Israel decided to hurry after these idols whom she loved, to worship other gods. \q2 She thought that it was those gods who gave her bread and water. @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ I will make her like a woman dying from thirst in the desert. \q1 and I will build a wall around her, \q2 so that she cannot find the path to take. \q1 -\v 7 Israel will run after her idols +\v 7 Israel will run after her idols \q2 but she will not find them. \q1 She will search for her false gods, \q2 but she will not find them. @@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ I will make her like a woman dying from thirst in the desert. \s5 \q1 -\v 8 The people will say this, because they did not know that it was I, Yahweh, who had given them their grain, new wine, and olive oil. +\v 8 The people will say this, because they did not know that it was I, Yahweh, who had given them their grain, new wine, and olive oil. \q2 It was I who had given them much silver and gold so they would become wealthy. \q1 But then they made all that gold and silver into objects to use in worshiping the idol Baal. \q1 \v 9 Therefore I will take away from Israel all the grain I gave them. \q2 When the wheat is ready for harvest, I will keep them from getting it. \q1 The new wine that I gave them, I will take it away. -\q2 I will take away from them all the wool and linen I gave them to make clothes for themselves, +\q2 I will take away from them all the wool and linen I gave them to make clothes for themselves, \q1 the clothes that covered their nakedness. \s5 @@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ I will make her like a woman dying from thirst in the desert. \q1 \v 12 I will destroy all of Israel's grapevines and fig trees. \q2 This is because Israel is like a woman who says, 'These were the things that my lovers gave me in payment.' -\q1 I, Yahweh, will turn those places into a forest, a thicket in which no vines can grow, -\q2 and where wild animals will devour any fruit that grows there.' +\q1 I, Yahweh, will turn those places into a forest, a thicket in which no vines can grow, +\q2 and where wild animals will devour any fruit that grows there.' \q1 \v 13 I will punish this woman named Israel for all the times that she burned incense to worship the Baal idols. \q1 She decorated herself with rings and jewelry, as a prostitute would adorn herself for her lovers. @@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ I will make her like a woman dying from thirst in the desert. \s5 \q1 \v 14 "I will lead her into the wilderness and tell her that I love her. -\q I will persuade her to love me again. +\q I will persuade her to love me again. \v 15 I will give her vineyards back to her once more, \q2 and in the Valley of Achor I will cause her to hope once more. -\q1 She will answer me with love and delight, as it was back in the first days when we first loved each other— +\q1 She will answer me with love and delight, as it was back in the first days when we first loved each other— \q1 when I set her free, and she came up out of Egypt. \s5 \q1 @@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ I will make her like a woman dying from thirst in the desert. \q2 She will no longer call out to a god, 'My Baal,' but she will call out to me as 'My Husband.' \q1 \v 17 I will not allow Israel to speak the names of the images of Baal that she used to worship. -\q2 My people will forget the names of those Baals and their idols, and my people Israel will never worship them again. - +\q2 My people will forget the names of those Baals and their idols, and my people Israel will never worship them again. \s5 \q1 \v 18 At that time I will make a covenant for them: @@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ I will make her like a woman dying from thirst in the desert. \q1 \v 19 You will be like my wife forever, Israel. \q2 I will promise myself to you, by doing what is right, and by loving what is just. -\q2 I promise to love you and to show you kindness even when you do not deserve it. +\q2 I promise to love you and to show you kindness even when you do not deserve it. \q1 \v 20 I will keep my promise to you, Israel. I will never lie to you; \q2 and you will come to know me—my name is Yahweh. diff --git a/28-HOS/04.usfm b/28-HOS/04.usfm index ecd8aed5..bce05b7b 100644 --- a/28-HOS/04.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/04.usfm @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ \c 4 \q1 \v 1 Listen to the message Yahweh has for you. -\q2 "You people of Israel, Yahweh is accusing you, you who live in this place." -\q1 He says, "I cannot find anyone here who tells the truth. -\q2 I cannot see anyone who loves me. +\q2 "You people of Israel, Yahweh is accusing you, you who live in this place." +\q1 He says, "I cannot find anyone here who tells the truth. +\q2 I cannot see anyone who loves me. \q1 None of you can honestly say that he knows me. \q1 \v 2 You curse and lie, you kill and steal, and you commit adultery. @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 3 Because of what the people are doing, the land is now a wilderness. -\q2 Every creature that lives here is dying, -\q1 from the animals that live in the fields, +\v 3 Because of what the people are doing, the land is now a wilderness. +\q2 Every creature that lives here is dying, +\q1 from the animals that live in the fields, \q2 to the birds that fly in the sky; \q1 even the fish in the sea, they are also dying. \b @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ \q1 \v 4 But you must not accuse anyone else for this trouble. \q2 You must not allow anyone to correct another person; no one has that right, because everyone is guilty. -\q1 And I am also accusing the priests. -\v 5 You priests sin during the day +\q1 And I am also accusing the priests. +\v 5 You priests sin during the day \q2 and the prophets with you sin at night. \q1 I promise you, I will destroy Israel, who is like a mother to you. @@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ \q2 \v 6 My people are perishing because you priests have refused to understand me. \q1 And why do you understand me so little? Because you have rejected the things I have instructed you to do. -\q2 So I am rejecting you from being priests to me. +\q2 So I am rejecting you from being priests to me. \q1 Look at what you have forgotten: You have forgotten the instructions that I, your God, gave to you. \q2 Because you forgot me, I will forget your children. \q1 \v 7 The more numerous you priests become, \q2 the more you do the things that I have forbidden. -\q2 +\q2 \q1 You have abandoned me in order to become shameful. \s5 @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ \q2 and to drink wine and new wine. \q2 All these things have made it impossible for you to know right from wrong. \q1 -\v 12 My own people pray to an idol made from a piece of wood. +\v 12 My own people pray to an idol made from a piece of wood. \q2 They ask their walking staffs to tell them which way they should go! \q1 They are always wanting to sin in sexual ways, so they have stopped obeying me, the God whom they should worship. @@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ \q1 \v 14 But I will not punish the women for turning to prostitution, \q1 or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. -\q2 It is the men who are doing the very same thing! +\q2 It is the men who are doing the very same thing! \q1 The men sleep with prostitutes, -\q2 and they offer sacrifices in the houses of idols where there are prostitutes. -\q2 It is true: "A people who have not lived as they were taught to live, will come to destruction." +\q2 and they offer sacrifices in the houses of idols where there are prostitutes. +\q2 It is true: "A people who have not lived as they were taught to live, will come to destruction." \b \s5 @@ -93,17 +93,16 @@ \q1 But I hope that Judah will not do the same thing. \q2 You people of Judah, do not go to Gilgal. Do not go up to Beth Aven to worship idols there. -\q1 Do not make solemn oaths, calling on me to make good on your promises, adding to your vows the words, 'As Yahweh lives!" +\q1 Do not make solemn oaths, calling on me to make good on your promises, adding to your vows the words, 'As Yahweh lives!" \v 16 Israel is as stubborn as a young cow. -\q2 Can I now feed them as if they were little lambs in a meadow? - +\q2 Can I now feed them as if they were little lambs in a meadow? \s5 \q1 -\v 17 Ephraim has gone to join idols. +\v 17 Ephraim has gone to join idols. \q2 Leave those people alone! \v 18 When they have finished drinking all their alcoholic drinks \q2 then they will commit even more sexual sins. -\q2 Their rulers love to do these shameful things. +\q2 Their rulers love to do these shameful things. \v 19 Someone will attack them; he will be like a whirlwind that lifts them up and carries them away to another place. \q2 Only then will they be ashamed because they gave offerings to the idols." diff --git a/28-HOS/05.usfm b/28-HOS/05.usfm index 7ec905c3..d3508178 100644 --- a/28-HOS/05.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/05.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \v 1 "Listen, you priests! \q2 Pay attention, you people of Israel! \q1 And you members of the king's family, you also need to listen! -\q2 For I will punish all of you. +\q2 For I will punish all of you. \q1 The things you have done have been like a trap for the people at Mizpah. \q2 The things you have done have become like a net spread out to catch the people who live on Mount Tabor. \v 2 Those who rebelled against me have now killed so many that they are standing deep in their blood. I tell you that I will punish them all. @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \b \q1 \v 4 Ephraim and Israel are not able to ask me to forgive them, because of what they have done. -\q1 They have chosen to be unfaithful and immoral, +\q1 They have chosen to be unfaithful and immoral, \q2 and they do not know me, Yahweh." \s5 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \q1 \v 7 They did not keep their promises to Yahweh. \q2 and they have had children by foreign women. -\q1 So at the time of the new moon festivals, +\q1 So at the time of the new moon festivals, \q2 they will perish, together with their cultivated fields." \b @@ -75,15 +75,14 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 14 I will become like a lion to the people of Ephraim in Israel; -\q2 I will become like a young lion to the people of Judah. +\q2 I will become like a young lion to the people of Judah. \q1 I will destroy them and leave them; \q1 I will carry them far away, \q2 and no one will be able to rescue them. \q1 -\v 15 Then I will go back to where I came from; -\q2 from there I will wait for them to admit that they have sinned; -\q1 I will wait for them to come and ask me to help them." - +\v 15 Then I will go back to where I came from; +\q2 from there I will wait for them to admit that they have sinned; +\q1 I will wait for them to come and ask me to help them." diff --git a/28-HOS/06.usfm b/28-HOS/06.usfm index f0588f18..23385402 100644 --- a/28-HOS/06.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/06.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \q1 \v 1 The people say, "Come, let us return to Yahweh. \q1 He has torn our flesh to pieces as a lion tears up his victim. -\q2 He did this, but he will heal our wounds. +\q2 He did this, but he will heal our wounds. \q1 He has hurt us and made us fall down, \q2 but he will treat our wounds and bind them up so they will heal. \q1 @@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ \q1 You love me for just as long as the clouds come in the morning before they disappear again. \q2 You love me for just as long as the dew stays before the warm sun shines on it. \q1 -\v 5 I sent my prophets to you, -\q2 and it was as though I had cut you into pieces when they spoke the messages I gave them. -\q1 You were devastated by what they said to you. +\v 5 I sent my prophets to you, +\q2 and it was as though I had cut you into pieces when they spoke the messages I gave them. +\q1 You were devastated by what they said to you. \q2 It was as though I had killed you with the words I spoke to you. \q1 I spoke about how I would punish you. \q2 I told you by the prophets that I was angry with you, and they told you this." @@ -42,32 +42,31 @@ \q1 I want you to know me—that is much more important to me \q2 than when you give me offerings that the priests burn on the altar. \q1 -\v 7 But like Adam, the first man, -\q2 the covenant that they made with me and that I, Yahweh, made with them—they broke it. -\q2 When they did that, they were not faithful to me. - +\v 7 But like Adam, the first man, +\q2 the covenant that they made with me and that I, Yahweh, made with them—they broke it. +\q2 When they did that, they were not faithful to me. \s5 \q1 \v 8 Gilead is a city of people who do wicked things; \q2 in the streets of that city are the footprints of murderers. \q1 -\v 9 As robbers make their plans to hide and then rob someone walking past them, -\q2 so are the priests—they band together making their plans, just like the robbers, +\v 9 As robbers make their plans to hide and then rob someone walking past them, +\q2 so are the priests—they band together making their plans, just like the robbers, \q1 and they commit murder along the way to Shechem. \q2 They commit terrible crimes. \s5 \q1 -\v 10 Among the people of Israel, I have seen a horrible thing— +\v 10 Among the people of Israel, I have seen a horrible thing— \q2 the people of Ephraim worship idols everywhere. \q1 The people of Israel have become filthy by what they have done. \b \q1 \v 11 And for you also, you people of Judah, -\q2 I have set for you a time when I will separate out your good people from your bad people. -\q1 Just as in the harvest when you take all the crops in, -\q2 and you keep the good and throw away the bad, -\q1 that is what is coming for you, people of Judah. +\q2 I have set for you a time when I will separate out your good people from your bad people. +\q1 Just as in the harvest when you take all the crops in, +\q2 and you keep the good and throw away the bad, +\q1 that is what is coming for you, people of Judah. \b \q1 That will be the day when I bring back the blessings and riches of my people once more." diff --git a/28-HOS/07.usfm b/28-HOS/07.usfm index f9b40219..4d1d957c 100644 --- a/28-HOS/07.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/07.usfm @@ -3,34 +3,34 @@ \s5 \c 7 \q1 -\v 1 As often as I try to heal Israel, +\v 1 As often as I try to heal Israel, \q2 the people openly show that they are sinning, \q1 and the people in the city of Samaria show the same thing. -\q2 They lie and cheat in their buying and selling; -\q1 they are like lawless men who attack people who are walking in the streets. +\q2 They lie and cheat in their buying and selling; +\q1 they are like lawless men who attack people who are walking in the streets. \q1 -\v 2 But they do not take a moment to think that I, Yahweh, see everything they do. +\v 2 But they do not take a moment to think that I, Yahweh, see everything they do. \q2 Everywhere they go, they commit evil, \q1 and I see it all. \b \s5 \q1 -\v 3 The wicked things they do bring delight to their king, +\v 3 The wicked things they do bring delight to their king, \q2 and the king's officials are happy when they tell lies. \q1 \v 4 They are all sexually immoral; \q2 they burn with lust like a baker's oven that is burning hot; -\q1 once he lights the fire, he does not need to put any more wood on it, -\q1 until he is ready to bake the bread. +\q1 once he lights the fire, he does not need to put any more wood on it, +\q1 until he is ready to bake the bread. \q1 \v 5 At the king's festivals, his officials do outrageous things because they are drunk with wine, \q2 and the king joins in with them as they mock me. \s5 \q1 -\v 6 But these same officials then set about making plans to murder the king. -\q2 They are quietly angry all night, +\v 6 But these same officials then set about making plans to murder the king. +\q2 They are quietly angry all night, \q1 and they are openly angry in the morning. \q1 \v 7 All those officials become so angry at the king, @@ -39,17 +39,17 @@ \q2 not one of them called on me, Yahweh, to help." \s5 \q1 -\v 8 "Israel joins with other people groups, +\v 8 "Israel joins with other people groups, \q2 but all the people are like a flat cake that is only cooked on one side; they are weak. \q1 -\v 9 People who come from far away have taken away Israel's strength. +\v 9 People who come from far away have taken away Israel's strength. \q2 The nation is gorwing very weak, like an old man whose hair is turning gray. \q1 But the nation does not know it is weak. \b \s5 \q1 -\v 10 Israel is so proud that everyone else sees it. +\v 10 Israel is so proud that everyone else sees it. \q2 Even so, they will not return to me—to Yahweh their God. \q1 They will not try to persuade me to have mercy on them, no matter what happens to them. \b @@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ \q1 \v 12 But when they are on their way there, \q2 I will spread my net over them, -\q2 I will bring them down as a hunter brings down birds from the air into a net. +\q2 I will bring them down as a hunter brings down birds from the air into a net. \q1 I will punish them all together. \q1 -\v 13 How terrible it will be -\q2 for my people, because they have abandoned me! +\v 13 How terrible it will be +\q2 for my people, because they have abandoned me! \q1 They will perish \q2 because they have rebelled against me. \q1 I wanted to rescue them, @@ -75,18 +75,17 @@ \q1 \v 14 They do not cry out to me; they do not call to me from their hearts; \q2 they only lie on their beds and howl and cry out. -\q1 They meet together to ask their idols for their grain and new wine. -\q2 They have rebelled against me. +\q1 They meet together to ask their idols for their grain and new wine. +\q2 They have rebelled against me. \q1 \v 15 Even though I trained them and helped them become strong, -\q2 even now they are planning to do evil against me. - +\q2 even now they are planning to do evil against me. \s5 \q1 -\v 16 They go this way and that, but never to me, God Most High. +\v 16 They go this way and that, but never to me, God Most High. \q2 They are like a bow that cannot shoot. \q1 Their officers will be killed by their enemies' swords; -they will die because they have insulted me. +they will die because they have insulted me. \q1 This is why the people in Egypt will insult them." diff --git a/28-HOS/08.usfm b/28-HOS/08.usfm index 7b507614..1fe2eb5c 100644 --- a/28-HOS/08.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/08.usfm @@ -19,17 +19,17 @@ \q1 \v 4 Israel has appointed kings for themselves, \q2 but they did not consult with me about it. -\q1 They chose their own kings +\q1 They chose their own kings \q2 without asking me to approve them. -\q1 They took their silver and gold and formed them into the idols they worshiped, +\q1 They took their silver and gold and formed them into the idols they worshiped, \q2 but the people will perish as a result." \v 5 The prophet says, "Yes, Yahweh has rejected your idol, you people of Samaria—an idol made in the form of a calf!" \q1 Yahweh says, "Perhaps these people will never again be innocent of evildoing. I am very angry with them! \s5 \q2 -\v 6 The shame of it is that this idol came from Israel! A craftsman made it. -\q1 It is only an idol; it cannot be the true and living God! +\v 6 The shame of it is that this idol came from Israel! A craftsman made it. +\q1 It is only an idol; it cannot be the true and living God! \q2 I will ensure that someone will smash it to bits. \b \q1 @@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 8 Other nations have destroyed Israel's power. -\q2 Now Israel is like an old, broken pot that no one wants. +\q2 Now Israel is like an old, broken pot that no one wants. \q1 -\v 9 They asked the king of Assyria for help; +\v 9 They asked the king of Assyria for help; \q2 they were like a wild donkey wandering off by itself. \q1 The people of Israel have tried to pay other nations to protect them. \q1 @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 11 The people of Ephraim have built many altars on which to offer sacrifices for their sins; -\q2 however, these altars have become places where the people commit terrible sins against me. +\q2 however, these altars have become places where the people commit terrible sins against me. \q1 \v 12 Even if I wrote out for the people of Israel my laws ten thousand times, \q2 they would refuse to obey them. @@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 13 Let us think about the sacrifices that they give to me. +\v 13 Let us think about the sacrifices that they give to me. \q2 They sacrifice the meat and then they eat it; \q1 but I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. \q2 I will think about their sins and will punish the people for them. \q1 I will make them go back to Egypt. \q1 -\v 14 And why has this happened? +\v 14 And why has this happened? \q2 The people of Israel have forgotten me, the God who made them a nation. Instead of honoring me, they have built huge homes to live in. -\q1 And instead of worshiping Yahweh, the people of Judah have built walls around their cities for protection. -\q2 So this is what I, Yahweh, will do: +\q1 And instead of worshiping Yahweh, the people of Judah have built walls around their cities for protection. +\q2 So this is what I, Yahweh, will do: \q1 I will send a fire that will destroy all their palaces and all their fortified cities." diff --git a/28-HOS/09.usfm b/28-HOS/09.usfm index 413f7e6c..10ec9267 100644 --- a/28-HOS/09.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/09.usfm @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 10 Yahweh says, "When I found Israel, it was like someone finding grapes growing in the wilderness. -\q1 When I saw your ancestors, they were like the very first figs that appear in the year, figs growing on a young fig tree. +\q1 When I saw your ancestors, they were like the very first figs that appear in the year, figs growing on a young fig tree. \q1 But when they came to Mount Peor, \q2 they gave themselves completely to that disgusting idol Baal, \q2 and they became as detestable as the idol they loved. @@ -70,23 +70,23 @@ \v 11 The honor of Ephraim is like a bird that is flying away. \q1 I will make their women so they cannot give birth, no woman will be pregnant, and no one will even conceive a child in the womb. \q1 -\v 12 Even if they raise children not their own, +\v 12 Even if they raise children not their own, \q2 I will take them from their mothers. -\q1 It will be the worst that could happen to them, +\q1 It will be the worst that could happen to them, \q2 when I abandon them! \s5 \q1 -\v 13 I have seen the people of Israel; +\v 13 I have seen the people of Israel; \q2 they were like Tyre; they were like a tree planted in a beautiful meadow. \q1 But they will have to lead their own children out to their enemies, who will slaughter them." \b \q1 \v 14 Hosea says, Yahweh, give them— -\q2 what should you give them? -\q1 Give them wombs that miscarry, -\q2 and let their mothers' breasts have no milk for their babies. +\q2 what should you give them? +\q1 Give them wombs that miscarry, +\q2 and let their mothers' breasts have no milk for their babies. \b \s5 @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ \q2 I will put to death those children they love." \b \q1 -\v 17 Hosea says, My God rejected the people of Israel +\v 17 Hosea says, My God rejected the people of Israel \q2 because they have not obeyed him, \q1 and they will wander from one nation to another. diff --git a/28-HOS/10.usfm b/28-HOS/10.usfm index 25c21ab5..bc1087e7 100644 --- a/28-HOS/10.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/10.usfm @@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ \q2 With that money they made more stone columns in honor of their idols. \q1 \v 2 They are deceitful and cannot be trusted; -\q2 but the time has come that they must pay for their sins. -\q1 Yahweh will break their altars into pieces— -\q2 the places where they gave sacrifices to their idols, +\q2 but the time has come that they must pay for their sins. +\q1 Yahweh will break their altars into pieces— +\q2 the places where they gave sacrifices to their idols, \q2 and he promises to destroy those pillars beside which they worshiped their false gods. \s5 @@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ \q2 But even if we had a king, \q2 how could a king help us?" \q1 -\v 4 The people of Israel make lying promises and false covenants; -\q2 and because their promises are not kept, +\v 4 The people of Israel make lying promises and false covenants; +\q2 and because their promises are not kept, \q1 their sort of justice kills people, as poisonous weeds in a field would do. \s5 \q1 -\v 5 Those people of Samaria tremble with fear because of what happened to the calf idols at Beth Aven. +\v 5 Those people of Samaria tremble with fear because of what happened to the calf idols at Beth Aven. \q2 Those people mourn over what happened to those idols, \q1 as did the priests who served them; \q2 they rejoiced over them and praised their splendor, @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 7 The king of Samaria will die. +\v 7 The king of Samaria will die. \q2 He will be like a small piece of wood that floats away down a stream. \q1 \v 8 The hilltop places known for their wickedness—altars where the people worshiped idols—will all be destroyed. @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 9 People of Israel, since the days of Gibeah you have been sinning; -\q2 it is as if you have been living there ever since then, because you think as they did. +\q2 it is as if you have been living there ever since then, because you think as they did. \q1 Enemies will attack you evildoers at Gibeah. \s5 @@ -64,37 +64,36 @@ \q1 those people groups will capture them and put them in chains \q2 because of their many sins. \q1 -\v 11 Ephraim is like a trained calf +\v 11 Ephraim is like a trained calf \q2 that loves to thresh grain, separating out the grain from the chaff, \q1 and I did not put a heavy yoke on her tender neck. -\q2 But now I will put Ephraim under that yoke, +\q2 But now I will put Ephraim under that yoke, \q1 and Judah must plow. -\q2 and Jacob must break up the ground with the harrow. +\q2 and Jacob must break up the ground with the harrow. \q1 \s5 \q1 -\v 12 Plow, now, and do what is right, -\q2 and you will reap the fruit of faithful love. -\q1 Do the hard word of breaking up the unplowed ground, +\v 12 Plow, now, and do what is right, +\q2 and you will reap the fruit of faithful love. +\q1 Do the hard word of breaking up the unplowed ground, \q2 for now is the time for you to ask Yahweh to have mercy on you, \q1 so that he may come and rescue you because he does what is right. \q1 -\v 13 You have sinned wickedly, and now you will have to bear the consequences. -\q2 You told lies, and now you must suffer the results of the lies you told. +\v 13 You have sinned wickedly, and now you will have to bear the consequences. +\q2 You told lies, and now you must suffer the results of the lies you told. \q1 You have trusted in your own abilities and wisdom, -\q2 and you have relied on the soldiers in your armies. - +\q2 and you have relied on the soldiers in your armies. \s5 \q1 \v 14 The sound of war will be among your people; \q2 all your fortified cities will be destroyed. -\q1 It will be as when Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in battle, -\q2 when mothers were killed while they were holding their children. +\q1 It will be as when Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in battle, +\q2 when mothers were killed while they were holding their children. \q1 -\v 15 That is what will be done to you, you people of the city of Bethel, +\v 15 That is what will be done to you, you people of the city of Bethel, \q2 because of all the evil things you have done. -\q1 When the battle begins at dawn, +\q1 When the battle begins at dawn, \q2 the king of Israel will be destroyed; the enemy will kill him." diff --git a/28-HOS/11.usfm b/28-HOS/11.usfm index 5a3e2934..dba9188e 100644 --- a/28-HOS/11.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/11.usfm @@ -17,23 +17,23 @@ \q2 I was like a father, holding them by their little arms. \q1 But they did not understand that I was the one who was taking care of them. \q1 -\v 4 With kindness I guided them, with the tender cords of human kindness I led them. +\v 4 With kindness I guided them, with the tender cords of human kindness I led them. \q2 I loved them so much that I guided them and led by my own hand. \q1 They worked very hard, like a yoke of oxen pulling a plow, but I made their yoke light and loosened its weight on their jaws, so they did not suffer pain. \b \s5 \q1 -\v 5 But Israel will certainly return to Egypt, +\v 5 But Israel will certainly return to Egypt, \q2 and Assyria will certainly rule over them, \q1 because they refused to turn back to me and worship me as their God. \q1 \v 6 Their enemies will attack Israel's cities with swords; -\q2 their enemies will destroy the bars that keep their gates closed and safe. -\q2 Their enemies will destroy the people of Israel and put an end to all the plans they made. +\q2 their enemies will destroy the bars that keep their gates closed and safe. +\q2 Their enemies will destroy the people of Israel and put an end to all the plans they made. \q1 \v 7 My people are determined to turn away from me. -\q2 They pretend to call out to me, the Most High God, +\q2 They pretend to call out to me, the Most High God, \q2 but I will allow no one to help them. \b @@ -56,15 +56,15 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 10 They will live their lives following my commands. -\q2 I will roar like a lion. -\q1 And when I roar, my people will hear and will come trembling. -\q2 They will come back to me from far away— +\q2 I will roar like a lion. +\q1 And when I roar, my people will hear and will come trembling. +\q2 They will come back to me from far away— \q1 from the west they will come back to me. \q1 -\v 11 They will come fluttering into the land +\v 11 They will come fluttering into the land \q2 like a flock of birds coming up from Egypt. \q2 And some will be like pigeons that fly in from Assyria. -\q1 I will let them live in their own homes once more, in the land of Israel. +\q1 I will let them live in their own homes once more, in the land of Israel. \q2 I, Yahweh, have promised this." \s5 diff --git a/28-HOS/12.usfm b/28-HOS/12.usfm index fb5b2b96..76ca8a71 100644 --- a/28-HOS/12.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/12.usfm @@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ \q2 they do only things that will destroy them. \q2 They tell more and more lies; they do more and more acts of violence. \q1 They make a treaty with Assyria, -\q2 and they send olive oil to Egypt, +\q2 and they send olive oil to Egypt, \q1 to persuade those nations to protect them. \q1 \v 2 Yahweh is also accusing the people of Judah of breaking his covenant. \q2 He will punish those descendants of Jacob for what they have done. -\q1 He will pay them back; he will give them what they deserve. - +\q1 He will pay them back; he will give them what they deserve. \s5 \q1 \v 3 When Jacob was in his mother's womb, he grabbed his brother Esau's heel because he wanted to take his brother's place and be the firstborn. @@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 5 This is Yahweh, the God of the angel armies! +\v 5 This is Yahweh, the God of the angel armies! \q2 "Yahweh" is the name by which we should worship him. \q1 \v 6 Turn to your God! @@ -36,12 +35,12 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 7 The merchants are wicked; they use scales that give wrong weights and measures, +\v 7 The merchants are wicked; they use scales that give wrong weights and measures, \q2 so they can cheat those who buy from them. \q1 \v 8 The people of Israel boast, \q2 "We are very rich, -\q1 and we have found ways to make ourselves even more wealthy than we are now. +\q1 and we have found ways to make ourselves even more wealthy than we are now. \q2 In all our buying and selling, no one can see anything wrong in what we do." \b @@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ \q1 \v 9 But Yahweh says, "I am Yahweh, whom you should worship; \q2 I am the one who brought your ancestors out of Egypt. -\q1 I will force you away from your homes and make you live in tents again, +\q1 I will force you away from your homes and make you live in tents again, \q2 just as when you live in tents for a few days every year \q1 when you celebrate the Festival of Shelters. \q1 @@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ \q1 \v 11 The prophet says that if it is true that the people in the region of Gilead are wicked, \q2 then surely they are also worthless! -\q1 In Gilgal they kill bulls and offer them to their idols; +\q1 In Gilgal they kill bulls and offer them to their idols; \q2 but these altars will be pulled down and turned into piles of stones in their fields. \q1 \v 12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram; @@ -72,10 +71,10 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 13 Yahweh used the prophet Moses to bring Israel out of Egypt, -\q2 and he took care of them by the prophet who led them. +\q2 and he took care of them by the prophet who led them. \q1 \v 14 The people of Israel have caused Yahweh to become very angry; -\q2 their Lord says that they are guilty of the death of many, and that their guilt remains on them. +\q2 their Lord says that they are guilty of the death of many, and that their guilt remains on them. \q2 He will pay them back because they have insulted him with their shameful deeds. diff --git a/28-HOS/13.usfm b/28-HOS/13.usfm index e620e079..6f2b7c87 100644 --- a/28-HOS/13.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/13.usfm @@ -5,17 +5,16 @@ \q1 \v 1 Yahweh says, "When the leaders of Israel spoke, the people trembled; \q2 they were respected in Israel. -\q1 But because they all worshiped Baal, they became guilty, -\q2 and they died. +\q1 But because they all worshiped Baal, they became guilty, +\q2 and they died. \q1 \v 2 Now they sin more and more; \q2 they make cast metal figures out of silver \q1 to make them their idols. \q2 Those idols are statues that are very cleverly made, \q2 but those statues are made only by craftsmen. -\q1 But other people see -\q2 that the men of Israel sacrifice to these calf-idols and kiss them to worship them. - +\q1 But other people see +\q2 that the men of Israel sacrifice to these calf-idols and kiss them to worship them. \s5 \q1 \v 3 So the people of Israel will disappear @@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ \q2 There is no one else who can rescue you. \q1 \v 5 I took charge of you in the wilderness, -\q2 in a desert where there was no water to drink. +\q2 in a desert where there was no water to drink. \q1 \v 6 When I provided food for you, \q2 you ate as much as you wanted and were satisfied. @@ -47,17 +46,17 @@ \q1 \v 8 I will come against you like a female bear when someone steals her cubs, \q2 and I will rip open your chests. -\q1 Like a lion that attacks— +\q1 Like a lion that attacks— \q2 as a wild animal would tear you apart. \b \s5 \q1 -\v 9 You people of Israel, I will destroy you. +\v 9 You people of Israel, I will destroy you. \q2 No one will be able to help you. \q1 -\v 10 You no longer have any king - \q2 who can save you in any of your cities. +\v 10 You no longer have any king + \q2 who can save you in any of your cities. \q1 You no longer have any of the rulers whom you asked me to give you. \q1 @@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ \q1 \v 13 You are like a baby ready to be born, \q2 but you are foolish, -\q1 because you are like a child who refuses to be born. +\q1 because you are like a child who refuses to be born. \s5 \q1 \v 14 Will I really keep you from dying? diff --git a/28-HOS/14.usfm b/28-HOS/14.usfm index 381619d6..3d2ebea7 100644 --- a/28-HOS/14.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/14.usfm @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ \q1 \v 2 So now, return to Yahweh, and think about how you will confess your sins to him. \q2 Say this to him: -\q1 "Take away all our sins, -\q2 and accept us; please be kind to us. +\q1 "Take away all our sins, +\q2 and accept us; please be kind to us. \q1 Please accept us back, so that we may praise you in our words and song. \s5 @@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 7 They will return and live under the protection that Israel has from me; +\v 7 They will return and live under the protection that Israel has from me; \q2 I will protect them from hardship. \q1 They will be successful like a field of grain that grows well, like grapevines that are growing well. -\q2 They will become as famous as the wine that people produce in the land of Lebanon. +\q2 They will become as famous as the wine that people produce in the land of Lebanon. \q1 \v 8 The people of Israel will say, 'We have nothing more to do with idols!' \q2 It is I, Yahweh, who will take care of you. No idol can do that. @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 9 Every wise person will understand the things about which I have written; +\v 9 Every wise person will understand the things about which I have written; \q2 those who have understanding will study these things and pay careful attention to them. \q1 The way in which Yahweh wants us to live is right. \q2 Those who do what is right live by them. diff --git a/29-JOL/00.usfm b/29-JOL/00.usfm index 8d1211ea..0801c0d9 100644 --- a/29-JOL/00.usfm +++ b/29-JOL/00.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \id JOL Unlocked Dynamic Bible \ide UTF-8 \h JOEL -\toc1 The Book of Joel +\toc1 The Book of Joel \toc2 Joel \toc3 Jol \mt1 Joel \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/29-JOL/01.usfm b/29-JOL/01.usfm index 7a2238c8..8e072188 100644 --- a/29-JOL/01.usfm +++ b/29-JOL/01.usfm @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 8 Cry and wail as a young woman does +\v 8 Cry and wail as a young woman does \q2 when the young man to whom she was engaged has died. \q1 \v 9 There is no more flour or wine for us to offer to be sacrifices at the temple, diff --git a/30-AMO/04.usfm b/30-AMO/04.usfm index 39241c1a..4d9b6940 100644 --- a/30-AMO/04.usfm +++ b/30-AMO/04.usfm @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 3 Your enemies will drag you out +\v 3 Your enemies will drag you out \q2 and you will go through breaks in your city walls, \q2 and they will force you to go toward Harmon. \q1 That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it! diff --git a/32-JON/01.usfm b/32-JON/01.usfm index 3d8cac10..0a730fd6 100644 --- a/32-JON/01.usfm +++ b/32-JON/01.usfm @@ -4,20 +4,20 @@ \p \v 1 One day Yahweh said to the prophet Jonah son of Amittai, \v 2 "I have seen how wicked the people are who live in the great city of Nineveh. Therefore go there and warn the people that I am planning to destroy their city because of their sins." -\v 3 But instead of going to Nineveh, Jonah went in the direction of the city of Tarshish, to get away from Yahweh. He went down to the city of Joppa. There he paid the money to travel on a ship that was going to the city of Tarshish, and he got on. +\v 3 But instead of going to Nineveh, Jonah went in the direction of the city of Tarshish, to get away from Yahweh. He went down to the city of Joppa. There he paid the money to travel on a ship that was going to the city of Tarshish, and he got on. \s5 \p -\v 4 Then he went down to a lower deck, lay down, and went to sleep. But Yahweh caused a very strong wind to blow, and there was such a violent storm that the sailors thought that the ship would break apart. +\v 4 Then he went down to a lower deck, lay down, and went to sleep. But Yahweh caused a very strong wind to blow, and there was such a violent storm that the sailors thought that the ship would break apart. \v 5 The sailors were very frightened. Because of that, they each started to pray to their own gods to save them. Then they threw the cargo into the sea to make the ship lighter so that it would not sink easily. \s5 \p -\v 6 Then the captain went down to where Jonah was sleeping soundly. He awoke him and said to him, "How can you sleep during a storm like this? Get up and pray to your god! Perhaps he will pity us and save us, so that we will not drown!" +\v 6 Then the captain went down to where Jonah was sleeping soundly. He awoke him and said to him, "How can you sleep during a storm like this? Get up and pray to your god! Perhaps he will pity us and save us, so that we will not drown!" \p \v 7 Then the sailors said to each other, "We need to cast lots, to determine who has caused all this trouble!" So they did that, and the lot indicated Jonah. \s5 \p \v 8 So various ones of them asked him, "Who is the one who has caused us all this trouble?" "What work do you do?" "Where are you coming from?" "What country and what people do you belong to?" -\v 9 Jonah replied, "I am a Hebrew. I worship Yahweh God, who lives in heaven. He is the one who made the sea and the land. +\v 9 Jonah replied, "I am a Hebrew. I worship Yahweh God, who lives in heaven. He is the one who made the sea and the land. \v 10 I am running away from Yahweh, he is the one who called me to be a prophet." After the sailors heard that, they were terrified. So they said to him, "Do you realize what trouble you have caused?" \s5 \p diff --git a/32-JON/02.usfm b/32-JON/02.usfm index 3478f524..6137d1ce 100644 --- a/32-JON/02.usfm +++ b/32-JON/02.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 2 \p -\v 1 While he was inside the huge fish, Jonah prayed to Yahweh God, whom he worshiped. +\v 1 While he was inside the huge fish, Jonah prayed to Yahweh God, whom he worshiped. \v 2 Jonah said, \pi "Yahweh, when I was greatly distressed here, I prayed to you, and you heard what I prayed. When I was about to descend way down into the place where dead people go, you heard me when I called out for you to help me. \s5 diff --git a/32-JON/04.usfm b/32-JON/04.usfm index 6f0cbe8e..5ce33a47 100644 --- a/32-JON/04.usfm +++ b/32-JON/04.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 4 \p -\v 1 But Jonah felt that it was very bad that God had not destroyed Nineveh. He became very angry. +\v 1 But Jonah felt that it was very bad that God had not destroyed Nineveh. He became very angry. \v 2 He prayed to Yahweh, "Oh, Yahweh, what you have done is just what I thought that you would do even before I left home. The reason I ran away to go to Tarshish was to stop this very thing from happening, because I knew that you act very kindly and compassionately toward all people. You do not quickly become angry with people who do evil. You love people very much, and you change your mind about punishing people who sin. \v 3 So now, Oh Yahweh, since you will not destroy Nineveh as you said you would, please allow me to die, because now it would be better for me to die than to continue to live." diff --git a/33-MIC/02.usfm b/33-MIC/02.usfm index 5d1d482e..9dd83eaa 100644 --- a/33-MIC/02.usfm +++ b/33-MIC/02.usfm @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 But Yahweh says, \q2 "Recently my people have been acting toward me like an enemy. -\q1 You rich people refuse to return the coats of those who have borrowed money from you, +\q1 You rich people refuse to return the coats of those who have borrowed money from you, \q2 the coats they gave you to promise that they would repay their debts. \q2 You take their coats without warning, surprising them as much as soldiers returning from war would be surprised by attacks instead of safety at home. diff --git a/33-MIC/03.usfm b/33-MIC/03.usfm index a01f5d5a..d81be6ef 100644 --- a/33-MIC/03.usfm +++ b/33-MIC/03.usfm @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ \v 8 But as for me, I am full of God's power, \q2 power from the Spirit of Yahweh. \q1 I am just and strong -\q2 and declare to the Israelite people +\q2 and declare to the Israelite people \q2 that they have sinned and rebelled against Yahweh. \s5 diff --git a/33-MIC/04.usfm b/33-MIC/04.usfm index 16b81874..79f8f9c4 100644 --- a/33-MIC/04.usfm +++ b/33-MIC/04.usfm @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ \q1 Then I, Yahweh, will be their king, \q2 and I will rule from Jerusalem forever. \q1 -\v 8 As for you people of Jerusalem, +\v 8 As for you people of Jerusalem, \q2 you who guard all of my people as a shepherd guards his sheep from a tower, \q1 you who live on Mount Zion will have great power again. \q2 You people who live in Jerusalem will again rule as you did previously. diff --git a/34-NAM/01.usfm b/34-NAM/01.usfm index 825063bc..abb2f675 100644 --- a/34-NAM/01.usfm +++ b/34-NAM/01.usfm @@ -3,63 +3,63 @@ \c 1 \p \v 1 I am Nahum, from the village of Elkosh. This is a message about the city of Nineveh, a message that Yahweh gave me in a vision. - + \s5 - + \v 2 Yahweh our God tolerates no rival gods to himself. He is very angry with those who worship other gods, and he continues to be angry with his enemies. - + \v 3 Yahweh does not quickly become angry; but he is very powerful, and he will never say that his enemies are innocent. Wherever he walks, there are whirlwinds and storms, and clouds are like the dust stirred up by his feet. - + \s5 - + \v 4 When he commands oceans and rivers to become dry, they dry up. He causes the grass to wither in the fields in the region of Bashan and on the slopes of Mount Carmel, and causes the flowers in Lebanon to fade. - + \v 5 When he appears, it is as though the mountains shake and the hills melt; the earth quakes, and the people on the earth tremble. - + \s5 - + \v 6 There is no one who can resist him when he becomes extremely angry; there is no one who can survive when his anger is very hot. When he is very angry, it is as though his anger is like a blazing fire, and it is as though mountains are shattered into pieces. \b - + \s5 - + \v 7 But he is good; he protects us, his people, when we experience troubles. He takes care of those who trust in him. - + \v 8 But he will get rid of his enemies; he will be to them like a flood that destroys everything. He will chase his enemies into the darkness of the place where the dead are. \b - + \s5 - + \v 9 So it is useless for you people of Nineveh to plot against Yahweh. He will not need to strike you two times to destroy you; he will destroy you by striking you only once. - + \v 10 It will be as though his enemies are tangled in thorns and they will stagger like people who have drunk a lot of wine. It will be as though they will be burned up like dry stubble. \b - + \v 11 In Nineveh there was a man who advised people to do very wicked things against Yahweh. - + \s5 \v 12 But this is what Yahweh says to you Israelites: @@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ I say to my people in Judah, I have already punished you, but I will not punish you again. - + \v 13 Now I will cause the people of Assyria to no longer enslave you; it will be as though I will tear off the shackles on your hands and feet." \b - + \s5 \m \v 14 And this is what Yahweh also declares about you people of Nineveh: @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ I will cause you to be killed and sent to your graves, because you are vile!" \b - + \s5 \m \v 15 You people of Judah. Look! A messenger will come across the mountains, diff --git a/34-NAM/02.usfm b/34-NAM/02.usfm index 1e59c19b..56d6640a 100644 --- a/34-NAM/02.usfm +++ b/34-NAM/02.usfm @@ -4,47 +4,47 @@ \c 2 \p -\v 1 You people of Nineveh, your enemies are coming to attack you. So place guards on the tops of the walls around the city! Guard the roads into the city! Get ready to fight! Gather your troops together! +\v 1 You people of Nineveh, your enemies are coming to attack you. So place guards on the tops of the walls around the city! Guard the roads into the city! Get ready to fight! Gather your troops together! \v 2 Even though your soldiers have destroyed the descendants of Jacob, Yahweh will cause other nations to honor them again. Invaders from your country have ruined Israel as enemies would uproot a vineyard, but Israel will prosper again. \b - + \s5 - + \v 3 The shields of the enemy soldiers who are coming to attack you will shine red as the sun shines on them, and they will wear bright red uniforms. The metal of their chariot wheels will flash when they line up before the battle, and their soldiers will lift up their cypress spear and wave them. - + \v 4 Their chariots dash through the streets of Nineveh and rush furiously through the plazas. Going as quickly as lightning, they look like flaming torches. \b - + \s5 - + \v 5 Their king will summon his officers who will come so quickly that they will stumble. They will hurry to attack the city wall; they will get ready the large wooden shield to protect the attacking soldiers. - + \s5 - + \v 6 The enemy soldiers will force open the city gates on the rivers; the palace will collapse. - + \v 7 The queen will have her clothes stripped off her by enemy soldiers, and her slave girls will moan like doves and beat their breasts to show that they are very sad. - + \s5 - + \v 8 The people will rush from Nineveh like water rushes from a broken dam. The officials will shout, "Stop! Stop!" but the people will not even look back as they run away. - -\v 9 The enemy attackers say to each other, + +\v 9 The enemy attackers say to each other, \pi "Seize the silver! Grab the gold! There is a huge amount of very valuable things in the city, @@ -54,17 +54,17 @@ People will be trembling, with the result that they will not be able to fight. Their faces will all become pale with fear. \b - + \s5 - + \v 11 After that happens, people will say, \pi "What happened to that great city of Nineveh? It was like a den full of young lions, where the male and female lions lived and fed the young ones, where they were afraid of nothing - -\v 12 The soldiers in Nineveh were like lions that killed or strangled other animals + +\v 12 The soldiers in Nineveh were like lions that killed or strangled other animals and brought the meat to their dens." - + \s5 \m \v 13 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says to the people of Nineveh, diff --git a/34-NAM/03.usfm b/34-NAM/03.usfm index dc59f069..fff6758c 100644 --- a/34-NAM/03.usfm +++ b/34-NAM/03.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 3 -\m +\m \v 1 Terrible things will happen to Nineveh, that city that is full of people who murder, steal and lie. The city is full of people who the soldiers carried away from other countries. \v 2 But now listen to the enemy soldiers coming to attack Nineveh; listen to them cracking their whips, and listen to the rattle of their chariot wheels! Listen to their galloping horses and their chariots as they bounce along! @@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ and I will cause the people in other nations to see you completely humiliated like women who have committed adultery are humiliated by having their skirts lifted high, with the result that people can see their naked bodies. - + \v 6 I will cause others to throw garbage at you; I will show others that I despise you very much, and I will cause everyone to ridicule you in public. - + \v 7 All those who see you will turn their backs to you and say, 'Nineveh is ruined, but absolutely no one will mourn for it.' @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \v 8 Your city is certainly no safer than the city of Thebes was. Thebes was an important city beside the Nile River; the river was like a wall around her. - + \v 9 The rulers of Ethiopia and Egypt helped Thebes; there was no limit to their power. The governments of the nearby countries of Put and Libya were also allies of Thebes. @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Their babies were dashed to pieces in the streets of the city. Enemy soldiers cast lots to decide who would get each official in Thebes to become his slave. All the leaders of Thebes were fastened by chains. - + \v 11 You people of Nineveh will similarly become dazed and drunk, and you will search for places to hide to escape from your enemies. @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ \v 12 Your enemies will cause the walls around your city to fall down like the first figs that fall right into your mouths when you shake the tree. This is how easily your city will be captured. - + \v 13 Look at your soldiers! They will be like weak women! The gates of your city will be opened wide @@ -74,31 +74,31 @@ Repair the forts! Dig up clay and trample it to make it soft, and put it into molds to make bricks to repair the walls! - + \v 15 Nevertheless, your enemies will burn your city; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you as locusts destroy crops. \p Go ahead and increase your population like swarms of locusts and grasshoppers. - + \s5 \v 16 In your city there are now very many merchants; more than stars. But when your city is being destroyed, those merchants will take the valuable things and disappear like locusts that strip the leaves from plants and then fly away. - -\v 17 Your leaders are also like a swarm of locusts + +\v 17 Your leaders are also like a swarm of locusts that crowd together on the fences on a cold day, and then fly away when the sun comes up, and no one knows where they have gone. \b - + \s5 \v 18 King of Assyria, your officials will all die; your important people will lie down and rest forever. Your people will be scattered over the mountains, and there will no one to gather them together. - + \v 19 You are like someone who has a wound that cannot be healed; it will be a wound that causes him to die. And all those who hear about what has happened to you will clap their hands joyfully. diff --git a/35-HAB/01.usfm b/35-HAB/01.usfm index 2cff9e1f..9b7e3da2 100644 --- a/35-HAB/01.usfm +++ b/35-HAB/01.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 Yahweh replied to me, \q1 "This is happening, but look around at what is happening in the other nations. -\q2 If you look, you will be amazed, and even astonished, since I am doing something +\q2 If you look, you will be amazed, and even astonished, since I am doing something \q1 during this time that you would never have believed would happen, \q2 even if someone told you about it. \q1 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ \v 15 The soldiers of Babylonia think that we are fish for them to pull out of the sea with hooks \q2 or to catch in their nets, while they rejoice and celebrate. \q1 -\v 16 If they catch us, they will worship their weapons with which they captured us +\v 16 If they catch us, they will worship their weapons with which they captured us \q2 and offer sacrifices to them and burn incense in front of them! \q1 They will say, 'These weapons have enabled us to become rich and eat expensive food.' \q1 diff --git a/35-HAB/02.usfm b/35-HAB/02.usfm index d6826699..2e238c39 100644 --- a/35-HAB/02.usfm +++ b/35-HAB/02.usfm @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \q2 because you have built them in places where you can easily defend them. \q1 \v 10 But because you have destroyed others, -\q2 you have caused your family +\q2 you have caused your family \q2 and yourselves shame! \q1 \v 11 The stones in the walls of your houses cry out to accuse you, diff --git a/35-HAB/03.usfm b/35-HAB/03.usfm index 3909cc15..c812d30d 100644 --- a/35-HAB/03.usfm +++ b/35-HAB/03.usfm @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ \v 18 I will rejoice because of Yahweh! \q2 I will be joyful because my God is the one who saves me! \q1 -\v 19 Yahweh the Lord is the one who gives me strength, +\v 19 Yahweh the Lord is the one who gives me strength, \q2 and he enables me to climb safely like a deer does., \q2 he makes me walk on my high hills. \b diff --git a/36-ZEP/01.usfm b/36-ZEP/01.usfm index 55fdd9f6..3c3ffe88 100644 --- a/36-ZEP/01.usfm +++ b/36-ZEP/01.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1 Yahweh's message came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the grandson of Gedaliah, and the great-grandson of Amariah, whose father was King Hezekiah. +\v 1 Yahweh's message came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the grandson of Gedaliah, and the great-grandson of Amariah, whose father was King Hezekiah. Yahweh gave this message during the time when King Amon's son Josiah was the king of Judah. \q1 \v 2 Yahweh said, diff --git a/36-ZEP/03.usfm b/36-ZEP/03.usfm index 2e43d0b4..02b606bd 100644 --- a/36-ZEP/03.usfm +++ b/36-ZEP/03.usfm @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 This is what Yahweh declares: \q2 "Wait for the day when I will take action to plunder you! -\q1 I have decided to gather the people of the kingdoms of the earth +\q1 I have decided to gather the people of the kingdoms of the earth \q2 and cause them to know that I am very angry with them. \q1 All over the earth I will punish and destroy people; \q2 I will burn them up with my anger as if it were fire! diff --git a/37-HAG/01.usfm b/37-HAG/01.usfm index 10aada2f..4e9f36a9 100644 --- a/37-HAG/01.usfm +++ b/37-HAG/01.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \s5 \c 1 -\p +\p \v 1 Haggai, who was a prophet, received a message from Yahweh. Yahweh spoke this message to him in the second year after Darius had become king of Persia. This happened on the first day of the sixth month of that year. Haggai told this message to Shealtiel's son Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, and to Jehozadak's son Joshua, the high priest. \p \v 2 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, told him that the people were saying that it was not yet time for them to rebuild Yahweh's temple. diff --git a/38-ZEC/01.usfm b/38-ZEC/01.usfm index db2a365e..e4d5596a 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/01.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/01.usfm @@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ So then they repented and said that I, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, ha \v 15 And he is very angry with the nations that are proud and feel safe. He was only a little bit angry with Judah, but they caused them to suffer much more. \s5 -\v 16 Therefore, he says that +\v 16 Therefore, he says that he will go back to Jerusalem and help the people. It will be as if he himself had surveyed and measured all the land in the city. -\v 17 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, also said to tell people in his cities in Judah that they will soon be very prosperous again. +\v 17 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, also said to tell people in his cities in Judah that they will soon be very prosperous again. He will encourage the people of Jerusalem again, and he will again choose Jerusalem as his special city." diff --git a/38-ZEC/06.usfm b/38-ZEC/06.usfm index 07ed154f..0c86df87 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/06.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/06.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p \v 1 I looked up again, and I saw four chariots coming toward me. They were coming between two mountains that were made of bronze. \v 2 The first chariot was pulled by red horses, the second chariot was pulled by black horses, -\v 3 the third chariot was pulled by white horses, and the fourth chariot was pulled by spotted gray horses. +\v 3 the third chariot was pulled by white horses, and the fourth chariot was pulled by spotted gray horses. \v 4 I asked the angel who had been speaking to me, "Sir, what do those chariots mean?" \s5 diff --git a/38-ZEC/07.usfm b/38-ZEC/07.usfm index bdca822d..170eb816 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/07.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/07.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 13 In those times, when Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, called to the people, they refused to listen. So he said, "In exactly the same way, I will refuse to listen when they call to me. +\v 13 In those times, when Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, called to the people, they refused to listen. So he said, "In exactly the same way, I will refuse to listen when they call to me. \v 14 And I will scatter them among many nations, nations that they have never been to before. I will scatter them as a storm scatters leaves. After they are gone, their own land will be empty, with no one living there. No one will travel through it and no one will come back to it, because they have turned it, their most pleasant land, into a wilderness." diff --git a/38-ZEC/08.usfm b/38-ZEC/08.usfm index 570c4e69..53252015 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/08.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/08.usfm @@ -54,6 +54,5 @@ \s5 \p \v 23 Yahweh, the Commander of the angel armies, also says this: "At that time, this is what will happen everywhere: For every Jewish person, there will be ten foreigners, people who speak a different language, who will come and grab the fringe of his robe. They will say to him, 'We have heard people say that God is with you. So allow us to go with you to Jerusalem to worship him.' People from every nation and language will do this." - - + diff --git a/38-ZEC/09.usfm b/38-ZEC/09.usfm index 06985f9d..1955b325 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/09.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/09.usfm @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ and I will forbid them to eat food that they offered to idols. because I myself will be watching over them carefully. \s5 -\v 9 Rejoice very much, you people of Jerusalem +\v 9 Rejoice very much, you people of Jerusalem and shout joyfully, because your king will be coming to you. He is righteous and victorious; diff --git a/38-ZEC/10.usfm b/38-ZEC/10.usfm index b59463b8..0afa4c39 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/10.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/10.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ and he causes crops to grow well in the fields. and people who say that they can interpret dreams tell only lies. When they tell people things to comfort them, what they say is useless, so the people who consult them are like lost sheep; -they are in danger because they have no one to protect them +they are in danger because they have no one to protect them like sheep with no shepherd. \s5 diff --git a/38-ZEC/11.usfm b/38-ZEC/11.usfm index 9df094bf..37a457a9 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/11.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/11.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 11 \p \v 1 You people of Lebanon must open your gates and allow the fire to burn your cedar trees! -\v 2 Your cypress trees must be like people who are wailing, +\v 2 Your cypress trees must be like people who are wailing, because enemies have cut down the cedar trees. Those glorious trees are all gone. The oak trees in the region of Bashan should also be like people who are wailing, @@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ they roar because the thick forest where they live near the Jordan River has bee \s5 \p \v 15 Then Yahweh said to me, "Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses, -\v 16 because I am going to appoint a new shepherd for the people, one who will not take care of my people. He will be a foolish shepherd: he will ignore the dying sheep and those that have gotten lost. As for the healthy sheep, he will not feed them; instead, he will butcher them for his own food and will tear off their hooves. - +\v 16 because I am going to appoint a new shepherd for the people, one who will not take care of my people. He will be a foolish shepherd: he will ignore the dying sheep and those that have gotten lost. As for the healthy sheep, he will not feed them; instead, he will butcher them for his own food and will tear off their hooves. \s5 \v 17 But terrible things will happen to that foolish shepherd diff --git a/38-ZEC/14.usfm b/38-ZEC/14.usfm index 97eca458..6eabcadd 100644 --- a/38-ZEC/14.usfm +++ b/38-ZEC/14.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 14 \p -\v 1 Listen! It will soon be the time when Yahweh will judge everyone. At that time, you, the people of Jerusalem, will watch your enemies divide what you owned among themselves. +\v 1 Listen! It will soon be the time when Yahweh will judge everyone. At that time, you, the people of Jerusalem, will watch your enemies divide what you owned among themselves. \p \v 2 Yes, Yahweh says that he will cause the armies of many nations to attack Jerusalem. They will capture the city, take all the valuable things from your houses, and rape the women. They will take half of the people to other countries, but they will allow the other people to remain in the city. diff --git a/39-MAL/01.usfm b/39-MAL/01.usfm index d42347ca..486f4d9d 100644 --- a/39-MAL/01.usfm +++ b/39-MAL/01.usfm @@ -6,59 +6,58 @@ \p \v 2-3 Yahweh says, "I have loved you." But I, Malachi, hear you people reply, "How have you shown us that you love us?" -\p Yahweh replies, +\p Yahweh replies, \pi "Is it not true that Esau and Jacob were brothers? Yet I have a covenant with Jacob and his descendants, but I have no covenant with Esau and his descendants. I caused Esau's region to be abandoned, a place where wild dogs live." \s5 \p -\v 4 The descendants of Esau who now live in Edom may say, +\v 4 The descendants of Esau who now live in Edom may say, \pi "Yes, God has demolished our cities, but we will rebuild houses in the ruins." -\p But Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, replies, +\p But Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, replies, \pi "They may build houses again, but I will demolish them again. Their country will be called 'The land where wicked people live,' and their people will be called 'The people with whom Yahweh is angry forever.'" \m \v 5 When you Israelite people yourselves see what Yahweh will do to them, you will say, "It is evident that Yahweh is very powerful even in foreign lands!" \s5 \p -\v 6 But the Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says to the people, -\pi "Boys honor their fathers, and servants respect their masters. So, if I am like your father and your master, why do you not honor me? Why do you not obey me?" -\m And Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, has something to say to you priests: -\pi "You show no respect for me! But you priests ask, +\v 6 But the Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says to the people, +\pi "Boys honor their fathers, and servants respect their masters. So, if I am like your father and your master, why do you not honor me? Why do you not obey me?" +\m And Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, has something to say to you priests: +\pi "You show no respect for me! But you priests ask, \pi2 'How have shown no respect for you?' \pi -\v 7 I answer: Instead of honoring me, you have disgraced me by offering sacrifices on my altar that are unworthy of me, sacrifices that I would never accept. Then you dare to ask, +\v 7 I answer: Instead of honoring me, you have disgraced me by offering sacrifices on my altar that are unworthy of me, sacrifices that I would never accept. Then you dare to ask, \pi2 'What sacrifices have we given that are unworthy of you?' \pi I answer: You think that it does not matter if you do not honor my altar. \s5 \pi -\v 8 You offer for sacrifices animals that are blind. Is that not wrong? You offer animals that are sick or lame. Do you really think I would accept such gifts? You would not dare to offer such gifts to your own governor! You know that he would not take them. You know that he would be displeased with you and would not welcome you!" +\v 8 You offer for sacrifices animals that are blind. Is that not wrong? You offer animals that are sick or lame. Do you really think I would accept such gifts? You would not dare to offer such gifts to your own governor! You know that he would not take them. You know that he would be displeased with you and would not welcome you!" \m That is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says! \p -\v 9 I, Malachi, see you continually go through the motions of asking God to help us. But Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says, +\v 9 I, Malachi, see you continually go through the motions of asking God to help us. But Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says, \pi "If you bring to me sacrifices that are not acceptable to me, why should I help you?" \s5 \p -\v 10 Yahweh also says, -\pi "I wish that one of you would shut the gates of the temple courtyard, in order that no one could offer those worthless sacrifices. I am not pleased with you, and I will not accept the offerings that you bring to me." +\v 10 Yahweh also says, +\pi "I wish that one of you would shut the gates of the temple courtyard, in order that no one could offer those worthless sacrifices. I am not pleased with you, and I will not accept the offerings that you bring to me." \m This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says. -\v 11 He also says, +\v 11 He also says, \pi "People of other nations from east to west will indeed honor me. They will burn incense to honor me, and they will bring right offerings, offerings that I will accept. This will happen because people in all the nations will praise and honor me. \p -\v 12 But you priests—you priests act in a way that shows me no honor at all. You say, +\v 12 But you priests—you priests act in a way that shows me no honor at all. You say, \pi2 'It is all right if people disgrace the altar by bringing sacrifices that he will not accept.' \s5 -\pi -\v 13 You also say, -\pi2 'We are tired of burning all these sacrifices on the altar.' -\pi2 You turn up your noses at doing this. You bring sheep or goats that wild animals have attacked and torn in two. You also bring animals that are sick or that cannot walk. You cannot really think that I should accept these from you, can you?" -\m This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says. - +\pi +\v 13 You also say, +\pi2 'We are tired of burning all these sacrifices on the altar.' +\pi2 You turn up your noses at doing this. You bring sheep or goats that wild animals have attacked and torn in two. You also bring animals that are sick or that cannot walk. You cannot really think that I should accept these from you, can you?" +\m This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says. \p -\v 14 Yahweh also says, -\pi "I will curse anyone who tries to cheat me by swearing that he will bring to me a perfect animal from his herd, and who then brings me one that has defects. If anyone does that, I will punish him, because I am a great king, and people of the other nations honor me, but you do not!" +\v 14 Yahweh also says, +\pi "I will curse anyone who tries to cheat me by swearing that he will bring to me a perfect animal from his herd, and who then brings me one that has defects. If anyone does that, I will punish him, because I am a great king, and people of the other nations honor me, but you do not!" \m This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says. diff --git a/39-MAL/02.usfm b/39-MAL/02.usfm index bae9b5b7..d71c39bd 100644 --- a/39-MAL/02.usfm +++ b/39-MAL/02.usfm @@ -4,17 +4,17 @@ \c 2 \p \v 1 You priests, I will say something to warn you. -\v 2 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says this: +\v 2 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says this: \pi "Pay attention to what I am saying, and then decide to honor me. If you do not do that, I will curse you, and I will curse the things that I have done for you to help you. And I have already cursed them, because you have not honored me. \s5 \v 3 I will punish your descendants, and it will be as though I had splattered on your faces the dung from the animals that you have sacrificed, and others will come and throw you away with that dung. \p -\v 4 When that happens, you will know that I warned you like this, in order that you descendants of Levi will obey my covenant with the priests." +\v 4 When that happens, you will know that I warned you like this, in order that you descendants of Levi will obey my covenant with the priests." \m This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, is saying to you. \s5 -\v 5 He also says, +\v 5 He also says, \pi "I made my covenant with your ancestor Levi because I wanted the priests to live prosperously and peacefully. And that is what I enabled them to do. I required that they greatly respect me and honor me, and they did so. \v 6 They taught the people what was true and right; they did not tell lies. They worked for me peacefully and loyally, and they helped many people to stop sinning. \p diff --git a/39-MAL/03.usfm b/39-MAL/03.usfm index 9a91ecf1..a81b8050 100644 --- a/39-MAL/03.usfm +++ b/39-MAL/03.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 3 \p -\v 1 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says this: +\v 1 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says this: \pi "Look, I will soon send a messenger to you, who will get you ready to welcome me. I, the Lord, whom you say you desire to come, will appear suddenly in my temple. A messenger will come, whom Yahweh had promised in the covenant that you say you take pleasure in. I myself am coming." This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says. \p \v 2 And none of you will be able to stop Yahweh from judging you. For he will declare no one innocent when he comes. He will act like a fire that burns hot enough to refine precious metals. He will act as the strong soap that laundrymen use to clean clothing. @@ -14,18 +14,18 @@ \m \v 4 When that happens, Yahweh will again accept the offerings that the people of Jerusalem and Judah bring to him, as he did previously. \p -\v 5 This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says: +\v 5 This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says: \pi "At that time, I will come to you to judge you. I will quickly testify against all those who practice sorcery, against those who mistreat helpless widows and orphans, against those who do not treat the foreigners among you justly, and against those who refuse to honor me." \s5 \pi \v 6 I am Yahweh, and I never change. That is why I have not yet gotten rid of you, although you deceive people like your ancestor Jacob did. -\v 7 Ever since the time when your ancestors were alive, you have ignored my commands and refused to obey them. Now return to me; if you do so, I will return to you. That is what I, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, say. But you ask, +\v 7 Ever since the time when your ancestors were alive, you have ignored my commands and refused to obey them. Now return to me; if you do so, I will return to you. That is what I, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, say. But you ask, \pi2 'We have never gone away from you, so how can we return to you?' \s5 \pi -\v 8 I reply: People should certainly not cheat God; but you people have cheated me! You ask, +\v 8 I reply: People should certainly not cheat God; but you people have cheated me! You ask, \pi2 'In what way did we cheat you?' \pi I reply: You have cheated me by not bringing to me each year the tithes and other offerings that I have required you to give me. \v 9 I have cursed everything that you do, because all you people in this country have been cheating me. @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \s5 \pi \v 13 "I, Yahweh, have something else to say to you. You have said terrible things about me. -\p But you reply, +\p But you reply, \pi2 'What terrible things have we said about you?' \p \v 14 I reply: You have said that it is useless for you to worship me. You say that you have gained nothing by obeying my commands. You say that you have gained nothing by being sorry for your sins. @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 17 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says this about those people: +\v 17 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says this about those people: \pi "They will be my people. On the day that I punish the wicked people among you, I will not punish them. I will be just like a father who does not punish his son who obeys him. \v 18 When that happens, you will again see that the manner in which I treat righteous people is different from the manner in which I treat wicked people. You will see that the manner in which I act toward those who worship me is different from the manner in which I act toward those who do not." diff --git a/39-MAL/04.usfm b/39-MAL/04.usfm index 8f30b9d3..7216175e 100644 --- a/39-MAL/04.usfm +++ b/39-MAL/04.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 4 Be sure to obey the laws that I commanded Moses, who served me well, to give you. Obey all the commandments and decrees that I gave him on Mount Sinai, for all you people of Israel to obey. +\v 4 Be sure to obey the laws that I commanded Moses, who served me well, to give you. Obey all the commandments and decrees that I gave him on Mount Sinai, for all you people of Israel to obey. \p \v 5 Listen to this: One day I will send to you the prophet Elijah. He will arrive before the great and dreadful day when I, Yahweh, will judge everyone and punish those who deserve punishment. \v 6 Because of what Elijah will preach, parents and their children join together in loving each other again. If that does not happen, I will come and destroy your country." diff --git a/41-MAT/01.usfm b/41-MAT/01.usfm index d6dd575a..0b1ba8ae 100644 --- a/41-MAT/01.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/01.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 12 After the Babylonians exiled the Israelites to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the ancestor of Zerubbabel. -\v 13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim. Eliakim was the father of Azor. +\v 13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim. Eliakim was the father of Azor. \v 14 Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim. Akim was the father of Eliud. \s5 @@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ \v 19 Now Joseph, who was to be her husband, was a man who obeyed God's commands, so he decided not to marry her. But he did not want to shame her in front of other people. So he decided to quietly drop his plans to marry her. \s5 -\v 20 While he was seriously considering this, an angel whom the Lord sent surprised him in a dream. The angel said, "Joseph, descendant of King David, do not be afraid to marry Mary. For what has been conceived in her is there by the Holy Spirit. +\v 20 While he was seriously considering this, an angel whom the Lord sent surprised him in a dream. The angel said, "Joseph, descendant of King David, do not be afraid to marry Mary. For what has been conceived in her is there by the Holy Spirit. \v 21 She will give birth to a son. Since it is he who will save his people from their sins, name him 'Jesus.'" \s5 \v 22 All this happened to make come true what the Lord told the prophet Isaiah to write long ago. Isaiah wrote, -\v 23 "Listen, a virgin will become pregnant and will give birth to a son. +\v 23 "Listen, a virgin will become pregnant and will give birth to a son. \q They will call him Immanuel"— \q which means, "God is with us." diff --git a/41-MAT/02.usfm b/41-MAT/02.usfm index 16c9c590..5e024c25 100644 --- a/41-MAT/02.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/02.usfm @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 7 Then King Herod secretly called those men who studied the stars. He asked them exactly when the star first appeared. +\v 7 Then King Herod secretly called those men who studied the stars. He asked them exactly when the star first appeared. \v 8 Then he said to them, "Go to Bethlehem and inquire thoroughly where the infant is. When you have found him, come back and report to me so that I, myself, can go there and worship him, too." \s5 @@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ \s5 \v 17 When Herod did this, what the prophet Jeremiah had written long ago came true, when he wrote about Bethlehem near the town of Ramah: \q -\v 18 Women in Ramah were weeping and wailing loudly. -\q Rachel, the ancestor of those women, was weeping for their dead children. +\v 18 Women in Ramah were weeping and wailing loudly. +\q Rachel, the ancestor of those women, was weeping for their dead children. \q People tried to comfort her, but they could not, because all the children were dead. \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/03.usfm b/41-MAT/03.usfm index 184966c6..c8875b91 100644 --- a/41-MAT/03.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/03.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \v 1 While Jesus was still in the town of Nazareth, John, whom the people called the Baptizer, went to a desolate place in the province of Judea. He was preaching to the people who came there. He kept saying, \v 2 "You must stop sinning, because God's rule from heaven is near, and he will reject you if you do not stop sinning." -\v 3 When John began preaching, then came true what Isaiah the prophet had said long ago. He said, +\v 3 When John began preaching, then came true what Isaiah the prophet had said long ago. He said, \pi "In the wilderness people hear someone shouting to anyone who comes, \pi 'Get ready to receive the Lord when he comes! \pi Get everything ready for him!'" @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ people are the children of poisonous snakes! No one warned you that one day God \p -\v 11 "As for me, I am not very important, because I baptize you only with water. I do it when people are sorry for having sinned. But someone else will come soon who will do very powerful things. He is so much greater than I, that I do not even deserve to carry his sandals. +\v 11 "As for me, I am not very important, because I baptize you only with water. I do it when people are sorry for having sinned. But someone else will come soon who will do very powerful things. He is so much greater than I, that I do not even deserve to carry his sandals. \p He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire. \v 12 He is holding his winnowing fork, ready to separate the good grain from the bad chaff. He is ready to clear out all the bad chaff from where he has threshed the grain. He will take the righteous people home, as a farmer puts his wheat into his storehouse; but he will burn the wicked people, like one burns the chaff, in a fire that never goes out." diff --git a/41-MAT/04.usfm b/41-MAT/04.usfm index 65587db3..abad2399 100644 --- a/41-MAT/04.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/04.usfm @@ -2,16 +2,16 @@ \s5 \c 4 \p -\v 1 Then God's Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness for the devil to tempt him. +\v 1 Then God's Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness for the devil to tempt him. \v 2 After he had not eaten food day and night for forty days, he was hungry. \v 3 Satan, the tempter, came to him and said, "If you are really the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread for yourself!" \v 4 But Jesus said to him, "No! I will not do this, because God has said in the scriptures, 'For people to truly live, they must have more than food; they must listen to every word that God has spoken.'" \s5 \v 5 Then the devil took Jesus to Jerusalem, the city that was especially for God. He set him on the highest part of the temple -\v 6 and said to him, "If you are truly the Son of God, jump down to the ground. You will, of course, not be hurt, because God has said in the scriptures, +\v 6 and said to him, "If you are truly the Son of God, jump down to the ground. You will, of course, not be hurt, because God has said in the scriptures, \q -'God will command his angels to protect you. +'God will command his angels to protect you. \q They will lift you up in their hands when you are falling, \q and they will keep you from even hitting your foot on a stone.'" \s5 @@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ \s5 \p -\v 12 While Jesus was in the province of Judea, John the Baptizer's disciples came and told him that King Herod had put John in prison. So Jesus returned to the district of Galilee, to the town of Nazareth. +\v 12 While Jesus was in the province of Judea, John the Baptizer's disciples came and told him that King Herod had put John in prison. So Jesus returned to the district of Galilee, to the town of Nazareth. \v 13 Then he left Nazareth and went to the city of Capernaum in order to live there. Capernaum is located beside the Sea of Galilee in the region that formerly belonged to the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali. \s5 \v 14 He went there so that these words that the prophet Isaiah had written long ago might come true: \p -\q +\q \v 15 "The regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, \q regions by the road going to the Sea, on the eastern side of the Jordan River, \q regions in Galilee, home of many non-Israelites! @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 18 One day while Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two men, Simon, who was later called Peter, and Andrew, his younger brother. They were casting their fishing net into the water because they caught and sold fish. -\v 19 Jesus said to them, "Come with me and I will teach you how to gather people to become my disciples. I will make your work fishing for people." +\v 19 Jesus said to them, "Come with me and I will teach you how to gather people to become my disciples. I will make your work fishing for people." \v 20 They immediately left the work that they were doing and went with him. \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/05.usfm b/41-MAT/05.usfm index 7f6eeb77..db193b23 100644 --- a/41-MAT/05.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/05.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \q he will agree to rule over them from heaven. \q \v 4 God is pleased with people who mourn because of this sinful world; -\q he will encourage them. +\q he will encourage them. \q \s5 @@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ \v 9 God is pleased with people who help other people to live peacefully; \q he will regard them as his own children. \q -\v 10 God is pleased with people who live righteously; and he is honored when their righteous lives are the reason why evil people insult and treat them badly. -\q God rules over these righteous people from heaven. - +\v 10 God is pleased with people who live righteously; and he is honored when their righteous lives are the reason why evil people insult and treat them badly. +\q God rules over these righteous people from heaven. \s5 \q \v 11 God is pleased with you when other people insult you, and he is honored when they do evil things to you and when they tells lies about you, saying that you are evil because you believe in me. @@ -49,14 +48,14 @@ \s5 \p -\v 17 "You should not suppose that I have come to you in order to do away with the laws that God gave Moses or what the prophets wrote. Instead, I came to cause to happen what those things said would happen. -\v 18 This is a true saying: God may remove the heaven and the earth, but God will not remove anything from those laws, not even the smallest details or a tiny dot used to end a sentence, until God makes everything he put in the law happen, just as he said it would. +\v 17 "You should not suppose that I have come to you in order to do away with the laws that God gave Moses or what the prophets wrote. Instead, I came to cause to happen what those things said would happen. +\v 18 This is a true saying: God may remove the heaven and the earth, but God will not remove anything from those laws, not even the smallest details or a tiny dot used to end a sentence, until God makes everything he put in the law happen, just as he said it would. \v 19 Because that is true, if you break the commands that are the least important, you will be the least important person under God's rule from heaven. But if you keep all those commands and teach others to obey God as you are obeying him, you will become very important in God's rule from heaven. \v 20 I tell you that you must obey those laws better than the teachers of the law, and you must do what is right from your heart. And you must do better than the Pharisees or you will never come under the rule of God from heaven. \s5 \p -\v 21 "Others have told you what God said to our ancestors, 'You must not kill anyone,' and, 'If you kill anyone, the members of a governing council might sentence you.' +\v 21 "Others have told you what God said to our ancestors, 'You must not kill anyone,' and, 'If you kill anyone, the members of a governing council might sentence you.' \v 22 But I tell you that if you are angry with anyone, God himself will judge you. If you say to someone, 'You are worthless,' a governing council will judge you. If you say to someone, 'You are a fool,' God will throw you into the fire in hell. \s5 @@ -111,4 +110,4 @@ \s5 \v 46 If you love only the people who love you, do not expect God to reward you at all! Even people who do terrible things, such as tax collectors, love those who love them. You must act better than they do! \v 47 Yes, and if you greet only your friends and ask God to bless them, you are not acting any better than other people. Even non-Jews, who do not obey God's law, do the same thing! -\v 48 So you must be completely faithful to God your Father in heaven, just as he is completely faithful to you." +\v 48 So you must be completely faithful to God your Father in heaven, just as he is completely faithful to you." diff --git a/41-MAT/06.usfm b/41-MAT/06.usfm index fc470f5f..2288322e 100644 --- a/41-MAT/06.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/06.usfm @@ -21,21 +21,21 @@ \s5 \v 8 Do not repeat words as they do, because God your Father knows what you need before you ask him. \v 9 So pray things like this: -\q 'Father, you who are in heaven, +\q 'Father, you who are in heaven, \q2 May everyone honor you. \q2 \v 10 May you rule over everyone and everything completely. -\q2 May everything happen on earth just as you desire, +\q2 May everything happen on earth just as you desire, \q3 just as it happens in heaven. \s5 \q2 \v 11 Give us each day the food that we need for that day. -\q2 +\q2 \v 12 Forgive our sins just like we have forgiven the people who sin against us. \q2 -\v 13 Do not let us do wrong things when we are tempted, -\q2 +\v 13 Do not let us do wrong things when we are tempted, +\q2 and rescue us when Satan tries to harm us.' @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ and rescue us when Satan tries to harm us.' \s5 \p \v 19 Do not selfishly accumulate large quantities of money and material goods for yourselves on this earth, because the earth is where everything perishes where moths ruin clothing, rust destroys metals, and thieves steal what belongs to other people. -\v 20 Instead, do deeds that will please God so that you store up treasures in heaven. Nothing perishes in heaven. In heaven no moths can ruin clothing, there is no rust, and there are no thieves who could steal. +\v 20 Instead, do deeds that will please God so that you store up treasures in heaven. Nothing perishes in heaven. In heaven no moths can ruin clothing, there is no rust, and there are no thieves who could steal. \v 21 Remember that whatever is most important to you, that is what you will be thinking about. @@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ and rescue us when Satan tries to harm us.' \p \v 22 "Your eyes are like a lamp for your body, because they enable you to see things. So if you see things as God sees them, it will be as if your whole body were full of light. -\v 23 But if your eyes are bad, you are not able to see things well. You will be in complete darkness. How greedy you will be! - +\v 23 But if your eyes are bad, you are not able to see things well. You will be in complete darkness. How greedy you will be! \p @@ -90,8 +89,7 @@ and rescue us when Satan tries to harm us.' \s5 \v 30 God makes the wild plants very beautiful, but they grow in the field for only a short time. One day they grow, and the next day people will throw them into an oven to burn them. But you are more important to God than wild plants are, and you live much longer. So trust in God, you who have so little faith! -\v 31 So do not worry and say, 'Will we have anything to eat?' or 'Will we have anything to drink?' or 'Will we have clothes to wear?' - +\v 31 So do not worry and say, 'Will we have anything to eat?' or 'Will we have anything to drink?' or 'Will we have clothes to wear?' \s5 \v 32 Those who do not know God are always worrying about things like that. But God, your Father who is in heaven, knows that you need all those things. \v 33 Instead, make it the most important thing that God should rule over the entire world and that everyone should do what he requires. If you do that, he will give you all the things that you need. diff --git a/41-MAT/07.usfm b/41-MAT/07.usfm index fd78cebe..c6a6b827 100644 --- a/41-MAT/07.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/07.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 7 "Keep asking God for what you need, and keep expecting him to give it to you. +\v 7 "Keep asking God for what you need, and keep expecting him to give it to you. \v 8 For everyone who asks God for something, and who expects him to give it to him, will receive it. \p \v 9 If your son asked you for bread, no one among you would give him a stone, would he? @@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ \s5 \p \v 13-14 "Going to live forever with God in heaven is difficult; it is like a difficult road that you should take. -There is another road, one that most people take. That road is wide; they walk on until they reach a wide gate, but when they go through it, they will die. +There is another road, one that most people take. That road is wide; they walk on until they reach a wide gate, but when they go through it, they will die. So I am telling you to take the difficult road and enter the narrow gate to live forever with God in heaven." \s5 \p -\v 15 Watch out for people who come to you and say falsely that they are telling you what God has said. They are like wolves that have covered themselves with sheepskins to appear harmless but will attack you. +\v 15 Watch out for people who come to you and say falsely that they are telling you what God has said. They are like wolves that have covered themselves with sheepskins to appear harmless but will attack you. \v 16 By seeing the fruit that plants produce you know what kind of plants they are. Thornbushes cannot produce grapes and thistles cannot produce figs, so no one thinks of picking grapes from thorns or figs from thistles. \v 17 Here is another example: all good fruit trees produce good fruit, but all rotten trees produce worthless fruit. diff --git a/41-MAT/08.usfm b/41-MAT/08.usfm index 8feedb36..526babbc 100644 --- a/41-MAT/08.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/08.usfm @@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ \s5 \v 21 Another man who was one of Jesus' disciples said to him, "Lord, permit me first to go home. After my father dies I will bury him, and then I will come with you." -\v 22 But Jesus said to him, "Come with me now. The people who are as good as dead, let them wait for their own people to die." - +\v 22 But Jesus said to him, "Come with me now. The people who are as good as dead, let them wait for their own people to die." \s5 \p \v 23 Then Jesus got into the boat and his disciples followed him. @@ -66,5 +65,5 @@ \v 32 Jesus said to them, "If that is what you want, go!" So the demons left the men and entered the pigs. Suddenly the whole herd of pigs rushed down the steep bank into the water and drowned. \s5 -\v 33 The men who were tending the pigs became afraid and ran into the town and reported everything that had happened, including what had happened to the two men whom demons had controlled. +\v 33 The men who were tending the pigs became afraid and ran into the town and reported everything that had happened, including what had happened to the two men whom demons had controlled. \v 34 Then it seemed as if all the people who lived in that town went to meet Jesus. When they saw him and the two men whom demons had controlled, they pleaded with Jesus to leave their region. diff --git a/41-MAT/09.usfm b/41-MAT/09.usfm index 6a80d334..3d545aad 100644 --- a/41-MAT/09.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/09.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 Some of the men who taught the Jewish laws said among themselves, "This man thinks he is God; he cannot forgive sins!" \v 4 Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he said, "You should not think evil thoughts! -\v 5 What is easier, to tell him that his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and walk? +\v 5 What is easier, to tell him that his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and walk? \v 6 So I am going to do something in order that you may know that God has authorized me, the Son of Man, to forgive sins." Then he said to the paralyzed man, "Get up, pick up your sleeping pad, and go home!" \s5 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \v 11 When the Pharisees saw that, they went up to the disciples and said, "It is disgusting that your teacher eats and associates with tax collectors and other people like them." \s5 -\v 12 Jesus heard what they said, so he told them this parable: "It is people who are sick who need a doctor, not people who are well. +\v 12 Jesus heard what they said, so he told them this parable: "It is people who are sick who need a doctor, not people who are well. \v 13 You need to learn what these words that God said mean: 'I want you to act mercifully to people and not just to offer sacrifices.' Keep in mind that I came to you, not to invite people who think that they are righteous to turn away from their sinful lives and come to me, but to invite people who know they are sinners." @@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 16 People do not sew a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment to mend a hole. If they did that, when they washed the garment, the patch would shrink and tear the garment, and the hole would become bigger. - +\v 16 People do not sew a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment to mend a hole. If they did that, when they washed the garment, the patch would shrink and tear the garment, and the hole would become bigger. \s5 \v 17 Neither does anyone pour fresh grape juice into old skin bags to store it. If anyone did that, those skin bags would tear when the juice became wine. The bags would be ruined, and the wine would be spilled on the ground. Instead, people put new wine into new skin bags, and the bags will stretch when the wine ferments. In this way, both the wine and the bags will be safe." diff --git a/41-MAT/10.usfm b/41-MAT/10.usfm index a202b84f..1140669e 100644 --- a/41-MAT/10.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/10.usfm @@ -13,19 +13,18 @@ \s5 \p \v 5 When Jesus was about to send his twelve. postles to tell the good news to people in various places, he gave them these instructions: "Do not go where the non-Jews live or into the towns where the Samaritans live. -\v 6 Instead, go to the people of Israel; they are like sheep who have strayed away from their shepherd. +\v 6 Instead, go to the people of Israel; they are like sheep who have strayed away from their shepherd. \v 7 When you go to them, proclaim to them that God will soon rule from heaven. \s5 \v 8 Heal sick people, cause dead people to become alive, heal people with leprosy and bring them back into society, and cause demons to leave those whom they control. Do not charge any money for helping people, because God did not charge you anything for helping you. -\v 9 Do not take any money with you, +\v 9 Do not take any money with you, \v 10 nor a bag for what belongs to you. Do not take an extra tunic, nor sandals in addition to what you are wearing, nor a walking stick. Every worker deserves to get pay from the people for whom he works, so you deserve to receive food from the people to whom you go. \s5 \v 11 In any town or village that you enter, find a person who wants you to stay in his home. \v 12 As you go into that house, call upon God to do good to the people who live there. Stay in that home until you leave that town or village. -\v 13 If the people who live in that house receive you well, God will indeed do good to them. But if they do not receive you well, then your prayer will not help them, and God will not do them good. - +\v 13 If the people who live in that house receive you well, God will indeed do good to them. But if they do not receive you well, then your prayer will not help them, and God will not do them good. \s5 \v 14 If the people who live in any house or town do not welcome you, nor listen to your message, leave that place. As you leave, shake off the dust from your feet. By doing that, you will warn them that God will reject them as they rejected what you said. \v 15 Note this carefully: At the time when God judges all people, he will punish the wicked people who lived in Sodom and Gomorrah. But if the people of any city reject you, God will punish them even more severely. @@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ \v 41 Those who welcome someone because they know that person is a prophet—they will receive the same reward that prophets receive from God. Likewise, those who welcome a person because they know that person is righteous—they will receive the reward that righteous people receive from God. \s5 -\v 42 Note this: Suppose people see that you are thirsty and give you a drink of cold water because they know that you are one of my disciples, even if you are not an important person at all. God will certainly reward people who do that." - +\v 42 Note this: Suppose people see that you are thirsty and give you a drink of cold water because they know that you are one of my disciples, even if you are not an important person at all. God will certainly reward people who do that." diff --git a/41-MAT/11.usfm b/41-MAT/11.usfm index 83c3d7e1..c93b1673 100644 --- a/41-MAT/11.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/11.usfm @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 7 When John's disciples had gone away, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, "When you went out into the wilderness to see John, what was it you expected to see? You did not go there just to look at the tall grass blowing in the wind, did you? +\v 7 When John's disciples had gone away, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, "When you went out into the wilderness to see John, what was it you expected to see? You did not go there just to look at the tall grass blowing in the wind, did you? \v 8 So what kind of person did you expect to see? Surely not a man who was wearing expensive clothes. No! You know very well that people who wear clothes like that reside in kings' palaces and not in the wilderness. \s5 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 16 But you and the other people who are alive now, you are like children who are playing games in the marketplace. Some of them call to their friends, +\v 16 But you and the other people who are alive now, you are like children who are playing games in the marketplace. Some of them call to their friends, \v 17 'We played happy music on the flute for you, but you refused to dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you refused to cry!' \s5 @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ \v 22 Let me tell you this: God will punish the wicked people who lived in the cities of Tyre and Sidon, but he will punish you even more severely on the final day when he judges all people. \s5 -\v 23 I also have something to say to you people who live in the city of Capernaum. Do you think that others will praise you so much that you will go right up to heaven? That will not happen! On the contrary, you will go down to where God punishes people after they die! +\v 23 I also have something to say to you people who live in the city of Capernaum. Do you think that others will praise you so much that you will go right up to heaven? That will not happen! On the contrary, you will go down to where God punishes people after they die! If I had done these same miracles in Sodom of long ago, those wicked people would certainly have stopped sinning, and their city would have been here even today. But you have not stopped sinning. \v 24 Let me tell you this: God will punish the wicked people who lived in Sodom, but he will punish you even more severely on the final day when he judges all people." @@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ If I had done these same miracles in Sodom of long ago, those wicked people woul \v 28 Come to me, all you people who are very weary of trying to obey all the laws your leaders say you should. I will let you rest from all that. \v 29 Submit to me, like an ox to its yoke, and learn what I have to teach you. I am gentle and humble, and you will truly rest. -\v 30 For the load I will give you is light, and you will carry it easily." - +\v 30 For the load I will give you is light, and you will carry it easily." diff --git a/41-MAT/12.usfm b/41-MAT/12.usfm index 0b5cfa9c..4e5499c3 100644 --- a/41-MAT/12.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/12.usfm @@ -13,13 +13,11 @@ \v 4 David entered the Sacred Tent where they worshiped God and ate the bread that had been on display before God. But according to the law of Moses, only priests were permitted to eat that bread, but David and the men who were with him ate it. \s5 -\v 5 Also, surely you have read what Moses wrote, when he said that even though the priests, by working in the temple on our Sabbath day, are not obeying the Jewish day of rest laws, they are not guilty. -\v 6 Let me tell you what this means: I have come to you, and I am more important than the temple. - +\v 5 Also, surely you have read what Moses wrote, when he said that even though the priests, by working in the temple on our Sabbath day, are not obeying the Jewish day of rest laws, they are not guilty. +\v 6 Let me tell you what this means: I have come to you, and I am more important than the temple. \s5 \v 7 You should think about these words of God in the scriptures: 'I want you to act mercifully toward people, and not just offer sacrifices.' If you understood what that means, you would not condemn my disciples, who have done no wrong. -\v 8 I am the Son of Man, and I have the authority to tell people what they can do on the Sabbath day." - +\v 8 I am the Son of Man, and I have the authority to tell people what they can do on the Sabbath day." @@ -51,15 +49,15 @@ \q the one whom I love and who pleases me. \q I will put my Spirit in him, \q and he will bring justice and salvation to the non-Jews." -\q +\q \s5 -\v 19 He will not quarrel with people, neither will he shout. +\v 19 He will not quarrel with people, neither will he shout. \q And he will not shout in the streets. -\q +\q \v 20 He will be gentle with the weak people; \q If a person is barely alive, he will not kill him. -\q And he will judge the people with justice and declare that they are not guilty. +\q And he will judge the people with justice and declare that they are not guilty. \q \v 21 So the non-Jews will confidently trust in him." @@ -90,8 +88,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 33 "When you see some fruit from a tree, you decide whether the fruit is good or bad. If it is good, then you know that its tree is also good. If I am doing good things, then you should know whether or not I am good. - +\v 33 "When you see some fruit from a tree, you decide whether the fruit is good or bad. If it is good, then you know that its tree is also good. If I am doing good things, then you should know whether or not I am good. \v 34 You are like the children of poisonous snakes! You cannot say anything good, because you are evil. What a person says shows what is inside him. \v 35 Good people speak good things. That is because it is like they have stored up all these good things in a safe place and can bring them out at any time. But evil people speak evil things. That is because it is like they have stored up all these evil things and bring them out at any time from the place where they store them. @@ -109,8 +106,7 @@ \v 40 Jonah was in the stomach of a huge fish for three days and nights before God caused him to come out. Similarly, for three days and nights I, the Son of Man, will be deep in the earth, and then God will cause me to live again. \s5 -\v 41 When God judges everyone, the people who lived in the city of Nineveh will stand in front of him beside you people. But they stopped sinning when Jonah warned them. Now I have come to you, and I am far more important than Jonah was, but you have not stopped sinning. So God will judge you. - +\v 41 When God judges everyone, the people who lived in the city of Nineveh will stand in front of him beside you people. But they stopped sinning when Jonah warned them. Now I have come to you, and I am far more important than Jonah was, but you have not stopped sinning. So God will judge you. \s5 \v 42 The queen from Sheba, south of Israel, who lived long ago, came from a distant region in order to listen to King Solomon teach many wise things. Now I have come to you, and I am far more important than Solomon was, but you have not stopped sinning. So when God judges everyone, the queen of Sheba will stand in front of him beside you people, and she will condemn you." @@ -132,7 +128,7 @@ \v 47 Someone said to him, "Your mother and your younger brothers are standing outside the house, and they want to talk to you." \s5 -\v 48 Then Jesus said to the person who told him that, "I will tell you who are really my mother and brothers." +\v 48 Then Jesus said to the person who told him that, "I will tell you who are really my mother and brothers." \v 49 He then pointed toward his disciples and said, "These are ones who take the place of my mother and my brothers. \v 50 Those who do what God my Father who is in heaven wants take the place of my brother, my sister, or my mother." diff --git a/41-MAT/13.usfm b/41-MAT/13.usfm index 441c1dc1..fc83b281 100644 --- a/41-MAT/13.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/13.usfm @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \s5 \v 13 That is why I use parables when I speak to people, because although they see what I do, they do not understand what it means, and although they hear what I say, they do not really learn what it means. \v 14 What these people do completely fulfills what God told the prophet Isaiah to say long ago, -\q +\q \p You will hear what I say, but you will not understand it. \q You will see what I do, but you will not learn what it means. @@ -39,14 +39,12 @@ \q As if they did not really want to see anything, \q As if they did not really want to hear anything. \q They are like this so they will not think they must stop sinning; -\q They are like this so they will not think they need for me to save them. - +\q They are like this so they will not think they need for me to save them. \s5 \p \v 16 But as for you, God has made you able because you realize what I have done and because you understand what I say. -\v 17 Note this: many prophets and righteous people who lived long ago longed to see what you are seeing me do, but they did not see it. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing me say, but they did not hear what you hear me say." - +\v 17 Note this: many prophets and righteous people who lived long ago longed to see what you are seeing me do, but they did not see it. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing me say, but they did not hear what you hear me say." \s5 \p \v 18 Now listen to me explain the parable I told you. @@ -54,12 +52,10 @@ because you understand what I say. \s5 \v 20 Some people hear God's message and immediately accept it joyfully. They are like the rocky places where some seeds fell. -\v 21 But because it does not penetrate deeply into their hearts, they believe it for only a short time. They are like the plants that did not have deep roots. When others treat them badly and make them suffer because they believe in what I have told them, they sin by refusing to believe in it any longer. - +\v 21 But because it does not penetrate deeply into their hearts, they believe it for only a short time. They are like the plants that did not have deep roots. When others treat them badly and make them suffer because they believe in what I have told them, they sin by refusing to believe in it any longer. \s5 -\v 22 Some people hear God's message, but they desire to be rich, so they worry only about money and what they can buy with money. As a result, they forget God's message and they do not do the things that God wants them to do. These people are like the soil that had the roots of thorny weeds in it. -\v 23 But some people hear my message and understand it. Some of them do many things that please God, some do even more things that please God, and some do very many things that please God. They are like the good soil where some of the seeds fell." - +\v 22 Some people hear God's message, but they desire to be rich, so they worry only about money and what they can buy with money. As a result, they forget God's message and they do not do the things that God wants them to do. These people are like the soil that had the roots of thorny weeds in it. +\v 23 But some people hear my message and understand it. Some of them do many things that please God, some do even more things that please God, and some do very many things that please God. They are like the good soil where some of the seeds fell." \s5 \p \v 24 Jesus also told the crowd another parable. He said, "When God rules from heaven, it will be like a landowner who sent his servants to sow good seed in his field. diff --git a/41-MAT/14.usfm b/41-MAT/14.usfm index 5932ee03..f6505d04 100644 --- a/41-MAT/14.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/14.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 6 One day, Herod gave a party to celebrate his birthday, and Herodias' daughter danced for his guests. Her dancing pleased Herod very much, +\v 6 One day, Herod gave a party to celebrate his birthday, and Herodias' daughter danced for his guests. Her dancing pleased Herod very much, \v 7 so he promised to give her whatever she asked, and he asked God to be a witness that he had made this promise. \s5 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 22 Right after that happened, Jesus told the disciples to get in the boat and to go ahead of him to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. In the meantime, he was going to send the crowd home. +\v 22 Right after that happened, Jesus told the disciples to get in the boat and to go ahead of him to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. In the meantime, he was going to send the crowd home. \v 23 After he sent the crowd away, he went up into the hills to pray by himself. When it was evening, he was still there alone. \v 24 By this time the disciples were a long distance from the shore. The wind was blowing very hard opposite to how the disciples were trying to sail; the wind made very large waves that were tossing the boat back and forth in the water. diff --git a/41-MAT/15.usfm b/41-MAT/15.usfm index 8a4caf2f..3024da44 100644 --- a/41-MAT/15.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/15.usfm @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ \v 17 You ought to understand that whatever food people eat enters their stomachs, and later what remains passes out of their bodies. \s5 -\v 18 Instead, the evil words that the mouth speaks are what makes God reject a person, because they come from the evil things that the person thinks in his innermost being. +\v 18 Instead, the evil words that the mouth speaks are what makes God reject a person, because they come from the evil things that the person thinks in his innermost being. \v 19 This is because it is people's innermost beings that cause them to think things that are evil, to murder people, to commit adultery, to commit other sexual sins, to steal things, to testify falsely, and to speak evil about others. \v 20 It is these actions that cause God to consider people to be unacceptable to him. But to eat with unwashed hands does not cause God to reject people." diff --git a/41-MAT/16.usfm b/41-MAT/16.usfm index 24312138..37284403 100644 --- a/41-MAT/16.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/16.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 2 He answered them, "In our country, if the sky is red in the evening, we say, 'It will be good weather tomorrow.' \s5 -\v 3 But if the sky is red in the morning we say, 'It will be stormy weather today.' By looking at the sky, you can tell what the weather will be, but when you see the things that are now happening all around you, you do not understand what God is doing. +\v 3 But if the sky is red in the morning we say, 'It will be stormy weather today.' By looking at the sky, you can tell what the weather will be, but when you see the things that are now happening all around you, you do not understand what God is doing. \v 4 You evil people have seen me perform miracles, but you do not faithfully worship God. So I will do no miracle for you, except the miracle that happened to Jonah the prophet, who spent three days inside a huge fish but came out again." Then Jesus left them and sailed away, along with his disciples. \s5 @@ -44,11 +44,10 @@ \p \v 21 From that time Jesus began to teach the disciples that it was necessary for him to go to the city of Jerusalem. There the ruling elders, the chief priests, and the men who taught the Jewish laws would cause him to suffer and die. Then on the third day after that, he would come alive again. \v 22 But Peter took Jesus aside and began to scold him for saying these things. He said, "Lord, may God never permit that to happen to you! That must certainly not happen!" -\v 23 Then Jesus turned to look at Peter, and he said to him, "Get out of my sight, because Satan is speaking through you. You are trying to get me to sin. You are not thinking what God thinks, but only what people think!" - +\v 23 Then Jesus turned to look at Peter, and he said to him, "Get out of my sight, because Satan is speaking through you. You are trying to get me to sin. You are not thinking what God thinks, but only what people think!" \s5 \p -\v 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone of you wants to trust me and go where I am going, you must put away your own desires and purposes, and you must take up your own cross, and go where I lead you. +\v 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone of you wants to trust me and go where I am going, you must put away your own desires and purposes, and you must take up your own cross, and go where I lead you. \v 25 Whoever tries to save his own life, will find that instead of saving his life, he loses it. But whoever loses his life for me, he will find his life. \v 26 People might get everything they want in this world, but if they do not become my disciples, they gain nothing and they even lose their owns lives. What could anyone give in exchange for their own life? diff --git a/41-MAT/17.usfm b/41-MAT/17.usfm index 9062f3bb..94bfd5d0 100644 --- a/41-MAT/17.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/17.usfm @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 22 When the disciples had gathered together in the district of Galilee, Jesus said to them, "Someone will soon hand me, the Son of Man, over to the authorities. +\v 22 When the disciples had gathered together in the district of Galilee, Jesus said to them, "Someone will soon hand me, the Son of Man, over to the authorities. \v 23 They will kill me, but God will cause me to become alive again on the third day after I am killed." When the disciples heard that, they became very sad. \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/18.usfm b/41-MAT/18.usfm index da23c9fb..701d908f 100644 --- a/41-MAT/18.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/18.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \v 6 "If a person causes someone who believes in me to sin, even if it is someone who people think is as unimportant as this little child, God will severely punish that person. He will punish that person worse than if someone had thrown him into the sea's deep waters with a heavy stone tied to his neck! \s5 -\v 7 How terrible it will be for those who cause others to sin. There will always be temptations to sin, but how terrible it will be for anyone to cause another person to sin. +\v 7 How terrible it will be for those who cause others to sin. There will always be temptations to sin, but how terrible it will be for anyone to cause another person to sin. \v 8 So if you are wanting to use one of your hands or feet to sin, stop using that hand or foot! Even if you have to cut it off so you will not sin! Suppose you had only one hand or one foot and still lived forever with God, how much better is that than if you had both hands and both feet and God threw you into the eternal fire in hell because of your sin. \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/20.usfm b/41-MAT/20.usfm index 3c9ed164..9b151081 100644 --- a/41-MAT/20.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/20.usfm @@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ \v 25 So Jesus called all of them together and said to them, "You know that those who rule the non-Jews enjoy showing them that they are powerful. Their chief rulers enjoy commanding the people under them. \v 26 You should not be like them. On the contrary, everyone among you who wants God to consider him great must become a servant for the rest of you. \v 27 Yes, and everyone among you who wants God to consider him to be the most important must become a servant for the rest of you. -\v 28 You should imitate me. Even though I am the Son of Man, I did not come for others to serve me. On the contrary, I came in order to serve them and to allow them to kill me, so that my dying would be like a payment to rescue many people from being punished for their sins." - +\v 28 You should imitate me. Even though I am the Son of Man, I did not come for others to serve me. On the contrary, I came in order to serve them and to allow them to kill me, so that my dying would be like a payment to rescue many people from being punished for their sins." \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/21.usfm b/41-MAT/21.usfm index 0e8a03f3..f9710090 100644 --- a/41-MAT/21.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/21.usfm @@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ \s5 \p \v 6 So the two disciples went and did what Jesus told them to do. -\v 7 They brought the donkey and its colt to Jesus. They placed their cloaks on them to make something for him to sit on. Then Jesus mounted +\v 7 They brought the donkey and its colt to Jesus. They placed their cloaks on them to make something for him to sit on. Then Jesus mounted and sat on the cloaks. \v 8 Then a large crowd spread some of their outer clothing on the road, and other people cut off branches from palm trees and spread them on the road. \s5 -\v 9 The crowds that walked in front of him and those who walked behind him were shouting, -\q "Praise the Messiah, the descendant of King David!" -\q "May the Lord God bless this one who comes as God's representative and with God's authority ." +\v 9 The crowds that walked in front of him and those who walked behind him were shouting, +\q "Praise the Messiah, the descendant of King David!" +\q "May the Lord God bless this one who comes as God's representative and with God's authority ." \q "Praise God, who is in the highest heaven!" \m \v 10 As Jesus entered Jerusalem, many people from all over the city became excited and were saying, "Why are they honoring this man like that?" diff --git a/41-MAT/23.usfm b/41-MAT/23.usfm index 063a2e22..460644e0 100644 --- a/41-MAT/23.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/23.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 13-14 "You teachers of the law and you Pharisees, you are hypocrites! How terribly God will punish you, because you refuse to come under the rule of heaven and also keep others out. You yourselves do not want to go in, and you keep others from entering, too." +\v 13-14 "You teachers of the law and you Pharisees, you are hypocrites! How terribly God will punish you, because you refuse to come under the rule of heaven and also keep others out. You yourselves do not want to go in, and you keep others from entering, too." \p \v 15 "You are hypocrites, you teachers of the law and you Pharisees! How terribly God will punish you! You work hard to get even one person to believe what you teach. You even travel across seas and lands to distant places in order to do that. And as a result, when one person believes what you teach, you make that person deserve to go to hell much more than you yourselves do." @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \v 19 You are like people who are blind. The gift that you put on the altar is important, but the altar is even more important because it is the altar that makes the gift only for God. \s5 -\v 20 So those who promise to do something and then ask the altar to confirm that they will do it, they are also asking everything on the altar to do the same thing. +\v 20 So those who promise to do something and then ask the altar to confirm that they will do it, they are also asking everything on the altar to do the same thing. \v 21 Yes, and those who promise to do something and then ask the temple to confirm that they will do it, they are also asking that God, to whom the temple belongs, will confirm the same thing. \v 22 And those who promise to do something and then ask heaven to confirm that they will do it, they are asking the throne of God to confirm that they will do it, and they are also asking God, who sits on that throne, to confirm the same thing." diff --git a/41-MAT/26.usfm b/41-MAT/26.usfm index 004f5ef5..eb7ee955 100644 --- a/41-MAT/26.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/26.usfm @@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ \p -\v 31 On the way, Jesus told them, "This night all of you will desert me because of what will happen to me! This is certain to happen because these words that God said are written in the scriptures: -\q 'I will cause men to kill the shepherd, +\v 31 On the way, Jesus told them, "This night all of you will desert me because of what will happen to me! This is certain to happen because these words that God said are written in the scriptures: +\q 'I will cause men to kill the shepherd, \q and they will scatter all the sheep.' \v 32 But after I have died and become alive again, I will go ahead of you to Galilee and meet you there." diff --git a/41-MAT/28.usfm b/41-MAT/28.usfm index cbf9951c..c662fec3 100644 --- a/41-MAT/28.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/28.usfm @@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 16 Later the eleven disciples went to the district of Galilee. They went to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. -\v 17 They saw him there and worshiped him. But some doubted that it was really Jesus and that he had become alive again. - +\v 17 They saw him there and worshiped him. But some doubted that it was really Jesus and that he had become alive again. \s5 \v 18 Then Jesus came close to them and said, "My Father has given me all authority over everything and everyone in heaven and on earth. \v 19 So go, and use my authority to teach my message to people of all people groups so that they may become my disciples. Baptize them to be under the authority of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. diff --git a/42-MRK/01.usfm b/42-MRK/01.usfm index 3c67f7a0..56f3257b 100644 --- a/42-MRK/01.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/01.usfm @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ \c 1 \p \v 1-2 This is the good news concerning Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God. Isaiah the prophet mentioned this good news when he wrote: -\q "Listen! I am sending my messenger ahead of you. +\q "Listen! I am sending my messenger ahead of you. \q He will prepare the people to welcome you. \q -\v 3 He will call out to anyone who hears him in the wilderness, +\v 3 He will call out to anyone who hears him in the wilderness, \q 'Make yourselves ready to welcome the Lord.'" \s5 diff --git a/42-MRK/02.usfm b/42-MRK/02.usfm index bb530276..1139b504 100644 --- a/42-MRK/02.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/02.usfm @@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ \s5 \v 15 Later, Jesus was eating a meal in Levi's house. Many sinners and men who collected taxes were eating with Jesus and his disciples. -\v 16 Men who taught the Jewish laws and who were members of the Pharisee sect saw that Jesus was eating with sinners and men who collected taxes. They asked Jesus' disciples, "Why does he eat and drink with sinners and men who collect taxes?" - +\v 16 Men who taught the Jewish laws and who were members of the Pharisee sect saw that Jesus was eating with sinners and men who collected taxes. They asked Jesus' disciples, "Why does he eat and drink with sinners and men who collect taxes?" \s5 \v 17 After Jesus heard what they were asking, he said to the men who taught the Jewish laws, "Healthy people do not need a doctor. On the contrary, it is those who are sick who need a doctor. I did not come to invite those who think they are righteous to come me, but those who know that they have sinned." @@ -47,8 +46,7 @@ \v 21 Jesus went on to say to them, "People do not sew a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment in order to mend a hole. If they did, when they washed the garment, the patch would shrink and the new piece of cloth would tear off more of the old cloth. As a result, the hole would become even bigger! \s5 -\v 22 Similarly, people do not put new wine into old skin bags to store it. If they did, the new wine will burst the skin bags because they would not stretch when the wine ferments and expands. As a result both the wine and the skin bags would be ruined! On the contrary, people must put new wine into new skin bags!" - +\v 22 Similarly, people do not put new wine into old skin bags to store it. If they did, the new wine will burst the skin bags because they would not stretch when the wine ferments and expands. As a result both the wine and the skin bags would be ruined! On the contrary, people must put new wine into new skin bags!" \s5 \p \v 23 On one Sabbath, Jesus was walking through some grain fields with his disciples. As they were walking along through the grain fields, the disciples were plucking some of the heads of grain. diff --git a/42-MRK/03.usfm b/42-MRK/03.usfm index 9cc69eb7..91eb011a 100644 --- a/42-MRK/03.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/03.usfm @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ \v 27 No one can go into the house of a strong man and take his possessions away from him unless he first ties up the strong man. Only then will he be able to steal the things in that man's house." \s5 -\v 28 Jesus also said, "Consider this carefully! People may sin in many ways and they may speak evil about God. God can still forgive them, +\v 28 Jesus also said, "Consider this carefully! People may sin in many ways and they may speak evil about God. God can still forgive them, \v 29 but if anyone speaks evil words about the Holy Spirit, God will never forgive them. That person is eternally guilty of sin." \p \v 30 Jesus told them this because they were saying, "An evil spirit is controlling him!" diff --git a/42-MRK/05.usfm b/42-MRK/05.usfm index bd599a29..c852ebb4 100644 --- a/42-MRK/05.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/05.usfm @@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 14 The men who were tending the pigs ran and reported in the town and the countryside what had happened. Many people went to see for themselves what had happened. -\v 15 They came to the place where Jesus was. Then they saw the man whom evil spirits had previously controlled. He was sitting there with clothes on and mentally sound. They were afraid when they saw all this. - +\v 15 They came to the place where Jesus was. Then they saw the man whom evil spirits had previously controlled. He was sitting there with clothes on and mentally sound. They were afraid when they saw all this. \s5 \v 16 The people who had seen the events described what had happened to the man whom the evil spirits previously controlled. They also described what had happened to the pigs. \v 17 Then the people pleaded with Jesus to leave their region. diff --git a/42-MRK/07.usfm b/42-MRK/07.usfm index 360e60bd..523c333a 100644 --- a/42-MRK/07.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/07.usfm @@ -5,23 +5,21 @@ \p -\v 1 One day some Pharisees and some men who teach the Jewish laws who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus. - +\v 1 One day some Pharisees and some men who teach the Jewish laws who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus. \s5 \v 2 The Pharisees saw that the disciples often ate without washing their hands first. \v 3-4 They and all of the other Jews strictly observe their traditions that their ancestors taught. Specifically, they wash in a special way their cups, pots, kettles, containers, and beds in order that using these things will not make God reject them. -For example, they refuse to eat until they first wash their hands with a special ritual, especially after they return from buying things in the marketplace. There are many other such traditions that they accept and try to obey. - +For example, they refuse to eat until they first wash their hands with a special ritual, especially after they return from buying things in the marketplace. There are many other such traditions that they accept and try to obey. \s5 \p \v 5 That day, those Pharisees and men who taught the Jewish laws saw that some of his disciples were eating food with hands that they had not washed using the special ritual. So they questioned Jesus and said, "Your disciples disobey the traditions of our elders! Why do they eat food if they have not washed their hands using our ritual!" \s5 \v 6 Jesus said to them, "Isaiah rebuked your ancestors, and his words describe very well you people who only pretend to be good! He wrote these words that God said: -\q 'These people speak as if they honor me, +\q 'These people speak as if they honor me, \q but they really do not think about honoring me at all. \q -\v 7 It is useless for them to worship me, +\v 7 It is useless for them to worship me, \q because they teach only what people say \q as if I myself had commanded them.' diff --git a/42-MRK/09.usfm b/42-MRK/09.usfm index 42a28f1c..8ecee46b 100644 --- a/42-MRK/09.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/09.usfm @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 42 Jesus also said, "But if you cause someone who believes in me to sin, God will severely punish you, even if that person is socially unimportant like this little child. If someone tied a heavy stone around your neck and threw you into the sea, it would be better for you than if God punished you for causing a person who believes in me to sin. -\v 43 So if you are wanting to use one of your hands to sin, do not use it! Even if you have to cut your hand off and throw it away to avoid sinning, do it! It is good that you live eternally, even though you lack one of your hands while you are here on earth. But it is not good that you sin and as a result for God to throw your whole body into hell. +\v 43 So if you are wanting to use one of your hands to sin, do not use it! Even if you have to cut your hand off and throw it away to avoid sinning, do it! It is good that you live eternally, even though you lack one of your hands while you are here on earth. But it is not good that you sin and as a result for God to throw your whole body into hell. \v 44 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit this phrase from verses 44 and 46, \fqa "where worms never stop feeding on them, and the fire that burns them never goes out" \f* \s5 @@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ \s5 \p \v 49 "For God will put fire on everyone, just like people put salt on their food. -\v 50 Salt is useful to put on food, but you cannot make it taste salty again if it becomes flavorless. We are to be like salt that adds flavor to food. And live in peace with one another." - +\v 50 Salt is useful to put on food, but you cannot make it taste salty again if it becomes flavorless. We are to be like salt that adds flavor to food. And live in peace with one another." diff --git a/42-MRK/12.usfm b/42-MRK/12.usfm index 05daffa8..eb286b6f 100644 --- a/42-MRK/12.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/12.usfm @@ -77,10 +77,9 @@ \s5 \p -\v 35 Later, while Jesus was teaching in the temple area, he said to the people, "How is it that those who teach the law say—and they are correct in saying—that the Messiah is the son of David? +\v 35 Later, while Jesus was teaching in the temple area, he said to the people, "How is it that those who teach the law say—and they are correct in saying—that the Messiah is the son of David? \v 36 The Holy Spirit caused David to say about the Messiah, 'God said to my Lord, "Sit here beside me at my right hand, in the place where I will highly honor you above everyone else! Sit here while I completely defeat your enemies!"' -\v 37 In this Psalm of David he refers to the Messiah as 'Lord.' But how—as the teachers of the law correctly say—can the Messiah also be the son of David?" Many people listened to him gladly as he taught these things. - +\v 37 In this Psalm of David he refers to the Messiah as 'Lord.' But how—as the teachers of the law correctly say—can the Messiah also be the son of David?" Many people listened to him gladly as he taught these things. \s5 \p \v 38 While Jesus was teaching the people, he said to them, "Beware that you do not act like the men who teach our laws. They like people to honor them, so they put on long robes and walk around in order to show people how important they are. They also like people to greet them respectfully in the marketplaces. diff --git a/42-MRK/13.usfm b/42-MRK/13.usfm index 0d485b4a..137ce624 100644 --- a/42-MRK/13.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/13.usfm @@ -67,4 +67,4 @@ \s5 \v 35 That man must always be ready, because he does not know whether his master will return in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn. Similarly, you also must always be ready, because you do not know when I will return. \v 36 May it not happen that when I come suddenly, I will find that you are not ready! -\v 37 These words that I am saying to you disciples I am saying to everyone: Always be ready!" +\v 37 These words that I am saying to you disciples I am saying to everyone: Always be ready!" diff --git a/42-MRK/14.usfm b/42-MRK/14.usfm index a140a597..826067ce 100644 --- a/42-MRK/14.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/14.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \v 5 It could have been sold for almost a year's wages and then the money could have been given to poor people!" So they scolded her. \s5 -\v 6 But Jesus said, "Stop scolding her! She has done to me what I consider to be very appropriate. So you should not bother her! +\v 6 But Jesus said, "Stop scolding her! She has done to me what I consider to be very appropriate. So you should not bother her! \v 7 You will always have poor people among you. So you can help them whenever you want to. But I will not be here with you much longer. \v 8 It is appropriate that she has done what she could do. It is as if she had known that I was going to die soon, because she has anointed my body ahead of time so that it is ready for burial. \v 9 I will tell you this: Wherever my followers preach the good news throughout the world, they will also tell what she has done, and people will remember her." @@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ \v 29 Then Peter said to him, "Perhaps all the other disciples will leave you, but I will not! I will not leave you!" \s5 -\v 30 Then Jesus said to him, "The truth is that this very night, before the rooster crows two times, you will say about me three times, that you do not know me. +\v 30 Then Jesus said to him, "The truth is that this very night, before the rooster crows two times, you will say about me three times, that you do not know me. \v 31 But Peter replied strongly, "Even if they kill me, I will not say that I do not know you." And all the other disciples said the same thing. \s5 \p \v 32 On the way, Jesus and the disciples came to the place that people call Gethsemane. Then he said to some of his disciples, "Stay here while I pray!" -\v 33 Then he took Peter, James, and John with him. He became extremely upset. +\v 33 Then he took Peter, James, and John with him. He became extremely upset. \v 34 He said to them, "I am very sorrowful. It is as if I were about to die. You men stay here and keep watch!" \s5 @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ \v 50 All the disciples at once left him and ran away. \s5 -\v 51 At that time, a young man was following Jesus. He was wearing only a linen cloth around his body. The crowd seized him, +\v 51 At that time, a young man was following Jesus. He was wearing only a linen cloth around his body. The crowd seized him, \v 52 but, as he pulled away from them, he left behind the linen cloth in their hands, and then he ran away naked. \s5 diff --git a/42-MRK/15.usfm b/42-MRK/15.usfm index 413a46ff..e3e6dfa6 100644 --- a/42-MRK/15.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/15.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 16 The soldiers took Jesus into the courtyard of the barracks. Then they summoned the whole cohort who were on duty there. -\v 17 After the soldiers gathered together, they put a purple robe on Jesus. Then they placed on his head a crown that they had woven from thornbush branches. +\v 17 After the soldiers gathered together, they put a purple robe on Jesus. Then they placed on his head a crown that they had woven from thornbush branches. \v 18 Then they greeted him like they would greet a king, in order to ridicule him; they said, "Greetings, King of the Jews!" \s5 @@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ \s5 \v 22 The soldiers brought them both to a place that they call Golgotha. That name means, "A place like a skull." \v 23 Then they tried to give Jesus wine that was mixed with myrrh. But he refused to drink it. -\v 24 Some of the soldiers took his clothes. Then they nailed him to a cross. Afterwards, they divided his clothes among themselves by gambling for them. - +\v 24 Some of the soldiers took his clothes. Then they nailed him to a cross. Afterwards, they divided his clothes among themselves by gambling for them. \s5 \p \v 25 It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him. @@ -71,8 +70,7 @@ \s5 \v 36 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He placed it on the tip of a reed, and then held it up to try to get Jesus to suck on it. He said, "Wait! Let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down from the cross!" \v 37 And then Jesus shouted loudly, stopped breathing, and died. -\v 38 At that moment the curtain in the temple sanctuary split into two pieces from top to bottom. - +\v 38 At that moment the curtain in the temple sanctuary split into two pieces from top to bottom. \s5 \v 39 The officer who supervised the soldiers who nailed Jesus to the cross was standing in front of Jesus. When he saw how Jesus had died, he exclaimed, "Truly, this man was the Son of God!" \v 40-41 There were also some women there; they were watching these events from a distance. They had accompanied Jesus when he was in Galilee, and they had provided what he needed. They had come with him to Jerusalem. Among those women was Mary from Magdala. There was another Mary, who was the mother of the younger James and of Joses. There was also Salome. diff --git a/43-LUK/00.usfm b/43-LUK/00.usfm index d65c091d..3666d99b 100644 --- a/43-LUK/00.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/00.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \id LUK Unlocked Dynamic Bible \ide UTF-8 \h LUKE -\toc1 The Gospel of Luke +\toc1 The Gospel of Luke \toc2 Luke \toc3 Luk \mt1 Luke \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/43-LUK/01.usfm b/43-LUK/01.usfm index 19df284d..2b2444f2 100644 --- a/43-LUK/01.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/01.usfm @@ -1,180 +1,171 @@ \s5 -\c 1 -\p -\v 1 Dear Theophilus, +\c 1 +\p +\v 1 Dear Theophilus, \p Many people have written reports about the amazing events that have happened among us. -\v 2 We heard about these things from people who saw them happen, from the time everything first started happening. These people taught others about God's message. -\v 3 I myself have carefully studied everything that these people wrote and taught. So I decided that it would also be good for me to write for you, noble Theophilus, an accurate account of these matters. -\v 4 I am doing this so that you may know that what you have been taught about these things is true. - +\v 2 We heard about these things from people who saw them happen, from the time everything first started happening. These people taught others about God's message. +\v 3 I myself have carefully studied everything that these people wrote and taught. So I decided that it would also be good for me to write for you, noble Theophilus, an accurate account of these matters. +\v 4 I am doing this so that you may know that what you have been taught about these things is true. \s5 -\p -\v 5 When King Herod ruled the province of Judea, there was a Jewish priest named Zechariah. He belonged to the group of priests called the Abijah group. He and his wife Elizabeth were both descended from Aaron. -\v 6 God considered that both of them were righteous, because they always obeyed without fault everything that God had commanded. -\v 7 But they had no children, because Elizabeth was unable to bear children. Furthermore, she and her husband were very old. - +\p +\v 5 When King Herod ruled the province of Judea, there was a Jewish priest named Zechariah. He belonged to the group of priests called the Abijah group. He and his wife Elizabeth were both descended from Aaron. +\v 6 God considered that both of them were righteous, because they always obeyed without fault everything that God had commanded. +\v 7 But they had no children, because Elizabeth was unable to bear children. Furthermore, she and her husband were very old. \s5 -\p -\v 8 One day Zechariah was serving as a priest in the temple in Jerusalem during his group's regular time of service there. -\v 9 Following their custom, the priests chose him by lot to go into the Lord's temple and burn incense. +\p +\v 8 One day Zechariah was serving as a priest in the temple in Jerusalem during his group's regular time of service there. +\v 9 Following their custom, the priests chose him by lot to go into the Lord's temple and burn incense. \v 10 When the time came for him to burn the incense, many people were praying in the courtyard outside the temple. \s5 -\v 11 Then an angel whom the Lord had sent appeared to him. The angel was standing at the right side of the altar of incense. -\v 12 When Zechariah saw the angel, he was startled and became very afraid. +\v 11 Then an angel whom the Lord had sent appeared to him. The angel was standing at the right side of the altar of incense. +\v 12 When Zechariah saw the angel, he was startled and became very afraid. \v 13 But the angel said to him, "Zechariah, do not be afraid! When you prayed, the Lord heard your request. So your wife Elizabeth will bear a son for you. You must name him John. \s5 -\v 14 You will be very happy, and many other people will also be happy because he is born. -\v 15 God will consider him to be very important. He must never drink wine or any other alcoholic drink. He will be empowered by the Holy Spirit even before he is born. - +\v 14 You will be very happy, and many other people will also be happy because he is born. +\v 15 God will consider him to be very important. He must never drink wine or any other alcoholic drink. He will be empowered by the Holy Spirit even before he is born. \s5 -\v 16 He will persuade many descendants of Israel to stop sinning and start obeying the Lord their God again. +\v 16 He will persuade many descendants of Israel to stop sinning and start obeying the Lord their God again. \v 17 Your son will go in advance of the Lord as his forerunner and will be powerful in his spirit like the prophet Elijah was. He will cause parents to love their children again. He will cause many people who do not obey God to live wisely and to obey him as righteous people do. He will do this in order to cause many people to be ready when the Lord comes." \s5 -\p -\v 18 Then Zechariah said to the angel, "I am very old, and my wife is also very old. So how can I believe that the things you said will really happen?" -\p -\v 19 Then the angel said to him, "I am Gabriel! I stand in God's presence! I was sent to tell you this good news about what will happen to you. +\p +\v 18 Then Zechariah said to the angel, "I am very old, and my wife is also very old. So how can I believe that the things you said will really happen?" +\p +\v 19 Then the angel said to him, "I am Gabriel! I stand in God's presence! I was sent to tell you this good news about what will happen to you. \v 20 What I have told you will certainly happen at the time God has decided, but you did not believe my words. So now God will cause you to be unable to talk until the day your son is born!" \s5 -\p -\v 21 While Zechariah and the angel were talking in the temple, the people in the courtyard were waiting for Zechariah to come out. They wondered why he was staying in the temple for such a long time. -\v 22 When he came out, he was not able to speak to them. Because he could not talk, he made motions with his hands to try to explain what had happened. Then they realized that he had seen a vision from God while he was in the temple. -\p -\v 23 When Zechariah's time to work as a priest in the temple was finished, he left Jerusalem and went to his home. - +\p +\v 21 While Zechariah and the angel were talking in the temple, the people in the courtyard were waiting for Zechariah to come out. They wondered why he was staying in the temple for such a long time. +\v 22 When he came out, he was not able to speak to them. Because he could not talk, he made motions with his hands to try to explain what had happened. Then they realized that he had seen a vision from God while he was in the temple. +\p +\v 23 When Zechariah's time to work as a priest in the temple was finished, he left Jerusalem and went to his home. \s5 -\p +\p \v 24 Some time after this, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, but she did not go out in public for five months. \v 25 She said to herself, "The Lord has enabled me to become pregnant. In this way, he had compassion on me and has taken away the reason that people looked down on me!" \s5 -\p -\v 26 When Elizabeth had been pregnant for almost six months, God sent the angel Gabriel to the town of Nazareth in the district of Galilee. +\p +\v 26 When Elizabeth had been pregnant for almost six months, God sent the angel Gabriel to the town of Nazareth in the district of Galilee. \v 27 He went there to speak to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, who was a descendent of King David. The virgin's name was Mary. -\v 28 The angel said to her, "Greetings! The Lord is with you and has shown great kindness to you!" +\v 28 The angel said to her, "Greetings! The Lord is with you and has shown great kindness to you!" \v 29 But Mary felt very troubled when she heard his greeting. She wondered what the angel meant by these words. \s5 -\v 30 Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have received favor from God! -\v 31 You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you must name him Jesus. -\v 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High God. The Lord God will make him a king over his people as his ancestor David was. +\v 30 Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have received favor from God! +\v 31 You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you must name him Jesus. +\v 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High God. The Lord God will make him a king over his people as his ancestor David was. \v 33 He will rule forever over the descendants of Jacob. He will rule forever!" \s5 -\p -\v 34 Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this happen, since I am a virgin?" -\v 35 The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come to you and the power of God will cover you. So the baby you will bear will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God. - +\p +\v 34 Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this happen, since I am a virgin?" +\v 35 The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come to you and the power of God will cover you. So the baby you will bear will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God. \s5 \v 36 And listen to this. Your relative Elizabeth is pregnant with a son, even though she is very old. And though people thought that she could not bear children, she has now been pregnant for almost six months. -\v 37 For God can do anything!" +\v 37 For God can do anything!" \v 38 Then Mary said, "All right, I am the Lord's servant, so let what you have said about me happen!" Then the angel left her. \s5 -\p -\v 39 Very soon after that, Mary got ready and went quickly to the highlands of Judea, to the city where Zechariah lived. -\v 40 She entered his house and greeted his wife Elizabeth. +\p +\v 39 Very soon after that, Mary got ready and went quickly to the highlands of Judea, to the city where Zechariah lived. +\v 40 She entered his house and greeted his wife Elizabeth. \v 41 As soon as Elizabeth heard Mary greet her, the baby leaped inside Elizabeth's womb. Immediately the Holy Spirit guided Elizabeth to start praising God. \s5 -\v 42 She exclaimed loudly to Mary, "God has blessed you more than he has blessed other women, and he has blessed the baby you will bear! -\v 43 How wonderful it is that you, the mother of my Lord, should come to me! -\v 44 As soon as I heard you greet me, the baby in my womb leaped because he was so happy that you had come! +\v 42 She exclaimed loudly to Mary, "God has blessed you more than he has blessed other women, and he has blessed the baby you will bear! +\v 43 How wonderful it is that you, the mother of my Lord, should come to me! +\v 44 As soon as I heard you greet me, the baby in my womb leaped because he was so happy that you had come! \v 45 You are blessed because you believed that what the Lord told you would come true." \s5 -\p -\v 46 Then Mary praised God by saying: -\q "Oh, how I praise the Lord! -\q \v 47 I feel very joyful about God, -\q who is the one who saves me. - +\p +\v 46 Then Mary praised God by saying: +\q "Oh, how I praise the Lord! +\q \v 47 I feel very joyful about God, +\q who is the one who saves me. \s5 -\q \v 48 I was only his lowly servant girl, but he did not forget me. -\q So from now on, people living in all time periods will say that God has blessed me. -\q \v 49 They will say this because of the great things that God, the Powerful One, has done for me. -\q His name is holy! - +\q \v 48 I was only his lowly servant girl, but he did not forget me. +\q So from now on, people living in all time periods will say that God has blessed me. +\q \v 49 They will say this because of the great things that God, the Powerful One, has done for me. +\q His name is holy! \s5 -\q \v 50 He acts mercifully from one generation to the next toward those who respect him. -\q \v 51 He shows people that he is very powerful. +\q \v 50 He acts mercifully from one generation to the next toward those who respect him. +\q \v 51 He shows people that he is very powerful. \q He scatters those who think proudly within their inner beings. \s5 -\q \v 52 He has stopped kings from ruling, -\q and he has honored people who are oppressed. -\q \v 53 He has given good things to eat to those who are hungry, +\q \v 52 He has stopped kings from ruling, +\q and he has honored people who are oppressed. +\q \v 53 He has given good things to eat to those who are hungry, \q and he has sent away rich people without giving them anything. -\s5 +\s5 \q \v 54-55 He has helped Israel, the people who serve him. \q Long ago he promised our ancestors that he would be merciful to them. \q He has kept that promise and has always acted mercifully toward Abraham and all who descended from him." \s5 -\p -\v 56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months. Then she returned to her home. -\p -\v 57 When it was time for Elizabeth to bear her child, she bore a son. -\v 58 Her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had been so kind to her, and they were happy along with Elizabeth. - +\p +\v 56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months. Then she returned to her home. +\p +\v 57 When it was time for Elizabeth to bear her child, she bore a son. +\v 58 Her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had been so kind to her, and they were happy along with Elizabeth. \s5 -\v 59 On the eighth day after this, people gathered together for the ceremony to circumcise the baby. Since his father's name was Zechariah, they wanted to give the baby the same name. -\v 60 But his mother said, "No, his name must be John!" +\v 59 On the eighth day after this, people gathered together for the ceremony to circumcise the baby. Since his father's name was Zechariah, they wanted to give the baby the same name. +\v 60 But his mother said, "No, his name must be John!" \v 61 So they said to her, "But John is not the name of any of your relatives!" \s5 -\v 62 Then they made motions with their hands to his father, for him to indicate what name he wanted to be given to his son. -\v 63 So he signaled that they should give him a tablet to write on. When they gave him one, he wrote on it, "His name is John." All those who were there were surprised! - +\v 62 Then they made motions with their hands to his father, for him to indicate what name he wanted to be given to his son. +\v 63 So he signaled that they should give him a tablet to write on. When they gave him one, he wrote on it, "His name is John." All those who were there were surprised! \s5 -\v 64 Immediately Zechariah was able to speak again, and he began praising God. -\v 65 Everyone who lived nearby was completely awed by what God had done. They told many other people about what had happened and the news spread all over the highlands of Judea. +\v 64 Immediately Zechariah was able to speak again, and he began praising God. +\v 65 Everyone who lived nearby was completely awed by what God had done. They told many other people about what had happened and the news spread all over the highlands of Judea. \v 66 Everyone who heard it kept thinking about it. They were saying, "We wonder what work this child will do when he grows up!" Because of everything that had happened, they were sure that God would be helping him in a powerful way. \s5 -\v 67 After Zechariah's son was born, Zechariah was controlled by the Holy Spirit and he spoke these words from God: -\q \v 68 "Praise the Lord, the God whom we people of Israel worship, +\v 67 After Zechariah's son was born, Zechariah was controlled by the Holy Spirit and he spoke these words from God: +\q \v 68 "Praise the Lord, the God whom we people of Israel worship, \q because he has come to set us, his people, free. \s5 -\q \v 69 He is sending us someone who will powerfully save us, -\q someone who is descended from his servant, King David. -\q \v 70 Long ago God caused his prophets to say that he would do that. -\q \v 71 This powerful Savior will rescue us from our enemies, +\q \v 69 He is sending us someone who will powerfully save us, +\q someone who is descended from his servant, King David. +\q \v 70 Long ago God caused his prophets to say that he would do that. +\q \v 71 This powerful Savior will rescue us from our enemies, \q and he will save us from the power of all those who hate us. \s5 -\q \v 72 He has done this because he is merciful to our ancestors and remembers his holy covenant, -\q \v 73 which is the oath that he promised to our ancestor Abraham. -\q \v 74 God promised to rescue us from the power of our enemies, -\q and to enable us to serve him without being afraid, +\q \v 72 He has done this because he is merciful to our ancestors and remembers his holy covenant, +\q \v 73 which is the oath that he promised to our ancestor Abraham. +\q \v 74 God promised to rescue us from the power of our enemies, +\q and to enable us to serve him without being afraid, \q \v 75 in holy and righteous ways all of our lives. \s5 -\p -\v 76 Then Zechariah said this to his baby son: -\q "My child, you will be called a prophet -\q of the Most High God. -\q You will go ahead of the Lord +\p +\v 76 Then Zechariah said this to his baby son: +\q "My child, you will be called a prophet +\q of the Most High God. +\q You will go ahead of the Lord \q to prepare a people to be ready when he comes. \q \v 77 You will tell people that God is able to forgive them and save them from being punished for their sins. \s5 -\q \v 78 God will forgive us because he is kind and merciful to us. -\q And because of that, this Savior, who is like the rising sun, -\q will come to us from heaven to help us. -\q \v 79 He will shine on people who live in spiritual darkness and in the fear of death. +\q \v 78 God will forgive us because he is kind and merciful to us. +\q And because of that, this Savior, who is like the rising sun, +\q will come to us from heaven to help us. +\q \v 79 He will shine on people who live in spiritual darkness and in the fear of death. \q He will guide us so that we will live peacefully. \s5 -\p +\p \v 80 Over time, Zechariah and Elizabeth's baby boy grew up and became spiritually strong. Then he lived in a desolate region and was still living there when he began to preach publicly to God's people, Israel. diff --git a/43-LUK/02.usfm b/43-LUK/02.usfm index 94936d09..2886455b 100644 --- a/43-LUK/02.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/02.usfm @@ -3,107 +3,101 @@ l \s5 \c 2 \p -\v 1 Around that time Caesar Augustus sent out an official order that every person living under Roman rule must be registered in a public record. -\v 2 This first happened during the time that Quirinius was governing the province of Syria. +\v 1 Around that time Caesar Augustus sent out an official order that every person living under Roman rule must be registered in a public record. +\v 2 This first happened during the time that Quirinius was governing the province of Syria. \v 3 So everyone had to go to his family's hometown to be registered. \s5 \v 4-5 Joseph also traveled to his family's hometown, along with Mary who was engaged to him and was pregnant. Because Joseph was a descendant of King David, they left the town of Nazareth in the region of Galilee and traveled to the region of Judea, to the town of Bethlehem, which is also known as the city of David. Joseph and Mary went there to be registered in the public record. \s5 -\v 6-7 When they arrived in Bethlehem, there was no place for them to stay in a place where visitors usually stayed. So they had to stay in a place where animals slept overnight. While they were there the time came for Mary to give birth and she gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him in wide strips of cloth and laid him down where the food was kept for the animals inside the barn. - +\v 6-7 When they arrived in Bethlehem, there was no place for them to stay in a place where visitors usually stayed. So they had to stay in a place where animals slept overnight. While they were there the time came for Mary to give birth and she gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him in wide strips of cloth and laid him down where the food was kept for the animals inside the barn. \s5 \p -\v 8 That night, there were some shepherds who were taking care of their sheep in the fields near Bethlehem. +\v 8 That night, there were some shepherds who were taking care of their sheep in the fields near Bethlehem. \v 9 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared to them. A bright light shone all around them, showing the Lord's glory. So they became very afraid. \s5 -\v 10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid! I have come to tell you good news, which will benefit all people and will make you all very happy! -\v 11 Today, in the city of David, a baby has been born who will save you from your sins! He is the Messiah, the Lord! +\v 10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid! I have come to tell you good news, which will benefit all people and will make you all very happy! +\v 11 Today, in the city of David, a baby has been born who will save you from your sins! He is the Messiah, the Lord! \v 12 This is how you will recognize him: In Bethlehem you will find a baby who has been wrapped in strips of cloth and placed in a feeding place for animals." \s5 \p -\v 13 Suddenly a large group of angels from heaven appeared and joined the other angel. They all praised God, saying, +\v 13 Suddenly a large group of angels from heaven appeared and joined the other angel. They all praised God, saying, \q1 \v 14 "May all the angels in the highest heaven praise God! And may there be peace on earth among people who are pleasing to God!" \s5 \p -\v 15 After the angels left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, "We should go right now to Bethlehem to see this wonderful thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about!" -\v 16 So they went quickly and when they had found the place where Mary and Joseph were staying, they saw the baby lying in a feeding place for animals. - +\v 15 After the angels left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, "We should go right now to Bethlehem to see this wonderful thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about!" +\v 16 So they went quickly and when they had found the place where Mary and Joseph were staying, they saw the baby lying in a feeding place for animals. \s5 -\v 17 After seeing him, they told everyone what had been told to them about this child. -\v 18 All the people who heard what the shepherds said to them were amazed. -\v 19 But Mary kept thinking about all the things she had heard and carefully remembered them. +\v 17 After seeing him, they told everyone what had been told to them about this child. +\v 18 All the people who heard what the shepherds said to them were amazed. +\v 19 But Mary kept thinking about all the things she had heard and carefully remembered them. \v 20 The shepherds returned to the fields where their sheep were. They kept talking about how great God is and praising him for all the things that they had heard and seen, because everything happened exactly like the angels had told them. \s5 \p \v 21 On the eighth day after the baby was born, he was circumcised and they gave him the name Jesus. This was the name the angel had told them to give him, even before he was conceived. - -\s5 -\p -\v 22 When the required number of days for their purification had gone by, according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph traveled up to Jerusalem to dedicate their son to the Lord. -\v 23 It had been written in the law of the Lord, "Every male offspring that is the first to be born will be set apart to be holy to the Lord." -\v 24 The law of the Lord also said the parents of a newborn son must offer as a sacrifice, "Two turtledoves or two young pigeons." \s5 \p -\v 25 At that time there was an old man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. He did what was pleasing to God and obeyed God's laws. He was eagerly waiting for God to send the Messiah to encourage the Israelite people and the Holy Spirit was directing him. +\v 22 When the required number of days for their purification had gone by, according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph traveled up to Jerusalem to dedicate their son to the Lord. +\v 23 It had been written in the law of the Lord, "Every male offspring that is the first to be born will be set apart to be holy to the Lord." +\v 24 The law of the Lord also said the parents of a newborn son must offer as a sacrifice, "Two turtledoves or two young pigeons." +\s5 +\p +\v 25 At that time there was an old man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. He did what was pleasing to God and obeyed God's laws. He was eagerly waiting for God to send the Messiah to encourage the Israelite people and the Holy Spirit was directing him. \v 26 The Holy Spirit had previously revealed to him that he would see the Lord's promised Messiah before he died. \s5 \v 27 When Joseph and Mary brought their baby, Jesus, to the temple in order to perform the rituals that God had commanded in his laws, the Spirit led Simeon to enter the temple courtyard. \v 28 Then he took Jesus up in his arms and praised God, saying, -\q1 +\q1 \v 29 Lord, you have made me content and I can now die in peace according to your promise. \s5 -\q1 +\q1 \v 30 I have seen the one whom you sent to save people from their sins, -\q1 +\q1 \v 31 whom you prepared in the midst of all the peoples. -\q1 -\v 32 He will be like a light that will reveal your truth to the Gentiles, and he will bring honor to the Israelite people. - +\q1 +\v 32 He will be like a light that will reveal your truth to the Gentiles, and he will bring honor to the Israelite people. \s5 \p -\v 33 Jesus' father and mother were very amazed at what Simeon said about him. Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Jesus' mother, Mary, -\v 34 "Note what I say: God has determined that because of this child, many Israelite people will turn away from God, and many others will turn to God. He will be like a sign to warn people, and many people will oppose him. +\v 33 Jesus' father and mother were very amazed at what Simeon said about him. Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Jesus' mother, Mary, +\v 34 "Note what I say: God has determined that because of this child, many Israelite people will turn away from God, and many others will turn to God. He will be like a sign to warn people, and many people will oppose him. \v 35 As a result, the thoughts of many people will be made evident. A sword will also pierce your own soul." \s5 \p -\v 36 There was also in the temple courtyard a prophetess named Anna who was very old. Her father Phanuel was a member of the tribe of Asher. She had been married for seven years and then her husband died. -\v 37 After that, she lived eighty-four more years as a widow. She was always serving in the temple area and worshiped God night and day. She often fasted and prayed. +\v 36 There was also in the temple courtyard a prophetess named Anna who was very old. Her father Phanuel was a member of the tribe of Asher. She had been married for seven years and then her husband died. +\v 37 After that, she lived eighty-four more years as a widow. She was always serving in the temple area and worshiped God night and day. She often fasted and prayed. \v 38 At that very moment, Anna came up to them and began thanking God for the baby. Then she spoke about Jesus to many people who were expecting God to redeem Jerusalem. \s5 \p -\v 39 After Joseph and Mary had finished doing everything required of them by the laws of the Lord, they returned to their own town, Nazareth, in the district of Galilee. +\v 39 After Joseph and Mary had finished doing everything required of them by the laws of the Lord, they returned to their own town, Nazareth, in the district of Galilee. \v 40 As the child grew up, he became strong and very wise, and God was very pleased with him. \s5 \p -\v 41 Every year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. -\v 42 So when Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem for the festival as they always did. -\v 43 When all the days for the festival had ended, his parents started to return home, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know he was still there. -\v 44 They assumed that he was with the other people who were traveling with them. After walking a whole day's jouney, they started to look for him among their relatives and friends. - +\v 41 Every year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. +\v 42 So when Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem for the festival as they always did. +\v 43 When all the days for the festival had ended, his parents started to return home, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know he was still there. +\v 44 They assumed that he was with the other people who were traveling with them. After walking a whole day's jouney, they started to look for him among their relatives and friends. \s5 -\v 45 When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. -\v 46 After three days, they found him in the temple courtyard, sitting in the midst of the Jewish religious teachers. He was listening to them teach, and he was asking them questions. +\v 45 When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. +\v 46 After three days, they found him in the temple courtyard, sitting in the midst of the Jewish religious teachers. He was listening to them teach, and he was asking them questions. \v 47 All the people who heard what he said were amazed at how much he understood and how well he answered the questions that the teachers asked. \s5 -\v 48 When his parents saw him, they were very surprised. His mother said to him, "My son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been very worried as we have been searching for you!" -\v 49 He said to them, "Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I needed to be involved in what my Father does?" -\v 50 But they did not understand the meaning of what he said to them. - +\v 48 When his parents saw him, they were very surprised. His mother said to him, "My son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been very worried as we have been searching for you!" +\v 49 He said to them, "Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I needed to be involved in what my Father does?" +\v 50 But they did not understand the meaning of what he said to them. \s5 -\v 51 Then he returned with them to Nazareth and he always obeyed them. His mother kept thinking deeply about all those things. +\v 51 Then he returned with them to Nazareth and he always obeyed them. His mother kept thinking deeply about all those things. \p \v 52 As the years passed, Jesus continued to become wiser and he grew taller. God and people continued to approve of him more and more. diff --git a/43-LUK/03.usfm b/43-LUK/03.usfm index 4eaeb0c5..c6ab143e 100644 --- a/43-LUK/03.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/03.usfm @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ \s5 \c 3 -\p -\v 1 When Tiberius Caesar had been ruling the Roman Empire for about fifteen years, Pontius Pilate was the governor of the province of Judea, Herod Antipas was ruling the district of Galilee, his brother Philip was ruling the regions of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanius was ruling the region of Abilene. +\p +\v 1 When Tiberius Caesar had been ruling the Roman Empire for about fifteen years, Pontius Pilate was the governor of the province of Judea, Herod Antipas was ruling the district of Galilee, his brother Philip was ruling the regions of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanius was ruling the region of Abilene. \v 2 During that time, when Annas and Caiaphas were the high priests in Jerusalem, God spoke to Zechariah's son John while he was living out in the wilderness. \s5 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \q1 \v 6 Then everyone will see God's way of saving people." \s5 -\p +\p \v 7 John said to the crowds of people who were coming to be baptized by him, "You people are evil like poisonous snakes! No one warned you that one day God will punish everyone who sins, did they? Do not think that you can escape from him! \s5 @@ -33,58 +33,49 @@ \v 9 The ax is already placed at the root of the trees, so that every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire." \s5 -\v 10 Then some of the people in the crowd asked him, "What, then, should we do?" +\v 10 Then some of the people in the crowd asked him, "What, then, should we do?" \v 11 He answered them, "If any of you has two shirts, you should give one of them to someone who does not have a tunic. If any of you has plenty of food, you should give some to those who do not have food." \s5 -\v 12 Some tax collectors also came to John to be baptized. They asked him, "Teacher, what must we do?" -\v 13 He said to them, "Do not collect from the people more money than the Roman government tells you to collect!" - +\v 12 Some tax collectors also came to John to be baptized. They asked him, "Teacher, what must we do?" +\v 13 He said to them, "Do not collect from the people more money than the Roman government tells you to collect!" \s5 -\v 14 Some soldiers asked him, "And us? What should we do?" He said to them, "Do not force people to give you money by threatening them, and do not falsely accuse anyone of doing something wrong! Be content with the amount of money you earn." - +\v 14 Some soldiers asked him, "And us? What should we do?" He said to them, "Do not force people to give you money by threatening them, and do not falsely accuse anyone of doing something wrong! Be content with the amount of money you earn." \s5 -\v 15 People were getting very hopeful that the Messiah might be coming soon, and many of them were wondering if John might be the Messiah. -\v 16 But John replied to them all, "No, I am not. The Messiah is far greater than I am. He is so great that I am not worthy even to untie the straps of his sandals! When I baptized you, I used only water. But when the Messiah comes, he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. - +\v 15 People were getting very hopeful that the Messiah might be coming soon, and many of them were wondering if John might be the Messiah. +\v 16 But John replied to them all, "No, I am not. The Messiah is far greater than I am. He is so great that I am not worthy even to untie the straps of his sandals! When I baptized you, I used only water. But when the Messiah comes, he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. \s5 -\v 17 A winnowing fork is in his hand, ready to separate good grain from the useless chaff. He will store the grain safely in his barn but will burn up the chaff in a fire that never stops burning. - +\v 17 A winnowing fork is in his hand, ready to separate good grain from the useless chaff. He will store the grain safely in his barn but will burn up the chaff in a fire that never stops burning. \s5 -\v 18 In many different ways like this, John urged the people to repent and turn back to God, as he kept telling them the good message from God. -\v 19 He also rebuked King Herod for marrying his brother's wife, Herodias, while his brother was still alive, and for doing many other evil things. +\v 18 In many different ways like this, John urged the people to repent and turn back to God, as he kept telling them the good message from God. +\v 19 He also rebuked King Herod for marrying his brother's wife, Herodias, while his brother was still alive, and for doing many other evil things. \v 20 Then Herod had his soldiers put John in prison, which was another very evil thing. \s5 -\v 21 But before John was put in prison, when many people were being baptized, Jesus also was baptized. Afterwards, while he was praying, the sky opened. +\v 21 But before John was put in prison, when many people were being baptized, Jesus also was baptized. Afterwards, while he was praying, the sky opened. \v 22 Then the Holy Spirit, resembling a dove, came down and landed on Jesus. And God spoke to Jesus from heaven, saying, "You are my Son, the one whom I love dearly. I am very pleased with you!" \s5 -\v 23 When Jesus began his work for God, he was about thirty years old. He was the son of Joseph (or so it was thought). Joseph was the son of Heli. -\v 24 Heli was the son of Matthat. Matthat was the son of Levi. Levi was the son of Melchi. Melchi was the son of Jannai. Jannai was the son of Joseph. - +\v 23 When Jesus began his work for God, he was about thirty years old. He was the son of Joseph (or so it was thought). Joseph was the son of Heli. +\v 24 Heli was the son of Matthat. Matthat was the son of Levi. Levi was the son of Melchi. Melchi was the son of Jannai. Jannai was the son of Joseph. \s5 -\v 25 Joseph was the son of Mattathias. Mattathias was the son of Amos. Amos was the son of Nahum. Nahum was the son of Esli. Esli was the son of Naggai. -\v 26 Naggai was the son of Maath. Maath was the son of Mattathias. Mattathias was the son of Semein. Semein was the son of Josech. Josech was the son of Joda. - +\v 25 Joseph was the son of Mattathias. Mattathias was the son of Amos. Amos was the son of Nahum. Nahum was the son of Esli. Esli was the son of Naggai. +\v 26 Naggai was the son of Maath. Maath was the son of Mattathias. Mattathias was the son of Semein. Semein was the son of Josech. Josech was the son of Joda. \s5 -\v 27 Joda was the son of Joanan. Joanan was the son of Rhesa. Rhesa was the son of Zerubbabel. Zerubbabel was the son of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the son of Neri. -\v 28 Neri was the son of Melchi. Melchi was the son of Addi. Addi was the son of Cosam. Cosam was the son of Elmadam. Elmadam was the son of Er. -\v 29 Er was the son of Joshua. Joshua was the son of Eliezer. Eliezer was the son of Jorim. Jorim was the son of Matthat. Matthat was the son of Levi. - +\v 27 Joda was the son of Joanan. Joanan was the son of Rhesa. Rhesa was the son of Zerubbabel. Zerubbabel was the son of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the son of Neri. +\v 28 Neri was the son of Melchi. Melchi was the son of Addi. Addi was the son of Cosam. Cosam was the son of Elmadam. Elmadam was the son of Er. +\v 29 Er was the son of Joshua. Joshua was the son of Eliezer. Eliezer was the son of Jorim. Jorim was the son of Matthat. Matthat was the son of Levi. \s5 -\v 30 Levi was the son of Simeon. Simeon was the son of Judah. Judah was the son of Joseph. Joseph was the son of Jonam. Jonam was the son of Eliakim. -\v 31 Eliakim was the son of Melea. Melea was the son of Menna. Menna was the son of Mattatha. Mattatha was the son of Nathan. Nathan was the son of David. -\v 32 David was the son of Jesse. Jesse was the son of Obed. Obed was the son of Boaz. Boaz was the son of Salmon. Salmon was the son of Nahshon. - +\v 30 Levi was the son of Simeon. Simeon was the son of Judah. Judah was the son of Joseph. Joseph was the son of Jonam. Jonam was the son of Eliakim. +\v 31 Eliakim was the son of Melea. Melea was the son of Menna. Menna was the son of Mattatha. Mattatha was the son of Nathan. Nathan was the son of David. +\v 32 David was the son of Jesse. Jesse was the son of Obed. Obed was the son of Boaz. Boaz was the son of Salmon. Salmon was the son of Nahshon. \s5 -\v 33 Nahshon was the son of Amminadab. Amminadab was the son of Admin. Admin was the son of Arni. Arni was the son of Hezron. Hezron was the son of Perez. Perez was the son of Judah. -\v 34 Judah was the son of Jacob. Jacob was the son of Isaac. Isaac was the son of Abraham. Abraham was the son of Terah. Terah was the son of Nahor. -\v 35 Nahor was the son of Serug. Serug was the son of Reu. Reu was the son of Peleg. Peleg was the son of Eber. Eber was the son of Shelah. - +\v 33 Nahshon was the son of Amminadab. Amminadab was the son of Admin. Admin was the son of Arni. Arni was the son of Hezron. Hezron was the son of Perez. Perez was the son of Judah. +\v 34 Judah was the son of Jacob. Jacob was the son of Isaac. Isaac was the son of Abraham. Abraham was the son of Terah. Terah was the son of Nahor. +\v 35 Nahor was the son of Serug. Serug was the son of Reu. Reu was the son of Peleg. Peleg was the son of Eber. Eber was the son of Shelah. \s5 -\v 36 Shelah was the son of Cainan. Cainan was the son of Arphaxad. Arphaxad was the son of Shem. Shem was the son of Noah. Noah was the son of Lamech. -\v 37 Lamech was the son of Methuselah. Methuselah was the son of Enoch. Enoch was the son of Jared. Jared was the son of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the son of Cainan. +\v 36 Shelah was the son of Cainan. Cainan was the son of Arphaxad. Arphaxad was the son of Shem. Shem was the son of Noah. Noah was the son of Lamech. +\v 37 Lamech was the son of Methuselah. Methuselah was the son of Enoch. Enoch was the son of Jared. Jared was the son of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the son of Cainan. \v 38 Cainan was the son of Enos. Enos was the son of Seth. Seth was the son of Adam. Adam was the son of God, the man God created. diff --git a/43-LUK/04.usfm b/43-LUK/04.usfm index 528a1090..752f3020 100644 --- a/43-LUK/04.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/04.usfm @@ -2,101 +2,95 @@ \s5 \c 4 -\p -\v 1 Then Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan River, and the Holy Spirit led him into the wilderness. -\v 2 The Holy Spirit led him around in the wilderness for forty days. While he was there, the devil kept tempting him. During the entire time Jesus was in the wilderness he did not eat anything, so when the forty days were over, he was very hungry. - +\p +\v 1 Then Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan River, and the Holy Spirit led him into the wilderness. +\v 2 The Holy Spirit led him around in the wilderness for forty days. While he was there, the devil kept tempting him. During the entire time Jesus was in the wilderness he did not eat anything, so when the forty days were over, he was very hungry. \s5 -\v 3 Then the devil said to Jesus, "If you really are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread for you to eat!" -\v 4 Jesus replied, "No, I will not do that, because it is written in the scriptures, 'People need more than just food in order to live.'" - +\v 3 Then the devil said to Jesus, "If you really are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread for you to eat!" +\v 4 Jesus replied, "No, I will not do that, because it is written in the scriptures, 'People need more than just food in order to live.'" \s5 -\v 5 Then the devil took Jesus up to the top of a high mountain and showed him in an instant all the nations in the world. -\v 6 Then he said to Jesus, "I will give you the right to rule all these nations and you will possess all their splendor and wealth. God has permitted me to control them all, and so I can do whatever I want to do with them. +\v 5 Then the devil took Jesus up to the top of a high mountain and showed him in an instant all the nations in the world. +\v 6 Then he said to Jesus, "I will give you the right to rule all these nations and you will possess all their splendor and wealth. God has permitted me to control them all, and so I can do whatever I want to do with them. \v 7 So if you worship me, I will let you rule them all!" \s5 \v 8 But Jesus replied, "No, I will not worship you, because it is written in the scriptures, 'You must only worship the Lord, your God. He is the only one you may serve!'" \s5 -\p -\v 9 Then the devil took Jesus to Jerusalem. He set him on the highest part of the temple and said to him, " If you really are the Son of God, jump down from here. -\v 10 You will not be hurt, because it is written in the scriptures, -\q1 'God will command his angels to protect you.' -\v 11 And it also says, +\p +\v 9 Then the devil took Jesus to Jerusalem. He set him on the highest part of the temple and said to him, " If you really are the Son of God, jump down from here. +\v 10 You will not be hurt, because it is written in the scriptures, +\q1 'God will command his angels to protect you.' +\v 11 And it also says, \q1 'They will lift you up in their hands when you are falling, so that you will not get hurt. You will not even strike your foot on a stone.'" \s5 -\v 12 But Jesus replied, "No, I will not do that, because it is written in the scriptures: 'Do not try to test the Lord your God'." -\p -\v 13 Then, after the devil had finished trying to tempt Jesus in many ways, he left him until a later time. +\v 12 But Jesus replied, "No, I will not do that, because it is written in the scriptures: 'Do not try to test the Lord your God'." +\p +\v 13 Then, after the devil had finished trying to tempt Jesus in many ways, he left him until a later time. +\s5 +\p +\v 14 After this, Jesus left the wilderness and returned to the district of Galilee. The Holy Spirit was empowering him. Throughout that region, people heard about Jesus and told others about him. +\v 15 He taught people in their synagogues and they all spoke highly of him because of his teaching. \s5 -\p -\v 14 After this, Jesus left the wilderness and returned to the district of Galilee. The Holy Spirit was empowering him. Throughout that region, people heard about Jesus and told others about him. -\v 15 He taught people in their synagogues and they all spoke highly of him because of his teaching. - -\s5 -\p -\v 16 Then Jesus went to Nazareth, the town where he grew up. On the Sabbath he went to the synagogue, as he usually did. He stood up to read aloud something from the scriptures. +\p +\v 16 Then Jesus went to Nazareth, the town where he grew up. On the Sabbath he went to the synagogue, as he usually did. He stood up to read aloud something from the scriptures. \v 17 A synagogue attendant handed him a scroll containing the words that the prophet Isaiah had written long ago. Jesus unrolled the scroll and found the place where these words were written: \s5 \q1 \v 18 "The Spirit of the Lord is in me. \q1 He has appointed me to declare God's good news to people who are poor. \q1 He has sent me here to proclaim that the captives will go free, -\q1 And will tell those who are blind that they will see again. +\q1 And will tell those who are blind that they will see again. \q1 I will free people who have been oppressed. \q1 \v 19 He sent me here to declare that now is the time when the Lord will act favorably toward people. \s5 -\p -\v 20 Then he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. Everyone in the synagogue was looking intently at him. -\v 21 He said to them, "Today this scripture passage was fulfilled as you heard it." +\p +\v 20 Then he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. Everyone in the synagogue was looking intently at him. +\v 21 He said to them, "Today this scripture passage was fulfilled as you heard it." \v 22 Everyone there heard what he said and marveled at him, and they were amazed at how well he spoke. But some of them said, "This man is only Joseph's son, right?" \s5 -\v 23 He said to them, "Surely some of you will quote to me the proverb that says, 'Doctor, heal yourself!' You will say, 'Do here in your hometown the same kind of miracles that you did in Capernaum!'" +\v 23 He said to them, "Surely some of you will quote to me the proverb that says, 'Doctor, heal yourself!' You will say, 'Do here in your hometown the same kind of miracles that you did in Capernaum!'" \v 24 Then he said, "It is certainly true that the people in a prophet's own hometown do not accept his message. \s5 -\v 25 But think about this: There were many widows in Israel during the time when the prophet Elijah lived, when there was a great famine throughout the country because there had been no rain for three and half years. +\v 25 But think about this: There were many widows in Israel during the time when the prophet Elijah lived, when there was a great famine throughout the country because there had been no rain for three and half years. \v 26 But God did not send Elijah to help any of those Israelite widows. God sent him to the town of Zarephath near the city of Sidon, to help a widow. -\v 27 There were also many Israelite lepers in Israel during the time when the prophet Elisha lived. But Elisha did not heal any of them. He healed only Naaman, a man from Syria." - +\v 27 There were also many Israelite lepers in Israel during the time when the prophet Elisha lived. But Elisha did not heal any of them. He healed only Naaman, a man from Syria." \s5 -\v 28 When all the people in the synagogue heard him say that, they were very angry. -\v 29 So they all got up and shoved him out of the city. They took him to the top of the hill outside their city in order to throw him off the cliff and kill him. +\v 28 When all the people in the synagogue heard him say that, they were very angry. +\v 29 So they all got up and shoved him out of the city. They took him to the top of the hill outside their city in order to throw him off the cliff and kill him. \v 30 But he simply walked through their midst and went away. \s5 -\p -\v 31 One day he went down to Capernaum, a city in the district of Galilee. On the next Sabbath, he taught the people in the synagogue. -\v 32 They were continually amazed at what he was teaching, because he spoke with confidence. - +\p +\v 31 One day he went down to Capernaum, a city in the district of Galilee. On the next Sabbath, he taught the people in the synagogue. +\v 32 They were continually amazed at what he was teaching, because he spoke with confidence. \s5 -\v 33 That day, there was a man in the synagogue who was controlled by an evil spirit. The man shouted very loudly, -\v 34 "Hey! Jesus, from Nazareth! Evil spirits have nothing to do with you! Have you come to destroy us all? I know who you are. You are the Holy One from God!" - +\v 33 That day, there was a man in the synagogue who was controlled by an evil spirit. The man shouted very loudly, +\v 34 "Hey! Jesus, from Nazareth! Evil spirits have nothing to do with you! Have you come to destroy us all? I know who you are. You are the Holy One from God!" \s5 -\v 35 Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, saying, "Be quiet and come out of him!" The demon threw the man down on the ground in the midst of the people and came out of him without harming him. -\v 36 All the people in the synagogue were very amazed. They said to each other, "He speaks with confidence, and his words have so much power! Even evil spirits obey him and come out of people when he commands them to!" +\v 35 Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, saying, "Be quiet and come out of him!" The demon threw the man down on the ground in the midst of the people and came out of him without harming him. +\v 36 All the people in the synagogue were very amazed. They said to each other, "He speaks with confidence, and his words have so much power! Even evil spirits obey him and come out of people when he commands them to!" \v 37 And in every place throughout the surrounding regions, people kept talking about what Jesus had done. \s5 -\p -\v 38 Then Jesus left the synagogue and went to Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was sick and had a high fever. Some people who were there asked Jesus to heal her. +\p +\v 38 Then Jesus left the synagogue and went to Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was sick and had a high fever. Some people who were there asked Jesus to heal her. \v 39 So he bent over her and commanded the fever to leave her. Immediately she became well! She got up and served them some food. \s5 -\p -\v 40 When the sun was setting that day, many people brought to Jesus their friends or relatives who were sick with various diseases. He put his hands on them and healed all of them. +\p +\v 40 When the sun was setting that day, many people brought to Jesus their friends or relatives who were sick with various diseases. He put his hands on them and healed all of them. \v 41 He also was forcing evil spirits to come out of many people. As the evil spirits left those people, they shouted to Jesus, "You are the Son of God!" But he commanded those evil spirits not to tell people about him, because they knew that he was the Messiah. \s5 -\p -\v 42 Early the next morning Jesus left that house and went to an uninhabited place to pray. Crowds of people were searching for him, and when they found him they kept urging him not to leave them. -\v 43 But he said to them, "I must tell people in other cities also the message about how God is going to rule everyone, because that is what I was sent to do." +\p +\v 42 Early the next morning Jesus left that house and went to an uninhabited place to pray. Crowds of people were searching for him, and when they found him they kept urging him not to leave them. +\v 43 But he said to them, "I must tell people in other cities also the message about how God is going to rule everyone, because that is what I was sent to do." \v 44 So he kept preaching in the synagogues in various towns in the province of Judea. diff --git a/43-LUK/05.usfm b/43-LUK/05.usfm index 19751b28..4a262641 100644 --- a/43-LUK/05.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/05.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 5 \p \v 1 One day, while many people were crowding around Jesus and listening to him teach God's message, he was standing next to Lake Gennesaret. -\v 2 He saw two fishing boats there at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left the boats and were washing their fishing nets. +\v 2 He saw two fishing boats there at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left the boats and were washing their fishing nets. \v 3 Jesus stepped into one of the two boats; this boat belonged to Simon. Jesus asked Simon to push the boat away from the shore a little ways. Jesus sat in the boat and continued to teach the crowds from there. \s5 @@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ \s5 \v 20 When Jesus perceived that they believed that he could heal the man, he said to him, "Friend, I forgive your sins!" -\v 21 The men who were expert teachers of the Jewish laws and the rest of the Pharisees began to think to themselves, "This man is proud and insults God by saying that! We all know that nobody except God can forgive sins!" - +\v 21 The men who were expert teachers of the Jewish laws and the rest of the Pharisees began to think to themselves, "This man is proud and insults God by saying that! We all know that nobody except God can forgive sins!" \s5 \v 22 Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said to them, "You should not question within yourselves about what I said! Consider this: \v 23 It is easy to say, 'Your sins are forgiven' because no one can see whether or not the person was really forgiven. But it is not easy to say 'Get up and walk' because people can immediately see whether or not he was healed. @@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 33 Those Jewish leaders said to Jesus, "The disciples of John the Baptizer often abstain from food and pray, and the disciples of the Pharisees do that, too. But your disciples keep on eating and drinking! Why do they not fast like the others?" -\v 34 Jesus answered, You do not tell the friends of the bridegroom to fast while he is still with them, do you? No, no one would do that! +\v 34 Jesus answered, You do not tell the friends of the bridegroom to fast while he is still with them, do you? No, no one would do that! \v 35 But some day the bridegroom will be taken away from his friends. Then, at that time, they will abstain from food." \s5 diff --git a/43-LUK/06.usfm b/43-LUK/06.usfm index d22bc91f..055732a1 100644 --- a/43-LUK/06.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/06.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 6 On another Sabbath day, Jesus was teaching the people in the synagogue and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. -\v 7 The men who taught the Jewish laws and the Pharisees who were there were watching Jesus closely. They wanted to see if he would heal the man and then they would accuse him of disobeying their laws about not working on the Sabbath. +\v 7 The men who taught the Jewish laws and the Pharisees who were there were watching Jesus closely. They wanted to see if he would heal the man and then they would accuse him of disobeying their laws about not working on the Sabbath. \v 8 But Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said to the man with the shriveled hand, "Come and stand here in front of everyone!" So the man got up and stood there. \s5 @@ -39,10 +39,9 @@ \v 19 Everyone in the crowd tried to touch him, because he was healing everyone by his power. \s5 -\v 20 Then he looked at his disciples and said, "It is very good for you who are poor, because God is ruling you. -\v 21 It is very good for you who are hungry now, because God will give you everything you need. -\p It is very good for you who are grieving now, because God will someday make you laugh with joy. - +\v 20 Then he looked at his disciples and said, "It is very good for you who are poor, because God is ruling you. +\v 21 It is very good for you who are hungry now, because God will give you everything you need. +\p It is very good for you who are grieving now, because God will someday make you laugh with joy. \s5 \p \v 22 It is very good when other people hate you, when they reject you, when they insult you and say that you are evil because you follow me, the Son of Man. @@ -50,13 +49,12 @@ \s5 \p -\v 24 But how sad for you who are rich; your riches have already given you all the comfort you will get. -\v 25 How sad for you who think that you have everything that you need now; you will realize that these things will not satisfy you. +\v 24 But how sad for you who are rich; your riches have already given you all the comfort you will get. +\v 25 How sad for you who think that you have everything that you need now; you will realize that these things will not satisfy you. \p How sad for you who are joyful now; later you will grieve and be very sad. \s5 -\v 26 How sad it is when everyone says good things about you. In the same way, their ancestors used to say good things about men who falsely claimed to be God's prophets. - +\v 26 How sad it is when everyone says good things about you. In the same way, their ancestors used to say good things about men who falsely claimed to be God's prophets. \s5 \p \v 27 "But I say this to each of you who are listening to what I say: Love your enemies, not only your friends! Do good things for those who hate you! @@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ \v 29 If someone insults you by striking you on one of your cheeks, turn your face so that he can strike the other cheek also. If someone wants to take away your tunic, let him also have your shirt. \v 30 Give something to everyone who asks you. If someone asks you to give him things that belong to you, do not ask him to return them. -\s5 +\s5 \v 31 In whatever way you want others to act toward you, that is the way that you should act toward them. \p \v 32 If you love only those who love you, do not expect God to praise you for doing that, because even sinners love those who love them. @@ -91,7 +89,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 41 None of you should be concerned about someone else's small faults. That is like noticing a speck of straw in that person's eye while not noticing a huge wooden plank in your own eye. +\v 41 None of you should be concerned about someone else's small faults. That is like noticing a speck of straw in that person's eye while not noticing a huge wooden plank in your own eye. \v 42 If you do that, you are a hypocrite! You should first remove the plank out of your own eye before trying to get the speck out of someone else's eye. When you have stopped sinning, then you will have the spiritual insight to help others get rid of their sins. \s5 diff --git a/43-LUK/07.usfm b/43-LUK/07.usfm index 7509de06..957576e1 100644 --- a/43-LUK/07.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/07.usfm @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 31 Then Jesus also said, "What are you people living in this time period like? I will tell you: +\v 31 Then Jesus also said, "What are you people living in this time period like? I will tell you: \v 32 You are like children playing games in an open area. They call out to each other, saying, "We played happy music for you on the flute, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry!" \s5 diff --git a/43-LUK/08.usfm b/43-LUK/08.usfm index eff55a22..e8a6ad18 100644 --- a/43-LUK/08.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/08.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 8 \p \v 1 After that, Jesus and his twelve disciples traveled around through various cities and villages. As they went, Jesus preached to people, proclaiming the good news that God would soon reveal himself as king. -\v 2 Also traveling with them were several women whom he had healed from evil spirits and sicknesses. These included Mary from the village of Magdala, out of whom he had forced seven evil spirits, +\v 2 Also traveling with them were several women whom he had healed from evil spirits and sicknesses. These included Mary from the village of Magdala, out of whom he had forced seven evil spirits, \v 3 Joanna, the wife of Chuza, who was one of King Herod Antipas' managers, Susanna, and many others. They were providing some of their own funds to support Jesus and his disciples. \s5 @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 28 When he saw Jesus, the man cried out, lay facedown before him, and said with a loud voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me!" +\v 28 When he saw Jesus, the man cried out, lay facedown before him, and said with a loud voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me!" \v 29 The man said this because Jesus had just commanded the evil spirit to come out of him. Although the man had been bound with chains on his wrists and ankles while people guarded him, many times the evil spirit would suddenly seize him by force. Then the man would break the chains and the demon would make him go out into deserted places. \s5 @@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ \s5 \v 47 And when the woman realized that she could not hide, she came trembling to him and she laid facedown on the ground before him. As the other people were listening, she told Jesus why she had touched him and that she had been healed immediately. -\v 48 And Jesus said to her, "My dear woman, because you believed that I could heal you, you are now well. Now go on your way, and may God's peace be with you." - +\v 48 And Jesus said to her, "My dear woman, because you believed that I could heal you, you are now well. Now go on your way, and may God's peace be with you." \s5 \p \v 49 While he was still speaking to her, a man from Jairus' house came and said to Jairus, "Your daughter has died. So do not bother the teacher anymore!" diff --git a/43-LUK/09.usfm b/43-LUK/09.usfm index 035b2cca..48481da5 100644 --- a/43-LUK/09.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/09.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \v 4 Whatever house you enter, stay in that house until you leave that area. \s5 -\v 5 In any town where the people do not welcome you, you should not continue to stay there. As you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet. Do that as a warning against them for rejecting you." +\v 5 In any town where the people do not welcome you, you should not continue to stay there. As you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet. Do that as a warning against them for rejecting you." \v 6 Then Jesus' disciples left and traveled through many villages. Everywhere they went, they talked to people about the good news from God and healed sick people. \s5 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \v 14 They said this because there were about five thousand men there. Then Jesus said to the disciples, "Tell the people to sit down in groups, with about fifty people in each group." \s5 -\v 15 So the disciples did that and the people all sat down. +\v 15 So the disciples did that and the people all sat down. \v 16 Then he took the five bread loaves and the two fish. He looked up toward heaven and praised God for them. Then he tore them into pieces and gave them to the disciples for them to distribute to the people. \v 17 They all ate and everyone had enough to eat. Then the disciples collected the leftover pieces of food, which filled twelve baskets! @@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ \s5 \v 20 He asked them, "What about you? Who do you say that I am?" Peter replied, "You are the Messiah, who has come from God." -\v 21 Then Jesus warned them strongly to not tell that to anyone yet. +\v 21 Then Jesus warned them strongly to not tell that to anyone yet. \v 22 Then he said, "I, the Son of Man, must suffer many things: I will be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the Jewish laws and then I will be killed. Then, on the third day after that, I will come back to life again." \s5 \p \v 23 Then he said to them all, "If any one of you wants to follow me as my disciple, you must not do only what you desire to do. Rather, every day you must be willing to suffer, even to the point of giving up your life. -\v 24 You must do that, because those who try to save their own lives for themselves will lose them eternally, but those who give up their lives because of being my disciples will save their lives eternally. +\v 24 You must do that, because those who try to save their own lives for themselves will lose them eternally, but those who give up their lives because of being my disciples will save their lives eternally. \v 25 How does it benefit you if you gain everything in this world but then end up losing, or even giving up, your own self? \s5 diff --git a/43-LUK/10.usfm b/43-LUK/10.usfm index c50cbf7b..9655e7a9 100644 --- a/43-LUK/10.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/10.usfm @@ -4,15 +4,14 @@ \c 10 \p \v 1 After that, the Lord Jesus appointed seventy other people to go preach. He prepared to send them out in pairs to go ahead of him to every town and village where he intended to go. -\v 2 He said to them, "The harvest is certainly plentiful, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord of the harvest and plead with him to send more workers to reap his harvest. - +\v 2 He said to them, "The harvest is certainly plentiful, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord of the harvest and plead with him to send more workers to reap his harvest. \s5 \v 3 Go now, but remember that I am sending you out to tell my message to people who will try to get rid of you. You will be like lambs among wolves. \v 4 Do not take along any money. Do not take a traveler's bag. Do not take extra shoes. Do not stop to greet people along the way. \s5 \v 5 Whenever you enter a house, first say to those people, 'May God give peace to you who are in this house!' -\v 6 If the people who live there are desiring to have God's peace, they will experience the peace that you are offering them. If the people who live there are not desiring to have God's peace, the peace you have offered will return to you. +\v 6 If the people who live there are desiring to have God's peace, they will experience the peace that you are offering them. If the people who live there are not desiring to have God's peace, the peace you have offered will return to you. \v 7 Stay in that same house until you leave that village. Do not move around from one house to another. Eat and drink whatever they provide for you, because a worker deserves to receive payment for his work. \s5 @@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ \v 14 So on the final day when God judges everyone, he will punish you more severely than the wicked people who lived in Tyre and Sidon because you did not repent and believe in me even though you saw me do miracles! \v 15 I also have something to say to you people who live in the town of Capernaum. Do you think you will be honored up in heaven? On the contrary, you will be brought down to the place of the dead!" -\s5 +\s5 \p \v 16 Jesus also said to the disciples, "Whoever listens to your message is listening to me, and whoever rejects your message is rejecting me. And whoever rejects me is rejecting God, the one who sent me." @@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ \p \v 25 One day as Jesus was teaching people, a certain teacher of Jewish laws was there. He wanted to test Jesus by asking him a difficult question. So he stood up and asked, "Teacher, what must I do in order to live with God forever?" \v 26 Jesus said to him, "You have read what Moses has written in the laws that God gave him. What do the laws say?" -\v 27 The man replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind. And love your neighbor as much as you love yourself." +\v 27 The man replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind. And love your neighbor as much as you love yourself." \v 28 Jesus replied, "You have answered correctly. If you do all that, you will live with God forever." \s5 diff --git a/43-LUK/11.usfm b/43-LUK/11.usfm index 939c0232..e1be2d7f 100644 --- a/43-LUK/11.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/11.usfm @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \v 10 Remember that anyone who asks will receive and anyone who seeks will find, and anyone who knocks will have the door opened for him. \s5 -\v 11 If one of you had a son who asked you for a fish to eat, you certainly would not give him a poisonous snake instead, would you? +\v 11 If one of you had a son who asked you for a fish to eat, you certainly would not give him a poisonous snake instead, would you? \v 12 And if he asked you for an egg, you certainly would not give him a scorpion instead, would you? \v 13 Even though you people are sinful, you know how to give good things to your children. So it is even more certain that your Father in heaven will give the Holy Spirit to you if you ask him to do that." @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 33 "People who light a lamp do not then hide it, or put it under a basket. Instead, they put it on a lampstand so that those who enter the room or house can see the light. +\v 33 "People who light a lamp do not then hide it, or put it under a basket. Instead, they put it on a lampstand so that those who enter the room or house can see the light. \v 34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. If your eye is healthy, then your whole body is full of light. If, on the other hand, it is unhealthy, then your body will be full of darkness. \v 35 Therefore, be careful that the light in you is not darkness. \v 36 If your whole body is full of light and no part of it is darkened, all of your body will be full of light like the light of a lamp that enables you to see everything clearly." diff --git a/43-LUK/12.usfm b/43-LUK/12.usfm index fc7f7f19..1d52ae7f 100644 --- a/43-LUK/12.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/12.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 8 I tell you also, that if people tell others that they are my disciples, then I, the Son of Man, will say that they are my disciples to God's angels. +\v 8 I tell you also, that if people tell others that they are my disciples, then I, the Son of Man, will say that they are my disciples to God's angels. \v 9 But if they tell others that they are not my disciples, then I will say to God's angels that they are not my disciples. \v 10 I also tell you that if people say evil things about me, the Son of Man, God will forgive them for that. But if people say evil things about the Holy Spirit, God will not forgive them for that. @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \v 23 Your life is more important than the food you eat and your body is more important than the clothes you put on it. \s5 -\v 24 Think about the birds: They do not plant seeds, and they do not harvest crops. They do not have rooms or buildings in which to store crops. But God provides food for them. You are certainly much more valuable than birds. +\v 24 Think about the birds: They do not plant seeds, and they do not harvest crops. They do not have rooms or buildings in which to store crops. But God provides food for them. You are certainly much more valuable than birds. \v 25 None of you can add even a minute to his life by worrying about it! \v 26 So since you cannot even do that small thing, you certainly should not worry about anything else. diff --git a/43-LUK/13.usfm b/43-LUK/13.usfm index 51d54bf9..5426e639 100644 --- a/43-LUK/13.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/13.usfm @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 22 Jesus continued traveling toward Jerusalem. He stopped in all the towns and villages along the way and taught the people. -\v 23 Someone asked him, "Lord, will God only save a few people?" Jesus replied, +\v 23 Someone asked him, "Lord, will God only save a few people?" Jesus replied, \v 24 "You need to try hard to enter the narrow doorway. I tell you that many people will try some other way, but they will not be able to get in. \s5 diff --git a/43-LUK/14.usfm b/43-LUK/14.usfm index c8e494c4..ed4bface 100644 --- a/43-LUK/14.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/14.usfm @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 34 Jesus also said, "You are like salt, which is very useful. But if salt were to lose its saltiness, could it ever be made to taste salty again? +\v 34 Jesus also said, "You are like salt, which is very useful. But if salt were to lose its saltiness, could it ever be made to taste salty again? \v 35 If salt does not taste salty anymore, it is no longer any good even for the soil or manure heap. People just throw it away. Every one of you should listen carefully to what I am telling you!" diff --git a/43-LUK/15.usfm b/43-LUK/15.usfm index 4f654d1a..1e9cdc7f 100644 --- a/43-LUK/15.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/15.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 So Jesus told them this parable: -\v 4 "Suppose that one of you has a hundred sheep and you lose one of them. Certainly you will leave the ninety-nine other sheep in the wilderness and go search for the lost sheep until you have found it. +\v 4 "Suppose that one of you has a hundred sheep and you lose one of them. Certainly you will leave the ninety-nine other sheep in the wilderness and go search for the lost sheep until you have found it. \v 5 When you find it, you will joyfully put it on your shoulders to carry it home. \s5 diff --git a/43-LUK/16.usfm b/43-LUK/16.usfm index 24a5bb21..bb4ad273 100644 --- a/43-LUK/16.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/16.usfm @@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ \s5 \v 10 People who faithfully manage only small amounts of money, can also be trusted with much more. People who are dishonest in the way they handle unimportant duties will be dishonest in the way they handle important matters. \v 11 You have money in your care that was made dishonestly, but if you have not been honest in the way you have managed that money, no one will give you property of your own. -\v 12 You have been managing other people's money, but if you were dishonest you should not expect anyone to give you money you could invest for yourself. - +\v 12 You have been managing other people's money, but if you were dishonest you should not expect anyone to give you money you could invest for yourself. \s5 \v 13 No servant is able to serve two different masters at the same time. If he tried to do that, he would hate one of them and love the other one, or he would be loyal to one of them and despise the other one. You cannot devote your life to serving God if you are also devoting your life to acquiring money and other material possessions." @@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 16 The laws that God gave Moses and what the prophets wrote were proclaimed until John the Baptizer came. Since then I have been preaching that God will soon show himself as king. Many people are accepting that message and are very eagerly asking God to rule their lives. +\v 16 The laws that God gave Moses and what the prophets wrote were proclaimed until John the Baptizer came. Since then I have been preaching that God will soon show himself as king. Many people are accepting that message and are very eagerly asking God to rule their lives. \v 17 All of God's laws, even those that seem insignificant, are more permanent than heaven and earth. \s5 @@ -56,8 +55,7 @@ \s5 \v 25 But Abraham replied, 'Child, remember that while you were alive on earth you enjoyed many good things. But Lazarus was miserable. Now he is happy here, and you are suffering. -\v 26 Besides that, God has placed a huge ravine between you and us. So those who want to go from here to where you are, are not able to. Furthermore, no one can cross from there to where we are, either.' - +\v 26 Besides that, God has placed a huge ravine between you and us. So those who want to go from here to where you are, are not able to. Furthermore, no one can cross from there to where we are, either.' \s5 \v 27 Then the rich man said, 'If that is so, Father Abraham, I ask you to send Lazarus to my father's house. \v 28 I have five brothers who live there. Tell him to warn them so that they do not also come to this place, where we suffer great pain!' diff --git a/43-LUK/17.usfm b/43-LUK/17.usfm index 756f83a3..fe7b2e55 100644 --- a/43-LUK/17.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/17.usfm @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ \v 29 But on the day that Lot left Sodom, fire and burning sulfur came down from the sky and destroyed all those who stayed in the city. \s5 -\v 30 Similarly, when I, the Son of Man, return to earth, people will be unprepared. +\v 30 Similarly, when I, the Son of Man, return to earth, people will be unprepared. \v 31 On that day, those who are outside their houses, with all the things that they own inside the houses, must not take time to go inside to take them away. Similarly, those who are working in a field must not turn back to get anything; they must flee quickly. \s5 diff --git a/43-LUK/19.usfm b/43-LUK/19.usfm index f1344300..7a2e8aa6 100644 --- a/43-LUK/19.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/19.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 2 There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was in charge of collecting taxes and was very rich. \s5 -\v 3 He wanted to see Jesus but he could not see him over the crowd. He was a very short man and there were many people around Jesus. +\v 3 He wanted to see Jesus but he could not see him over the crowd. He was a very short man and there were many people around Jesus. \v 4 So he ran further down the road. He climbed a sycamore fig tree so he could see Jesus when he came by. \s5 @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ \s5 \v 32 So the two disciples went to the village and found the donkey, just like Jesus had told them. \v 33 As they were untying it, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying our donkey?" -\v 34 They replied, "The Lord needs it." +\v 34 They replied, "The Lord needs it." \v 35 Then the disciples brought the donkey to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the donkey's back for him to sit on and helped Jesus get on it. \v 36 Then as he rode along, others spread their cloaks on the road in front of him to honor him. diff --git a/43-LUK/20.usfm b/43-LUK/20.usfm index 75f70b2e..54ad59a1 100644 --- a/43-LUK/20.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/20.usfm @@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ \v 14 So he sent his son, but when the men who were caring for the vineyard saw him coming, they said to each other, 'Here comes the man who will some day inherit the vineyard! Let us kill him so that this vineyard might become ours!' \s5 -\v 15 So they dragged him outside the vineyard and they killed him. So I will tell you what the owner of the vineyard will do to them! +\v 15 So they dragged him outside the vineyard and they killed him. So I will tell you what the owner of the vineyard will do to them! \v 16 He will come and kill those men who were taking care of the vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it." When the people listening to Jesus heard this, they said, "May a situation like this never happen!" -\s5 +\s5 \v 17 But Jesus looked directly at them and said, "You can say that, but think about the meaning of these words that are written in the scriptures, \q1 'The stone which the builders rejected has become the most important stone in the building. \p @@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 19 The chief priests and the teachers of the Jewish laws realized that he was accusing them when he told the story about those wicked men. So they immediately tried to find a way to arrest him, but they did not arrest him, because they were afraid of what the people would do if they did so. -\v 20 So they watched him carefully. They also sent spies who pretended to be sincere. But they really wanted to get Jesus to say something wrong for which they could accuse him. They wanted to be able to turn him over to the governor of the province. - +\v 20 So they watched him carefully. They also sent spies who pretended to be sincere. But they really wanted to get Jesus to say something wrong for which they could accuse him. They wanted to be able to turn him over to the governor of the province. \s5 \v 21 So one of the spies asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right. You tell the truth even if important people do not like it. You teach truthfully what God wants us to do. \v 22 So tell us what you think about this matter: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government, or not?" @@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ \v 36 Also, they cannot die anymore, because they will be immortal like angels. The fact that God has caused them to rise again will show that they are his children. \s5 -\v 37 But about people rising from the dead, Moses wrote something about that. In the place where he wrote about the burning bush, he mentions the Lord as being the God whom Abraham worships, whom Isaac worships and whom Jacob worships. It is not dead people who worship God, but rather living people who worship him. +\v 37 But about people rising from the dead, Moses wrote something about that. In the place where he wrote about the burning bush, he mentions the Lord as being the God whom Abraham worships, whom Isaac worships and whom Jacob worships. It is not dead people who worship God, but rather living people who worship him. \v 38 All people whose spirits are alive again after they die continue to honor him!" \s5 @@ -86,8 +85,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 41 Later Jesus said to them, "I will show you that when people say that the Messiah is only a descendant of King David, they are wrong! -\v 42 David himself wrote in the Book of Psalms about the Messiah, +\v 41 Later Jesus said to them, "I will show you that when people say that the Messiah is only a descendant of King David, they are wrong! +\v 42 David himself wrote in the Book of Psalms about the Messiah, \q God said to my Lord, \q 'Sit here beside me at my right, where I will highly honor you. \q diff --git a/43-LUK/21.usfm b/43-LUK/21.usfm index ab23395e..18d30274 100644 --- a/43-LUK/21.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/21.usfm @@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ \v 2 He also saw a poor widow put in two small coins of very little value. \v 3 And he said to his disciples, "The truth is that this poor widow has put into the offering box more money than all these rich people. -\v 4 For they all have a lot of money, but they gave only a small part of it. But this widow, who is very poor, has given all the money that she had to buy what she needed. - +\v 4 For they all have a lot of money, but they gave only a small part of it. But this widow, who is very poor, has given all the money that she had to buy what she needed. \s5 \p \v 5 Some of Jesus' disciples were talking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and decorations that people had given. But Jesus said, @@ -66,13 +65,11 @@ \s5 \v 32 I am telling you the truth: this generation of people will not come to an end before all these things that I have just now described happen. -\v 33 The sky and the earth will come to an end, but what I tell you will never come to an end. - +\v 33 The sky and the earth will come to an end, but what I tell you will never come to an end. \s5 \p \v 34 "Be very careful to control yourselves. Do not go to parties where people are acting immorally, or getting drunk. And do not carry the cares of this life with you. If you live this way, you will stop waiting for me to return. And then, at that moment, I will surprise you when I come. I will come so suddenly it will be like when a animal trap springs closed without warning. -\v 35 Indeed, I will return without warning, and that day will come when you are not ready to see me. - +\v 35 Indeed, I will return without warning, and that day will come when you are not ready to see me. \s5 \v 36 So you must be always ready for my coming. And always pray that you may be able to go through all these hard things in safety, and that I, the Son of Man, declare you innocent when I come to judge the world." diff --git a/43-LUK/22.usfm b/43-LUK/22.usfm index 920be2f9..01242494 100644 --- a/43-LUK/22.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/22.usfm @@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 3 Then Satan entered into Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples. -\v 4 He went and talked with the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard about how he might turn Jesus over to them. - +\v 4 He went and talked with the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard about how he might turn Jesus over to them. \s5 \v 5 They were very pleased that he wanted to do that. They offered to pay him money for doing this. \v 6 So Judas agreed, and then he started looking for a way to help them arrest Jesus when there was no crowd around him. @@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ \v 9 They replied to him, "Where do you want us to prepare to eat it?" \s5 -\v 10 He answered, "Listen carefully. When you go into the city, a man carrying a large jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house that he enters. +\v 10 He answered, "Listen carefully. When you go into the city, a man carrying a large jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house that he enters. \v 11 Say to the owner of the house, 'Our teacher says to show us the room where he can eat the Passover meal together with us, his disciples?' \s5 @@ -42,10 +41,9 @@ \s5 \v 19 Then he took some bread and thanked God for it. He broke it into pieces and gave it to them to eat. As he did so, he said, "This bread is my body, which I am about to sacrifice for you. Do this later to honor me." -\v 20 In the same way, after they had eaten the meal, he took the cup of wine and said, "This is the new covenant I will make using my own blood, which will pour out for you. - +\v 20 In the same way, after they had eaten the meal, he took the cup of wine and said, "This is the new covenant I will make using my own blood, which will pour out for you. \s5 -\v 21 But, look! The person who will hand me over to my enemies is here eating with me. +\v 21 But, look! The person who will hand me over to my enemies is here eating with me. \v 22 Indeed, I, the Son of Man, will die, because that is what God has planned. But how terrible it will be for the man who hands me over to my enemies!" \v 23 Then the apostles began to ask one another, "Which one of us is planning to do this thing?" @@ -71,10 +69,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 31 "Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked God to let him test you, like someone shakes grain in a sieve, and God has permitted him to do it. - -\v 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that you will not completely stop believing in me. So when you come back to me, give courage again to these men, your brothers. - +\v 31 "Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked God to let him test you, like someone shakes grain in a sieve, and God has permitted him to do it. +\v 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that you will not completely stop believing in me. So when you come back to me, give courage again to these men, your brothers. \s5 \v 33 Peter said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison; I am willing to die with you!" \v 34 Jesus replied, "Peter, I want you to know that this night, before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you do not know me!" @@ -99,29 +95,27 @@ \v 42 "Father, the terrible things that are about to happen to me: if you are willing to keep from happening, do it. But do not do what I want, but what you want." \s5 -\v 43 Then an angel from heaven came and and gave him courage. +\v 43 Then an angel from heaven came and and gave him courage. \v 44 He was suffering greatly. So he prayed more intensely. His sweat was falling to the ground like large drops of blood. \s5 -\v 45 When he got up from praying, he returned to his disciples. He found that they were so tired out because of their sorrow, they were sleeping. +\v 45 When he got up from praying, he returned to his disciples. He found that they were so tired out because of their sorrow, they were sleeping. \v 46 He woke them up and said to them, "You should not be sleeping! Get up! Pray that God will help you so that nothing will persuade you to sin." \s5 \p \v 47 While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd of people came to him. Judas, one of the twelve disciples, was leading them. He came up to Jesus to kiss him. -\v 48 But Jesus said to him, "Judas, will you really kiss me, the Son of Man, in order to hand me over to my enemies?" - +\v 48 But Jesus said to him, "Judas, will you really kiss me, the Son of Man, in order to hand me over to my enemies?" \s5 \v 49 When the disciples realized what was happening, they said, "Lord, shall we strike them with our swords?" \v 50 One of them struck the servant of the high priest, but only cut off his right ear. \v 51 But Jesus said, "Do not do any more of that." Then he touched the servant's ear and healed him. \s5 -\v 52-53 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guards, and the Jewish elders who had come to arrest him, "It is surprising that you have come here with swords and clubs to arrest me, as if I were a robber. For many days I was with you in the temple, but you did not try to arrest me at all! But this is the time you are doing what you want. It is also the time when Satan is doing the evil things as he wants to do. - +\v 52-53 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guards, and the Jewish elders who had come to arrest him, "It is surprising that you have come here with swords and clubs to arrest me, as if I were a robber. For many days I was with you in the temple, but you did not try to arrest me at all! But this is the time you are doing what you want. It is also the time when Satan is doing the evil things as he wants to do. \s5 \p -\v 54 They seized Jesus and led him away. They brought him to the high priest's house. Peter followed them far behind. +\v 54 They seized Jesus and led him away. They brought him to the high priest's house. Peter followed them far behind. \v 55 The people lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together. Peter sat among them. \s5 diff --git a/43-LUK/23.usfm b/43-LUK/23.usfm index 1b0c6f8a..0322b00a 100644 --- a/43-LUK/23.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/23.usfm @@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 44 Then it was about noontime. But it became dark over all the land until three o'clock in the afternoon. -\v 45 There was no light from the sun. And the thick curtain that closed off the most holy place in the temple split into two pieces. - +\v 45 There was no light from the sun. And the thick curtain that closed off the most holy place in the temple split into two pieces. \s5 \v 46 When that happened, Jesus shouted loudly, "Father, I put my spirit into your care!" After he said that, he stopped breathing and died. \p diff --git a/44-JHN/00.usfm b/44-JHN/00.usfm index da036ce2..2ac5f73c 100644 --- a/44-JHN/00.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/00.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \id JHN Unlocked Dynamic Bible \ide UTF-8 \h JOHN -\toc1 The Gospel of John +\toc1 The Gospel of John \toc2 John \toc3 Jhn \mt1 John \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/44-JHN/01.usfm b/44-JHN/01.usfm index 270a4ba8..04811868 100644 --- a/44-JHN/01.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/01.usfm @@ -12,16 +12,15 @@ \s5 \p -\v 6 God sent a man named John. +\v 6 God sent a man named John. \v 7 He came to testify to the people about the light. What he said was true, and he proclaimed that message so that everyone might believe. \v 8 John himself was not the light, but he came to tell people about the light. \s5 -\v 9 This was the true light that shines upon everyone, and that light was coming into the world. - +\v 9 This was the true light that shines upon everyone, and that light was coming into the world. \s5 \p -\v 10 The Word was in the world and, although he had made the world, none of its people knew who he was. +\v 10 The Word was in the world and, although he had made the world, none of its people knew who he was. \v 11 Although he came to the world he owned, and even to his own people, the Jews, they rejected him. \s5 @@ -30,13 +29,13 @@ \s5 \p -\v 14 Now the Word became a real human being and lived here where we live for a while. We have seen him display his splendid and amazing nature, the nature of the one and only Son of the Father, who shows us that God loves us faithfully and teaches us about his truth. +\v 14 Now the Word became a real human being and lived here where we live for a while. We have seen him display his splendid and amazing nature, the nature of the one and only Son of the Father, who shows us that God loves us faithfully and teaches us about his truth. \p \v 15 One day John the Baptizer was telling people about the Word, and Jesus came to him. John shouted to the crowd around him, "I told you someone would come after me, someone who is much more important than I am. He existed long before me, eternal ages, before I was born. This man here! This is that man I was talking about!" \s5 \v 16 We have all benefited very much from what he has done. Again and again, he has acted very kindly toward us. -\v 17 Moses proclaimed God's laws to the Jewish people. Jesus the Messiah was kind to us far beyond what we deserved and he taught us true things about God. +\v 17 Moses proclaimed God's laws to the Jewish people. Jesus the Messiah was kind to us far beyond what we deserved and he taught us true things about God. \v 18 No one has ever seen God. But, Jesus the Messiah, who himself is God, is always close to the Father, and he has made us know him. \s5 @@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ John answered, "No." \v 25 They asked him, "Since you say you are not the Messiah nor Elijah nor the Prophet, then why are you baptizing?" \s5 -\v 26 John replied, "I am baptizing people with water, but there is now someone standing among you whom you do not know. +\v 26 John replied, "I am baptizing people with water, but there is now someone standing among you whom you do not know. \v 27 He follows after me, but I am not important enough even to untie his sandals." \p \v 28 These things happened at the village of Bethany over on the east side of the Jordan River. That is the place where John was baptizing. @@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ John answered, "No." \v 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look! The Lamb of God, the man whom God appointed to give his life, like a lamb killed by the people of Israel as a payment for their sins!" \s5 -\v 37 The two disciples of John, when they heard John, left John and followed him. +\v 37 The two disciples of John, when they heard John, left John and followed him. \v 38 Jesus turned around and saw them following him, and he asked them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi (which means 'teacher'), tell us where you are staying." \v 39 He replied, "Come with me, and you will see!" So they came and saw where Jesus was staying, and they stayed with him that day, it was getting late. (It was about 4 pm.) @@ -87,8 +86,7 @@ John answered, "No." \p \v 40 One of those two disciples who followed Jesus was named Andrew; he was Simon Peter's brother. \v 41 Andrew first went off to find his brother Simon. When he came to him, he said, "We have found the Messiah (which means 'Christ')!" -\v 42 Andrew took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked intently at Peter, and said, "You are Simon. Your father's name is John. You will be given the name Cephas." Cephas is an Aramaic name that means 'solid rock.' (Peter means the same thing in Greek.) - +\v 42 Andrew took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked intently at Peter, and said, "You are Simon. Your father's name is John. You will be given the name Cephas." Cephas is an Aramaic name that means 'solid rock.' (Peter means the same thing in Greek.) \s5 \p \v 43 The next day Jesus decided to leave the Jordan River valley. He went to the region around Galilee and found a man named Philip. Jesus said to him, "Come with me." diff --git a/44-JHN/02.usfm b/44-JHN/02.usfm index 62e71a6a..38ff1bce 100644 --- a/44-JHN/02.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/02.usfm @@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ \c 2 \p \v 1 Three days later, there was a wedding in Cana, a city in Galilee, and Jesus' mother was there. -\v 2 They also invited Jesus and his disciples to the wedding. - +\v 2 They also invited Jesus and his disciples to the wedding. \s5 \v 3 They served wine to those attending the wedding and they drank all the wine they had. Jesus' mother said to him, "They are out of wine." \v 4 Jesus said to her, "Madam, what does that have to do with me? The chosen time to begin my most important work has not come yet." @@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ \v 16 He commanded those who were selling pigeons, "Take these pigeons out of here! Do not turn my Father's house into a marketplace!" \s5 -\v 17 This reminded his disciples about what someone had written in the scriptures long before, "I love your house so much, O God, that I will die for it." +\v 17 This reminded his disciples about what someone had written in the scriptures long before, "I love your house so much, O God, that I will die for it." \p \v 18 The Jewish leaders asked him, "What miracle can you do for us to prove you have permission from God to do what you are doing?" \v 19 Jesus replied to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will rebuild it again." diff --git a/44-JHN/03.usfm b/44-JHN/03.usfm index 33c62a39..d5c6fab9 100644 --- a/44-JHN/03.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/03.usfm @@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ \v 4 Then Nicodemus said to him, "How can a person be born again when he is old? No one can enter his mother's womb and be born a second time!" \s5 -\v 5 Jesus answered, "I guarantee that this also is true, no one can enter God's kingdom unless he is born both by water and the Spirit. - +\v 5 Jesus answered, "I guarantee that this also is true, no one can enter God's kingdom unless he is born both by water and the Spirit. \v 6 If someone is born from a human, that person is a human being. But those who are born again by the work of God's Spirit have a new spiritual nature that God makes within them. \s5 @@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ \v 13 I, the Son of Man, am the only one who has gone up to heaven, and I am the only one who has come down here to the earth. \s5 -\v 14 Long ago Moses, when he was in the wilderness during the Exodus, lifted up a poisonous snake on a pole and all who looked up at it were saved. In the same way, the Son of Man must be lifted up +\v 14 Long ago Moses, when he was in the wilderness during the Exodus, lifted up a poisonous snake on a pole and all who looked up at it were saved. In the same way, the Son of Man must be lifted up \v 15 so that whoever looks up and trusts in him will have eternal life. @@ -57,25 +56,24 @@ \v 24 This is before the time when John's enemies had put him in prison. \s5 -\v 25 An argument arose between some of John's disciples and one particular Jewish man about washing to make oneself acceptable to God. +\v 25 An argument arose between some of John's disciples and one particular Jewish man about washing to make oneself acceptable to God. \v 26 Those who were arguing came to John and said, "Teacher, there was a man who was with you when you were baptizing people on the other side of the Jordan River. You pointed him out to us and told us who he was. Well, now he is baptizing across the way in Judea and many people are going out to him." \s5 -\v 27 John replied to them, "A person cannot receive even one thing unless God gives it to him. -\v 28 You know I was telling the truth when I told you, 'I am not the Messiah, but I was sent before him to make the road good for when he came." - +\v 27 John replied to them, "A person cannot receive even one thing unless God gives it to him. +\v 28 You know I was telling the truth when I told you, 'I am not the Messiah, but I was sent before him to make the road good for when he came." \s5 -\v 29 I am like the friend of the bridegroom. I am standing there waiting for the groom to come. The friend of the bridegroom is very happy when he hears the bridegroom's voice when he finally arrives. Therefore, because all this has happened, my joy is overflowing because he has come. +\v 29 I am like the friend of the bridegroom. I am standing there waiting for the groom to come. The friend of the bridegroom is very happy when he hears the bridegroom's voice when he finally arrives. Therefore, because all this has happened, my joy is overflowing because he has come. \v 30 Over time he will grow in status and importance, and I will become less and less important. \s5 \p \v 31 Jesus comes from heaven, and he is higher in position than anyone else. We have our home on earth, and we can speak only of things that belong to the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above everyone on the earth and everything there is. -\v 32 Now there is one here who gives his testimony to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts what he says or trusts it to be true. +\v 32 Now there is one here who gives his testimony to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts what he says or trusts it to be true. \v 33 However, those who have trusted in what he said, they testify that God is the source of all truth, and that he alone is the measure and standard of everything that is true. \s5 -\v 34 God has sent his spokesman, and what he has said is true, for he speaks God's words. And he gives his Spirit with no concern for how much he gives. +\v 34 God has sent his spokesman, and what he has said is true, for he speaks God's words. And he gives his Spirit with no concern for how much he gives. \v 35 The Father loves the Son and he puts everything under his power. \v 36 Whoever trusts in God's Son has everlasting life. Whoever does not obey the Son of God can never have everlasting life, and the righteous fury of God for every sin which that person has done will remain upon him forever." diff --git a/44-JHN/04.usfm b/44-JHN/04.usfm index 56912650..da528c4e 100644 --- a/44-JHN/04.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/04.usfm @@ -3,27 +3,25 @@ \c 4 \p -\v 1 Jesus got a report about the Pharisees. They found out that Jesus was gaining more followers than John the Baptizer and that he was baptizing more people than John was. -\v 2 But Jesus himself was not personally doing the work of baptizing; his disciples were doing that. +\v 1 Jesus got a report about the Pharisees. They found out that Jesus was gaining more followers than John the Baptizer and that he was baptizing more people than John was. +\v 2 But Jesus himself was not personally doing the work of baptizing; his disciples were doing that. \v 3 So Jesus and his disciples left the region of Judea and returned once more to Galilee. \s5 -\v 4 Now they had to go through the region of Samaria. +\v 4 Now they had to go through the region of Samaria. \v 5 So they arrived at a town called Sychar in the region of Samaria. Sychar was near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph long ago. \s5 \v 6 Just outside the town of Sychar was Jacob's well. Jesus was very tired from his long journey, and he sat down to rest beside the well. It was about noon. -\v 7 A woman from Samaria came out to the well to draw some water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." +\v 7 A woman from Samaria came out to the well to draw some water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." \v 8 Now his disciples had left him alone because they had gone into the town to buy food. \s5 -\v 9 The woman said to him, "I am surprised that you, a Jew, are asking me, a woman from Samaria, for a drink." -\v 10 Jesus replied to her, "If you had known the gift that God wants to give you and if you had known who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked me for a drink, and I would have given you living water." - +\v 9 The woman said to him, "I am surprised that you, a Jew, are asking me, a woman from Samaria, for a drink." +\v 10 Jesus replied to her, "If you had known the gift that God wants to give you and if you had known who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked me for a drink, and I would have given you living water." \s5 \v 11 "Sir, you do not have a bucket or a rope with which to draw the water up out of the well, and this well is deep. Where would you get this living water? -\v 12 You cannot be greater than our father Jacob. He dug this well that we use today, and he drank from it himself, as did his children and his animals." - +\v 12 You cannot be greater than our father Jacob. He dug this well that we use today, and he drank from it himself, as did his children and his animals." \s5 \v 13 Jesus replied to her, "Everyone who drinks water from this well will be thirsty again, \v 14 but those who drink the water I will give them will never be thirsty again. The water I give will become a spring of water that fills them up and brings them everlasting life." @@ -39,31 +37,28 @@ \s5 \p -\v 19 The woman said to him, "Sir, I see you are a prophet. +\v 19 The woman said to him, "Sir, I see you are a prophet. \v 20 Our ancestors worshiped God right here on this mountain, but you Jews say that Jerusalem is the place we must worship God. Who is right?" \s5 \v 21 Jesus said to her, "Madam, believe me when I say that a time is coming when neither here on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will people worship the Father. -\v 22 You people in Samaria worship what you do not know. We Jewish worshipers know whom we worship because salvation comes from the Jews. - +\v 22 You people in Samaria worship what you do not know. We Jewish worshipers know whom we worship because salvation comes from the Jews. \s5 -\v 23 The time is coming and has now arrived when those who truly worship God will worship the Father spiritually and in truth. The Father searches for such people so that they may worship him in this way. +\v 23 The time is coming and has now arrived when those who truly worship God will worship the Father spiritually and in truth. The Father searches for such people so that they may worship him in this way. \v 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship him spiritually, and the truth must lead them in worship." \s5 -\v 25 The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming (the one also called "Christ"). When he comes, he will tell us everything we need to hear." +\v 25 The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming (the one also called "Christ"). When he comes, he will tell us everything we need to hear." \v 26 Jesus said to her, "I, who am speaking to you now, I am he!" \s5 \p -\v 27 Just then, the disciples came back from town. They were amazed that Jesus was talking with a woman who was not a member of his family. (That was against the Jewish custom.) Nevertheless, no one was brave enough to ask him, "What were you doing talking to a woman by yourself?" or "Why are you talking with her at all?" - +\v 27 Just then, the disciples came back from town. They were amazed that Jesus was talking with a woman who was not a member of his family. (That was against the Jewish custom.) Nevertheless, no one was brave enough to ask him, "What were you doing talking to a woman by yourself?" or "Why are you talking with her at all?" \s5 \p \v 28 The woman left her water jar there and went back into town. She said to the people of the town, \v 29 "Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He could not be the Messiah, could he?" -\v 30 Many people started heading out of town, going where Jesus was. - +\v 30 Many people started heading out of town, going where Jesus was. \s5 \p \v 31 His disciples, who had just returned with the food, urged him, "Teacher, eat something." @@ -72,7 +67,7 @@ \s5 \v 34 Jesus said, "I will tell what I am most hungry for: it is to do what my Father who sent me wants and to complete all his work. -\v 35 At this time of the year you usually say, 'There are four months left, and then we will harvest the crops.' Yet look all around you! The fields are ready for harvest at this moment. The non-Jews are now wanting God to rule over them; they are like the fields that are now ready to be harvested. +\v 35 At this time of the year you usually say, 'There are four months left, and then we will harvest the crops.' Yet look all around you! The fields are ready for harvest at this moment. The non-Jews are now wanting God to rule over them; they are like the fields that are now ready to be harvested. \v 36 The one who believes this and is ready to work in this kind of harvest is already receiving his payment and is gathering much fruit for eternal life. Those who sow the seed and those who reap the harvest will be glad together. \s5 @@ -92,16 +87,15 @@ \p \v 43 After those two days in Samaria, Jesus and his disciples left and went to the region of Galilee. - -\v 44 (Jesus himself confirmed that a prophet receives honor in many places but never in the place where he grew up.) -\v 45 However, when he arrived in Galilee, many of the people there welcomed him. They knew who he was because they saw all the things he had done in Jerusalem during the recent Passover Festival that was held there. +\v 44 (Jesus himself confirmed that a prophet receives honor in many places but never in the place where he grew up.) +\v 45 However, when he arrived in Galilee, many of the people there welcomed him. They knew who he was because they saw all the things he had done in Jerusalem during the recent Passover Festival that was held there. \s5 -\v 46 Jesus went back again to Cana in Galilee. (That was where he had turned the water into wine.) There was an official of the king who lived in Capernaum just twenty-seven kilometers away, and his son was very sick. +\v 46 Jesus went back again to Cana in Galilee. (That was where he had turned the water into wine.) There was an official of the king who lived in Capernaum just twenty-seven kilometers away, and his son was very sick. \v 47 When that man heard that Jesus had come back to Galilee from Judea, he went to Jesus in Cana and begged him, "Come down to Capernaum and heal my son. He is about to die!" \s5 -\v 48 Jesus said to him, "Unless you see me do things that prove who I am and watch me do miracles, you will not trust in me!" +\v 48 Jesus said to him, "Unless you see me do things that prove who I am and watch me do miracles, you will not trust in me!" \v 49 Yet the official said to him, "Sir, please come down to my home before my son dies!" \v 50 Jesus said to him, "Go. Your son will live." The man trusted what Jesus said and he started on his way back home. @@ -110,7 +104,7 @@ \v 52 He asked them, "At what time did my son begin to improve?" They said to him, "His fever ceased yesterday afternoon at one o'clock." \s5 -\v 53 Then the boy's father realized that this was the time Jesus told him, "Your son lives." So he trusted in Jesus, along with everyone who lived in his house. +\v 53 Then the boy's father realized that this was the time Jesus told him, "Your son lives." So he trusted in Jesus, along with everyone who lived in his house. \p \v 54 That was the second time Jesus did something to prove to people who he was. He did it during the time that he came to the region of Galilee, having traveled there from Judea. diff --git a/44-JHN/05.usfm b/44-JHN/05.usfm index 8d5b3a01..a5817c12 100644 --- a/44-JHN/05.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/05.usfm @@ -25,13 +25,11 @@ \s5 \v 12 They asked him, "Who was that man?" -\v 13 Now although Jesus had healed the man, the man did not know his name. After healing him, Jesus had left the man and disappeared into the crowd. - +\v 13 Now although Jesus had healed the man, the man did not know his name. After healing him, Jesus had left the man and disappeared into the crowd. \s5 \p \v 14 Later, Jesus found the man in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well now. Do not sin anymore, so nothing worse will happen to you." -\v 15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders that the man who had healed him was Jesus. - +\v 15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders that the man who had healed him was Jesus. \s5 \v 16 So the Jews began efforts to stop Jesus because he was doing marvelous things and was showing his power and because he often did those works on the Sabbath day. \v 17 Jesus gave this answer to them, "My Father is working even now, and I am also working." @@ -39,45 +37,38 @@ \s5 \p -\v 19 Jesus replied to them, "I am telling you the truth: I, the Son of Man, can do nothing on my own authority. I can do only what I see the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, that is what I, the Son, do. +\v 19 Jesus replied to them, "I am telling you the truth: I, the Son of Man, can do nothing on my own authority. I can do only what I see the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, that is what I, the Son, do. \v 20 The Father loves me, the Son, and shows me everything he is doing. Even greater works than these the Father will show me, so that you may see what I can do and be amazed. \s5 -\v 21 As the Father raises up those who have died and gives them life again, so I, the Son, give life to anyone I want. +\v 21 As the Father raises up those who have died and gives them life again, so I, the Son, give life to anyone I want. \v 22 The Father judges no one, but has given over all judgment to me, -\v 23 so that all people may honor me, the Son, in the same way that they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor me cannot honor the Father. - +\v 23 so that all people may honor me, the Son, in the same way that they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor me cannot honor the Father. \s5 -\v 24 I am telling you the truth: anyone who hears my message and trusts that God sent me has eternal life and will not come into God's judgment. Instead, he has gone from being dead to being alive. - +\v 24 I am telling you the truth: anyone who hears my message and trusts that God sent me has eternal life and will not come into God's judgment. Instead, he has gone from being dead to being alive. \s5 \p -\v 25 I am telling you the truth: a time is coming when those who have died will hear my voice, that of me, the Son of God, and those who hear me will live. - +\v 25 I am telling you the truth: a time is coming when those who have died will hear my voice, that of me, the Son of God, and those who hear me will live. \s5 -\v 26 For as the Father is able to cause people to live, in the same way he has given power to me, the Son, to cause them to live. -\v 27 The Father has given me authority to do whatever he knows is just, because I am the Son of Man. - +\v 26 For as the Father is able to cause people to live, in the same way he has given power to me, the Son, to cause them to live. +\v 27 The Father has given me authority to do whatever he knows is just, because I am the Son of Man. \s5 \v 28 Do not be surprised at this because there will be a time when all people who have died will hear me call, -\v 29 and they will come out of their graves. God will raise to everlasting life those who have done good. But those who have done evil—God will raise them up, but only to condemn them and punish them forever. - +\v 29 and they will come out of their graves. God will raise to everlasting life those who have done good. But those who have done evil—God will raise them up, but only to condemn them and punish them forever. \s5 \v 30 I can do nothing on my own. Whatever I hear from the Father, that is how I judge, and I judge in a just manner. I judge justly because I do not try to do what I want, but what the Father wants, he who sent me here. \p -\v 31 If I alone were the only one to be a witness about myself, no one would believe my witness to be true or reliable. +\v 31 If I alone were the only one to be a witness about myself, no one would believe my witness to be true or reliable. \v 32 Nevertheless, there is someone else who bears witness about me, and I know that his testimony about me is true. \s5 \v 33 You sent messengers to John the Baptizer, and he told you the truth about me. \v 34 I do not actually need for him or anyone else to be a witness about me, but I am saying these things so that God can save you. -\v 35 John the Baptizer was a burning and shining lamp, and you were glad to rejoice for a while in his light. - +\v 35 John the Baptizer was a burning and shining lamp, and you were glad to rejoice for a while in his light. \s5 -\v 36 However, the witness I give about myself is even greater than the witness John gave about me. All the things that the Father has allowed me to do—I do those things every day, and you see me doing them—those things tell much about who I am; they explain my purpose for coming here. They are proof that the Father has sent me. +\v 36 However, the witness I give about myself is even greater than the witness John gave about me. All the things that the Father has allowed me to do—I do those things every day, and you see me doing them—those things tell much about who I am; they explain my purpose for coming here. They are proof that the Father has sent me. \v 37 The Father who sent me, he is the one who has given testimony about me. You have never heard his voice and you have never seen him physically. -\v 38 The proof that you do not have his word living in you is that you do not trust me, the one he sent. - +\v 38 The proof that you do not have his word living in you is that you do not trust me, the one he sent. \s5 \v 39 You carefully study the scriptures because you think that by studying them you will find eternal life, and those scriptures tell about me. \v 40 Yet still you refuse to come to me in order that you might receive everlasting life from me. @@ -85,8 +76,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 41 If people praise me or congratulate me, I ignore them. -\v 42 I know this about you, you do not love God. - +\v 42 I know this about you, you do not love God. \s5 \v 43 I have come with my Father's authority, but still you do not welcome me or trust me. If someone else came with his own authority, you would listen to him. \v 44 How can you trust in me when you work so hard for others among yourselves to honor you? Yet all the while, you refuse to seek the true honor that comes from the one and only God. diff --git a/44-JHN/06.usfm b/44-JHN/06.usfm index 55925dd3..26371fa3 100644 --- a/44-JHN/06.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/06.usfm @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ \c 6 \p \v 1 Jesus went across the lake to the other side. The name of the lake was the "Sea of Galilee" to some people; other people called it the "Sea of Tiberias." -\v 2 A large crowd followed him because they had seen the wonders he had done in healing people who were very sick. +\v 2 A large crowd followed him because they had seen the wonders he had done in healing people who were very sick. \v 3 Jesus went up on a steep hillside and sat down with his disciples. \s5 -\v 4 Now it was the time of the year for the Passover Festival, a special celebration of the Jews. +\v 4 Now it was the time of the year for the Passover Festival, a special celebration of the Jews. \v 5 Jesus looked up and saw that there was a very large crowd of people making their way toward him. Jesus said to Philip, "Where will we buy bread so that all these people can have something to eat?" \v 6 He asked Philip this question to test him, to see what sort of answer he would give. However, Jesus already knew what he was going to do about this problem. @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \v 10 The place where the people were all coming together had a lot of grass. So Jesus said, "Tell the people to sit down." So all of the people sat down, and after the disciples counted the crowd, they found that there were about five thousand people. -\v 11 Then Jesus took the small loaves of bread and the fish, and he thanked God for them. Then he passed the bread and the fish among all who were sitting on the ground. The people ate all the fish and bread they wanted. +\v 11 Then Jesus took the small loaves of bread and the fish, and he thanked God for them. Then he passed the bread and the fish among all who were sitting on the ground. The people ate all the fish and bread they wanted. \v 12 When everyone had finished eating, he said to the disciples, "Gather up all the pieces of barley bread that the people did not eat. Do not let anything go to waste." \s5 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 22 The next day the crowd of people that had stayed on the other side of the lake realized that there had been only one boat there the day before. They also knew that Jesus had not gone in the boat with his disciples. +\v 22 The next day the crowd of people that had stayed on the other side of the lake realized that there had been only one boat there the day before. They also knew that Jesus had not gone in the boat with his disciples. \v 23 Some men came across the lake from the city of Tiberias in other boats they had. They put their boats near the place where the people had eaten the bread, that bread for which the Lord had given thanks to God. \s5 @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ \v 37 All the people my Father gives to me will come to me, and I will never drive away anyone who comes to me. \s5 -\v 38 I came down from heaven not to do what I want, but to do the will of him who sent me. +\v 38 I came down from heaven not to do what I want, but to do the will of him who sent me. \v 39 This is what the one who sent me wants, that I lose none of those whom he has given me, and that I raise all of them up on the last day. \v 40 For this is what my Father wants, that everyone who looks in faith on me, the Son, and who trust in me, will have everlasting life. I will raise them up on the last day." @@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ \v 42 They said, "Is this not Jesus, whose father is Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? How can he say with any truth, 'I have come from heaven'?" \s5 -\v 43 Jesus answered them, "Stop grumbling among yourselves. -\v 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him to me. The one who comes to me, I will raise him up on the last day. +\v 43 Jesus answered them, "Stop grumbling among yourselves. +\v 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him to me. The one who comes to me, I will raise him up on the last day. \v 45 It is written in the Prophets, 'God will teach them all.' Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me. \s5 -\v 46 No one has seen the Father except me, the one who comes from God. I alone have seen the Father. +\v 46 No one has seen the Father except me, the one who comes from God. I alone have seen the Father. \v 47 I am telling you the truth: whoever trusts in me has everlasting life. \s5 @@ -107,9 +107,8 @@ \s5 \v 54 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood will live forever, and I will make them alive again at the last day -\v 55 because my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. -\v 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood will be joined to me, and I will be joined to him. - +\v 55 because my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. +\v 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood will be joined to me, and I will be joined to him. \s5 \v 57 My Father, who makes everyone alive, has sent me, and I live because my Father has made me able to. In the same way, those who feed on me will live forever because of what I will do for them. \v 58 I am the true bread that comes down from heaven. Anyone who eats me—this bread—will never die, but will live forever! What I do is not like what happened to your ancestors because they ate the manna and then died." @@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ \v 61 Jesus was aware that some of his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, "Does what I teach offend you? \s5 -\v 62 What would you say if you saw me, the Son of Man, go back up to heaven? +\v 62 What would you say if you saw me, the Son of Man, go back up to heaven? \v 63 Only the Spirit gives life that can make anyone live forever. The human nature is no help in this matter. The words I have taught you tell you about the Spirit, and they tell you about eternal life. \s5 diff --git a/44-JHN/07.usfm b/44-JHN/07.usfm index e43d83bb..be22e3b5 100644 --- a/44-JHN/07.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/07.usfm @@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 However, a few days after his brothers left for the festival, he also went, but he did so secretly. +\v 10 However, a few days after his brothers left for the festival, he also went, but he did so secretly. \v 11 The Jewish opponents of Jesus were looking for him, hoping to find him at the festival. They were asking people, "Where is Jesus? Is he here?" \s5 \v 12 Among the crowds, many people were quietly speaking with each other about Jesus. Some were saying, "He is a good man!" Others were saying instead, "No! He is deceiving and misleading the crowds!" -\v 13 Because they were afraid of the Jewish enemies of Jesus, no one spoke of him in a public place where other people could overhear what they were saying. - +\v 13 Because they were afraid of the Jewish enemies of Jesus, no one spoke of him in a public place where other people could overhear what they were saying. \s5 \p \v 14 When the Festival of Shelters was about half over, Jesus went to the temple courtyard and started to teach there. @@ -36,10 +35,9 @@ \s5 \v 17 If anyone chooses to do what God wants, he will find out if what I teach comes from God or if I speak only by my own authority. -\v 18 Anyone who speaks on his own authority speaks so others will honor only him. However, if a servant works hard to honor the person who sent him, to give him a good reputation as a man of integrity, there is no fault in that kind of a servant. - +\v 18 Anyone who speaks on his own authority speaks so others will honor only him. However, if a servant works hard to honor the person who sent him, to give him a good reputation as a man of integrity, there is no fault in that kind of a servant. \s5 -\v 19 Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you does what the law demands. You are the ones plotting to murder me right now! +\v 19 Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you does what the law demands. You are the ones plotting to murder me right now! \p \v 20 Someone in the crowd answered, "You have a demon! Name the person who wants to put you to death!" @@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 40 When some of the crowd heard those words, they said, "This truly is the Prophet that we were expecting." -\v 41 Others said, "The Messiah cannot come from Galilee. +\v 41 Others said, "The Messiah cannot come from Galilee. \v 42 Do not the scriptures say that Messiah must come through the descendants of David and that he must be born in Bethlehem, the village that was David's home?" \s5 @@ -107,10 +105,9 @@ \s5 \p -\v 50 Then Nicodemus spoke. (He was the one who had gone to see Jesus at night to speak with him, and he was one of the Pharisees.) He said to them, +\v 50 Then Nicodemus spoke. (He was the one who had gone to see Jesus at night to speak with him, and he was one of the Pharisees.) He said to them, \v 51 "Our Jewish law does not permit us to condemn a man before we have listened to him. First, we give him a hearing, and we must learn about what he has done." -\v 52 They replied to him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search carefully and read what is written in the scriptures! You will find that no prophet comes from Galilee." - +\v 52 They replied to him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search carefully and read what is written in the scriptures! You will find that no prophet comes from Galilee." \s5 \p \v 53 [Then they all left and went to their own homes. diff --git a/44-JHN/08.usfm b/44-JHN/08.usfm index b20db703..4e386ff1 100644 --- a/44-JHN/08.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/08.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 They said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught committing adultery with a man, someone not her husband. \v 5 Now Moses commanded us in the law that we must execute such a woman with stones. Nevertheless, what do you say we should do?" -\v 6 They asked this question as a trap so that they could accuse him of saying something wrong. If he said that they should not kill her, they could say that he dishonored the law of Moses. However, if he said that they should kill her, he would be breaking the Roman law that reserved for the governor the power to execute people. +\v 6 They asked this question as a trap so that they could accuse him of saying something wrong. If he said that they should not kill her, they could say that he dishonored the law of Moses. However, if he said that they should kill her, he would be breaking the Roman law that reserved for the governor the power to execute people. \p However, Jesus bent down and wrote something on the ground with his finger. \s5 @@ -73,9 +73,8 @@ \s5 \v 34 Jesus replied, "I am telling you the truth: all who sin obey their sinful desires just as a slave is forced to obey his master. -\v 35 Slaves will not remain as permanent members of a family but may be set free to return home or sold. However, a son is a member of the family forever. -\v 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be absolutely free. - +\v 35 Slaves will not remain as permanent members of a family but may be set free to return home or sold. However, a son is a member of the family forever. +\v 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be absolutely free. \s5 \v 37 I know that you are in Abraham's family; you are his descendants. Yet, your people are trying to put me to death. You will not trust anything I say. \v 38 I tell you all about the wonders and wisdom my Father has shown me, but you are only doing what your father told you to do." @@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ \v 49 Jesus replied, "A demon does not live in me! I honor my Father, and you dishonor me! \s5 -\v 50 I do not try to persuade people to praise me. There is someone else who desires to give me what I deserve, and he is the one who will judge everything that I say and do. +\v 50 I do not try to persuade people to praise me. There is someone else who desires to give me what I deserve, and he is the one who will judge everything that I say and do. \v 51 I am telling you the truth: if anyone holds firm to my word and trusts in it as I gave it, that person will never die!" \s5 diff --git a/44-JHN/09.usfm b/44-JHN/09.usfm index e1a4c93b..8f84edcd 100644 --- a/44-JHN/09.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/09.usfm @@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ \s5 \p \v 13 Some of the people there took the man to a gathering of the Pharisees. -\v 14 Now it was on the Sabbath day when Jesus did this miracle. +\v 14 Now it was on the Sabbath day when Jesus did this miracle. \v 15 So the Pharisees asked the man again about how he was now able to see. He said to them, "The man put mud on my eyes and I washed, and now I see." \s5 \v 16 Some of the Pharisees said, "We know this man Jesus is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath day." Others from that group asked, "If he were a sinner, how could he do such works of power that everyone sees?" So there was a difference of opinion among the Pharisees. -\v 17 They asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, since he is the one who restored your sight?" The man said, "He is a prophet." +\v 17 They asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, since he is the one who restored your sight?" The man said, "He is a prophet." \p \v 18 Now the Jews who were opposed to Jesus did not believe the man had been blind and then became able to see. So they sent someone to bring in the man's parents so that they could be questioned also. @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ \v 21 Nevertheless, we do not know how he is now able to see. We also do not know who healed his eyes. Ask him, he is old enough to speak for himself." \s5 -\v 22 The Jews who were against Jesus had previously agreed with one another that they would take anyone who declared that Jesus was the Messiah and ban him from the synagogue. +\v 22 The Jews who were against Jesus had previously agreed with one another that they would take anyone who declared that Jesus was the Messiah and ban him from the synagogue. \v 23 That is why his parents said, "Ask him, he is old enough to speak for himself." \s5 @@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ \p \v 39 Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge the world so that those who do not see may see and so that those who see may become blind." \v 40 Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard him say this, and they asked Jesus, "Are we also blind?" -\v 41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt. However, because you now defend yourself and say, 'We see,' your guilt is staying with you. - +\v 41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt. However, because you now defend yourself and say, 'We see,' your guilt is staying with you. diff --git a/44-JHN/10.usfm b/44-JHN/10.usfm index e838c5be..313a2718 100644 --- a/44-JHN/10.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/10.usfm @@ -19,16 +19,15 @@ \s5 \v 7 So Jesus spoke to them again, "I am telling you the truth: I am the gate through which all the sheep enter into the pen. -\v 8 All who came before me, they were thieves and criminals who stole the sheep; but the sheep did not listen to them, and they would not follow them. - +\v 8 All who came before me, they were thieves and criminals who stole the sheep; but the sheep did not listen to them, and they would not follow them. \s5 -\v 9 I myself am like that gate. If anyone enters through the gate and goes into the pen where the sheep are, he will be safe, and he will go out and find good pasture. +\v 9 I myself am like that gate. If anyone enters through the gate and goes into the pen where the sheep are, he will be safe, and he will go out and find good pasture. \v 10 The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and that life will be full to overflowing. \s5 \p -\v 11 I am like a good shepherd. The good shepherd will die in order to protect and to save his sheep. -\v 12 Someone pays the hired man money to watch over the sheep. He does not treat the sheep like they belong to him; he is just an employee doing a job. So when he sees a wolf coming to kill the sheep, he does not risk his life. He leaves the sheep and runs away so that it is possible for the wolf to attack the sheep, seizing some of them and scattering others. +\v 11 I am like a good shepherd. The good shepherd will die in order to protect and to save his sheep. +\v 12 Someone pays the hired man money to watch over the sheep. He does not treat the sheep like they belong to him; he is just an employee doing a job. So when he sees a wolf coming to kill the sheep, he does not risk his life. He leaves the sheep and runs away so that it is possible for the wolf to attack the sheep, seizing some of them and scattering others. \v 13 The hired worker runs away because he is only working for the money. He does not care about what happens to the sheep. \s5 @@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ \v 24 The Jewish opponents of Jesus gathered around him and said, "How long will you keep us wondering about who you are? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly so that we can know." \s5 -\v 25 Jesus answered them, "I have told you, but you would not believe me. You know who I am because of the miracles and other things I do by my Father's name and his authority. Those things tell you all you need to know about me. +\v 25 Jesus answered them, "I have told you, but you would not believe me. You know who I am because of the miracles and other things I do by my Father's name and his authority. Those things tell you all you need to know about me. \v 26 You do not believe in me because you do not belong to me. You are sheep who belong to another shepherd. \s5 diff --git a/44-JHN/11.usfm b/44-JHN/11.usfm index 69fc2bf6..42d7e893 100644 --- a/44-JHN/11.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/11.usfm @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \s5 \v 12 The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well." -\v 13 Jesus was really speaking about Lazarus' death, but the disciples thought that he was talking about the sleep that we all know gives us rest. +\v 13 Jesus was really speaking about Lazarus' death, but the disciples thought that he was talking about the sleep that we all know gives us rest. \v 14 Then he told them plainly, "Lazarus has died." \s5 @@ -69,14 +69,13 @@ \v 32 Mary came to the place where Jesus was; when she saw him, she fell down before him at his feet and said, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." \s5 -\v 33 When Jesus saw her grieving and crying, and that the mourners who had come with her were also crying, he cried out in distress deep within his spirit, and he was very upset. +\v 33 When Jesus saw her grieving and crying, and that the mourners who had come with her were also crying, he cried out in distress deep within his spirit, and he was very upset. \v 34 He said, "Where have you laid his body?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see." \v 35 Jesus wept. \s5 \v 36 So the Jews said, "See how much he loved Lazarus!" -\v 37 However, some others said, "Did he not open the eyes of the blind man? Why could he not have kept this man from dying?" - +\v 37 However, some others said, "Did he not open the eyes of the blind man? Why could he not have kept this man from dying?" \s5 \p \v 38 Jesus was physically shaken and emotionally upset when he came to the tomb. It was a cave, and the entrance had been covered by a large stone. @@ -124,7 +123,6 @@ \s5 \v 56 The worshipers who came to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival were all looking for Jesus. When they came and stood in the temple, they said to one another, "What do you think? He will not come to the Passover, will he?" -\v 57 The Jewish chief priests and the Pharisees had issued orders that if anyone found out where Jesus was, they should report it to them, so that they could arrest him. - +\v 57 The Jewish chief priests and the Pharisees had issued orders that if anyone found out where Jesus was, they should report it to them, so that they could arrest him. diff --git a/44-JHN/12.usfm b/44-JHN/12.usfm index f8149fc3..bc52811f 100644 --- a/44-JHN/12.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/12.usfm @@ -9,19 +9,18 @@ \s5 \p -\v 4 However, one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, (he was the one who broke the trust Jesus had in him, and soon he would give Jesus up to his enemies)—he objected and said, +\v 4 However, one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, (he was the one who broke the trust Jesus had in him, and soon he would give Jesus up to his enemies)—he objected and said, \v 5 "We should have sold this perfume for three hundred days' wages and given the money to the poor." -\v 6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor people, but because he was a thief. He kept charge of the bag that held their money, but he would take money for his own use whenever he wanted. - +\v 6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor people, but because he was a thief. He kept charge of the bag that held their money, but he would take money for his own use whenever he wanted. \s5 -\v 7 Then Jesus said, "Leave her alone! She bought this perfume for the day when I would die and they would bury me. +\v 7 Then Jesus said, "Leave her alone! She bought this perfume for the day when I would die and they would bury me. \v 8 You will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me." \s5 \p -\v 9 A large crowd of Jews in Jerusalem heard that Jesus was in Bethany, so they went there. They came not only because Jesus was there, but also to see Lazarus, whom Jesus had made alive. +\v 9 A large crowd of Jews in Jerusalem heard that Jesus was in Bethany, so they went there. They came not only because Jesus was there, but also to see Lazarus, whom Jesus had made alive. \v 10 Then the chief priests decided it was necessary to put Lazarus to death, as well, \v 11 for it was because of him that many of the Jews were no longer believing in what the chief priests were teaching; instead, they were putting their trust in Jesus. @@ -41,8 +40,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 16 When this happened, his disciples did not understand that this was a fulfillment of prophecy. However, after Jesus had finished his work and had received again his full powers as God, they looked back and remembered what the prophets had written about him and what people had done to him. - +\v 16 When this happened, his disciples did not understand that this was a fulfillment of prophecy. However, after Jesus had finished his work and had received again his full powers as God, they looked back and remembered what the prophets had written about him and what people had done to him. \s5 \p \v 17 The crowd that was following along with Jesus kept telling others what they had seen: that Jesus had called Lazarus out of the tomb and had made him alive again. @@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ \v 22 So Philip reported this to Andrew, and they both went and told Jesus. \s5 -\v 23 Jesus answered Philip and Andrew, "It is time for God to show the people everything that I, the Son of Man, have done and to tell them all that I have said. +\v 23 Jesus answered Philip and Andrew, "It is time for God to show the people everything that I, the Son of Man, have done and to tell them all that I have said. \v 24 I am telling you the truth: unless a seed of wheat is planted in the earth and dies, it remains only one seed; but after it dies in the ground, then it will grow and produce a harvest of many seeds. \s5 @@ -100,12 +98,12 @@ \s5 \v 39 Yet, they could not trust in him for the reason that Isaiah had written: \q -\v 40 -\q "The Lord has made them so they cannot see, +\v 40 +\q "The Lord has made them so they cannot see, \q and he has made them stubborn; \q they cannot even see with their eyes, \q If they could, they would understand; -\q they would repent and pray for me to forgive them. +\q they would repent and pray for me to forgive them. \q For this reason, I cannot heal them!" \s5 @@ -119,16 +117,15 @@ \s5 \p -\v 44 Jesus shouted out to the crowd that had gathered, "Those who put their trust in me are not only putting their trust in me but also are putting their trust in the Father who sent me. +\v 44 Jesus shouted out to the crowd that had gathered, "Those who put their trust in me are not only putting their trust in me but also are putting their trust in the Father who sent me. \v 45 When you see me, you are also seeing the one who sent me. \s5 \v 46 I have come into the world as the light of the world; whoever puts his trust in me will not remain in the darkness. \p -\v 47 I do not judge those who listen to my words but refuse to obey me. I did not come into the world to condemn the world. - +\v 47 I do not judge those who listen to my words but refuse to obey me. I did not come into the world to condemn the world. \s5 -\v 48 Yet, there is something that will condemn those who reject me and do not follow my message. They are condemned by the message I have spoken to them. +\v 48 Yet, there is something that will condemn those who reject me and do not follow my message. They are condemned by the message I have spoken to them. \v 49 When I taught about God, I was not merely saying what I thought. The Father, who sent me, gave me clear instructions on what I should say and how I should say it. \v 50 I know that the Father's most important instructions are the ones that teach people how to live forever, and I have said exactly what my Father has told me to say." diff --git a/44-JHN/13.usfm b/44-JHN/13.usfm index cbadb7ea..3a01c1d8 100644 --- a/44-JHN/13.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/13.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p -\v 1 It was now the day before the Passover Festival was to begin. Jesus knew it was time for him to leave this world and to return to his Father. He showed how much he loved those who were with him here in this world, and he loved them until the end of his life. +\v 1 It was now the day before the Passover Festival was to begin. Jesus knew it was time for him to leave this world and to return to his Father. He showed how much he loved those who were with him here in this world, and he loved them until the end of his life. \v 2 Before Jesus and the disciples had their evening meal, the devil had already put the thought into the mind of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, that he would hand Jesus over to his enemies. \s5 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \v 15 I have given you an example to follow in order that you should do as I have done for you. \s5 -\v 16 I am telling you the truth: a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who has sent him. +\v 16 I am telling you the truth: a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who has sent him. \v 17 If you know these things, how fortunate you will be if you do them. @@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 21 After Jesus said this, he was troubled within himself. He solemnly declared, "I am telling you the truth: one of you is going to hand me over to my enemies." -\v 22 The disciples looked at one another. They were confused about which of them he was talking about. - +\v 22 The disciples looked at one another. They were confused about which of them he was talking about. \s5 \v 23 One of the disciples, John, the one whom Jesus especially loved, was at the table next to Jesus. \v 24 Simon Peter motioned to John that he should ask Jesus which disciple he was talking about. diff --git a/44-JHN/14.usfm b/44-JHN/14.usfm index 68451755..e42b398d 100644 --- a/44-JHN/14.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/14.usfm @@ -26,19 +26,18 @@ \v 11 Trust me because I have told you that I am joined to the Father and that the Father is joined to me, or else trust me because of all the signs and mighty acts you have seen me do. \s5 -\v 12 I am telling you the truth: whoever trusts in me will also do the things that I do. He will do even greater works because I am going to be with the Father. +\v 12 I am telling you the truth: whoever trusts in me will also do the things that I do. He will do even greater works because I am going to be with the Father. \v 13 Whatever you ask in my name, that I will do. I will do this in order that everyone might honor the Father and that they might know the Father because of everything that I, his Son, do. \v 14 If you ask the Father for anything because you belong to me, I will do it. \s5 \p \v 15 If you love me, you will live as I have taught you. -\v 16 Then I will ask the Father to give you another gift, and he will send you another Helper, one who will come alongside you to be with you forever. -\v 17 He is the Spirit who tells the truth about God. The unbelieving people in this world will never welcome Him. The world cannot see him or know him. You know him because he lives with you and he will be joined to you. - +\v 16 Then I will ask the Father to give you another gift, and he will send you another Helper, one who will come alongside you to be with you forever. +\v 17 He is the Spirit who tells the truth about God. The unbelieving people in this world will never welcome Him. The world cannot see him or know him. You know him because he lives with you and he will be joined to you. \s5 -\v 18 I will not abandon you and leave you with no one to care for you; I will come to you. -\v 19 Soon the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live. +\v 18 I will not abandon you and leave you with no one to care for you; I will come to you. +\v 19 Soon the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live. \v 20 When you see me again, you will know that I am joined to the Father and that you are joined to me and I to you. \s5 @@ -47,19 +46,17 @@ \v 22 Then Judas (not Iscariot, but the other disciple with the same name) spoke to Jesus. He said, "Lord, how will you reveal yourself just to us and not to the whole world?" \s5 -\v 23 Jesus replied to him, "This is how you can tell whether people love me: whether they do what I have told you to do. Any people like this, my Father will love them. He and I will come to them and live with them. +\v 23 Jesus replied to him, "This is how you can tell whether people love me: whether they do what I have told you to do. Any people like this, my Father will love them. He and I will come to them and live with them. \v 24 As for those who do not love me, they will not obey what I have told them to do. The things I have told you are not things that I have decided to say on my own; instead, they are things that my Father has sent me to tell you. \s5 \v 25 I have said these things to you while I am still with you. \v 26 The Helper, the one who comes alongside to be with you—my Father will send him in my name. He will teach you everything that you need to know. He will also cause you to remember all the things that I have told you. -\v 27 As I leave you with peace, it is my peace that I am giving to you. I give you a kind of peace no one and nothing that belongs to this world can give you. So do not be upset or anxious; and do not be afraid. - +\v 27 As I leave you with peace, it is my peace that I am giving to you. I give you a kind of peace no one and nothing that belongs to this world can give you. So do not be upset or anxious; and do not be afraid. \s5 \p \v 28 You heard me say to you that I am going away and will later come back to you. If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going back to the Father because the Father is greater than I am. -\v 29 I have told you these things now before they happen so that, when they do happen, you will continue to trust me. - +\v 29 I have told you these things now before they happen so that, when they do happen, you will continue to trust me. \s5 \v 30 I will not be able to talk with you much longer because the ruler of this world is coming. However, he has no power over me, \v 31 and I will do what the Father has commanded me to do. This is so that the world will know forever that I love the Father. Come, let us go from here." diff --git a/44-JHN/15.usfm b/44-JHN/15.usfm index 3276717d..ce3f057b 100644 --- a/44-JHN/15.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/15.usfm @@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ \p \v 1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. -\v 2 Every branch in me that does not grow fruit—my Father cuts it off and takes it away. As for every branch that gives good fruit, he makes it clean by pruning it so that it may produce even more fruit. - +\v 2 Every branch in me that does not grow fruit—my Father cuts it off and takes it away. As for every branch that gives good fruit, he makes it clean by pruning it so that it may produce even more fruit. \s5 -\v 3 You are already pure because of the message I spoke to you. +\v 3 You are already pure because of the message I spoke to you. \v 4 Remain joined to me, and I will remain joined to you. As the branch cannot bear any fruit on its own, neither can you bear fruit unless you stay joined to me and depend upon me for everything. \s5 @@ -29,14 +28,13 @@ \s5 \v 12 What I command you to do is this: Love each other in the way that I have loved you. -\v 13 You can have no greater love than this, that you give up your life for your friends. - +\v 13 You can have no greater love than this, that you give up your life for your friends. \s5 -\v 14 You are my friends if you not only listen to my commands but also live by them. +\v 14 You are my friends if you not only listen to my commands but also live by them. \v 15 I no longer call you my servants, for the servant does not understand what his master is doing. I now call you friends, for everything I heard from my Father I made it all known to you so that you also could understand it. \s5 -\v 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you for a reason, so that you should go out and bear much fruit and so that your fruit should last forever. As a result, everything you ask the Father in my name, he will do for you. +\v 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you for a reason, so that you should go out and bear much fruit and so that your fruit should last forever. As a result, everything you ask the Father in my name, he will do for you. \v 17 This is what I command you to do: Love one another. @@ -44,8 +42,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 18 If the world despises you, you should realize that it hated me first. -\v 19 If you belonged to the unbelievers in this world, the world would love you, and you would love what they love and do what they do. But you do not belong to them; instead, I chose you to come out from among them. That is the reason the unbelievers in this world despise you. - +\v 19 If you belonged to the unbelievers in this world, the world would love you, and you would love what they love and do what they do. But you do not belong to them; instead, I chose you to come out from among them. That is the reason the unbelievers in this world despise you. \s5 \v 20 Remember when I taught you this: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' Since they have made me suffer, you can be sure they will make you suffer also. If any of them have received my teachings and followed them, they will also follow what you teach them. \v 21 The unbelievers in this world will do horrible things to you because you represent me and because they do not know my Father, who has sent me to you. diff --git a/44-JHN/16.usfm b/44-JHN/16.usfm index 4ea7ed6c..57936cf1 100644 --- a/44-JHN/16.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/16.usfm @@ -4,32 +4,29 @@ \c 16 \p \v 1 I told you these things so that you would not stumble or stop trusting in me because of the difficulties you must face. -\v 2 Difficult days are ahead. Your enemies will stop you from worshiping in the synagogues. However, something even worse will happen. The days are coming when people will put you to death and think that they are pleasing God. - +\v 2 Difficult days are ahead. Your enemies will stop you from worshiping in the synagogues. However, something even worse will happen. The days are coming when people will put you to death and think that they are pleasing God. \s5 -\v 3 They will do this because they have not known the Father or me. +\v 3 They will do this because they have not known the Father or me. \v 4 I have told you these things so that at the time when these hardships come, you will remember that I warned you. I did not tell you these things at the beginning because I was with you then. \s5 \p -\v 5 "Now I am going back to the Father. He is the one who sent me. Yet none of you dares to ask me, 'Where are you going?' -\v 6 Because I have said these things to you, now sorrow has filled up your hearts. +\v 5 "Now I am going back to the Father. He is the one who sent me. Yet none of you dares to ask me, 'Where are you going?' +\v 6 Because I have said these things to you, now sorrow has filled up your hearts. \v 7 I tell you the truth, it is good for you that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Helper who comforts you will not come. If I go away, I will send him to you. \s5 -\v 8 When the Helper comes, he will convict them of the sins they have committed; he will show them that they do not reach God's standard of goodness; and he promises them that God will judge them because they did what God commanded them not to do. -\v 9 Their guilt from sin comes because they could not put their trust in me. +\v 8 When the Helper comes, he will convict them of the sins they have committed; he will show them that they do not reach God's standard of goodness; and he promises them that God will judge them because they did what God commanded them not to do. +\v 9 Their guilt from sin comes because they could not put their trust in me. \v 10 Their failure to measure up to God's standard of goodness is confirmed because I am going back to my Father, and you will no longer see me. -\v 11 Their final accounting will come when God brings his punishment against them for their sin. This is shown by the punishment that Satan, the prince of this world, will receive because he fought against God. - +\v 11 Their final accounting will come when God brings his punishment against them for their sin. This is shown by the punishment that Satan, the prince of this world, will receive because he fought against God. \s5 \p \v 12 I have many more things I want to tell you. However, if I tell you now, you will not be able to live well knowing these things. -\v 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all the truth you need to know. He will not speak from his own authority, but whatever he hears he will tell you, and he will tell you ahead of time about things that will happen. -\v 14 The Spirit will honor me by telling you who I am and showing you what I have done. He will explain to you everything he heard from me. - +\v 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all the truth you need to know. He will not speak from his own authority, but whatever he hears he will tell you, and he will tell you ahead of time about things that will happen. +\v 14 The Spirit will honor me by telling you who I am and showing you what I have done. He will explain to you everything he heard from me. \s5 \v 15 Everything my Father has belongs to me. That is why I said that the Spirit will take whatever he receives from me and will explain it to you. @@ -44,21 +41,20 @@ \s5 \p \v 19 Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him more questions. So he said to the disciples, "Why are you asking each other what I meant? I said that in a little while, you would not see me; and then after a little while, you would see me again. -\v 20 I am telling you the truth: you will cry and grieve, but those who belong to this world will rejoice. You will go through great sadness, but your sadness will turn into joy. +\v 20 I am telling you the truth: you will cry and grieve, but those who belong to this world will rejoice. You will go through great sadness, but your sadness will turn into joy. \v 21 This is like a woman who is suffering the pains of labor when giving birth. After her baby is born, she forgets her anguish because of the joy she has that her child has been born into the world. \s5 \v 22 You, like her, have sorrow now, but I will see you again and God will give you great joy, joy no one can take from you. -\v 23 On that day, you will have no more questions to ask me. I am telling you the truth: whatever you ask the Father, he will it give it to you when you ask because you are joined to me. -\v 24 Up until now, you have not asked for anything like that. Ask and you will receive it, and God will give you such joy that fills everything. - +\v 23 On that day, you will have no more questions to ask me. I am telling you the truth: whatever you ask the Father, he will it give it to you when you ask because you are joined to me. +\v 24 Up until now, you have not asked for anything like that. Ask and you will receive it, and God will give you such joy that fills everything. \s5 \p \v 25 I have been speaking these things using language of parables and riddles, but there will soon be a time when I will no longer use that kind of language. Instead, I will tell you all about my Father in language that you can clearly understand. \s5 \v 26 At that time you will make your requests to God in my name and according to God's purposes. I will not have to ask the Father to meet your needs, -\v 27 for the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have put your trust in me and because you know that I came from God. +\v 27 for the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have put your trust in me and because you know that I came from God. \v 28 I came from the Father, and I entered this world. Now I am leaving this world, and I am going back to the Father." \s5 diff --git a/44-JHN/17.usfm b/44-JHN/17.usfm index 113c49ce..c954b87b 100644 --- a/44-JHN/17.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/17.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \v 2 Do this just as you have allowed me, your Son, to rule over all people. Father, you have done this in order that I might be able to them live forever—all whom you have given to me. \s5 -\v 3 This is everlasting life: to know you, Father—you, who are the only true God, and to know me, Jesus the Messiah, the one whom you have sent into the world. +\v 3 This is everlasting life: to know you, Father—you, who are the only true God, and to know me, Jesus the Messiah, the one whom you have sent into the world. \v 4 I have brought all kinds of people to you to show them all about you. I did this by finishing the work you gave me. \v 5 Father, give me honor by bringing me into your own presence, as we were before the time we created the world. @@ -23,15 +23,14 @@ \s5 \v 9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for those who belong to this world, those who continue to oppose you. I am praying for those whom you gave me because they belong to you. -\v 10 All I have belongs to you, and all you have is mine. They know who I am, and they sincerely tell the truth about who I am. +\v 10 All I have belongs to you, and all you have is mine. They know who I am, and they sincerely tell the truth about who I am. \v 11 I am not staying in the world any longer. However, they are staying in the world. I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe; keep them belonging to yourself by the same power that you gave to me so that they may be united together, just as we are. \s5 \v 12 While I was with them, I kept them safe and watched over them by your own power. Not one of them was lost, except the one whom you had destined for destruction, as the scriptures foretold long ago. \p -\v 13 Now I am coming to you, Father. I have said these things while I am here in the world so that I may give them my complete joy. -\v 14 I have spoken your messages to them, and the world has hated them and would not listen to your message. The world hated them because, like me, they do not belong to this world, but they have another home. - +\v 13 Now I am coming to you, Father. I have said these things while I am here in the world so that I may give them my complete joy. +\v 14 I have spoken your messages to them, and the world has hated them and would not listen to your message. The world hated them because, like me, they do not belong to this world, but they have another home. \s5 \v 15 I am not asking for you to take them out of this world, but instead for you to protect them from the harm that the evil one can do to them. \v 16 They do not belong to this world, just as I do not. @@ -39,23 +38,19 @@ \s5 \v 18 As you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world. -\v 19 I am giving myself completely to you for their sakes so that they can truly give themselves to you. - +\v 19 I am giving myself completely to you for their sakes so that they can truly give themselves to you. \s5 \p \v 20 "I am praying not only for these, but also I am praying for those who will trust in me when they hear their message. -\v 21 I pray that they may all be united, just as you and I are united. Father, you are united to me, and I am to you—may they also be united to us. Do this so that the world will know you sent me. - +\v 21 I pray that they may all be united, just as you and I are united. Father, you are united to me, and I am to you—may they also be united to us. Do this so that the world will know you sent me. \s5 \v 22 I have shown them who I am, and they have seen what I have done. I have taught them this so that they may be united together, as you and I are united. -\v 23 I am united with them and you are united with me. I have done this so that they may be perfectly united together and so that the unbelievers may know that you sent me and that you love them, just as you love me. - +\v 23 I am united with them and you are united with me. I have done this so that they may be perfectly united together and so that the unbelievers may know that you sent me and that you love them, just as you love me. \s5 \p -\v 24 "Father, I want these whom you have given to me to be with me always where I am so that they can see the splendor and majesty you will give to me when I am with you. You do this because you have loved me from before the time we created the world. - +\v 24 "Father, I want these whom you have given to me to be with me always where I am so that they can see the splendor and majesty you will give to me when I am with you. You do this because you have loved me from before the time we created the world. \s5 \p \v 25 O Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you; and these with me here know that you have sent me to them. diff --git a/44-JHN/18.usfm b/44-JHN/18.usfm index e185ba73..f7cb6303 100644 --- a/44-JHN/18.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/18.usfm @@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ \p \v 1 When Jesus finished his prayer, he went with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a grove of olive trees, and they entered it. \p -\v 2 Judas, the one who was about to hand Jesus over to his enemies, knew where the place was because Jesus often went there with his disciples. -\v 3 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had ordered some soldiers and officers to go there with Judas. So they went to the garden with lanterns, torches, and weapons. - +\v 2 Judas, the one who was about to hand Jesus over to his enemies, knew where the place was because Jesus often went there with his disciples. +\v 3 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had ordered some soldiers and officers to go there with Judas. So they went to the garden with lanterns, torches, and weapons. \s5 \v 4 Jesus knew what was going to happen to him, so he went forward and asked them, "For whom are you looking?" \v 5 They replied to him, "Jesus the Nazarene." Jesus said to them, "I am that person." (Now Judas, the one who was handing him over, was standing with them.) @@ -74,8 +73,7 @@ \p \v 28 Then the soldiers led Jesus from Caiaphas' house to the headquarters of Pilate, the Roman governor. It was early morning. Pilate was not a Jew, so Jesus' accusers thought that if they entered his headquarters, they would defile themselves and be unable to celebrate the Passover Festival. So they did not go in. \v 29 So Pilate came out to talk to them. He said, "Of what are you accusing this man?" -\v 30 "If this man were not a criminal, we would not have brought him to you!" they replied. - +\v 30 "If this man were not a criminal, we would not have brought him to you!" they replied. \s5 \v 31 Then Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him by your own law." Then the Jewish leaders said, "We want to execute him, but your Roman law prevents us from doing that." \v 32 They said this in order to make true what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die. diff --git a/44-JHN/19.usfm b/44-JHN/19.usfm index 1c7ec846..f6dad6ad 100644 --- a/44-JHN/19.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/19.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \p \v 1 Then Pilate sent for Jesus. He had his soldiers beat him severely using whips. -\v 2 The soldiers also twisted together a crown and they put it on his head. They also put a purple robe on him. +\v 2 The soldiers also twisted together a crown and they put it on his head. They also put a purple robe on him. \v 3 They mocked him and said, "Greetings, King of the Jews!" and they struck him over and over again. \s5 @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 The Jewish leaders replied to Pilate, "We have a certain law that says he ought to die because he claimed to be the Son of God." -\v 8 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid. +\v 8 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid. \v 9 He entered his headquarters once more and called the soldiers to bring Jesus back inside. Then he said to Jesus, "From where do you come?" However, Jesus gave him no answer. \s5 @@ -30,13 +30,12 @@ \v 13 When Pilate heard that, he brought Jesus out. Then Pilate sat down before him in the judgment seat, the place where he usually pronounced verdicts. This was called "The Stone Pavement," and in Aramaic it was "Gabbatha." \s5 -\v 14 Now it was the day before the Passover Festival, the day of preparation. It was almost noontime when Pilate said to the Jews, "See, here is your king!" +\v 14 Now it was the day before the Passover Festival, the day of preparation. It was almost noontime when Pilate said to the Jews, "See, here is your king!" \v 15 They shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Should I crucify your king?" The chief priests replied, "We have no king but Caesar!" \v 16 So Pilate handed Jesus over to them, and they took him away. -\p - +\p \s5 \v 17 He went out, carrying his own cross by himself to the place called "The Place of a Skull," which in Aramaic is called "Golgotha." \v 18 There they crucified him, and at the same time they also nailed two other criminals to their crosses. One was on either side, with Jesus in the middle. @@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ \s5 \v 21 The chief priests went back to Pilate and said, "You should not have written, 'King of the Jews', but rather, this man said, 'I am King of the Jews.'" -\v 22 Pilate replied, "You must leave the sign exactly as I have written it." +\v 22 Pilate replied, "You must leave the sign exactly as I have written it." \q \s5 @@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 25 The soldiers did those things. +\v 25 The soldiers did those things. \p Jesus' mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene were all standing near his cross. \v 26 When Jesus saw his mother standing there and John, the disciple whom he especially loved, standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Mother, here is the one who will act like a son to you." \v 27 And he said to the disciple, "Here is your mother!" So from that very moment, that disciple took her to live in his home. @@ -74,14 +73,13 @@ \s5 \p -\v 31 This was the day of preparation for the Passover (and the next day was a very special Sabbath). It was against the law to allow dead bodies to remain on the crosses on the Sabbath, so they went to Pilate and asked him to break the legs of the three men so that the men would die quickly and their bodies would be taken down. -\v 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and then of the other, the two men who had been crucified with Jesus. +\v 31 This was the day of preparation for the Passover (and the next day was a very special Sabbath). It was against the law to allow dead bodies to remain on the crosses on the Sabbath, so they went to Pilate and asked him to break the legs of the three men so that the men would die quickly and their bodies would be taken down. +\v 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and then of the other, the two men who had been crucified with Jesus. \v 33 When they came to Jesus, they saw he was dead already. So they did not break his legs. \s5 \v 34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, and right away blood and water poured out of his body. -\v 35 The one who saw this bears witness—his testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth—so that you may put your trust in Jesus. - +\v 35 The one who saw this bears witness—his testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth—so that you may put your trust in Jesus. \s5 \v 36 These things happened in order to fulfill what was written in scripture: "No one will break any of his bones." \p @@ -91,12 +89,12 @@ \s5 \p -\v 38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus, but a secret disciple because he was afraid of the Jews, went to Pilate and asked him if he might take away Jesus' body. Pilate gave Joseph permission, so he came and took away the body of Jesus. +\v 38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus, but a secret disciple because he was afraid of the Jews, went to Pilate and asked him if he might take away Jesus' body. Pilate gave Joseph permission, so he came and took away the body of Jesus. \v 39 Nicodemus, who had once come to Jesus at night, also came and brought with him a mixture of myrrh and aloe spices to prepare the body for burial. The spices weighed about 34 kilograms. \s5 \v 40 They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in strips of linen cloth, and they packed the wrappings full with all the spices. -\v 41 Now in the place where Jesus was crucified was a garden, and at the edge of the garden was a new tomb in which no one had been buried. +\v 41 Now in the place where Jesus was crucified was a garden, and at the edge of the garden was a new tomb in which no one had been buried. \v 42 The Passover was about to begin that evening, and they chose this tomb because it was close at hand and because they could bury Jesus quickly. So they laid Jesus there. diff --git a/44-JHN/20.usfm b/44-JHN/20.usfm index 51bfb9e5..156cae50 100644 --- a/44-JHN/20.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/20.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p -\v 1 Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb very early in the day, while it was still dark. She saw that someone had moved the stone away from the tomb. +\v 1 Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb very early in the day, while it was still dark. She saw that someone had moved the stone away from the tomb. \v 2 So she ran to Jerusalem, where Simon Peter and the other disciple—the one whom Jesus loved—were staying, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him!" \s5 @@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ \p -\v 10 So the disciples went back to their homes. - +\v 10 So the disciples went back to their homes. \s5 \v 11 Mary was left standing just outside the tomb, weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb. \v 12 She saw two angels dressed in white robes sitting on the very place where Jesus' body had been, one at the head, the other at the feet. @@ -37,8 +36,7 @@ \s5 \v 16 Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means "Teacher"). \v 17 Jesus said to her, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet gone up to heaven to be with my Father. Go to my disciples and tell them, 'I am about to return to heaven to be with my Father and your Father, to the one who is my God and your God.'" -\v 18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples and announced, "I have seen the Lord"—and she reported to them what Jesus had said to her. - +\v 18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples and announced, "I have seen the Lord"—and she reported to them what Jesus had said to her. \s5 @@ -60,9 +58,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 26 Eight days later, his disciples were again inside the house, and this time Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them, and he said to them all, "May God give you peace." -\v 27 Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands, and put out your hand and place it in my side! Stop doubting that it is I; put your trust in me." - +\v 26 Eight days later, his disciples were again inside the house, and this time Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them, and he said to them all, "May God give you peace." +\v 27 Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands, and put out your hand and place it in my side! Stop doubting that it is I; put your trust in me." \s5 \v 28 Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" \v 29 Jesus said to him, "Now you believe that I have risen because you see me. Yet God gives great happiness to those who have not seen me and still believe." diff --git a/44-JHN/21.usfm b/44-JHN/21.usfm index a5574e1d..772913a4 100644 --- a/44-JHN/21.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/21.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 21 \p -\v 1 After that, Jesus appeared to the disciples by Lake Tiberias (also known as the Sea of Galilee). He made himself known in this way: +\v 1 After that, Jesus appeared to the disciples by Lake Tiberias (also known as the Sea of Galilee). He made himself known in this way: \v 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (called The Twin), Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee (James and John), and two other disciples, were together. \v 3 Simon Peter said to the others, "I am going fishing." They said, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \v 6 He said to them, "Throw your net out off the right side of the boat and you will find some." They cast it as he told them, and they caught so many fish in the net that they were unable to pull the net into the boat! \s5 -\v 7 John, the disciple whom Jesus especially loved, said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard him say this, he tucked up his outer garment around himself (he had worn almost nothing while working), and jumped into the water. +\v 7 John, the disciple whom Jesus especially loved, said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard him say this, he tucked up his outer garment around himself (he had worn almost nothing while working), and jumped into the water. \v 8 The other disciples came to shore in the boat, pulling behind the net full of fish. They were not far from shore, only about ninety meters away. \v 9 When they got to shore, they saw a charcoal fire ready and hot, with fish cooking on it, and there was some bread. diff --git a/45-ACT/01.usfm b/45-ACT/01.usfm index 09ce9cd6..d113ebbd 100644 --- a/45-ACT/01.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/01.usfm @@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 15 During those days Peter stood up among his fellow believers. There was a group of about 120 followers of Jesus at that place. He said, -\v 16 "My brothers, there are words about Judas that King David wrote long ago. These words had to come true, and they did, because the Holy Spirit told David what to write. - +\v 16 "My brothers, there are words about Judas that King David wrote long ago. These words had to come true, and they did, because the Holy Spirit told David what to write. \s5 \v 17 Although Judas was an apostle like us, he guided the people who arrested Jesus and killed him." \p diff --git a/45-ACT/02.usfm b/45-ACT/02.usfm index ed9857aa..2c67ebdd 100644 --- a/45-ACT/02.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/02.usfm @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ \s5 \v 34 We know that David was not speaking about himself because David did not go up into heaven as Jesus did. Besides that, David himself said this about Jesus the Messiah: -\q The Lord God said to my Lord the Messiah, 'Rule here at my right hand, +\q The Lord God said to my Lord the Messiah, 'Rule here at my right hand, \v 35 while I completely defeat your enemies.'" diff --git a/45-ACT/03.usfm b/45-ACT/03.usfm index 0c0a6d8c..a5293e73 100644 --- a/45-ACT/03.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/03.usfm @@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ \v 1 One day Peter and John were going to the temple courtyard. It was three o'clock in the afternoon, at the time when people prayed there. \v 2 There was a man there who had not been able to walk from the time he was born. He was sitting by the gate called Beautiful Gate, at the entrance to the temple area. People carried him there every day, so that he could ask those who were entering the temple courtyard to give him some money. \p -\v 3 As Peter and John were about to enter the temple courtyard, he began to ask them to give him some money. - +\v 3 As Peter and John were about to enter the temple courtyard, he began to ask them to give him some money. \s5 \v 4 As Peter and John looked directly at him, Peter said to him, "Look at us!" \v 5 So he looked directly at them, expecting to get some money from them. diff --git a/45-ACT/04.usfm b/45-ACT/04.usfm index ee773ac6..f2f4e6ae 100644 --- a/45-ACT/04.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/04.usfm @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -\s5 +\s5 \c 4 \p \v 1 Meanwhile, there were some priests in the temple courtyard. There was also the officer in charge of the temple guard, and some members of the Sadducee group. All these men came to Peter and John while the two of them were speaking to the people. \v 2 These men were very angry because the two apostles were teaching the people about Jesus. What they were telling them was that God caused Jesus to become alive again after he had been killed. -\v 3 So these men arrested Peter and John and put them in jail. The Jewish council had to wait until the next day to question Peter and John, because it was already evening. +\v 3 So these men arrested Peter and John and put them in jail. The Jewish council had to wait until the next day to question Peter and John, because it was already evening. \v 4 However, many people who had heard Peter speak put their faith in Jesus. The number of men who believed in Jesus increased to about five thousand. @@ -25,15 +25,13 @@ \p \v 8 As the Holy Spirit gave Peter power, Peter said to them, "You fellow Israelites who rule us, and all of you other elders, listen to me! \v 9 Today you are questioning us about a good deed we did for a man who could not walk, and you ask us how he became healed. So let me tell you and all other Israelites this: -\v 10 It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth that this man was healed, so that he is now able to stand before you. It was you who nailed Jesus to a cross and killed him, but God caused him to become alive again. - +\v 10 It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth that this man was healed, so that he is now able to stand before you. It was you who nailed Jesus to a cross and killed him, but God caused him to become alive again. \s5 -\p -\v 11 Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the one of whom the scriptures speak: +\p +\v 11 Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the one of whom the scriptures speak: \q "The stone that the builders threw away has become the most important stone in the building." -\v 12 Only Jesus can save us, for God has given no other man in the world to us who can save us from the guilt of our sins!" - +\v 12 Only Jesus can save us, for God has given no other man in the world to us who can save us from the guilt of our sins!" \s5 @@ -61,9 +59,8 @@ \p -\v 21 Then the Jewish leaders again told Peter and John not to disobey them, but they decided not to punish them, because all the people in Jerusalem were praising God about what had happened to the man that could not walk. -\v 22 He was more than forty years old, and he was not able to walk since the day that he was born. - +\v 21 Then the Jewish leaders again told Peter and John not to disobey them, but they decided not to punish them, because all the people in Jerusalem were praising God about what had happened to the man that could not walk. +\v 22 He was more than forty years old, and he was not able to walk since the day that he was born. \s5 @@ -71,12 +68,12 @@ \v 23 After Peter and John left the council, they went to the other believers and told them everything that the chief priests and Jewish elders had said to them. \v 24 When the believers heard this, they all agreed as they prayed to God together, "O Lord! You made the sky, the earth and the oceans, and everything in them. \v 25 The Holy Spirit caused our ancestor, King David, who served you, to write these words: -\q 'Why did the people groups of the world become angry +\q 'Why did the people groups of the world become angry \q and the Israelite people plan uselessly against God? \q \s5 -\v 26 The kings in the world prepared to fight God's Ruler, -\q and the rulers joined with them +\v 26 The kings in the world prepared to fight God's Ruler, +\q and the rulers joined with them \q to oppose the Lord God and the one whom he had chosen to be the Messiah.' \s5 diff --git a/45-ACT/05.usfm b/45-ACT/05.usfm index a2786077..3e3a2774 100644 --- a/45-ACT/05.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/05.usfm @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ \v 23 "We saw that the jail doors were very securely locked, and the guards were standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors and went in to get those men, none of them was inside the jail." \s5 -\v 24 When the captain of the temple guards and the chief priests heard that, they became greatly confused, and they wondered where all these events would lead. +\v 24 When the captain of the temple guards and the chief priests heard that, they became greatly confused, and they wondered where all these events would lead. \p diff --git a/45-ACT/07.usfm b/45-ACT/07.usfm index 19e26c96..8edeac28 100644 --- a/45-ACT/07.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/07.usfm @@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ \p \v 35 This Moses is the one who had tried to help our Israelite people, but whom they rejected by saying, 'No one appointed you ruler and judge!' Moses is the one whom God himself sent to rule them and to free them from being slaves. He is the one whom an angel in the bush commanded to do that. \v 36 Moses is the one who led our ancestors out from Egypt. He did many kinds of miracles in Egypt in order to show that God was with him, at the Sea of Reeds, and during the forty years that the Israelite people lived in the wilderness. -\v 37 This Moses is the one who said to the Israelite people, 'God will cause another man from among your own people to be a prophet like me for you.' - +\v 37 This Moses is the one who said to the Israelite people, 'God will cause another man from among your own people to be a prophet like me for you.' \s5 \v 38 It was this man Moses who was among the Israelites who were together in the wilderness; he was with the angel who had spoken to him on Mount Sinai. It is Moses to whom God had the angel on Mount Sinai give him our laws, and he was the one who told our ancestors what the angel had said. He was the one who received from God words that tell us how to live eternally and passed them on to us. \p @@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ \s5 \v 41 So they made an image that looked like a calf. Then they offered sacrifices to honor that idol, and they sang and danced because of what they themselves had made. -\v 42 So God stopped correcting them. He abandoned them to worship the sun, moon and stars in the sky. This agrees with the words that one of the prophets wrote: +\v 42 So God stopped correcting them. He abandoned them to worship the sun, moon and stars in the sky. This agrees with the words that one of the prophets wrote: \q God said, 'You Israelite people, when you repeatedly killed animals and offered them as sacrifices during those forty years that you were in the wilderness, were you offering them to me? \s5 @@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ \s5 \v 47 But instead, God told David's son Solomon to build a house where people could worship him." \p -\v 48 "However, we know that God is greater than everything, and he does not live in houses that people have made. It is like the prophet Isaiah wrote: +\v 48 "However, we know that God is greater than everything, and he does not live in houses that people have made. It is like the prophet Isaiah wrote: \q \v 49-50 God said, "Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool. I myself have made everything both in heaven and on the earth. So you human beings cannot make a place good enough for me to live in!" diff --git a/45-ACT/08.usfm b/45-ACT/08.usfm index ec665a5b..f3715835 100644 --- a/45-ACT/08.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/08.usfm @@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ \p -\v 9 There was a man in that city whose name was Simon. He had been practicing sorcery for a long time, and he amazed the people in the district of Samaria with his magic. He claimed he was "Simon the Great One!" +\v 9 There was a man in that city whose name was Simon. He had been practicing sorcery for a long time, and he amazed the people in the district of Samaria with his magic. He claimed he was "Simon the Great One!" \v 10 All the people there, both ordinary and important people, listened to him. They were saying, "This man is the Great Power of God." \v 11 They continued to listen to him carefully, because for a long time he had astonished them by practicing sorcery. \s5 -\v 12 But then they believed Philip's message about the good news about when God would show himself as king and about Jesus Christ. The men and the women who believed in Jesus were baptized. +\v 12 But then they believed Philip's message about the good news about when God would show himself as king and about Jesus Christ. The men and the women who believed in Jesus were baptized. \v 13 Simon himself believed Philip's message and was baptized. He began to constantly accompany Philip, and he was continually amazed by the great miracles he saw Philip doing, things that showed Philip was speaking the truth. \s5 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \s5 \v 20 But Peter said to him, "May you and your money be destroyed, because you tried to get God's gift with money! -\v 21 You cannot work with us in what we are doing, because your heart is not right with God! +\v 21 You cannot work with us in what we are doing, because your heart is not right with God! \v 22 So stop thinking wickedly like that, and plead that the Lord, if he is willing, will forgive you for what you wickedly thought in your heart to do! \v 23 Turn away from your evil ways, because I perceive that you are extremely envious of us, and you are a slave of your continual desire to do evil!" @@ -66,10 +66,9 @@ \p \v 29 God's Spirit told Philip, "Go near to that chariot and keep walking close to it!" \v 30 So Philip ran to the chariot and heard the official reading what the prophet Isaiah had written. He asked the man, "Do you understand what you are reading?" -\v 31 He answered Philip, "No! I cannot possibly understand it if there is no one to explain it to me!" Then the man said to Philip, "Please come up and sit beside me." - +\v 31 He answered Philip, "No! I cannot possibly understand it if there is no one to explain it to me!" Then the man said to Philip, "Please come up and sit beside me." \s5 -\v 32 The part of the scriptures that the official was reading was this: "He is as calm as a sheep that people lead to the place where they are going to kill it, or as a lamb stands in silence while its wool is being cut off. +\v 32 The part of the scriptures that the official was reading was this: "He is as calm as a sheep that people lead to the place where they are going to kill it, or as a lamb stands in silence while its wool is being cut off. \q \v 33 He will be humiliated. He will not receive justice. No one will be able to tell about his descendants—for he will have no descendants—because they will take away his life on this earth." diff --git a/45-ACT/10.usfm b/45-ACT/10.usfm index db2e00d5..e005e9c6 100644 --- a/45-ACT/10.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/10.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 10 \p -\v 1 There was a man who lived in the city of Caesarea whose name was Cornelius. He was an officer who commanded one hundred men in a large group of Roman soldiers from Italy. +\v 1 There was a man who lived in the city of Caesarea whose name was Cornelius. He was an officer who commanded one hundred men in a large group of Roman soldiers from Italy. \v 2 He always tried to do what would please God; he and his entire household were non-Jews who habitually worshiped God. He sometimes gave money to help poor Jewish people, and he prayed to God regularly. \s5 @@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ \p \v 39 "We all saw the things Jesus did in Jerusalem and around every part of the country of Israel where he lived. His enemies killed him by nailing him to a wooden cross. \v 40 Then God raised him back to life on the third day after he died, and he made sure that many people would see him alive after he was brought back to life. People were sure it was him who had died, and now they saw with their own eyes, and were fully convinced, that he was alive again. -\v 41 At that time God did not let everyone see him, only those he selected to spend time with him and to eat a meal together in those first days just after God raised him back to life. - +\v 41 At that time God did not let everyone see him, only those he selected to spend time with him and to eat a meal together in those first days just after God raised him back to life. \s5 \v 42 God commanded us to preach to the people and he told us to tell them that he appointed Jesus to be the judge of everyone one day, a day that is sure to come. He will judge all those who will still be living and all those who have died before that time. \v 43 All the prophets who wrote about him long ago told the people about him. They wrote that if anyone believed in him, God could forgive whatever sins they have done, because of what this man, Jesus, had done for them." diff --git a/45-ACT/11.usfm b/45-ACT/11.usfm index 0c8dde99..58e08027 100644 --- a/45-ACT/11.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/11.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 Then I heard God commanding me, 'Peter, get up, kill and eat them!' \v 8 But I replied, 'Lord, you surely do not really want me to do that, because I have never eaten anything that our laws say that we must not eat!' -\v 9 God spoke from heaven to me a second time, 'I am God, so if I have made something acceptable to eat, do not say it is unacceptable.' +\v 9 God spoke from heaven to me a second time, 'I am God, so if I have made something acceptable to eat, do not say it is unacceptable.' \v 10 This same thing happened two more times, and then the sheet with all those animals and birds was pulled up into heaven again. \s5 @@ -37,13 +37,11 @@ \v 16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said: 'John baptized you with water, but God will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.' \s5 -\v 17 God gave those non-Jews the same Holy Spirit that he had given to us after we had believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. So I could not possibly tell God that he did wrong when he gave them the Holy Spirit!" - +\v 17 God gave those non-Jews the same Holy Spirit that he had given to us after we had believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. So I could not possibly tell God that he did wrong when he gave them the Holy Spirit!" \p -\v 18 After those Jewish believers heard what Peter said, they stopped criticizing him. Instead, they praised God, saying, "Then it is clear to us that God has also accepted the non-Jews so that they will have eternal life, if they turn from their sinful behavior." - +\v 18 After those Jewish believers heard what Peter said, they stopped criticizing him. Instead, they praised God, saying, "Then it is clear to us that God has also accepted the non-Jews so that they will have eternal life, if they turn from their sinful behavior." \s5 diff --git a/45-ACT/12.usfm b/45-ACT/12.usfm index cefa6897..c07936fc 100644 --- a/45-ACT/12.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/12.usfm @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ y \p -\v 20 King Herod had been furiously angry with the people who lived in the cities of Tyre and Sidon. Then one day some men who represented them came together to the city of Caesarea in order to meet with Herod. They persuaded Blastus, who was one of Herod's important officials, to tell Herod that the people in their cities wanted to make peace with him. They wanted to be able to trade with the people that Herod ruled, because they needed to buy food from those regions. +\v 20 King Herod had been furiously angry with the people who lived in the cities of Tyre and Sidon. Then one day some men who represented them came together to the city of Caesarea in order to meet with Herod. They persuaded Blastus, who was one of Herod's important officials, to tell Herod that the people in their cities wanted to make peace with him. They wanted to be able to trade with the people that Herod ruled, because they needed to buy food from those regions. \v 21 On the day that Herod had planned to meet with them, he put on very expensive clothes that showed that he was king. Then he sat on his throne and formally addressed all the people who had gathered there. \s5 diff --git a/45-ACT/13.usfm b/45-ACT/13.usfm index 43e544bf..aea85faf 100644 --- a/45-ACT/13.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/13.usfm @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \v 20 All of these things happened about 450 years after their ancestors had gone to Egypt." \s5 -\p "After that, God chose people to serve as judges and as leaders to rule the Israelite people. Those leaders continued to rule our people, and the prophet Samuel was the last judge to rule them. +\p "After that, God chose people to serve as judges and as leaders to rule the Israelite people. Those leaders continued to rule our people, and the prophet Samuel was the last judge to rule them. \v 21 Then, while Samuel was still their leader, the people demanded that he choose a king to rule them. So God chose Saul, the son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, to be their king. He ruled them for forty years. \v 22 After God had rejected Saul from being king, he chose David to be their king. God said about him, 'I have seen that David, son of Jesse, is exactly the kind of man who desires what I desire. He will do everything that I want him to do.'" @@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 38 "Therefore, my fellow Israelites and other friends, it is important for you to know that God can forgive you for your sins as a result of what Jesus has done. He will even forgive you for those things that you could not be forgiven for by the laws that Moses wrote. -\v 39 All people who believe in Jesus are no longer guilty of any of the things that they have done that displeased God. - +\v 39 All people who believe in Jesus are no longer guilty of any of the things that they have done that displeased God. \s5 \v 40 So then be careful that God does not judge you, as the prophets said that God would do! \v 41 The prophet wrote that God said: @@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 50 However, some leaders of the Jews talked to some important women who worshiped with them, as well as the most important men in the city. They persuaded them to try to stop Paul and Barnabas. So those non-Jewish people led many people against Paul and Barnabas, and they drove them out of their region. +\v 50 However, some leaders of the Jews talked to some important women who worshiped with them, as well as the most important men in the city. They persuaded them to try to stop Paul and Barnabas. So those non-Jewish people led many people against Paul and Barnabas, and they drove them out of their region. \v 51 As the two apostles were leaving, they shook the dust from their feet to show those leaders that God had rejected them and would punish them. Then they left the city of Antioch and went to the city of Iconium. \v 52 Meanwhile the believers continued to be filled with joy and with the power of the Holy Spirit. diff --git a/45-ACT/14.usfm b/45-ACT/14.usfm index 5b746357..681e4bfe 100644 --- a/45-ACT/14.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/14.usfm @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \p -\v 19 However, some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and persuaded many of the people of Lystra that the message Paul had been telling them was not true. The people who believed what those Jews said became angry with Paul. They let the Jews throw stones at him until he fell down, unconscious. They all thought that he was dead, so they dragged him outside the city and left him lying there. +\v 19 However, some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and persuaded many of the people of Lystra that the message Paul had been telling them was not true. The people who believed what those Jews said became angry with Paul. They let the Jews throw stones at him until he fell down, unconscious. They all thought that he was dead, so they dragged him outside the city and left him lying there. \v 20 But some of the believers in Lystra came and stood around Paul, where he was lying on the ground. And Paul became conscious! He stood up and went back into the city with the believers. diff --git a/45-ACT/15.usfm b/45-ACT/15.usfm index b6e1519d..461dcb9e 100644 --- a/45-ACT/15.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/15.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \v 9 God made no distinction between us and them, because he made them clean inside simply as a result of their believing in the Lord Jesus. That is exactly how he has forgiven us. \s5 -\v 10 Why do you want to force the non-Jewish believers to obey our Jewish rituals and laws? Doing that is like putting a heavy burden on them, because it forces them to obey laws that neither our ancestors or we Jews today have ever been able to keep! So then, stop making God angry by doing that! +\v 10 Why do you want to force the non-Jewish believers to obey our Jewish rituals and laws? Doing that is like putting a heavy burden on them, because it forces them to obey laws that neither our ancestors or we Jews today have ever been able to keep! So then, stop making God angry by doing that! \v 11 We know that God saves us Jews from our sins because of what the Lord Jesus did for us. God saves us Jews exactly like he saves those non-Jews who believe in the Lord Jesus." \s5 diff --git a/45-ACT/19.usfm b/45-ACT/19.usfm index 32fb37c5..19ac30dc 100644 --- a/45-ACT/19.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/19.usfm @@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ \s5 \v 15 But one day as they were doing that, the evil spirit did not come out of that person. Instead, the evil spirit said to them, "I know Jesus, and I know Paul, but no one has given you power to do anything to me!" \v 16 After saying that, suddenly the man who had the evil spirit jumped on the sons of Sceva. He knocked all of them down and hurt each of them. He tore off their clothes and wounded them. They became frightened and ran out of the house. -\v 17 All the people who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and non-Jews, heard what had happened. They became afraid because they saw that the man with the evil spirit was very strong. At the same time, they honored the name of the Lord Jesus. - +\v 17 All the people who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and non-Jews, heard what had happened. They became afraid because they saw that the man with the evil spirit was very strong. At the same time, they honored the name of the Lord Jesus. \s5 \p \v 18 At that time, while other believers were listening, many believers told about the evil things that they had been doing. @@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 23 Soon after that, people in Ephesus began to make a great amount of trouble because of Jesus and the teaching about him. +\v 23 Soon after that, people in Ephesus began to make a great amount of trouble because of Jesus and the teaching about him. \v 24 There was a man there whose name was Demetrius. He made statues of the goddess Diana out of silver. Demetrius made a lot of money for all the men who made and sold these idols. \p \v 25 Demetrius called together the workmen who made the idols. He said to them, "Men, you know that we make a lot of money doing our work. @@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ \s5 \v 30 Paul wanted to go into theater to talk to the people, but the other believers would not let him go there. -\v 31 Some city rulers who were friends of Paul heard what was happening. They sent someone to tell Paul not to go into the theater. +\v 31 Some city rulers who were friends of Paul heard what was happening. They sent someone to tell Paul not to go into the theater. \p \v 32 The crowd of people in the theater kept shouting. Some shouted one thing, and some shouted something else. But most of them did not even know why they were meeting! diff --git a/45-ACT/20.usfm b/45-ACT/20.usfm index d9cf515f..09be51bb 100644 --- a/45-ACT/20.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/20.usfm @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \p \v 17 When the ship arrived at Miletus, Paul sent a messenger to Ephesus to ask the elders of the group of believers there to come to talk with him. \p -\v 18 When the elders came to him, Paul said to them, "From the first day when I arrived here in the province of Asia until the day I left, you know how I acted among you the entire time that I was with you. +\v 18 When the elders came to him, Paul said to them, "From the first day when I arrived here in the province of Asia until the day I left, you know how I acted among you the entire time that I was with you. \v 19 You know how I kept serving the Lord Jesus very humbly and how I sometimes wept. You also know how I suffered because the Jews who were not believers often tried to harm me. \v 20 You also know that, when I preached God's message to you, I never left out anything that would help you. You know that I taught you God's message when many people were present, and I also went to your homes and taught you there. \v 21 I preached both to Jews and to non-Jews, telling them all that they must turn away from their sinful behavior and believe in our Lord Jesus." diff --git a/45-ACT/21.usfm b/45-ACT/21.usfm index 626805f8..187f3680 100644 --- a/45-ACT/21.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/21.usfm @@ -71,10 +71,9 @@ \p -\v 27 When the seven days for purifying themselves were nearly finished, Paul returned to the temple courtyard. Some Jews from Asia saw him there, and they were very angry at him. They called out to many other Jews who were in the temple courtyard to help them take hold of Paul. +\v 27 When the seven days for purifying themselves were nearly finished, Paul returned to the temple courtyard. Some Jews from Asia saw him there, and they were very angry at him. They called out to many other Jews who were in the temple courtyard to help them take hold of Paul. \v 28 They shouted, "Fellow Israelites, come and help us to punish this man! This is the one who is teaching people wherever he goes that they should despise the Jewish people. He teaches people that they should no longer obey the laws of Moses nor respect this holy temple. He has even brought non-Jews here into the court of our temple, causing this place to become polluted!" -\v 29 They said these because they had seen Paul walking around in Jerusalem with Trophimus, who was a non-Jew. Their laws did not permit non-Jews to be in the temple, and they thought that Paul had brought Trophimus into the temple courtyard that day. - +\v 29 They said these because they had seen Paul walking around in Jerusalem with Trophimus, who was a non-Jew. Their laws did not permit non-Jews to be in the temple, and they thought that Paul had brought Trophimus into the temple courtyard that day. \s5 \v 30 People all over the city heard that there was trouble at the temple courtyard, and they came running there. They caught Paul and dragged him outside of the temple area. The gates to the temple courtyard were shut, so that the people would not riot inside the temple area. diff --git a/45-ACT/22.usfm b/45-ACT/22.usfm index f4d8c4a3..8ad440f5 100644 --- a/45-ACT/22.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/22.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \v 5 The high priest knows this, and so do the other men who belong to our Jewish council. They gave me letters to take to their fellow Jews in the city of Damascus. Those letters gave me power to go there and arrest people who believed in Jesus. I was then to take them as prisoners to Jerusalem, so that they would be punished here. \s5 -\p +\p \v 6 So I went to Damascus. About noon, as I got near to Damascus, suddenly a bright light from the sky flashed all around me. \v 7 The light was so bright that I fell to the ground. Then I heard the voice of someone speaking to me from up in the sky, saying, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you do things to hurt me?' \v 8 I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He replied, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth the one whom you are hurting.' diff --git a/45-ACT/23.usfm b/45-ACT/23.usfm index b1efb5a7..90a988c3 100644 --- a/45-ACT/23.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/23.usfm @@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ \v 9 They began shouting at one another as they argued. Some of the teachers of the laws who were Pharisees stood up. One of them said, "We think that this man has done nothing wrong. Maybe an angel or some other spirit spoke to him and what he says is true." \v 10 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees became violent with one another. So the commander was afraid that they would tear Paul to pieces. He told soldiers to go down from the prison and take Paul away from the council members and bring him up into the barracks. -\s5 - +\s5 \p \v 11 That night, Paul saw the Lord Jesus come and stand near him. The Lord said to him, "Have courage! You have told people here in Jerusalem about me, and you must tell people in Rome about me too." diff --git a/45-ACT/25.usfm b/45-ACT/25.usfm index e448a0ee..746eeb1b 100644 --- a/45-ACT/25.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/25.usfm @@ -11,15 +11,14 @@ \v 3 They urgently asked Festus to bring Paul to trial in Jerusalem. But they were really planning to attack him on the road and kill him. \s5 -\v 4 Festus replied, "Paul is under guard in Caesarea, let him stay there. I myself will go down to Caesarea very soon." -\v 5 "So," he said, "you should go there with me, those of you who are able to. If you have anything to accuse Paul of, you can do it there." - +\v 4 Festus replied, "Paul is under guard in Caesarea, let him stay there. I myself will go down to Caesarea very soon." +\v 5 "So," he said, "you should go there with me, those of you who are able to. If you have anything to accuse Paul of, you can do it there." \s5 \p \v 6 Festus remained in Jerusalem with the temple leaders eight or ten more days. Then he went back down to the city of Caesarea. The next day Festus commanded that Paul be brought to him, where he sat in the judge's seat. -\v 7 After Paul was brought before the judge's seat, the Jewish leaders who had come down from Jerusalem gathered around him to accuse him of many serious charges, but they were not able to prove any of them. +\v 7 After Paul was brought before the judge's seat, the Jewish leaders who had come down from Jerusalem gathered around him to accuse him of many serious charges, but they were not able to prove any of them. \v 8 Then Paul spoke for himself. He said, "I have done nothing against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against the Emperor." \s5 @@ -37,8 +36,7 @@ \v 13 After several days, King Herod Agrippa arrived at Caesarea, along with his sister Bernice. They had come to pay their respects to Festus. \v 14 King Agrippa and Bernice stayed many days in Caesarea. After some time had passed, Festus told Agrippa about Paul. He said, "There is a man here whom Felix kept in prison. \v 15 When I went to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the Jewish elders came before me and asked me to condemn him to death. -\v 16 But I told them that when someone has been accused of a serious crime, it is not a custom for Romans to condemn a person immediately. Instead, we allow the accused man to stand face to face with his accusers and defend himself against what they say about him. - +\v 16 But I told them that when someone has been accused of a serious crime, it is not a custom for Romans to condemn a person immediately. Instead, we allow the accused man to stand face to face with his accusers and defend himself against what they say about him. \s5 \v 17 So when those Jews came here to Caesarea, I did not delay the trial at all. The day after they arrived, I sat in the judge's seat and ordered the guard to bring in the prisoner. \v 18 But when the Jewish leaders told me what the prisoner had done wrong, I did not think that anything they said was serious. @@ -53,12 +51,12 @@ \p -\v 23 The next day Agrippa and Bernice entered the hall of judgment, and all the other people were honoring them. Some Roman commanders and important men in Caesarea came with them. Then Festus commanded that the guards should bring Paul in. +\v 23 The next day Agrippa and Bernice entered the hall of judgment, and all the other people were honoring them. Some Roman commanders and important men in Caesarea came with them. Then Festus commanded that the guards should bring Paul in. \v 24 After Paul entered, Festus said, "King Agrippa and all the rest of you who are here, you see this man! Many leaders of the Jews, both in Jerusalem and here, asked me not to let him live any longer. \s5 \v 25 But I found nothing that he had done to deserve death. Even so, he has asked Caesar to judge his case, so I have decided to send him to Rome. -\v 26 But I do not know what exactly I should write to the emperor about him. That is why I have brought him here to speak to you all, and especially to you, King Agrippa! I have done this so that you may question him. Then I may know what to write to the Emperor. +\v 26 But I do not know what exactly I should write to the emperor about him. That is why I have brought him here to speak to you all, and especially to you, King Agrippa! I have done this so that you may question him. Then I may know what to write to the Emperor. \v 27 I think that it would be unreasonable to send a prisoner to the Emperor in Rome without telling exactly what were the wrong things people say that he has done." diff --git a/45-ACT/26.usfm b/45-ACT/26.usfm index 63a2d632..3c529740 100644 --- a/45-ACT/26.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/26.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p \v 1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, "We will now allow you to speak on your own behalf." Then Paul stretched out his hand to show that he was about to speak. He said, -\v 2 "King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that today that I can explain to you why the Jewish leaders are wrong when they say I have done evil things. +\v 2 "King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that today that I can explain to you why the Jewish leaders are wrong when they say I have done evil things. \v 3 I am especially fortunate because you know all about the customs of us Jews and the questions that we argue about. So I ask you to listen patiently to me." \s5 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 12 "The chief priests gave me power to arrest believers in Damascus, and that is where I went. But while I was on my way, +\v 12 "The chief priests gave me power to arrest believers in Damascus, and that is where I went. But while I was on my way, \v 13 at about noon, I saw on the road a bright light in the sky. It was even brighter than the sun! It shone all around me, and also around those who were traveling with me. \v 14 We all fell to the ground. Then I heard the voice of someone speaking to me in the Hebrew language. He said, 'Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me? It is hard to kick like an ox against the shepherd's sharp prodding stick.' diff --git a/45-ACT/27.usfm b/45-ACT/27.usfm index 210790f0..a80a957c 100644 --- a/45-ACT/27.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/27.usfm @@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ \p \v 9 Much time passed, and it had now become dangerous to sail, because the Jewish fasting period had already passed and the sea would become very stormy. So Paul said to the men on the ship, \v 10 "Men, I see that if we sail now, it will be disastrous for us with much injury and loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives." -\v 11 But the Roman captain did not believe Paul. Instead, he believed what the pilot and the owner of the ship said, and he decided to do what they advised. - +\v 11 But the Roman captain did not believe Paul. Instead, he believed what the pilot and the owner of the ship said, and he decided to do what they advised. \s5 \v 12 The harbor was not a good place to remain during the winter, so most of the sailors advised going to sea from there. They hoped that they could reach Phoenix and spend the winter there. Phoenix is a town in Crete. On it blow winds both from the northwest and southwest. \v 13 Because there was only a gentle wind blowing from the south, the ship's crew thought that they could travel like they wanted to. So they lifted the anchor up out of the sea, and the ship sailed close along the coastline of the island of Crete. @@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ \p \v 27 On the fourteenth night after the storm had begun, the ship was still being blown across the Adriatic sea. About midnight, the sailors thought that the ship was getting close to land. -\v 28 So they lowered a rope to measure how deep the water was. When they pulled the rope up again, they measured it and saw that the water was forty meters deep. A little later, they measured again and found thirty meters. +\v 28 So they lowered a rope to measure how deep the water was. When they pulled the rope up again, they measured it and saw that the water was forty meters deep. A little later, they measured again and found thirty meters. \v 29 They were afraid that the ship might go onto some rocks, so they threw out four anchors from the ship's stern. Then they prayed that it would soon be dawn so that they could see where the ship was going. \s5 diff --git a/45-ACT/28.usfm b/45-ACT/28.usfm index b235682f..6b47746a 100644 --- a/45-ACT/28.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/28.usfm @@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ \s5 \v 25 When they began to disagree with each other, and when they were about to leave, Paul had one more thing to say: "The Holy Spirit said the truth to your ancestors, when he spoke these words to Isaiah the prophet: \q -\v 26 Go to your people and say to them: +\v 26 Go to your people and say to them: \q 'You hear with your ears, but you never understand what God is saying. \q You see with your eyes but you never really see the things that God is doing. \s5 -\v 27 +\v 27 \q These people do not understand, because they have become stubborn. -\q their ears are almost deaf; +\q their ears are almost deaf; \q and they have closed their eyes because they do not want to see. \q They do not want to hear with their ears \q or understand with their hearts, @@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 28 Therefore, you should know that God is offering to save the non-Jews, and they will listen." -\v 29 \f + \ft Acts 28:29 - the oldest and most accurate ancient copies of the book of Acts do not include the additional words found in Acts 28:29; and for that reason they are not included here. \f* - +\v 29 \f + \ft Acts 28:29 - the oldest and most accurate ancient copies of the book of Acts do not include the additional words found in Acts 28:29; and for that reason they are not included here. \f* \s5 \p \v 30 For two whole years Paul stayed there in a house that he rented. Many people came to see him, and he received them all gladly and talked with them. diff --git a/46-ROM/01.usfm b/46-ROM/01.usfm index cf34674c..ca1fbebc 100644 --- a/46-ROM/01.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/01.usfm @@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 24 So God allowed the non-Jews to do immoral sexual things that they strongly desired, things that they thought they had to do, because they wanted so much to do them. As a result, they began to dishonor each other's bodies by their sexual actions. -\v 25 Also, they chose to worship false gods instead of admitting what is true about God. They worshiped things that God created instead of worshiping him, the one who created everything, the one whom we should all praise forever! Amen. - +\v 25 Also, they chose to worship false gods instead of admitting what is true about God. They worshiped things that God created instead of worshiping him, the one who created everything, the one whom we should all praise forever! Amen. \s5 \p \v 26 So God allowed the non-Jews to do shameful sexual things that they strongly desired. As a result, many women began sleeping with other women—something that goes against nature. @@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ \v 28 Furthermore, because they decided that it was not worthwhile to know God, he allowed their own worthless thoughts to completely control them. As a result, they began doing evil things that no one should do. \s5 -\v 29 They strongly desire to do all kinds of unrighteous deeds and evil things to others and take things that belong to others and harm others in various ways. Many constantly envy other people and desire to murder people and to cause arguments and quarrels between people and deceive others and speak hatefully about others. +\v 29 They strongly desire to do all kinds of unrighteous deeds and evil things to others and take things that belong to others and harm others in various ways. Many constantly envy other people and desire to murder people and to cause arguments and quarrels between people and deceive others and speak hatefully about others. \v 30 Many say evil things about others and slander others. Many act especially hatefully toward God and violently toward others and treat others contemptuously and boast about themselves to others and invent new ways to do evil deeds. Many children disobey their parents. \v 31 Many act in other foolish ways that offend God and do not do what they promised others that they would do and do not even love their own family members and do not act mercifully toward other people. diff --git a/46-ROM/02.usfm b/46-ROM/02.usfm index fd2de950..34a02220 100644 --- a/46-ROM/02.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/02.usfm @@ -2,50 +2,44 @@ \s5 \c 2 -\p - - -\v 1 You may say that God must punish people for doing what he hates. But when you say that, you are really saying that God should punish you because you also have lived the same kind of life. You did the same things they have done. -\v 2 We know very well that God will judge and punish fairly people who do such evil deeds. +\p +\v 1 You may say that God must punish people for doing what he hates. But when you say that, you are really saying that God should punish you because you also have lived the same kind of life. You did the same things they have done. +\v 2 We know very well that God will judge and punish fairly people who do such evil deeds. +\s5 +\v 3 So you who say that God should punish others for doing evil deeds, although you do evil deeds yourself, you should certainly not think that you yourself will be able to escape from God when he begins to punish you! +\v 4 And you should not say, "God is acting very tolerantly and patiently toward me, so I do not need to turn away from my sin." You should understand that God is patiently waiting for you to repent from your sins. \s5 -\v 3 So you who say that God should punish others for doing evil deeds, although you do evil deeds yourself, you should certainly not think that you yourself will be able to escape from God when he begins to punish you! -\v 4 And you should not say, "God is acting very tolerantly and patiently toward me, so I do not need to turn away from my sin." You should understand that God is patiently waiting for you to repent from your sins. -\s5 \v 5 But instead, because you are stubborn and refuse to stop sinning, God will punish you even more severely. He will do that at the time when he shows that he is angry and judges all people fairly. \p -\v 6 God will pay back everyone according to what they deserve for what they have done. -\v 7 Specifically, some people keep doing good deeds, because they want God to honor them, and they want to live forever with him. God will reward them in this way. - +\v 6 God will pay back everyone according to what they deserve for what they have done. +\v 7 Specifically, some people keep doing good deeds, because they want God to honor them, and they want to live forever with him. God will reward them in this way. \s5 -\v 8 But some people act in a selfish way and refuse to believe that what God says is true, and they do the things that God says are wrong. God will be very angry and will punish them severely. -\v 9 He will cause everyone who habitually does evil deeds to suffer greatly and to have many troubles. This certainly will happen to the Jews who refuse to accept God's message, because God gave them the privilege to be his special people, but it will also happen to the non-Jews. - +\v 8 But some people act in a selfish way and refuse to believe that what God says is true, and they do the things that God says are wrong. God will be very angry and will punish them severely. +\v 9 He will cause everyone who habitually does evil deeds to suffer greatly and to have many troubles. This certainly will happen to the Jews who refuse to accept God's message, because God gave them the privilege to be his special people, but it will also happen to the non-Jews. \s5 -\v 10 But God will praise, honor, and give a peaceful spirit to every person who habitually does good deeds. He will certainly do this for the Jews because he chose them as his special people, but he will also do it for the non-Jews. +\v 10 But God will praise, honor, and give a peaceful spirit to every person who habitually does good deeds. He will certainly do this for the Jews because he chose them as his special people, but he will also do it for the non-Jews. \v 11 God will do this fairly, because he pays no attention to how important anyone is. \p -\v 12 Although non-Jews do not have the laws that God gave to Moses and still sin without having a law, God will bring them to ruin forever. And he will also punish all the Jews who have disobeyed his law, because he will judge them according to what the law says. - +\v 12 Although non-Jews do not have the laws that God gave to Moses and still sin without having a law, God will bring them to ruin forever. And he will also punish all the Jews who have disobeyed his law, because he will judge them according to what the law says. \s5 -\v 13 It is right for God to punish them because it is not those who know about God's laws that he makes righteous. Only those who have obeyed all of God's law, they are the only ones God makes righteous. -\v 14 Whenever the non-Jews, who do not have the law of God, follow those laws because they obeyed them by the light of nature, they prove that they have a law within themselves, even though they never had the laws that God gave to Moses. - +\v 13 It is right for God to punish them because it is not those who know about God's laws that he makes righteous. Only those who have obeyed all of God's law, they are the only ones God makes righteous. +\v 14 Whenever the non-Jews, who do not have the law of God, follow those laws because they obeyed them by the light of nature, they prove that they have a law within themselves, even though they never had the laws that God gave to Moses. \s5 -\v 15 They show that they know in their own minds what God commands in his law, for each person in his very own conscience either accuses himself of bad behavior or defends himself. +\v 15 They show that they know in their own minds what God commands in his law, for each person in his very own conscience either accuses himself of bad behavior or defends himself. \v 16 God will punish them at the time when he will judge people according to what they have thought and done secretly. He will judge people by authorizing Christ Jesus to judge them. This is what I tell people when I preach the good news to them. \s5 \p -\v 17 Now I have something to say to anyone of you Jews to whom I am writing: You trust that God will save you because you know the laws that he gave to Moses. You boast that you belong to God. -\v 18 You know what God desires. Because you have been taught God's laws, you are able to know which things are right and to choose to do them. -\v 19 You are certain that you are able to show God's truth to non-Jews, and that you can instruct those who know nothing about God. +\v 17 Now I have something to say to anyone of you Jews to whom I am writing: You trust that God will save you because you know the laws that he gave to Moses. You boast that you belong to God. +\v 18 You know what God desires. Because you have been taught God's laws, you are able to know which things are right and to choose to do them. +\v 19 You are certain that you are able to show God's truth to non-Jews, and that you can instruct those who know nothing about God. \v 20 You are certain that you can instruct those who believe foolish things about God and those who are like children because they know nothing about him at all. You are certain about all this because you have the law that teaches you truly about God. \s5 @@ -53,19 +47,18 @@ \v 22 You who command people not to sleep with someone to whom they are not married, it is disgusting that you commit adultery yourself! You who command others not to worship idols, it is disgusting that you do not avoid disgusting things. \s5 -\v 23 You who boast saying, "I have God's laws," it is disgusting that you disobey those same laws! As a result you are insulting God! +\v 23 You who boast saying, "I have God's laws," it is disgusting that you disobey those same laws! As a result you are insulting God! \v 24 You must not be like our ancestors, about whom were written these words in the scriptures: "The non-Jews speak evil about God because of the evil actions of you Jews." \s5 \p -\v 25 Any one of you who is circumcised to show that he belongs to God can benefit from that if he obeys the law that he gave to Moses. But if you, a circumcised person, disobey the law, God will consider you to be no better in God's sight than someone who is not circumcised. -\v 26 This means that God will certainly consider that even non-Jews who are not circumcised can become his people if they obey the things that he commanded in his laws. -\v 27 These people, who are not circumcised but who still obey God's laws, will declare that God is right when he punishes you, for you are circumcized but still break the law. - +\v 25 Any one of you who is circumcised to show that he belongs to God can benefit from that if he obeys the law that he gave to Moses. But if you, a circumcised person, disobey the law, God will consider you to be no better in God's sight than someone who is not circumcised. +\v 26 This means that God will certainly consider that even non-Jews who are not circumcised can become his people if they obey the things that he commanded in his laws. +\v 27 These people, who are not circumcised but who still obey God's laws, will declare that God is right when he punishes you, for you are circumcized but still break the law. \s5 -\v 28 It is not those who perform rituals for God who are true Jews, and it is not being circumcised in their bodies that causes God to accept them. +\v 28 It is not those who perform rituals for God who are true Jews, and it is not being circumcised in their bodies that causes God to accept them. \v 29 On the contrary, we whom God has changed inwardly are the true Jews. God has accepted us and God's Spirit has changed our nature, not because we perform the rituals commanded by the law. Even if other people will not praise us, God will praise us. diff --git a/46-ROM/03.usfm b/46-ROM/03.usfm index 9a90cd6d..c08b2d2c 100644 --- a/46-ROM/03.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/03.usfm @@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ \p \v 5 So if God did not bless because we were wicked, can we say that he acted unfairly? That he was wrong to punish us out of anger? (I am speaking as ordinary humans speak.) -\v 6 We should certainly not conclude that God should not judge, because if God did not judge, it could not possibly be right for him to judge the world! - +\v 6 We should certainly not conclude that God should not judge, because if God did not judge, it could not possibly be right for him to judge the world! \s5 \v 7 But someone might answer, "The fact that God truly keeps his promises becomes very clear because for example, I told a lie and the result is that people praise God because he has mercy! So God should no longer say that I should be punished on account of my having sinned, since people are praising him because of it! \v 8 If what you, Paul, say is true, then we might as well do evil things in order that good things like that will result!" Some people speak evil about me because they accuse me of speaking like this. God will punish people who say such things about me, and they will deserve for him to punish them! diff --git a/46-ROM/04.usfm b/46-ROM/04.usfm index c6dd9174..31f872c9 100644 --- a/46-ROM/04.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/04.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \s5 \v 6 Similarly, it is as David wrote in the Psalms about anyone whom God considers to be right with himself without earning it: \q -\v 7 "How fortunate are the people whose sins God has forgiven, whose sins he no longer looks at. +\v 7 "How fortunate are the people whose sins God has forgiven, whose sins he no longer looks at. \v 8 How fortunate are the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of. diff --git a/46-ROM/05.usfm b/46-ROM/05.usfm index 9dc7bd3b..6fd25cb6 100644 --- a/46-ROM/05.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/05.usfm @@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ \v 9 So it is even more certain that Christ will save us from God's anger about sin since we are right with God because Christ died for us and shed his blood for our sins. \s5 -\v 10 Even when we were his enemies God made us to be his friends with because his Son died for us. Since Christ is alive again, it is even more certain that Christ will save us. - +\v 10 Even when we were his enemies God made us to be his friends with because his Son died for us. Since Christ is alive again, it is even more certain that Christ will save us. \v 11 And that is not all! Now we also rejoice because we have been made friends with God, because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us. @@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ \s5 \v 20 God gave his law to Moses in order that people might realize how greatly they had sinned; but as people sinned more, God continued to act even more kindly toward them in a way that they did not deserve. -\v 21 He did that in order that, unlike people die because they sin, his kind gift might put them right with himself. Then they can live forever because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for them. - +\v 21 He did that in order that, unlike people die because they sin, his kind gift might put them right with himself. Then they can live forever because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for them. diff --git a/46-ROM/06.usfm b/46-ROM/06.usfm index 0b486f0f..2ede0cd4 100644 --- a/46-ROM/06.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/06.usfm @@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ \v 1 Someone might say in reply to what I have written that since God has acted kindly toward us, perhaps we should continue to sin in order that his kindness would be the greater. \v 2 No, certainly not! We are like people who have died, who can no longer do anything evil. So we should not continue to sin. -\v 3 When we were baptized in union with Christ Jesus, God viewed us as dying with Christ on his cross. Do you not know this? - +\v 3 When we were baptized in union with Christ Jesus, God viewed us as dying with Christ on his cross. Do you not know this? \s5 \v 4 So, when we were baptized, God viewed us also as being with Christ in his tomb. God the Father used his power to raise Christ from the dead; in the same way, he made it possible for us to live life in a new way. @@ -33,8 +32,8 @@ \v 12 So when you want to sin, do not allow yourselves to do what you want. Remember that your body will die one day. \v 13 Do not use any part of your body to do anything wicked. Instead, present yourselves to God as people who are now alive after belonging to the realm of the dead. Use every part of your body for God. Allow him to use you to do righteous things. - - + + \v 14 When you desire to sin, do not do it! The laws that God gave Moses did not enable you to stop sinning. But now God controls you and kindly helps you not to sin. \s5 diff --git a/46-ROM/07.usfm b/46-ROM/07.usfm index 5f793783..f0ffbd21 100644 --- a/46-ROM/07.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/07.usfm @@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ \p -\v 1 My fellow believers, you know about laws. So you certainly know that people have to obey laws only while they are alive. - +\v 1 My fellow believers, you know about laws. So you certainly know that people have to obey laws only while they are alive. \s5 \v 2 For example, a woman must be faithful to her husband as long as he is alive. But if her husband dies, she is does not have to act any longer as if she were married. The law releases her from the marriage. @@ -15,8 +14,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 In the same way, my brothers and sisters, when you died with Christ on his cross, the law of God could no longer control you. You were free to join Christ, so that you might honor God. You can do this because you are alive again. God has joined you to Christ, and he has raised Christ from the dead. -\v 5 When we were doing what our evil thoughts told us to do, when we learned God's law, we wanted to sin more and more. So we did evil things that would lead God to separate us from him forever. - +\v 5 When we were doing what our evil thoughts told us to do, when we learned God's law, we wanted to sin more and more. So we did evil things that would lead God to separate us from him forever. \s5 \v 6 But now God has freed us from having to obey law of Moses—it is as though we have died, and the law can no longer tell us what to do. God has done this for us so that we may worship him in a new way that the Spirit shows us, rather than in the old way that the law required. @@ -62,10 +60,9 @@ \s5 \v 22 In my new attitude I am very happy about the law of God. -\v 23 Nevertheless, I sense that there is a different power that is in my body. It is opposed to what with my mind I desire to do, and it makes me do what my old sinful attitude wants me to do. - +\v 23 Nevertheless, I sense that there is a different power that is in my body. It is opposed to what with my mind I desire to do, and it makes me do what my old sinful attitude wants me to do. \s5 -\v 24 When I consider this, I feel that I am a very wretched person. I want someone to set me free from the control of what my body desires, in order that I might not be separated from God. +\v 24 When I consider this, I feel that I am a very wretched person. I want someone to set me free from the control of what my body desires, in order that I might not be separated from God. \v 25 I thank God that it is by Jesus Christ our Lord that he sets us free from the control of what our bodies desire. So with our minds, I on the one hand want to obey God's law. But also, I often let our sinful desires control me because of my old sinful attitude. diff --git a/46-ROM/08.usfm b/46-ROM/08.usfm index 4f482e6c..548ddd05 100644 --- a/46-ROM/08.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/08.usfm @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ \s5 \v 37 But even though all these bad things happen to us, we win completely over these things because Christ, who loves us, helps us. -\v 38 I am completely convinced that neither anything from the realm of the dead, nor what happens to us while we live, nor angels, nor demons, nor present events, nor future events, nor powerful beings, +\v 38 I am completely convinced that neither anything from the realm of the dead, nor what happens to us while we live, nor angels, nor demons, nor present events, nor future events, nor powerful beings, \v 39 nor powerful beings in the sky or below it, nor anything else that God has created can cause God to stop loving us. God showed us that he loves us by sending Jesus Christ our Lord to die for us. diff --git a/46-ROM/09.usfm b/46-ROM/09.usfm index 535065e8..2854c8f9 100644 --- a/46-ROM/09.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/09.usfm @@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 I personally would be willing to let God curse me and, keep me apart from Christ forever if that would help my fellow Israelites, my natural kinsmen, to believe in Christ. \v 4 They, like me, are Israelites. God chose them to be his children. It is to them that he showed how wonderful he is. It is with them that he made the covenants. It is to them that he gave the law. They are the ones who have the worship of God. They are the ones to whom God promised many things. -\v 5 It was our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom God chose to begin our nation. And, most importantly, it was from us Israelites that the Christ was born as a human being. He is God, the one who is worthy that we praise him forever! This is true! - +\v 5 It was our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom God chose to begin our nation. And, most importantly, it was from us Israelites that the Christ was born as a human being. He is God, the one who is worthy that we praise him forever! This is true! @@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ \q Many people whom I did not love before, I will say that I now love them." \p \v 26 And another prophet wrote: -"Where God told them before, 'You are not my people,' +"Where God told them before, 'You are not my people,' \q in those same places they are told that they will become children of the true God." \p diff --git a/46-ROM/10.usfm b/46-ROM/10.usfm index 6ca39ffd..c9a11734 100644 --- a/46-ROM/10.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/10.usfm @@ -5,40 +5,35 @@ \p -\v 1 My fellow believers, what I greatly desire and what I pray to God earnestly for is that he will save my own people, the Jews. -\v 2 I declare truthfully about them that although they earnestly go after God, they do not understand how to go after him in the right way. -\v 3 They do not know how God puts people right with himself. They want to put themselves right with God, so they do not accept what God wishes to do for them. - +\v 1 My fellow believers, what I greatly desire and what I pray to God earnestly for is that he will save my own people, the Jews. +\v 2 I declare truthfully about them that although they earnestly go after God, they do not understand how to go after him in the right way. +\v 3 They do not know how God puts people right with himself. They want to put themselves right with God, so they do not accept what God wishes to do for them. \s5 \v 4 Christ has perfectly obeyed the law in order to put everyone who believes in him right with God. So the law is no longer necessary. \p -\v 5 Moses wrote about people who tried to obey all of God's laws: "It is the people who have done perfectly the things that the law requires who will live forever." - +\v 5 Moses wrote about people who tried to obey all of God's laws: "It is the people who have done perfectly the things that the law requires who will live forever." \s5 -\v 6 But those whom God puts right with himself because they trust in Christ—to them Moses says, "No one should try to go to heaven," that is, in order to bring Christ down to us. - +\v 6 But those whom God puts right with himself because they trust in Christ—to them Moses says, "No one should try to go to heaven," that is, in order to bring Christ down to us. \v 7 Moses also says this to them: "No one should try to go down to where the dead are," that is, in order to bring Christ back from the dead for us. \s5 -\v 8 But instead, those who believe in Christ can say what Moses wrote: "You can find out about God's message very easily. You can speak about it and think about it." This is the message that we proclaim: that people must believe in Christ. -\v 9 This message is that if anyone of you confirms that Jesus is Lord, and if you truly believe that God raised him from the dead, he will save you. -\v 10 If people believe these things, God will put them right with himself. And for those who state publicly that Jesus is Lord—God will save them. - +\v 8 But instead, those who believe in Christ can say what Moses wrote: "You can find out about God's message very easily. You can speak about it and think about it." This is the message that we proclaim: that people must believe in Christ. +\v 9 This message is that if anyone of you confirms that Jesus is Lord, and if you truly believe that God raised him from the dead, he will save you. +\v 10 If people believe these things, God will put them right with himself. And for those who state publicly that Jesus is Lord—God will save them. \s5 -\v 11 It is written in the scriptures about the Christ, "Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed or ashamed." -\v 12 In this way, God treats the Jews and the non-Jews the same. Because he is the same Lord for all people who believe in him, he greatly helps all who ask him to help them. +\v 11 It is written in the scriptures about the Christ, "Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed or ashamed." +\v 12 In this way, God treats the Jews and the non-Jews the same. Because he is the same Lord for all people who believe in him, he greatly helps all who ask him to help them. \v 13 This is just like what the scriptures say: "The Lord God will save all those who ask him." \s5 \p -\v 14 Most people have certainly not believed in Christ, and some people might try to explain why they have not done so. They might say, "People certainly cannot ask Christ to help them if they have not first believed in him! And they certainly cannot believe in him if they have not heard about him! And they certainly cannot hear about him if someone does not preach to them about him! -\v 15 And those who could preach to them about Christ, certainly cannot do so if God does not send them. But if some believers preached to them, it would be just like the scriptures say: 'It is wonderful when people come and bring good news!'" - +\v 14 Most people have certainly not believed in Christ, and some people might try to explain why they have not done so. They might say, "People certainly cannot ask Christ to help them if they have not first believed in him! And they certainly cannot believe in him if they have not heard about him! And they certainly cannot hear about him if someone does not preach to them about him! +\v 15 And those who could preach to them about Christ, certainly cannot do so if God does not send them. But if some believers preached to them, it would be just like the scriptures say: 'It is wonderful when people come and bring good news!'" \s5 -\v 16 I would reply in this way to those who say such things: God has indeed sent people to preach the message about Christ. But not all the people of Israel have paid attention to the good news! It is like what Isaiah said when he felt very discouraged: "Lord, it seems as if hardly anyone believed what they heard us preach!" +\v 16 I would reply in this way to those who say such things: God has indeed sent people to preach the message about Christ. But not all the people of Israel have paid attention to the good news! It is like what Isaiah said when he felt very discouraged: "Lord, it seems as if hardly anyone believed what they heard us preach!" \v 17 So then, I tell you that people are believing in Christ because they hear about him, and people are hearing the message because others are preaching about Christ! \s5 diff --git a/46-ROM/11.usfm b/46-ROM/11.usfm index 0b8a4a58..a1a9f925 100644 --- a/46-ROM/11.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/11.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \s5 \v 6 Since it is because he acts kindly toward those whom he chooses, it is not because they have done good things that he has chosen them. If God chose people because they did good deeds, then he would not need to act kindly toward them. \p -\v 7 Since God chose only some people of Israel, this makes us know that most of the Jews failed to get what they were looking for—(although the Jews whom God chose did get it). Most of the Jews remained unwilling to understand what God was telling them. +\v 7 Since God chose only some people of Israel, this makes us know that most of the Jews failed to get what they were looking for—(although the Jews whom God chose did get it). Most of the Jews remained unwilling to understand what God was telling them. \v 8 This is exactly what the prophet Isaiah had written about: "God caused them to be stubborn. They should be able to understand the truth about Christ, but they cannot. They should obey God when he speaks, but they do not. It is like that to this very day." \s5 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \v 18 However, you non-Jews must not despise the Jews whom God rejected, even though they are like the branches that someone breaks off from the tree! If you want to boast because of how God has saved you, remember this: Branches do not feed a root. Instead, the root feeds the branches. Similarly, God has helped you because of what you have received from the Jews! You have given the Jews nothing that helps them. \s5 -\v 19 Maybe you will say to me, "God rejected the Jews like people break bad branches off a tree and throw them away, and he has done this in order that he might accept us non-Jews, just like people put branches of a wild olive tree into the trunk of a good tree." +\v 19 Maybe you will say to me, "God rejected the Jews like people break bad branches off a tree and throw them away, and he has done this in order that he might accept us non-Jews, just like people put branches of a wild olive tree into the trunk of a good tree." \v 20 I would reply that this is true. However, it is because the Jews did not believe in Christ, God rejected them. As for you, it is only because you believe in Christ that you stand strong! So do not become proud, but instead be filled with awe! \v 21 Since God did not spare those unbelieving Jews, who grew up like a tree's natural branches that came from the root, then know, if you do not believe, he will not spare you either! diff --git a/46-ROM/12.usfm b/46-ROM/12.usfm index 915b885f..7ad7a3ac 100644 --- a/46-ROM/12.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/12.usfm @@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ \p \v 1 My fellow believers, since God has acted mercifully toward you in so many ways, I appeal to all of you that you present yourselves like a sacrifice that is alive, a sacrifice that you give to God alone and that pleases him. This is the only right way to worship him. -\v 2 Do not let unbelievers guide you in how you behave. Instead, let God change your way of thinking and make it new, in order that you may know what he wants you to do, so you may know how to act in ways that please him, the ways in which he himself acts. - +\v 2 Do not let unbelievers guide you in how you behave. Instead, let God change your way of thinking and make it new, in order that you may know what he wants you to do, so you may know how to act in ways that please him, the ways in which he himself acts. diff --git a/46-ROM/13.usfm b/46-ROM/13.usfm index 6e5a4e19..26a46f62 100644 --- a/46-ROM/13.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/13.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 I say this, because rulers do not cause people who do good deeds to be afraid. Instead, they cause people who do evil to be afraid. So if any of you do good, they will praise you instead of punishing you! \v 4 All officials exist in order to serve God, in order that they may help each of you. If any of you does what is evil, of course you should be afraid of them. The officials exist to serve God by punishing those who do evil. -\v 5 So, it is necessary for you to obey the officials, not only because they will punish you if you disobey them, but also because you know within yourselves that you should be subject to them! +\v 5 So, it is necessary for you to obey the officials, not only because they will punish you if you disobey them, but also because you know within yourselves that you should be subject to them! \s5 \v 6 It is for this reason that you also pay taxes, because the officials are ones who serve God as they continually do their work. \v 7 Give to all the officials what you are supposed to give to them! Pay taxes to those who require that you pay taxes. Pay duties on goods to those who require that you pay those duties. Respect those whom you ought to respect. Honor those whom you ought to honor. @@ -25,11 +25,10 @@ \s5 \p -\v 11 Do what I have just told you, especially since you know how important is the time in which we are now living. You know that it is time for you to be fully alert and active, like people who have awakened from sleeping, because the time when Christ will finally deliver us from this world's sin and sorrow is near. That time is closer now than when we first believed in Christ. -\v 12 Our time to live in this world is almost ended, like a night that is nearly ended. The time when Christ will return is near. So we must stop doing the wicked deeds that people like to do at night, and we must be doing the things that will help us resist evil, as soldiers who put on their armor in the daytime get ready to resist their enemies. - +\v 11 Do what I have just told you, especially since you know how important is the time in which we are now living. You know that it is time for you to be fully alert and active, like people who have awakened from sleeping, because the time when Christ will finally deliver us from this world's sin and sorrow is near. That time is closer now than when we first believed in Christ. +\v 12 Our time to live in this world is almost ended, like a night that is nearly ended. The time when Christ will return is near. So we must stop doing the wicked deeds that people like to do at night, and we must be doing the things that will help us resist evil, as soldiers who put on their armor in the daytime get ready to resist their enemies. \s5 -\v 13 We must behave properly, as though the time when Christ will return were already here. We must not get drunk and do evil things with others. We must not commit any kind of sexual immorality or wild sensual behavior. We must not quarrel. We must not be jealous of other people. +\v 13 We must behave properly, as though the time when Christ will return were already here. We must not get drunk and do evil things with others. We must not commit any kind of sexual immorality or wild sensual behavior. We must not quarrel. We must not be jealous of other people. \v 14 On the contrary, we should be like the Lord Jesus Christ so that others will see what he is like. You should stop wanting to do the things that your old evil nature wants to do. diff --git a/46-ROM/14.usfm b/46-ROM/14.usfm index c18ac562..311b58a0 100644 --- a/46-ROM/14.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/14.usfm @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \p \v 10 It is disgraceful that you who obey certain rules say that God will punish your fellow believers who do not obey them. For God will judge each one of us. \v 11 We know this because it is written in the scriptures: -\q "Everyone will bow down before me! +\q "Everyone will bow down before me! \q And everyone will praise me." \s5 @@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ \s5 \v 14 Because I am joined to the Lord Jesus, I am absolutely certain that there is nothing that by itself is wrong to eat. But if people think it is wrong to eat something, then for them it is wrong to eat it. So you should not encourage them to eat it. -\v 15 If you eat food that a fellow believer thinks is wrong to eat, you might cause him to stop obeying God. You would no longer be loving him. Do not cause any fellow believer to stop trusting in Christ. After all, Christ died for him, too! - +\v 15 If you eat food that a fellow believer thinks is wrong to eat, you might cause him to stop obeying God. You would no longer be loving him. Do not cause any fellow believer to stop trusting in Christ. After all, Christ died for him, too! \s5 \v 16 Similarly, do not do something that fellow believers would call bad, even if you think it is good. diff --git a/46-ROM/16.usfm b/46-ROM/16.usfm index 6aefd43c..299ad6c4 100644 --- a/46-ROM/16.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/16.usfm @@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ \v 22 I, Tertius, one who belongs to the Lord, also want you to know that I am sending my greetings to you. I am writing down this letter as Paul tells me what to write. \s5 -\v 23-24 I, Paul, am staying in the house of Gaius, and the whole assembly here meets in his house. He also wants you to know that he is sending his greetings to you. Erastus, who manages the city's money, sends his greetings to you also, along with our brother Quartus. - +\v 23-24 I, Paul, am staying in the house of Gaius, and the whole assembly here meets in his house. He also wants you to know that he is sending his greetings to you. Erastus, who manages the city's money, sends his greetings to you also, along with our brother Quartus. \s5 \p \v 25 Now to God, the one who is able to strengthen you spiritually by my proclamation of the good news of Jesus Christ that God did not reveal in any age before our own time — diff --git a/47-1CO/01.usfm b/47-1CO/01.usfm index 0458763e..9c52988c 100644 --- a/47-1CO/01.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/01.usfm @@ -2,34 +2,33 @@ \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1 I, Paul, am writing this letter. Sosthenes, our fellow believer, is with me as I write this letter to you. God appointed me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and God chose me to serve him. -\v 2 This letter is to the church of God in Corinth, to those whom Christ Jesus has set apart for God, with everyone else—everywhere—who calls on God to save them in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. +\v 1 I, Paul, am writing this letter. Sosthenes, our fellow believer, is with me as I write this letter to you. God appointed me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and God chose me to serve him. +\v 2 This letter is to the church of God in Corinth, to those whom Christ Jesus has set apart for God, with everyone else—everywhere—who calls on God to save them in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. \p \v 3 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ love you and give you peace. \s5 \p -\v 4 I thank my God every day for you because of the many costly gifts that Christ Jesus has given to you because he loves you. +\v 4 I thank my God every day for you because of the many costly gifts that Christ Jesus has given to you because he loves you. \v 5 Christ has given you so many things. He helped you in all your speaking and in all your knowledge. \v 6 You yourselves are the proof that these statements about Christ are true. \s5 -\v 7 That is the reason you do not lack any gift from the Spirit of God while you wait for the day when God will make the Lord Jesus Christ known and will show him to everyone. +\v 7 That is the reason you do not lack any gift from the Spirit of God while you wait for the day when God will make the Lord Jesus Christ known and will show him to everyone. \v 8 God will also make you strong so you can serve him to the very end, so you will bring no shame upon yourselves on the day that our Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth. \v 9 God is keeping his promise to do that. God called you, so you can know and love his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord. \s5 \p -\v 10 My brothers and sisters, I beg you by the authority of Jesus, that you come to an agreement and that you settle your disagreements, and that you no longer divide yourselves into groups. Learn to see things from the same point of view and to work together to accomplish the same task. -\v 11 Those in Chloe's house have reported to me that there are divisions and disagreements among some of you. - +\v 10 My brothers and sisters, I beg you by the authority of Jesus, that you come to an agreement and that you settle your disagreements, and that you no longer divide yourselves into groups. Learn to see things from the same point of view and to work together to accomplish the same task. +\v 11 Those in Chloe's house have reported to me that there are divisions and disagreements among some of you. \s5 -\v 12 This is the problem. Each of you claims to have loyalty to one leader or another. One says, "I am loyal to Paul." Another says, "I am loyal to Apollos." Someone else says, "I am loyal to Peter." And the last one says, "But I am loyal to Christ." +\v 12 This is the problem. Each of you claims to have loyalty to one leader or another. One says, "I am loyal to Paul." Another says, "I am loyal to Apollos." Someone else says, "I am loyal to Peter." And the last one says, "But I am loyal to Christ." \v 13 But Christ does not divide his loyalty. Paul was not crucified for you. The person who baptized you did not baptize you in the name of Paul. \s5 -\v 14 I thank God that I baptized only a few people there; among them I baptized Crispus and Gaius. -\v 15 It would not be true that I baptized them in my name. +\v 14 I thank God that I baptized only a few people there; among them I baptized Crispus and Gaius. +\v 15 It would not be true that I baptized them in my name. \v 16 (Now I remember that I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but other than those people, I do not remember baptizing anyone else in Corinth.) \s5 @@ -37,12 +36,12 @@ \s5 \p -\v 18 For those who are dead to the things of God cannot understand him. Christ died for them on the cross, but this message is pointless to them. However, for those of us whom God has rescued and brought to life, this message allows God to powerfully work in us. -\v 19 A prophet wrote in the scriptures: -\p -\q "The wisdom of those who think they are wise, +\v 18 For those who are dead to the things of God cannot understand him. Christ died for them on the cross, but this message is pointless to them. However, for those of us whom God has rescued and brought to life, this message allows God to powerfully work in us. +\v 19 A prophet wrote in the scriptures: +\p +\q "The wisdom of those who think they are wise, \q I will destroy, -\q and I will make the brilliant plans of the intelligent +\q and I will make the brilliant plans of the intelligent \q to be utter failures." \m @@ -57,19 +56,17 @@ \s5 \v 24 But for us, we whom God called so we can know him, that message shows that God acted powerfully and wisely by sending Christ to die for us. The good news is not tied to any race or philosophy; in Christ there is no distinction between Jews and all the other nations and races on earth. -\v 25 For the things of God that appears foolish are really wiser that the most brilliant ideas human beings can imagine. And the things of God that appear weakest are stronger than the strongest and greatest human being who ever lived. - +\v 25 For the things of God that appears foolish are really wiser that the most brilliant ideas human beings can imagine. And the things of God that appear weakest are stronger than the strongest and greatest human being who ever lived. \s5 \p -\v 26 Brothers and sisters, look at the kind of person you were when God called you. See how unimportant you were. You were not the wisest of people. You were not important enough for people to obey you. You had no important ancestors. +\v 26 Brothers and sisters, look at the kind of person you were when God called you. See how unimportant you were. You were not the wisest of people. You were not important enough for people to obey you. You had no important ancestors. \v 27 Instead, God chose the things that made no sense to unbelievers so that they would stop praising themselves. God chose to use things that were weak to put to shame the things they believed were so strong. \s5 -\v 28 God chose what the unbelievers think is of no importance in order to show that the things they consider to be important have no value. -\v 29 God did this so that no human being could have any reason to praise himself and he should offer God all praise instead. - +\v 28 God chose what the unbelievers think is of no importance in order to show that the things they consider to be important have no value. +\v 29 God did this so that no human being could have any reason to praise himself and he should offer God all praise instead. \s5 \v 30 Because of what God has done, you are now joined to Christ Jesus, who has made clear to us how wise God is. He has put us right with God, he has set us apart for God, and he has rescued us and brought us to safety. -\v 31 So, as the scriptures say: +\v 31 So, as the scriptures say: \q "The one who praises himself should praise himself only in what the Lord has done for him." -\m +\m diff --git a/47-1CO/02.usfm b/47-1CO/02.usfm index 29c3f9d6..b38ff965 100644 --- a/47-1CO/02.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/02.usfm @@ -3,20 +3,18 @@ \c 2 \p \v 1 When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not make beautiful speeches, nor did I repeat to you the things that wise men said. I told you the hidden truths about God. -\v 2 I decided not to talk to you about anything other than Jesus Christ and his death on the cross. - +\v 2 I decided not to talk to you about anything other than Jesus Christ and his death on the cross. \s5 \v 3 You know how weak I was when I was with you. You know that fear filled my heart, and that you saw me trembling in terror. -\v 4 But you heard my message, and you know that when I spoke to you I did not give carefully planned speeches. Instead, the Spirit of God showed you that I was speaking the truth because of the power of the miracles he did through me. -\v 5 I taught this way so you might trust in God because of his power, and not because of anything having to do with human wisdom. - +\v 4 But you heard my message, and you know that when I spoke to you I did not give carefully planned speeches. Instead, the Spirit of God showed you that I was speaking the truth because of the power of the miracles he did through me. +\v 5 I taught this way so you might trust in God because of his power, and not because of anything having to do with human wisdom. \s5 \p \v 6 Now it is to those who trust fully in Christ that we speak. You now have wisdom, and that wisdom has nothing to do with the kings and governors in this life, all of whom will soon pass away. \v 7 No, we proclaim wisdom that God has kept hidden until now; that wisdom is the wise things God decided to do before he created the world, and he decided to do those things so that he and other beings would someday honor us. \s5 -\v 8 None of those who rule this world knew about God's wise plans. If they had understood them, they never would have nailed the Lord, the one who is so very great, to the cross. +\v 8 None of those who rule this world knew about God's wise plans. If they had understood them, they never would have nailed the Lord, the one who is so very great, to the cross. \v 9 But in the scriptures it says: \q "The things that no one has seen, \q that no one has heard, @@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 These are the very things that God has shown us by the Spirit. For the Spirit sees everything and he knows everything. He even knows the deepest and hidden secrets that only God knows about himself. +\v 10 These are the very things that God has shown us by the Spirit. For the Spirit sees everything and he knows everything. He even knows the deepest and hidden secrets that only God knows about himself. \v 11 No one except the spirit of the person knows what he is thinking. So it is that no one knows the hidden things of God except the Spirit of God. \s5 @@ -39,4 +37,4 @@ \q "It is impossible for anyone to know all that is in the mind of the Lord. \q No one is able to teach God." \m -But we can know the very thoughts of Christ. +But we can know the very thoughts of Christ. diff --git a/47-1CO/03.usfm b/47-1CO/03.usfm index ae28de2a..ded5ebbc 100644 --- a/47-1CO/03.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/03.usfm @@ -10,19 +10,18 @@ \v 4 Some of you say you are following what I, Paul, have taught; others say they are following what Apollos has taught. You are acting the way unbelievers act. \p \v 5 Compared to the great work that God has done in your lives, Apollos is not important. Neither is Paul important. We are both servants, and we serve the same God in the ways that he has assigned to us. - \s5 \v 6 Even though I was the first to plant the seed of God's word in you, it was Apollos who made sure you grew in faith. But it was God alone who can give spiritual growth to you. \v 7 Let me say it again: The ones who plant the seeds and water them, we do not matter in the least. God is the one who gives the growth. You are like a garden that he has planted. \s5 -\v 8 The one who plants and the one who waters are working in the same job, and each one individually will receive a wage as a reward. The reward is the amount he is paid measured by how hard each one worked. +\v 8 The one who plants and the one who waters are working in the same job, and each one individually will receive a wage as a reward. The reward is the amount he is paid measured by how hard each one worked. \v 9 We are working together with God and we both belong to God. But as for you, God is growing you in his field. It is as if he were constructing a building out of you. \s5 \p -\v 10 God generously gave me the skills so I can do this task for him. I worked among you like an expert builder with great care. But after me, someone else will build on what I began. Everyone builds on what others did before. But each one must be careful how they build. +\v 10 God generously gave me the skills so I can do this task for him. I worked among you like an expert builder with great care. But after me, someone else will build on what I began. Everyone builds on what others did before. But each one must be careful how they build. \v 11 For no other foundation can be laid other than the one that has already been set in place. That foundation is Jesus Christ. \s5 @@ -31,8 +30,7 @@ \s5 \v 14 If what a person builds survives the fire that tests what he built, he will receive a reward for his work, -\v 15 But if the fire burns up all his work, he will lose all his reward, but God can still save him, even though the flames completely devour everything he did. - +\v 15 But if the fire burns up all his work, he will lose all his reward, but God can still save him, even though the flames completely devour everything he did. \s5 \p \v 16 Surely you know that you are the dwelling place where God lives, that you are his temple. Surely you know that the Spirit of God lives inside of you. @@ -41,10 +39,10 @@ \s5 \p \v 18 Be on guard that you do not deceive yourselves. If any of you thinks he has great wisdom that unbelievers will admire, he should be careful. He would be far better off if he leaves alone all the things that unbelievers want, even if they consider him a fool for doing so. When he leaves those things alone, he will begin to learn what is true wisdom. -\v 19 What the world considers to be great wisdom is really foolishness to God. For scripture says, +\v 19 What the world considers to be great wisdom is really foolishness to God. For scripture says, \q "God catches the wise in their own foolish plans." \m -\v 20 And again scripture teaches, +\v 20 And again scripture teaches, \q "The Lord overhears all the planning of the wise, and he knows that in the end, they will lose everything." \m @@ -52,4 +50,4 @@ \p \v 21 So stop boasting about how good one Christian leader is or how good another Christian leader is. For God has given you all things. \v 22 God gave you Paul, and he gave you Apollos, and Peter. And God gave you this world, and your life, and his victory over death. And God gives you everything that exists and everything that will exist in the future—they are all yours; -\v 23 and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's. +\v 23 and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's. diff --git a/47-1CO/04.usfm b/47-1CO/04.usfm index 9f8f14e4..1d7a2626 100644 --- a/47-1CO/04.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/04.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \v 2 We must faithfully do the work that God has given us to do because he trusts us to do it. \s5 -\v 3 If a human being, or even a court of law, judges my life, I think little about it. I do not consider it worthwhile to judge myself. +\v 3 If a human being, or even a court of law, judges my life, I think little about it. I do not consider it worthwhile to judge myself. \v 4 I am not aware of anyone who accuses me of doing wrong. But that does not mean that I am innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. \s5 @@ -19,29 +19,27 @@ \s5 \p -\v 8 But you act as if you have everything you want! You live as if you were rich! And you live as if you were reigning kings and queens—even without our help. Well, I wish you really had become kings and queens, for then we could have ruled with you! +\v 8 But you act as if you have everything you want! You live as if you were rich! And you live as if you were reigning kings and queens—even without our help. Well, I wish you really had become kings and queens, for then we could have ruled with you! \v 9 But in reality, it seems that God has put us apostles on display at the end of a line of prisoners being paraded after a battle. We are like men who have been sentenced to death; we have been put on display for the whole world to see, both angels and human beings. \s5 \v 10 Others think of us apostles as fools because we live for Christ, and yet you see yourselves as wise people. We appear weak, but you seem to be the strong ones! You praise and honor yourselves, but we apostles are the ones whom other people hate. -\v 11 Up to this present time we apostles go around hungry and thirsty. We have been so poor we could not afford our own clothing. Officials have brutally beaten us again and again. We have no place to call our home. - +\v 11 Up to this present time we apostles go around hungry and thirsty. We have been so poor we could not afford our own clothing. Officials have brutally beaten us again and again. We have no place to call our home. \s5 -\v 12 We work hard with our hands to make a living. When others curse us, we bless them in return. When others make us suffer, we endure it. +\v 12 We work hard with our hands to make a living. When others curse us, we bless them in return. When others make us suffer, we endure it. \v 13 When people tell lies about us, we answer by being kind to them. And yet, they treat us like the garbage of the world and like the filth that people want to throw into a garbage heap. \s5 \p \v 14 I am not trying to shame you, but I want to correct you as a loving parent would correct a child. -\v 15 If you had ten thousand teachers telling you about Christ, you would still have only one spiritual father. I became your father in Christ when you believed the good news that I preached to you. +\v 15 If you had ten thousand teachers telling you about Christ, you would still have only one spiritual father. I became your father in Christ when you believed the good news that I preached to you. \v 16 So I urge you to follow my example. \s5 -\v 17 That is why I sent Timothy to you. I love him, and he is my faithful child. He will remind you of how I live as I am joined to Christ. I teach the same things everywhere we go and in every church we visit. +\v 17 That is why I sent Timothy to you. I love him, and he is my faithful child. He will remind you of how I live as I am joined to Christ. I teach the same things everywhere we go and in every church we visit. \p -\v 18 Some of you have become proud. You live as though I might not come back to you soon. - +\v 18 Some of you have become proud. You live as though I might not come back to you soon. \s5 \v 19 But if the Lord wants me to come, I will come to you soon. Then I will learn not only how these arrogant people talk, but I will find out whether they have God's power in them. \v 20 God's kingdom is not about what you say; it is about God's power. -\v 21 What would you want me to do? Should I come to punish you with harsh discipline, or should I come so you can see how much I love you by how gentle I am to you? +\v 21 What would you want me to do? Should I come to punish you with harsh discipline, or should I come so you can see how much I love you by how gentle I am to you? diff --git a/47-1CO/05.usfm b/47-1CO/05.usfm index 93285292..6c643335 100644 --- a/47-1CO/05.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/05.usfm @@ -2,28 +2,26 @@ \s5 \c 5 \p -\v 1 People have told us that there is someone in your church who is living in sexual immorality, a kind of immorality that even the unbelievers do not allow. A man has a lover who is his father's wife. -\v 2 You have been so arrogant! Rather you should have wept over this sin, for this harms the whole church. You must put this man out of your church. - +\v 1 People have told us that there is someone in your church who is living in sexual immorality, a kind of immorality that even the unbelievers do not allow. A man has a lover who is his father's wife. +\v 2 You have been so arrogant! Rather you should have wept over this sin, for this harms the whole church. You must put this man out of your church. \s5 \v 3 I am not with you physically, but I am very concerned for you all, and I am with you in my spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as if I were with you. -\v 4 When you gather together for worship under the authority of the Lord Jesus, I am worshiping with you—and I have already judged this person. +\v 4 When you gather together for worship under the authority of the Lord Jesus, I am worshiping with you—and I have already judged this person. \v 5 You should turn this man over to Satan out into the world, so that his physical body might be destroyed. We have the hope that he will repent and God will still save him when the Lord returns. \s5 \p -\v 6 It is not good that you are praising yourselves. Surely you know that evil is like yeast: a little yeast makes the whole loaf rise. +\v 6 It is not good that you are praising yourselves. Surely you know that evil is like yeast: a little yeast makes the whole loaf rise. \v 7 Sin is like that yeast. You must clean out the old yeast and throw it away so that it cannot infect the whole batch of dough. You are like an unleavened batch of dough. As in the Passover Festival, the yeast must be kept away from the bread. For Christ is our Passover lamb: he became the sacrifice for us. \v 8 So let us celebrate the Passover Festival, and let us follow all the rules of purification. We must throw out the old yeast, which stands for disobedience and wickedness, and we must celebrate the festival by obeying God and speaking truth to each other. If we do that, we will be like the bread that has no yeast. \s5 \p \v 9 I wrote to you, that you must not keep company with sexually immoral people. -\v 10 Of course, I did not mean that you should not associate with unbelievers who are immoral, or who selfishly desire many things, or who trick and cheat to take from others, or who worship idols. You would have to leave this world to avoid all people like that. - +\v 10 Of course, I did not mean that you should not associate with unbelievers who are immoral, or who selfishly desire many things, or who trick and cheat to take from others, or who worship idols. You would have to leave this world to avoid all people like that. \s5 \v 11 Instead, I mean that you are not to be close friends with a fellow believer who is living in sexual immorality. We must include other sins, such as greed, or idolatry, or one who is abusive in the way he talks to others, or a drunkard, or a swindler. You must not even eat with these people who claim to trust in Christ, yet they do these terrible things. \v 12 For I have no obligation to judge those who are outside the church of Christ. Your duty is to judge those who are in it. -\v 13 God is the one who will judge those who are outside the church. The scriptures command us, +\v 13 God is the one who will judge those who are outside the church. The scriptures command us, \q "You must take away the evil person who is among you!" \m diff --git a/47-1CO/06.usfm b/47-1CO/06.usfm index 868de67c..b1a196f5 100644 --- a/47-1CO/06.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/06.usfm @@ -25,21 +25,18 @@ \s5 \p \v 12 Some say this: "I am free to do anything I want, because I am joined to Christ." Yes, but because something is permitted does not mean it is good for me. "I am free to do anything I want"—but I will not allow anything to become my master. -\v 13 People also say, "Food is made for a person's body to digest, and a person's body is made to digest food"—but God will soon do away with both food and the body's normal functions. Of course, they are really talking about sleeping with people. However, God did not make our bodies so we could be sexually immoral. But the body is to serve the Lord, and the Lord will provide for the body. - +\v 13 People also say, "Food is made for a person's body to digest, and a person's body is made to digest food"—but God will soon do away with both food and the body's normal functions. Of course, they are really talking about sleeping with people. However, God did not make our bodies so we could be sexually immoral. But the body is to serve the Lord, and the Lord will provide for the body. \s5 \v 14 God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will also raise us up by his power to live again. \p -\v 15 You should know that your bodies are joined to Christ. Should you take away that which is a part of Christ and join it together with a prostitute? Never! - +\v 15 You should know that your bodies are joined to Christ. Should you take away that which is a part of Christ and join it together with a prostitute? Never! \s5 \v 16 You understand that anyone who sleeps with a prostitute becomes united with her. It is like the scriptures say about marriage: "The two will become one." \v 17 And those who are joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. \s5 \p -\v 18 So when you want to commit a sexual sin, run away from it as quickly as you can! People say, "Every sin that a person commits is committed outside the body"—except that when one sins sexually, he sins against his own body. - +\v 18 So when you want to commit a sexual sin, run away from it as quickly as you can! People say, "Every sin that a person commits is committed outside the body"—except that when one sins sexually, he sins against his own body. \s5 \v 19 You should know that your body is a dwelling place, a temple of the Holy Spirit within you. God gave you his Spirit and now you no longer belong to yourself. Instead, you belong to God. \v 20 God purchased you with the price of his Son's life. Therefore honor God in all you do in your human body. diff --git a/47-1CO/07.usfm b/47-1CO/07.usfm index 3c4f1fde..ad68c5e1 100644 --- a/47-1CO/07.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/07.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 7 \p -\v 1 You wrote to me some questions about how married believers should live. Here is my answer. There may be times in which it is good to abstain from sleeping together in marriage. +\v 1 You wrote to me some questions about how married believers should live. Here is my answer. There may be times in which it is good to abstain from sleeping together in marriage. \v 2 But people are tempted very often to be sexually immoral. So each husband should have his own wife, and each wife should have her own husband. \s5 @@ -12,19 +12,18 @@ \s5 \v 5 So do not deprive one another of sleeping together, unless you both agree to abstain from it for a short period of time, so that you may pray. But after that time is over, come together again. Do not allow Satan to tempt you because you cannot control yourself. \p -\v 6 I am not commanding you to get married, but I will compromise because I know that many of you are married or will wish to marry. +\v 6 I am not commanding you to get married, but I will compromise because I know that many of you are married or will wish to marry. \v 7 My example is before you: I am single, and sometimes I wish that each of you were single in order to serve God. But God gives many different gifts to his children; he makes some able to be married, and others to remain single. \s5 \p -\v 8 To those of you who have never married and those whose husbands have died, I say that it would be good if you continue to be single, like me. +\v 8 To those of you who have never married and those whose husbands have died, I say that it would be good if you continue to be single, like me. \v 9 But if it is hard for you to control yourself, you should get married. It is better for you to marry than to suffer from strong sexual desires. \s5 \p -\v 10 The Lord gives his own commands to you who are married: "The wife should not separate from her husband." -\v 11 (But if she separates from her husband, she should not marry again, or else she should make peace with her husband.) And, "the husband should not divorce his wife." - +\v 10 The Lord gives his own commands to you who are married: "The wife should not separate from her husband." +\v 11 (But if she separates from her husband, she should not marry again, or else she should make peace with her husband.) And, "the husband should not divorce his wife." \s5 \p \v 12 And I have this to say—and this is my advice, not the Lord's command—to you who have a wife who is not a believer: if she is content to stay with you, do not divorce her. @@ -43,8 +42,8 @@ \v 19 Circumcision or uncircumcision—these are not important to us. But what is important is that we obey what God commands us to do. \s5 -\v 20 So continue to live and work as you did when God called you to trust in Christ. -\v 21 If you were a slave when God saved you, do not worry about it. Of course, if you have the chance to gain your freedom, take advantage of the opportunity. +\v 20 So continue to live and work as you did when God called you to trust in Christ. +\v 21 If you were a slave when God saved you, do not worry about it. Of course, if you have the chance to gain your freedom, take advantage of the opportunity. \v 22 This is because anyone who the Lord calls a slave is a free person because of the Lord. In the same way, you become God's slave when he calls you, even if you were never a slave to anyone. \v 23 God bought you with the price of his Son; your freedom is precious. So do not become slaves of humans. \v 24 Brothers and sisters in Christ, whatever you were when God called you, whether you were slave or free, remain in that same position. @@ -60,16 +59,15 @@ \s5 \p -\v 29 This is what I mean about the time in which we are living, brothers and sisters: we have a short amount of time left. From now on those who are married will have to live as though they were not married, because of all the trouble that is coming. +\v 29 This is what I mean about the time in which we are living, brothers and sisters: we have a short amount of time left. From now on those who are married will have to live as though they were not married, because of all the trouble that is coming. \v 30 Those who are filled with grief should not cry. Those who are rejoicing over some wonderful event should have no joy on their faces. Those who have spent money to buy something should take no delight in it; they should live as if they owned nothing. \v 31 And those who deal with the things of the world should not involve themselves completely with them. For this world system is about to crumble into nothing. \s5 \p -\v 32 I want you to be free from things to worry about. As you see, the unmarried man is concerned about the matters that are important to the Lord. He wants to serve the Lord and do what he wants. -\v 33 But the man who is married must also concern himself for the ordinary matters of the world as well as serving and pleasing his wife. -\v 34 So married men can only do some of the things they need to do. It is the same with widows and young ladies who have not married: as believing women, they are concerned to spend their time serving the Lord with their physical abilities and their attitudes. But married women are concerned about the ordinary matters of the world, how to please their husbands. - +\v 32 I want you to be free from things to worry about. As you see, the unmarried man is concerned about the matters that are important to the Lord. He wants to serve the Lord and do what he wants. +\v 33 But the man who is married must also concern himself for the ordinary matters of the world as well as serving and pleasing his wife. +\v 34 So married men can only do some of the things they need to do. It is the same with widows and young ladies who have not married: as believing women, they are concerned to spend their time serving the Lord with their physical abilities and their attitudes. But married women are concerned about the ordinary matters of the world, how to please their husbands. \s5 \v 35 I tell you this to help you. I am not trying to control you. If you follow my advice, you will find it easier to serve the Lord without worrying about things that married people worry about. @@ -81,5 +79,5 @@ \s5 \p -\v 39 A woman must remain with her husband as long as he lives; if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, but she must marry only someone who has faith in the Lord. +\v 39 A woman must remain with her husband as long as he lives; if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, but she must marry only someone who has faith in the Lord. \v 40 However, it is my judgment that a widow will be happier if she does not marry again. And I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God. diff --git a/47-1CO/08.usfm b/47-1CO/08.usfm index 4d2562b7..23d97022 100644 --- a/47-1CO/08.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/08.usfm @@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ \p \v 1 Now, about the question you asked regarding eating food that was offered to idols: We know that people say, "We all have knowledge." But if you think you know a lot, you can become very proud of yourself. If, however, when you love others, you help them grow strong in their faith. \v 2 The truth is that if someone assumes he knows something, he has not yet learned the humbleness he needs to know. -\v 3 When you love God, God knows you. - +\v 3 When you love God, God knows you. \s5 \p \v 4 Now about eating food sacrificed to idols: Let us begin with this principle: just as some say, "Idols in this world do not actually exist," and, as Moses taught, "There is only one God." So idols are not real gods; they are not living gods at all. @@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ \v 6 Yet even so, we say, \q "There is one God, the Father, \q1 from him come all things, and for him we live. -\q And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ; +\q And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ; \q1 he made everything there is, and he is the one who gives us life." \s5 @@ -21,11 +20,11 @@ \v 7 But not everyone knows this. Some worshiped an idol in earlier times, and, now, if they eat food sacrificed to an idol, they worry that they are still worshiping a god. They are torn between two opinions, and they are weak in their faith in Christ, so they feel they are honoring an idol when they eat food that has been offered to it. \s5 -\v 8 We know that the food we eat does not make us better or worse before God. -\v 9 But what is important is your brothers and sisters in Christ. You are free to eat that food, but you should not cause people to fall down in their faith because you have the freedom to eat it. +\v 8 We know that the food we eat does not make us better or worse before God. +\v 9 But what is important is your brothers and sisters in Christ. You are free to eat that food, but you should not cause people to fall down in their faith because you have the freedom to eat it. \v 10 You know that idols were never alive, nor were they gods at all. But if brothers and sisters who do not know the difference between right and wrong see you eating in an idol's temple, they would think you were encouraging them to turn back to their idolatry. \s5 \v 11 As a result, if your weaker brother or sister sees you eat meat offered to idols because you have freedom in your mind to eat that food but they did not have the same freedom—you by acting as a free person could destroy your fellow believer for whom Christ died. \v 12 So, you sin against your weaker brothers and sisters when you encourage them to do something that their sense of right and wrong tells them not to do. This is sinning against Christ. -\v 13 Therefore, if my brother or sister are unable to serve God well because they have seen me eat something, I will never eat meat again! I do not want to do anything that causes them to fall. +\v 13 Therefore, if my brother or sister are unable to serve God well because they have seen me eat something, I will never eat meat again! I do not want to do anything that causes them to fall. diff --git a/47-1CO/09.usfm b/47-1CO/09.usfm index 5b26a0e9..68d3d7a3 100644 --- a/47-1CO/09.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/09.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 3 I answer those who say that I am not a true apostle by not using money that you believers give me for payment for my service. +\v 3 I answer those who say that I am not a true apostle by not using money that you believers give me for payment for my service. \v 4 Of course we have the right to live on such money. \v 5 We certainly have the right to travel with a believing wife, like the other apostles do—like the Lord's brother and Cephas. \v 6 No one made a rule that only Barnabas and I must work to support ourselves. @@ -15,38 +15,34 @@ \s5 \v 7 No soldiers serves in the army at his own expense. No one plants a vineyard without being able to eat the grapes or drink the wine. No one shepherds a flock and without drinking some of the milk that comes from the animals. \p -\v 8 This is common sense. But the law says this as well. - +\v 8 This is common sense. But the law says this as well. \s5 -\v 9 For the law of Moses says, "When an ox is treading out the grain, do not stop it from eating some of it." There is more that God is concerned about in this law. +\v 9 For the law of Moses says, "When an ox is treading out the grain, do not stop it from eating some of it." There is more that God is concerned about in this law. \v 10 This law is about us. Moses is saying that those who work in any job should benefit from the fruit of that work, just like the ox eating the grain on which he is treading. \v 11 If we have sown the seed of the good news to you, is it too much for us to receive money from you in our support? \s5 -\v 12 Others received this kind of help from you, and we have certainly proven that we deserve it even more than they do. +\v 12 Others received this kind of help from you, and we have certainly proven that we deserve it even more than they do. \p However, we have not accepted anything from you, even though we were entitled to it. Instead, we endure all kinds of hardships so that we do not make it more difficult for people to believe in the good news about Christ. -\v 13 Certainly you know that those who helped carry out the sacrifices offered to God in the temple received some of those offerings for their own needs. They received some of the food offered to God. -\v 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who proclaim the good news are to receive their living wages from the good news. They receive part of what is given to God for their needs. - +\v 13 Certainly you know that those who helped carry out the sacrifices offered to God in the temple received some of those offerings for their own needs. They received some of the food offered to God. +\v 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who proclaim the good news are to receive their living wages from the good news. They receive part of what is given to God for their needs. \s5 \p \v 15 But I have not demanded any of these things for myself. And that is not why I am writing this to you now. I boast that I never demand these things from you, and I would have to stop boasting of you were to pay me, so I would rather die than have you pay me. -\v 16 If I proclaim the good news, I am not doing anything for which I should boast. I feel obliged to preach the good news. I would grieve with many tears if I could not do what God called me to do. - +\v 16 If I proclaim the good news, I am not doing anything for which I should boast. I feel obliged to preach the good news. I would grieve with many tears if I could not do what God called me to do. \s5 \v 17 When I preach the good news because I want to, I have a great reward. But even if I only preached because someone forced me to preach, I would still have to preach, because God trusted me to do this work for him. \v 18 So what is the reward that God gives me? It is that when I preach the good news, I offer it without anyone paying me for it. Instead, I offer it for free so that I can do it without receiving the payment the Lord would allow me to take. \s5 \p -\v 19 I am not obligated to anyone, but I am a servant to everyone, so that I might persuade more and more people to trust in Christ. +\v 19 I am not obligated to anyone, but I am a servant to everyone, so that I might persuade more and more people to trust in Christ. \v 20 When working with Jewish people, I become like a Jew, so that I may win them to Christ. To those who were living under the law I lived as they lived, in order that those living under the law may trust in Christ as I trust in him. I lived as they lived, even though I am not living my life by the law's demands. \s5 \v 21 When I am with those who are non-Jews, those who live apart from the law of Moses, I became like them (though I myself am not outside God's law, and I am obedient to the law of Christ), so that I can persuade those apart from the law to trust in Christ. \v 22 To those who are weak about rules and laws, I lived as they did, so I could persuade them to trust in Christ. I have lived under rules and with many life-styles and with all kinds of people so that in any way God chooses to work, God will rescue some of them. -\v 23 I do all this so I may proclaim the good news about Christ, so that I will also experience the good things the good news brings to us. - +\v 23 I do all this so I may proclaim the good news about Christ, so that I will also experience the good things the good news brings to us. \s5 \p \v 24 You know when people run in a race, they all run, but only one of them wins the prize. So you also should run to win the prize. diff --git a/47-1CO/10.usfm b/47-1CO/10.usfm index 16e8d175..1d23937b 100644 --- a/47-1CO/10.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/10.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \p \v 1 I want you to remember, brothers and sisters, that our Jewish ancestors were following God, who led them out of Egypt by means of a cloud during the day, and that they passed through the Sea of Reeds on dry land. \v 2 And as we have been baptized into Christ, so the Israelites were to follow Moses as he followed God in the cloud and across the sea. -\v 3 They all ate the supernatural manna that God gave them from heaven, +\v 3 They all ate the supernatural manna that God gave them from heaven, \v 4 and they all drank the supernatural water that God gave them when Moses struck the rock. The rock was Christ. \s5 @@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ \v 6 Now these things were an example for us, so we would learn not to greatly desire evil things, as they did. \s5 -\v 7 Some of our ancestors also worshiped idols. As the scripture says, "The people sat down to eat and drink and then they rose up to dance wildly in a sexual way." -\v 8 Twenty-three thousand of our Jewish ancestors died in one day because of their sexual immorality. - +\v 7 Some of our ancestors also worshiped idols. As the scripture says, "The people sat down to eat and drink and then they rose up to dance wildly in a sexual way." +\v 8 Twenty-three thousand of our Jewish ancestors died in one day because of their sexual immorality. \s5 \v 9 Let us not test the authority of Christ by disobeying him, as some of our ancestors did, and poisonous snakes killed them. \v 10 Do not grumble about what God provides, as some our ancestors did, and an angel destroyed them. @@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 11 Now these things happened to our ancestors; they were written so we could learn from them—we, who are living very close to when the world will end. -\v 12 And so the lesson is this: if you think you are strong and are standing strong, be very careful, because this is just when you may fall. +\v 12 And so the lesson is this: if you think you are strong and are standing strong, be very careful, because this is just when you may fall. \v 13 Every temptation you have fought against is shared by us all, but God has given us his promise and he will not permit the temptation to be greater than your ability to fight against the sin. When the temptation comes, God will provide a way for you to get free of it, so you may endure the temptation to sin. \s5 @@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 23 Some say, "Everything is lawful," but not everything is for our good or for the good of other people. Yes, "everything is lawful," but not everything helps people to grow strong in their life with God. +\v 23 Some say, "Everything is lawful," but not everything is for our good or for the good of other people. Yes, "everything is lawful," but not everything helps people to grow strong in their life with God. \v 24 Do not work for your good only, but also for the good of other people. All of us must act toward everyone in such a way as to help them all. \s5 @@ -54,12 +53,12 @@ \v 27 If a non-Jewish unbeliever invites you to a meal, and you desire to go, eat whatever he serves you. God does not require you to ask him about where he purchased the food. \s5 -\v 28 But if someone says to you, "We bought this food at the idol temple and it was sacrificed to the gods," then do not eat the food, for the good of the person who served it, and so as not to cause conflict in the sense of right and wrong. -\v 29 This is being careful about how that other person thinks about right and wrong, not how you think about it. My personal choices are not to be changed by what another person believes is right or wrong. +\v 28 But if someone says to you, "We bought this food at the idol temple and it was sacrificed to the gods," then do not eat the food, for the good of the person who served it, and so as not to cause conflict in the sense of right and wrong. +\v 29 This is being careful about how that other person thinks about right and wrong, not how you think about it. My personal choices are not to be changed by what another person believes is right or wrong. \v 30 If I enjoy the meal with thanksgiving, I should not permit someone else to condemn me. \s5 \p -\v 31 The rule here is that whether you eat a meal or drink something offered to you, or whatever you do, do everything in a way so that you give praise to God. +\v 31 The rule here is that whether you eat a meal or drink something offered to you, or whatever you do, do everything in a way so that you give praise to God. \v 32 Do not be offensive to Jews or to Greeks, nor even to those in the church of God, about matters such as these. \v 33 I make it my duty to please everyone I can, in every way that is possible. I do this by not seeking my own good. Instead, I try to build up other people by helping them, so that God might save them. diff --git a/47-1CO/11.usfm b/47-1CO/11.usfm index f269695f..e4fddff5 100644 --- a/47-1CO/11.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/11.usfm @@ -5,21 +5,19 @@ \v 1 Follow my example, just like I follow the example of Christ. \p \v 2 I praise you because you remember me in all you do, and you hold tight to all the important teachings that I have passed down to you and you have kept them just as I taught them to you. -\v 3 I want you to understand that Christ has authority over every man, and that a man has authority over a woman, and that God has authority over Christ. +\v 3 I want you to understand that Christ has authority over every man, and that a man has authority over a woman, and that God has authority over Christ. \v 4 So if any man covers his head when he prays or when he proclaims a message from God, he brings disgrace on himself. \s5 \v 5 But if a woman prays or proclaims a message God gave her with her head uncovered, she brings disgrace on herself. For it is exactly the same as if she had shaved her head. -\v 6 If a woman refuses to cover her head, then she should cut her hair short, like a man's. But you know that it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut short or to have her head shaved. So, instead, she should cover her head. - +\v 6 If a woman refuses to cover her head, then she should cut her hair short, like a man's. But you know that it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut short or to have her head shaved. So, instead, she should cover her head. \s5 \v 7 A man should not cover his head because God made him like himself, and the man reflects some of what God himself is like. But women reflect some of what men are like. \v 8 For God did not make the man Adam from the woman Eve; instead, he made the woman Eve from the man Adam. \s5 \v 9 It was not the man whom God created to help the woman, but the woman to help the man. -\v 10 This is why women should cover their heads, as a sign of the authority, and because of the angels. - +\v 10 This is why women should cover their heads, as a sign of the authority, and because of the angels. \s5 \p \v 11 So as we live joined to the Lord, women need men to help them, and men need women to help them. @@ -29,33 +27,31 @@ \v 13 Judge this for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God without a cover on her head? \v 14 Nature itself teaches us that it is a disgrace for a man to have long hair, \v 15 but nature also teaches that long hair for a woman is a display of her beauty. Her hair is given to her by God to cover her beauty. -\v 16 But if anyone in the church wishes to argue about this matter, we do not have any other custom than this, nor do any of the churches do anything different. - +\v 16 But if anyone in the church wishes to argue about this matter, we do not have any other custom than this, nor do any of the churches do anything different. \s5 \p -\v 17 In these instructions, I cannot praise you for what you are doing about the Lord's supper. When you come together to eat, instead of encouraging and helping one another, you make the fellowship in the church much worse. -\v 18 The first matter of concern is that when you come together, you come with different groups and factions. This is what people have told me, and I believe that some of what they say is true. +\v 17 In these instructions, I cannot praise you for what you are doing about the Lord's supper. When you come together to eat, instead of encouraging and helping one another, you make the fellowship in the church much worse. +\v 18 The first matter of concern is that when you come together, you come with different groups and factions. This is what people have told me, and I believe that some of what they say is true. \v 19 It appears that you need to have different groups among yourselves so that you can test and approve the ones that have places of honor, and others that do not. \s5 -\v 20 When you come together you are not eating the Lord's Supper. +\v 20 When you come together you are not eating the Lord's Supper. \v 21 When you eat, one person brings an entire meal and eats it as soon as he arrives; he does not wait for anyone else. Another person goes hungry while other people drink so much wine that they get drunk. -\v 22 You act as though you did not have houses to eat and drink in! You treat the church with dishonor, and you despise the purpose for which you gather. You humiliate those who are poor. I can say nothing good about this. This is a disgrace. - +\v 22 You act as though you did not have houses to eat and drink in! You treat the church with dishonor, and you despise the purpose for which you gather. You humiliate those who are poor. I can say nothing good about this. This is a disgrace. \s5 \p \v 23 For I have passed on to you what I received from the Lord, that on the night when the Lord Jesus was handed over to his enemies, he took bread, \v 24 and after he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you, do this and remember me." \s5 -\v 25 After the same manner, he took the cup, after they had eaten, and said, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink it, remember me." +\v 25 After the same manner, he took the cup, after they had eaten, and said, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink it, remember me." \v 26 For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes again. \s5 \p -\v 27 All who come to this celebration of the Lord's Supper should come to give honor to God in the way it is shared. Those who eat the bread and drink the cup must do so in a manner that honors the Lord. Anyone who dishonors the bread and the cup will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. +\v 27 All who come to this celebration of the Lord's Supper should come to give honor to God in the way it is shared. Those who eat the bread and drink the cup must do so in a manner that honors the Lord. Anyone who dishonors the bread and the cup will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. \v 28 Therefore we should all examine ourselves before we take the communion. We should only eat the bread and drink the cup after we have examined ourselves. -\v 29 Anyone who eats and drinks this Supper and does not consider what is the Lord's body, eats and drinks the judgment of God on himself. +\v 29 Anyone who eats and drinks this Supper and does not consider what is the Lord's body, eats and drinks the judgment of God on himself. \v 30 Many among you are physically ill, and several have even died because of the way you have treated the Lord's body. \s5 @@ -64,6 +60,6 @@ \s5 \p -\v 33 My fellow believers, when you come together for the Lord's Supper, wait for one another. -\v 34 If one of you is hungry, eat at home—so that when you come together as the church, it will not be an occasion for God to discipline you. +\v 33 My fellow believers, when you come together for the Lord's Supper, wait for one another. +\v 34 If one of you is hungry, eat at home—so that when you come together as the church, it will not be an occasion for God to discipline you. \p And when I come to you, I will give you instructions concerning the other matters you wrote me about. diff --git a/47-1CO/12.usfm b/47-1CO/12.usfm index eacb497c..48eedab9 100644 --- a/47-1CO/12.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/12.usfm @@ -2,59 +2,55 @@ \s5 \c 12 \p -\v 1 And now let me teach you about spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters. I want you to know how to use them. -\v 2 You may recall how, when you worshiped idols—idols that could not even speak a word—they led you astray. +\v 1 And now let me teach you about spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters. I want you to know how to use them. +\v 2 You may recall how, when you worshiped idols—idols that could not even speak a word—they led you astray. \v 3 The Spirit of God helps you declare, "Jesus Christ is Lord." No one who is filled with the Holy Spirit would ever say, "Jesus is accursed!" \s5 \p \v 4 The Spirit gives many different gifts to the people of Christ, but he is the same Spirit. \v 5 There are also many different ways to serve God, but there is only one Lord. -\v 6 There are also many ways for people to work in God's kingdom, but it is God who gives the power to his people to work for him. - +\v 6 There are also many ways for people to work in God's kingdom, but it is God who gives the power to his people to work for him. \s5 \p \v 7 God makes it possible for each believer to show that he has some of the Spirit's power; God does this in order to help all believers together to trust him and honor him more. -\v 8 For the Spirit makes one person able to speak a message with great wisdom from God, and he makes another person able to pass on to others some knowledge from God. - +\v 8 For the Spirit makes one person able to speak a message with great wisdom from God, and he makes another person able to pass on to others some knowledge from God. \s5 -\v 9 To another believer the Spirit gives the gift of trusting God for wonderful things. To still another person he gives the ability to pray to God for him to heal people. -\v 10 The Spirit makes some believers able to do powerful deeds so that people will praise God. As for certain other believers, he makes them able to speak messages from God. The Spirit makes still other believers able to tell spirits who honor God from spirits who do not. To still others, the Spirit gives various kinds of languages in which to speak messages from God, and he makes others able to interpret those messages into our language. +\v 9 To another believer the Spirit gives the gift of trusting God for wonderful things. To still another person he gives the ability to pray to God for him to heal people. +\v 10 The Spirit makes some believers able to do powerful deeds so that people will praise God. As for certain other believers, he makes them able to speak messages from God. The Spirit makes still other believers able to tell spirits who honor God from spirits who do not. To still others, the Spirit gives various kinds of languages in which to speak messages from God, and he makes others able to interpret those messages into our language. \v 11 Again and again we see the many different gifts, but it is the same Spirit who gives these gifts to individuals, as he chooses. \s5 \p -\v 12 As the human body is a union of many parts, and every part of the body makes the whole, so it is with Christ. +\v 12 As the human body is a union of many parts, and every part of the body makes the whole, so it is with Christ. \v 13 For it is by the Spirit of Christ that, when we were baptized, we were each joined together into the body of Christ. It made no difference what our background was, either Jew or Greek, slave or free, but each of us received the gift of the Holy Spirit. \s5 \p -\v 14 Remember, the body is not just one part, but many parts work together to make up the entire body. +\v 14 Remember, the body is not just one part, but many parts work together to make up the entire body. \v 15 If your foot spoke to you and said, "I am not the hand, therefore, I am not part of your body," it would not be less a part of your body because it was not like your hand. -\v 16 And if your ear said to you, "I am not an eye. For that reason, I have no place in the body," it would not be less a part of your body because it was not an eye. +\v 16 And if your ear said to you, "I am not an eye. For that reason, I have no place in the body," it would not be less a part of your body because it was not an eye. \v 17 If your whole body were an eye, there would be nothing with which to hear. If your whole body were an ear, there would be nothing with which to smell. \s5 -\v 18 But God fitted each part of the body together, and it works just as he designed it. Every part is needed. -\v 19 If each of us were exactly like all the other parts, we would not have a body at all. +\v 18 But God fitted each part of the body together, and it works just as he designed it. Every part is needed. +\v 19 If each of us were exactly like all the other parts, we would not have a body at all. \v 20 We are all many members, but only one body. \s5 -\v 21 In your body, the eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you"; it surely does need the hand. Nor would the head say to the feet, "I do not need you." -\v 22 Even the parts that are weak are all still essential to the body as a whole. +\v 21 In your body, the eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you"; it surely does need the hand. Nor would the head say to the feet, "I do not need you." +\v 22 Even the parts that are weak are all still essential to the body as a whole. \v 23 The parts that we would be ashamed for others to see, we take more care to cover them. In this way we show more respect for them. -\v 24 but God has joined the distinguished parts with the less important ones. And God gives honor to those less presentable parts, because they are part of the body. - +\v 24 but God has joined the distinguished parts with the less important ones. And God gives honor to those less presentable parts, because they are part of the body. \s5 \v 25 God honors the entire body in this way so there is no division in the church, and that members of the body of Christ might care for every member of the body with the same affection, no matter what their purpose or role, gifting or abilities. \v 26 Because we are one body, when one member suffers, we all suffer. When one member is given honor for something they accomplished for Christ, the entire body rejoices together. \p -\v 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and individually, you are all members of it. - +\v 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and individually, you are all members of it. \s5 \v 28 God has also given people as gifts to the church. He gave to the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then those who do powerful deeds, those who perform healing, those who provide helps, those who do work of administration, and those who have various kinds of languages that the Spirit has given them. \v 29 Not all of us are apostles. Not all are prophets. Not all are teachers. Not all do powerful deeds. \s5 \v 30 Not all of us can heal the sick. Not all of us can speak in special languages. Not all of us can interpret messages into other languages. -\v 31 But I want you to eagerly seek after the greater gifts. And now, I will show you a more excellent way. +\v 31 But I want you to eagerly seek after the greater gifts. And now, I will show you a more excellent way. diff --git a/47-1CO/13.usfm b/47-1CO/13.usfm index a466d7b3..eab837d5 100644 --- a/47-1CO/13.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/13.usfm @@ -1,26 +1,26 @@ - + \s5 \c 13 \p -\v 1 If I could speak so that I could amaze and persuade people to do what I wanted, or if I could speak the language of angels— but if I did not love people, all my talking would be worth less than a noisy gong or a cymbal that only clangs. +\v 1 If I could speak so that I could amaze and persuade people to do what I wanted, or if I could speak the language of angels— but if I did not love people, all my talking would be worth less than a noisy gong or a cymbal that only clangs. \v 2 If I could proclaim messages for God, and if I could explain secret truths about God, and if I trusted in God so much that I could move a mountain—but if I did not love people, I would be worth nothing. \v 3 If I gave away all I own to feed the poor, or if I sacrificed myself to be burned to rescue someone else—but if I did not love people, I would gain nothing. \s5 \p -\v 4 If you truly love others, you will endure hardships with joy. If you truly love, you will be kind to others. If you truly love, you will not resent that other people possess things you do not have. If you truly love, you will not boast about yourself or be proud. -\v 5 If you truly love others, you will not abuse them. You will not live to please yourself. No one will be able to make you angry quickly. You will not keep track of the wrong things people have done. +\v 4 If you truly love others, you will endure hardships with joy. If you truly love, you will be kind to others. If you truly love, you will not resent that other people possess things you do not have. If you truly love, you will not boast about yourself or be proud. +\v 5 If you truly love others, you will not abuse them. You will not live to please yourself. No one will be able to make you angry quickly. You will not keep track of the wrong things people have done. \v 6 If you truly love others, you will not be happy if anyone does wicked things; instead, you will be happy when people are faithful to God. \v 7 If you truly love others, you will endure everything that happens. You will trust that God will do the best things for people. You will trust in God regardless of what happens. You will obey God regardless of what hardships you are facing. \s5 \p \v 8 If you truly love, you will not stop loving. Those who are able to speak God's messages, speak in strange languages, or know hidden truths, do these things only for a while. One day they will stop doing these things. -\v 9 Now, in this life, we know only a small part of all there is to know. Those who proclaim God's messages do so only partially. +\v 9 Now, in this life, we know only a small part of all there is to know. Those who proclaim God's messages do so only partially. \v 10 But when things are complete, everything that is partial or incomplete will end. \s5 \v 11 When I was a small child, I talked as a child talks, I thought as a child thinks, and I made decisions as a child makes decision. But when I became an adult, I stopped acting like a child, and I started acting like an adult. \v 12 What we understand about Christ now, we understand very imperfectly, not well at all. But when Christ returns, we will see him face to face. Now we know only part of what is true. But then we will know him fully, just as he knows us fully. -\v 13 It is important that we trust in Christ now. It is important that we are certain that he will do for us everything that he has promised. And it is important that we love him and each other. But the greatest of these three things is love. - +\v 13 It is important that we trust in Christ now. It is important that we are certain that he will do for us everything that he has promised. And it is important that we love him and each other. But the greatest of these three things is love. + diff --git a/47-1CO/14.usfm b/47-1CO/14.usfm index 81af042f..75e374a6 100644 --- a/47-1CO/14.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/14.usfm @@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 If someone is playing the flute or harp (they are not living things), and if the notes on the flute or harp sounded no different from each other, no one would be able to tell which tune I was playing. \v 8 And if a soldier blew the trumpet poorly, the army would not know whether to get ready for battle. -\v 9 This is what it is like when you say words that no one can understand: no one will know what you have said. - +\v 9 This is what it is like when you say words that no one can understand: no one will know what you have said. \s5 \v 10 There are certainly many languages in the world, and all of them give meaning to those who understand them. \v 11 But if I do not understand someone's language, I will be like a foreigner to him, and he will be like one to me. @@ -40,14 +39,14 @@ \s5 \p \v 20 Brothers and sisters, you should think like adults. But when you think about evil things, you should think like small children. Your thinking should be sensible. -\v 21 In the law it is written that God says, +\v 21 In the law it is written that God says, \q "I will speak to my people Israel \q by foreigners, men who speak in strange languages; \q but my people will still not understand me." \s5 \p -\v 22 So if a believer speaks in a language that God has given him, this impresses the unbelievers who might be listening. But if a believer speaks a message from God, this impresses the other believers. +\v 22 So if a believer speaks in a language that God has given him, this impresses the unbelievers who might be listening. But if a believer speaks a message from God, this impresses the other believers. \v 23 You can see how confusing it would be if all the believers met together and spoke in different languages. Any unbeliever who heard them would call them all crazy. \s5 @@ -66,9 +65,9 @@ \v 30 But if God allows someone seated in the assembly to understand a message, then the one speaking the message should stop speaking. In this way, all the believers can listen to the meaning of the message. \s5 -\v 31 For each of those who proclaim the messages of God should do so. But they must do so one by one, in order, so that all the believers can learn and receive courage to love God better. +\v 31 For each of those who proclaim the messages of God should do so. But they must do so one by one, in order, so that all the believers can learn and receive courage to love God better. \v 32 For those who truly speak God's messages control the spirit in which they do so. -\v 33 For God does not create confusion; instead, he makes peace. +\v 33 For God does not create confusion; instead, he makes peace. \p This next question is answered the same way in all the churches of God's people. @@ -78,10 +77,10 @@ This next question is answered the same way in all the churches of God's people. \v 36 Were you the people by whom God gave us his word? Or are you the only ones to whom it came? \s5 -\v 37 Those of you who think you are prophets or spiritual should agree that the things I write are what the Lord has commanded and follow what I have written. +\v 37 Those of you who think you are prophets or spiritual should agree that the things I write are what the Lord has commanded and follow what I have written. \v 38 But as for those who do not acknowledge what I have written, you should not acknowledge them in your assembly. \s5 \p \v 39 So, brothers and sisters, with earnest desire speak God's messages to the church; and do not forbid anyone from speaking in languages that God gives. -\v 40 All that you do in the worship of the church, do it in a pleasant and orderly way. +\v 40 All that you do in the worship of the church, do it in a pleasant and orderly way. diff --git a/47-1CO/15.usfm b/47-1CO/15.usfm index 4f8bc018..142a05c8 100644 --- a/47-1CO/15.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/15.usfm @@ -7,28 +7,26 @@ \s5 \p -\v 3 For I have passed on to you what others first told me, that Christ died for our sins, as the scripture foretold he would; +\v 3 For I have passed on to you what others first told me, that Christ died for our sins, as the scripture foretold he would; \v 4 also that they buried him, and that God raised him to life on the third day, all just the way the scriptures said it would happen. \s5 -\v 5 Then Christ appeared to Cephas (known as Peter), and then he appeared to the rest of the apostles. +\v 5 Then Christ appeared to Cephas (known as Peter), and then he appeared to the rest of the apostles. \v 6 He later appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters in the Lord when they were all together. Some of them have since died, but most are still alive and can verify this. \v 7 Then he appeared to James, and then again to all the apostles. \s5 -\v 8 Last of all he appeared to me, although I am very unlike the other apostles. +\v 8 Last of all he appeared to me, although I am very unlike the other apostles. \v 9 For I am the least of the apostles. I made the church of Christ suffer greatly, so I do not deserve to be an apostle. \s5 \v 10 But God has been very kind to me, so I am an apostle, and he has done much good through me. Really, I have worked harder than all the other apostles. Still, it was not really I who worked, but God, who gave me the strength. -\v 11 So whether it is the other apostles or I who preached to you, we proclaimed the good news about Christ, and you believed us. - +\v 11 So whether it is the other apostles or I who preached to you, we proclaimed the good news about Christ, and you believed us. \s5 \p \v 12 Now some of you are saying that those who are now dead will not rise anymore. This cannot be true, because we have announced to you that Christ rose from the dead. -\v 13 If no one rises from the dead, then God certainly has not raised Christ. -\v 14 And if he has not raised Christ from the dead, then what we preach makes no sense at all, and what you believe about Christ can do nothing for you in your life or in your death. - +\v 13 If no one rises from the dead, then God certainly has not raised Christ. +\v 14 And if he has not raised Christ from the dead, then what we preach makes no sense at all, and what you believe about Christ can do nothing for you in your life or in your death. \s5 \v 15 In addition, people will see that we have told lies about God, if the dead really do not rise again. \v 16 Again I say, if no one rises from the dead, then God has not even raised Christ. @@ -49,9 +47,8 @@ \s5 \v 24 Then the world will come to an end, when Christ will present all the world to God the Father, for him to rule. This is when Christ will bring to an end all who have the status of rulers, and everything that has reigning authority and all seats of power in this world. -\v 25 For Christ must rule until God has conquered every one of his enemies, and placed them under Christ's feet to show that they have no more power. -\v 26 The final enemy that God will destroy is death itself. - +\v 25 For Christ must rule until God has conquered every one of his enemies, and placed them under Christ's feet to show that they have no more power. +\v 26 The final enemy that God will destroy is death itself. \s5 \v 27 For the scriptures say, "God has placed everything under his feet," that is, Christ's feet. But it is clear that this does not include God himself. \v 28 After God has placed all things into Christ's power, then the Son also will place himself in the power of God the Father, so that God may be the same in relation to everyone and everything. @@ -72,17 +69,15 @@ \s5 \p \v 35 Someone may ask you, "How can the dead rise? What kind of body could they ever have?" -\v 36 You know nothing! You do not think about the fact that any seed you plant in the ground will not start to grow until it dies. - +\v 36 You know nothing! You do not think about the fact that any seed you plant in the ground will not start to grow until it dies. \s5 \v 37 And what a farmer plants does not look the same as what will come up. It is only a bare seed; it will change into something entirely different. \v 38 God will give it a new body just as he chooses, and to each seed put into the ground he will give a different body. \v 39 Not all living creatures are the same. There are human beings, and there are animals on the land of many kinds, and there are the birds and fish. All of them are different. \s5 -\v 40 There are also different kinds of things in the heavens. The nature of those bodies in the sky is different from the nature of the things on this world. -\v 41 There is one kind of the nature for the bright sun, and another kind for the softer moon. There is still another kind of nature for the stars, but the stars all differ one from another in many ways. - +\v 40 There are also different kinds of things in the heavens. The nature of those bodies in the sky is different from the nature of the things on this world. +\v 41 There is one kind of the nature for the bright sun, and another kind for the softer moon. There is still another kind of nature for the stars, but the stars all differ one from another in many ways. \s5 \p \v 42 It is the same way when people rise from the dead. What goes into the ground has died, but what rises will never die again. @@ -92,18 +87,15 @@ \s5 \p \v 45 So the scriptures say, "The first man, Adam, was a living being who gave his children and descendants life." But Christ, the second Adam, gave people God's power to live forever. -\v 46 What belongs to the earth came first, the natural, and then came what belongs to God, that is the spiritual. - +\v 46 What belongs to the earth came first, the natural, and then came what belongs to God, that is the spiritual. \s5 -\v 47 The first man, Adam, belonged to the earth, for he was made from dust. But the second man, Christ, belongs to heaven. +\v 47 The first man, Adam, belonged to the earth, for he was made from dust. But the second man, Christ, belongs to heaven. \v 48 All those who are made from dust are just like Adam, the one who was made from dust. All those who belong to heaven are just like Christ, the man from heaven. -\v 49 Just as God made us like the man who was made from dust, so he will also make us be like the man from heaven. - +\v 49 Just as God made us like the man who was made from dust, so he will also make us be like the man from heaven. \s5 \p \v 50 Now I say this, brothers and sisters, human beings who will die cannot obtain the things that God promises to give all those whom he rules. It is just as the things that die cannot become things that do not die. -\v 51 Look! I tell you something that God has hidden from us. Not all believers will die, but God will change all of us. - +\v 51 Look! I tell you something that God has hidden from us. Not all believers will die, but God will change all of us. \s5 \v 52 He will change us in an instant, as fast as one can blink his eye, when God's angels blow the final trumpet. For they will blow that trumpet and then God will raise the dead so as to never die again. \v 53 For it is these bodies that will die, but God will make them live forever, never to die again, and it is these bodies that now can be destroyed, but God will make them new, never to die again. @@ -111,7 +103,7 @@ \s5 \v 54 When this happens, then it will come true, what the scriptures say: \q "God has totally defeated death." -\q1 +\q1 \v 55 "Death will never win again! \q The pain of dying has been taken away!" \m diff --git a/47-1CO/16.usfm b/47-1CO/16.usfm index d00370a4..c0cbce1f 100644 --- a/47-1CO/16.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/16.usfm @@ -3,26 +3,24 @@ \c 16 \p \v 1 Now I wish to answer your questions about the money that we are collecting for the people in Jerusalem who belong to God. You should do exactly what I told the believers in the churches in Galatia to do. -\v 2 Every Sunday, each of you should put some money aside, as you are able, so you will not need any more collections when I come. - +\v 2 Every Sunday, each of you should put some money aside, as you are able, so you will not need any more collections when I come. \s5 -\v 3 You must choose people, whomever you wish, to take your gifts to Jerusalem. And when I arrive, I will send letters with them about your gift. +\v 3 You must choose people, whomever you wish, to take your gifts to Jerusalem. And when I arrive, I will send letters with them about your gift. \v 4 If it is the right thing to do, they will travel together with me to Jerusalem. \s5 \p -\v 5 I am planning to come to you when I travel through the region of Macedonia. -\v 6 Perhaps I will stay with you, and perhaps all through the winter, so that you can help me along the way in my trip. - +\v 5 I am planning to come to you when I travel through the region of Macedonia. +\v 6 Perhaps I will stay with you, and perhaps all through the winter, so that you can help me along the way in my trip. \s5 \v 7 I do not want to see you for only a short time. I hope that the Lord will allow me to spend enough time together that we can help each other. -\v 8 I want to stay in Ephesus until the Festival of Pentecost, +\v 8 I want to stay in Ephesus until the Festival of Pentecost, \v 9 because the Lord has opened a door for me there, although there are still many who oppose us. \s5 \p -\v 10 Now when Timothy comes, treat him kindly and see to it that he has nothing to be afraid of, for he is doing the Lord's work, just like I am doing. -\v 11 Do not let anyone treat him as unimportant. Help him on his way as much as you can; send him away in peace so that he may join me. I am expecting him to travel with other brothers who are coming my way. +\v 10 Now when Timothy comes, treat him kindly and see to it that he has nothing to be afraid of, for he is doing the Lord's work, just like I am doing. +\v 11 Do not let anyone treat him as unimportant. Help him on his way as much as you can; send him away in peace so that he may join me. I am expecting him to travel with other brothers who are coming my way. \p \v 12 You asked about our brother Apollos. I urged him strongly that he should visit you when the other brothers came to you. He decided not to come now, but he will come to you later when he has opportunity. @@ -33,21 +31,19 @@ \s5 \p -\v 15 You know the people in the house of Stephanas. You know that they were the first ones in the province of Achaia to believe, and they are determined to help those who belong to the Lord. I urge you, brothers and sisters, +\v 15 You know the people in the house of Stephanas. You know that they were the first ones in the province of Achaia to believe, and they are determined to help those who belong to the Lord. I urge you, brothers and sisters, \v 16 obey people like them who help in the work and who work hard with us. \s5 \v 17 I was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus arrived here from Corinth, because they made up for the fact that you were not here. -\v 18 They encouraged and helped me in my spirit, and they helped you as well. Tell others about how much they helped you. - +\v 18 They encouraged and helped me in my spirit, and they helped you as well. Tell others about how much they helped you. \s5 \p \v 19 The churches in Asia send greetings. Aquila and Priscilla send you greetings as you do the work of the Lord, and the other believers that meet in their home do so as well. -\v 20 The rest of the brothers and sisters greet you, too. Greet one another with a kiss of affection. - +\v 20 The rest of the brothers and sisters greet you, too. Greet one another with a kiss of affection. \s5 \p \v 21 I, Paul, am writing this sentence with my own hand. \v 22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let a curse be on him. O Lord, come! -\v 23 May the kindness we do not deserve that comes from the Lord Jesus be with you. +\v 23 May the kindness we do not deserve that comes from the Lord Jesus be with you. \v 24 I send you this reminder that I love all of you, as you all are joined together in Christ Jesus. diff --git a/48-2CO/00.usfm b/48-2CO/00.usfm index cd397682..e0f9d9a8 100644 --- a/48-2CO/00.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/00.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \id 2CO Unlocked Dynamic Bible \ide UTF-8 \h 2 CORINTHIANS -\toc1 The Second Letter to the Corinthians +\toc1 The Second Letter to the Corinthians \toc2 Second Corinthians \toc3 2Co \mt1 2 Corinthians \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/48-2CO/01.usfm b/48-2CO/01.usfm index 5eb68547..b90a33c2 100644 --- a/48-2CO/01.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/01.usfm @@ -8,20 +8,19 @@ \s5 \p -\v 3 May we always praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ—he is the one who does us acts of kindness and who always comforts us. +\v 3 May we always praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ—he is the one who does us acts of kindness and who always comforts us. \v 4 God comforts us when we go through any painful trial. His comfort heals our lives so we can give away that very same comfort to other people who are suffering. \s5 \v 5 Just as we experience the sufferings of Christ which are beyond all measure, we also experience through Christ comfort that cannot be measured. -\v 6 So whenever we experience sufferings, it is so God may comfort you and rescue you from danger. Whenever God comforts us, it is so you can be comforted even more, so he can teach you to wait for God, when you suffer in the same way we suffered. +\v 6 So whenever we experience sufferings, it is so God may comfort you and rescue you from danger. Whenever God comforts us, it is so you can be comforted even more, so he can teach you to wait for God, when you suffer in the same way we suffered. \v 7 We are certain about what will happen to you; because you suffer like we suffer, God will also comfort you, as he does us. \s5 \p \v 8 Brothers and sisters in Christ, we want you to know about the trouble we had in the province of Asia. That trouble gave us such pain that we could not bear it. We were almost certain that we were going to die. \v 9 They pronounced the sentence of death on us; we were waiting to be killed. That sentence of death taught us not to rely on our own strength but on God, who raises the dead and brings them back to life. -\v 10 But God rescued us from those terrible dangers, and he promises to rescue us in the future. - +\v 10 But God rescued us from those terrible dangers, and he promises to rescue us in the future. \s5 \v 11 He will do this as you help us by praying for us. Now many thank God because he has been so kind to us, since many have prayed for us. @@ -29,23 +28,20 @@ \s5 \p \v 12 We can very happily say that we have we lived toward all people in an honest and sincere way. We lived in the world as God's own people and we have deep trust in God, that was a gift from him. We do not live in any way that the world values. We do not listen to the world's wisdom when we choose what we will do. Instead, God has made us honest and holy in how we live. -\v 13 You have read my letters. I have written them so you can understand them. -\v 14 You know a little about us already, but on the day when the Lord Jesus returns, I hope that you will be very proud of us in his presence, and we will be very proud of you. - +\v 13 You have read my letters. I have written them so you can understand them. +\v 14 You know a little about us already, but on the day when the Lord Jesus returns, I hope that you will be very proud of us in his presence, and we will be very proud of you. \s5 \p -\v 15 I am so sure that this will be the case that I have wanted to come to you first, so I could visit you twice. -\v 16 I planned to see you both when I was on my way to Macedonia and then when I was coming back from there, so you could send me on my way to Judea. +\v 15 I am so sure that this will be the case that I have wanted to come to you first, so I could visit you twice. +\v 16 I planned to see you both when I was on my way to Macedonia and then when I was coming back from there, so you could send me on my way to Judea. \s5 -\v 17 My mind was made up that this would be the plan. I was not telling you "Yes" and then telling you "No." I was not making my plans like unbelievers often make plans. -\v 18 But God is faithful in guiding us, and we do not confuse you, either. We are making our plans and staying with them. - +\v 17 My mind was made up that this would be the plan. I was not telling you "Yes" and then telling you "No." I was not making my plans like unbelievers often make plans. +\v 18 But God is faithful in guiding us, and we do not confuse you, either. We are making our plans and staying with them. \s5 \v 19 Our "Yes" comes from the Son of God, Jesus Christ—the one we proclaimed to you; and there has never been any confusion in him—with him there is no "Yes and then No." Instead, it has always been simply "Yes" in him. -\v 20 For the promises of God are "Yes" because they come from him. And we add our confirmation to his "Yes." And we say about God's honor: "It is True! Yes!" - +\v 20 For the promises of God are "Yes" because they come from him. And we add our confirmation to his "Yes." And we say about God's honor: "It is True! Yes!" \s5 -\v 21 God makes the bond between us Christians strong because we both are joined to Christ, and he is the one who sends us out to tell people the good news. +\v 21 God makes the bond between us Christians strong because we both are joined to Christ, and he is the one who sends us out to tell people the good news. \v 22 He put his official seal on us, so people will know he approves of us. And he gave us the Spirit who lives within us, as an unbreakable promise that he will do even more things for us. \s5 diff --git a/48-2CO/02.usfm b/48-2CO/02.usfm index ef3874c0..80bbbd51 100644 --- a/48-2CO/02.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/02.usfm @@ -2,18 +2,16 @@ \s5 \c 2 -\p +\p \v 1 In the last visit I made to Corinth I know that I hurt you very much by what I said to you. I decided this time that I would not make another painful visit to you. -\v 2 I caused you much pain on my last visit, and the people who could cheer me up the most would be the same people whom I hurt when I was there. - +\v 2 I caused you much pain on my last visit, and the people who could cheer me up the most would be the same people whom I hurt when I was there. \s5 \v 3 I wrote that letter to you so when I came to you, you would not make me feel sad again—you, who should actually make me rejoice! I was sure that we all have the reasons to be joyful. -\v 4 I wrote to you then because I still had much hurt and pain in my heart—I cried many tears for you, and I did not want to hurt you anymore. I want you to know how much I love all of you. - +\v 4 I wrote to you then because I still had much hurt and pain in my heart—I cried many tears for you, and I did not want to hurt you anymore. I want you to know how much I love all of you. \s5 \p \v 5 This person who fell into sin—he did not just make me sad by what he did; his sin made all of you sad. -\v 6 We all agree what we should do about this man and his sin. He has now been punished and his punishment was fair. +\v 6 We all agree what we should do about this man and his sin. He has now been punished and his punishment was fair. \v 7 So this is where we are now: he suffered through his punishment, but now it is time to forgive him for what he did and to love him so that he might not be discouraged by feeling too sad. \s5 @@ -23,8 +21,7 @@ \s5 \v 10 So the man you forgave, I also forgive. Whatever I have forgiven—even the smallest matters—I have forgiven out of my love for you, and I forgive as though Christ were standing in front of me. -\v 11 By forgiving this man, we made it so Satan could not trick us into doing something worse. We know all about his tricks and his lies. - +\v 11 By forgiving this man, we made it so Satan could not trick us into doing something worse. We know all about his tricks and his lies. \s5 \p @@ -32,12 +29,10 @@ \v 13 I was worried about our brother Titus, because I did not find him there. So I left the believers in Troas and returned to Macedonia to look for him. \s5 -\v 14 We thank God that we are joined together with Christ, and Christ always leads us in his march of victory. Through our lives and our message, everywhere we go, we are like those who have been near burning incense; but our fragrance does not come from real incense, but it comes from knowing Christ, and because we know him we have his fragrant aroma. -\v 15 God smells this same fragrance, and it reminds him of Christ. And those who God rescues smell this same fragrance in us. Even the people whom God does not rescue smell that aroma that reminds them of Christ. - +\v 14 We thank God that we are joined together with Christ, and Christ always leads us in his march of victory. Through our lives and our message, everywhere we go, we are like those who have been near burning incense; but our fragrance does not come from real incense, but it comes from knowing Christ, and because we know him we have his fragrant aroma. +\v 15 God smells this same fragrance, and it reminds him of Christ. And those who God rescues smell this same fragrance in us. Even the people whom God does not rescue smell that aroma that reminds them of Christ. \s5 \v 16 To those people that God does not rescue, that aroma of Christ is like the smell of a dead person dying once again. But to those whom God is rescuing—they smell Christ, who is alive, coming to make them alive, too. Indeed, no one is able by himself to spread this fragrance! -\v 17 You know that many people go from city to city selling the word of God for money. But we are not like them. We work hard to please God and we do what he wants. And we speak about Christ because we know God sees everything we do, and we announce Christ because we are joined to him. - +\v 17 You know that many people go from city to city selling the word of God for money. But we are not like them. We work hard to please God and we do what he wants. And we speak about Christ because we know God sees everything we do, and we announce Christ because we are joined to him. diff --git a/48-2CO/03.usfm b/48-2CO/03.usfm index c13da992..ca0e5864 100644 --- a/48-2CO/03.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/03.usfm @@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ \p \v 1 You know us well, and you should trust us. A stranger might need someone you know to write you a letter to introduce him to you, but you know us very well. -\v 2 You yourselves are like a letter that introduces us to other people, because everyone who knows you can see how much you trust us. -\v 3 The way you live is like a letter that Christ himself has written and that we brought to you. Of course, it is not a letter written with ink or on stone tablets. No, it is a letter that the Spirit of the true God has written on your own hearts. - +\v 2 You yourselves are like a letter that introduces us to other people, because everyone who knows you can see how much you trust us. +\v 3 The way you live is like a letter that Christ himself has written and that we brought to you. Of course, it is not a letter written with ink or on stone tablets. No, it is a letter that the Spirit of the true God has written on your own hearts. \s5 \p \v 4 This is how we trust God, because we are joined to Christ. -\v 5 We are not able to do anything for God in our own strength, so we cannot claim to be able to. Instead, it is God who gives us all we need to serve him. +\v 5 We are not able to do anything for God in our own strength, so we cannot claim to be able to. Instead, it is God who gives us all we need to serve him. \v 6 God gave us what we needed to be servants of the new covenant. This covenant does not get its strength from the law that was written down, but from the Spirit of God. The written letter of the law brings death, but the Spirit gives life. @@ -23,8 +22,7 @@ \s5 \v 9 Even the law shined with God's brilliant light. But that brilliant light of the law can only bring death to everyone. So how very much more does his brilliant light shine in us when God makes us right with himself! \v 10 When the brilliant light of the law is compared with God's work of putting us right with himself, it is as if the law is not wonderful at all, because what replaced it is so much more wonderful! -\v 11 So you can see that the law, which is passing away, was wonderful, but you can also see that what is replacing it will be even more wonderful; and it will last forever. - +\v 11 So you can see that the law, which is passing away, was wonderful, but you can also see that what is replacing it will be even more wonderful; and it will last forever. \s5 diff --git a/48-2CO/04.usfm b/48-2CO/04.usfm index 78466df3..bb1ba36e 100644 --- a/48-2CO/04.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/04.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \v 2 We are careful not to do anything we would be ashamed of doing, and we have nothing to hide from anyone. We do not promise something that God will not give, and we do not twist God's message to make it say what we want. We proclaim only the truth. In this way, we present ourselves for you to judge us as we stand before God. \s5 -\v 3 If the good news is hidden with a veil, it is hidden from those who are dying apart from God. +\v 3 If the good news is hidden with a veil, it is hidden from those who are dying apart from God. \v 4 For them, the god of this world has made them blind to the truth because they do not trust the good news about the wonderful honor of Christ—for it is Christ who shows us what God is like. \s5 @@ -15,26 +15,24 @@ \s5 \p -\v 7 Now we carry these precious gifts from God in our bodies, which are fragile like clay pots. There can be no mistake about where our strength comes from: it comes only from God. +\v 7 Now we carry these precious gifts from God in our bodies, which are fragile like clay pots. There can be no mistake about where our strength comes from: it comes only from God. \v 8 We have suffered many different kinds of trouble, but they have not destroyed us. We may be confused about what we should do, but we never give up. \v 9 Some people try to harm us, but we are never alone; it is as if some people knocked us down, but we always get up again. \v 10 We are often in danger of dying, as Jesus died, but our bodies will live again, because Jesus is alive. \s5 \v 11 For those of us who are alive, God is always leading us to face death because we are joined to Jesus, so that when people look at us, they can know that Jesus is alive. -\v 12 So you can see that death is doing its work in us, but that life is working in you. - +\v 12 So you can see that death is doing its work in us, but that life is working in you. \s5 \p -\v 13 We trust in God, just as the scriptures say: "I trust in God; this is why I speak." We also trust in God, and we also speak about what he has done for us. -\v 14 We know that God, who raised up the Lord Jesus from the dead, will also raise us up from the dead with him, and that Jesus will take us along with you, and take us to be where God is. +\v 13 We trust in God, just as the scriptures say: "I trust in God; this is why I speak." We also trust in God, and we also speak about what he has done for us. +\v 14 We know that God, who raised up the Lord Jesus from the dead, will also raise us up from the dead with him, and that Jesus will take us along with you, and take us to be where God is. \v 15 All that I have suffered is to help you, so that more and more people can know how God loves them freely, and so that they may praise him more and more. \s5 \p -\v 16 We are not discouraged. When our bodies are dying a little each day outwardly, God is making us new every day on in the inside. +\v 16 We are not discouraged. When our bodies are dying a little each day outwardly, God is making us new every day on in the inside. \v 17 For these short, easy times of suffering are getting us ready for the day when God will make us wonderful forever, wonderful in ways that no one can measure or explain. -\v 18 For we are not waiting for things that we can see, but for the things we cannot see. The things that we can now see are temporary, but the things we cannot see, they last forever. - +\v 18 For we are not waiting for things that we can see, but for the things we cannot see. The things that we can now see are temporary, but the things we cannot see, they last forever. diff --git a/48-2CO/05.usfm b/48-2CO/05.usfm index 2376d96c..3edbcc71 100644 --- a/48-2CO/05.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/05.usfm @@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 4 For we live in these bodies that one day will die, and we long for the day when we lay aside these bodies. Not that we are eager to die, but we are eager to be clothed with our eternal bodies, just like the saying that says, "All that dies, will be swallowed up by life." -\v 5 God himself prepares our new bodies for us, and he guarantees that we will receive them by giving us his Spirit. - +\v 5 God himself prepares our new bodies for us, and he guarantees that we will receive them by giving us his Spirit. \s5 \p \v 6 So you should always be certain that as long as we live in our bodies on the earth, we are away from Lord, who is in heaven @@ -20,17 +19,17 @@ \v 8 Because we have put our trust in him, we would much rather give up our present bodies so we could be at home with the Lord. \s5 -\v 9 Therefore we make it our goal to obey him, whether we are here or in heaven. +\v 9 Therefore we make it our goal to obey him, whether we are here or in heaven. \v 10 For we will all stand before Christ when he sits as the judge of all. He will judge what we did when we were in this life. Christ will give us what we deserve, and he will judge what was good or bad. \s5 \p -\v 11 Therefore we know what it is to honor the Lord, so we make sure to tell people what kind of God he is. God knows what kind of people we are, and I expect that you also understand whether we are doing good or evil. +\v 11 Therefore we know what it is to honor the Lord, so we make sure to tell people what kind of God he is. God knows what kind of people we are, and I expect that you also understand whether we are doing good or evil. \v 12 We are not trying to prove again that we are genuine servants of God. We only want you to know what kind of people we are, and to give you a reason to be proud of us. We do this, so that you can answer those who praise their own actions, but do not care about what they really are in their inner being. \s5 -\v 13 If people think we are crazy, well, we are serving God. But if we are in our right minds, it is to help you. +\v 13 If people think we are crazy, well, we are serving God. But if we are in our right minds, it is to help you. \v 14 Our love for Christ drives us on. We are sure of this: Christ died for all, therefore we all have died with him. \v 15 Christ died for all, so that those who live should not live for themselves, but should live for Christ, who died for their sins; and he is the one whom God raised from the dead. @@ -40,11 +39,11 @@ \v 17 When anyone is joined with Christ and trusts in him, he becomes a new person. Everything from the past is gone—See!— God makes everything in you new. \s5 -\v 18 All these gifts come from God. He made peace with us so that we are no longer enemies of God. Now we have peace with God through the cross of Christ. Also, God has given us the responsibility of announcing that he is bringing people and himself together. +\v 18 All these gifts come from God. He made peace with us so that we are no longer enemies of God. Now we have peace with God through the cross of Christ. Also, God has given us the responsibility of announcing that he is bringing people and himself together. \v 19 That message brings God and people together and is how God made peace with the world by what Christ did. God is not applying their sins to their account. Instead, Christ has taken our sins away and has given us this message that makes peace and brings God and people together. \s5 -\v 20 So God has appointed us to represent Christ. God pleads with you through us. So we plead with you on Christ's behalf: through Christ, let him make peace with you and bring you to himself. +\v 20 So God has appointed us to represent Christ. God pleads with you through us. So we plead with you on Christ's behalf: through Christ, let him make peace with you and bring you to himself. \v 21 God made Christ the offering for sin—the one who never sinned—so that when we trust in Christ and believe in him, God makes us right with himself. diff --git a/48-2CO/06.usfm b/48-2CO/06.usfm index df55064c..f1c5faca 100644 --- a/48-2CO/06.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/06.usfm @@ -3,15 +3,14 @@ \s5 \c 6 \p -\v 1 We work together, and we beg you not to receive the gift of God's love in a way that makes no difference for you. -\v 2 For God said, -\q "At a time when I displayed my loving mercy, I listened to you, +\v 1 We work together, and we beg you not to receive the gift of God's love in a way that makes no difference for you. +\v 2 For God said, +\q "At a time when I displayed my loving mercy, I listened to you, \q And when I completed the work of my salvation, I helped you." \m Look, this is the day when God is having mercy on you; this is the day that he is rescuing you. \m \p -\v 3 We certainly do not want to give anyone reason to do wrong, because we want no one to accuse us of preaching the good news in order to encourage evil doing. - +\v 3 We certainly do not want to give anyone reason to do wrong, because we want no one to accuse us of preaching the good news in order to encourage evil doing. \s5 \v 4 We have proved again and again that we are God's true servants. We endure great suffering, we face with courage people who hurt us, and we live through hard times. @@ -20,23 +19,23 @@ \v 7 We live according to God's true Word, and we have God's power. By means of Christ, God has put us right with himself. This is the truth that we continuously believe; it is like armor that a soldier wears, and like weapons for both of his hands. \s5 -\v 8 Sometimes people honor us; at other times, they dishonor us. Sometimes they say many evil things about us; at other times, they praise us. They accuse us of lying, even though we tell the truth. -\v 9 We live like persons whom nobody knows, but some people know us very well. Some try to kill us for announcing the message about Christ, even though no one legally ever condemns us to death. +\v 8 Sometimes people honor us; at other times, they dishonor us. Sometimes they say many evil things about us; at other times, they praise us. They accuse us of lying, even though we tell the truth. +\v 9 We live like persons whom nobody knows, but some people know us very well. Some try to kill us for announcing the message about Christ, even though no one legally ever condemns us to death. \v 10 We live with great sorrow but we always rejoice. We live as some of the poorest people, but we have the treasure of the good news that makes many rich. You can see that we own nothing, but the truth is that all things belong to us. \s5 \p \v 11 You heard our testimony; we have spoken the whole the truth to you, fellow believers at Corinth. We have opened our hearts wide to you. -\v 12 We have shown you that we freely love you, but you seem to have closed off your hearts toward us. -\v 13 It would be a fair exchange—I am speaking as to children—for you to love us in return. +\v 12 We have shown you that we freely love you, but you seem to have closed off your hearts toward us. +\v 13 It would be a fair exchange—I am speaking as to children—for you to love us in return. \p \s5 \v 14 Do not work in unsuitable ways with people who do not trust Christ. What do people who live by God's measure and rules have in common with those who break his laws and do what they want? Darkness and light cannot be together. -\v 15 How can Christ agree in any way with the demon Beliar? What does a person who trusts in God have in common with another person who does not trust in God? +\v 15 How can Christ agree in any way with the demon Beliar? What does a person who trusts in God have in common with another person who does not trust in God? \v 16 How right would it be to bring pagan idols into the temple of God? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: \q "I will have my home among my people. -\q I will live my life among them. -\q I will be their God +\q I will live my life among them. +\q I will be their God \q and they will be my people." \m diff --git a/48-2CO/07.usfm b/48-2CO/07.usfm index 961557c8..b08111c7 100644 --- a/48-2CO/07.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/07.usfm @@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ \s5 \c 7 \p -\v 1 Dear ones, since God has promised to do these things for us, we should stop doing anything with our bodies or minds that keeps us from worshiping God. Let us keep trying to avoid sinning; let us keep honoring God and trembling in his presence. - +\v 1 Dear ones, since God has promised to do these things for us, we should stop doing anything with our bodies or minds that keeps us from worshiping God. Let us keep trying to avoid sinning; let us keep honoring God and trembling in his presence. \s5 \p -\v 2 Open your hearts to us! No matter what you may have heard about us, we have not wronged anyone. And we have never taken advantage of anyone. +\v 2 Open your hearts to us! No matter what you may have heard about us, we have not wronged anyone. And we have never taken advantage of anyone. \v 3 I do not scold you to condemn you. We love you with all our hearts! We are united in purpose and we will live with you and die with you. \v 4 Moreover, I not only love you, I praise you to others—and I am filled up to overflowing with such joy because of you, even when we are going through severe afflictions. @@ -16,15 +15,14 @@ \p \v 5 When we came to you in Macedonia, we were exhausted. We had troubles on every side—we faced hardships that other people caused, and we feared many things. -\v 6 But God always comforts us when we are discouraged, and he comforted us at that time by sending Titus to be with us. +\v 6 But God always comforts us when we are discouraged, and he comforted us at that time by sending Titus to be with us. \v 7 Titus's coming was a great comfort, but you also comforted him when you were with him. When he came to us, he told us of your deep love for us, and how you were sorry for us in our sufferings. He also told us about how you were deeply concerned for me, so I rejoiced even more because of you. \s5 \p \v 8 I know the letter I wrote to you made you sad, but I had to write it. I did regret it when I wrote it, but what I wrote to you was necessary to help you deal with the problems in the church. I knew that your sorrow would last only for a short time. -\v 9 And so now I can rejoice, not because you were sad when you read my letter, but because your sorrow turned you away from the sin that was hurting you so much, and it changed your sadness into a sorrow that God brought to you, a sorrow that gave you so much more than you had lost. -\v 10 This kind of sorrow turns a person away from sin so that God can rescue him; people are glad, in the end, to have had this kind of sorrow. On the other hand, worldly sorrow, a sadness for your sins only because you were caught in them, can lead only to death. - +\v 9 And so now I can rejoice, not because you were sad when you read my letter, but because your sorrow turned you away from the sin that was hurting you so much, and it changed your sadness into a sorrow that God brought to you, a sorrow that gave you so much more than you had lost. +\v 10 This kind of sorrow turns a person away from sin so that God can rescue him; people are glad, in the end, to have had this kind of sorrow. On the other hand, worldly sorrow, a sadness for your sins only because you were caught in them, can lead only to death. \s5 \v 11 Now think about how much good you wanted to do because you had this sorrow that God gave you: you wanted to show me you were innocent. You were so concerned about that accusation of sin, and you were so worried about how that person had sinned. You wanted justice to be done. In sum, you showed that you were innocent. \v 12 What I wrote to you was not intended for the wrongdoer, and it was not written either for the one who suffered the wrong, but it was written for you to understand how much you are faithful to us. God knows that you are faithful to us. @@ -36,7 +34,6 @@ \s5 \v 15 Now his love for you has grown because he has seen for himself how much you follow God, and he knows how you welcomed him among yourselves—you welcomed him with fear, because God is holy, and with trembling, because you know God is great. -\v 16 I am filled with joy because in everything, I have confidence in you. - +\v 16 I am filled with joy because in everything, I have confidence in you. diff --git a/49-GAL/01.usfm b/49-GAL/01.usfm index 062ff4f9..8a8291c1 100644 --- a/49-GAL/01.usfm +++ b/49-GAL/01.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 I pray that God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly help you and give you peace. -\v 4 Christ sacrificed himself to God for our sins, in order to take us away from this world in which people act in such evil ways. He did this because God, our Father, wanted him to. +\v 4 Christ sacrificed himself to God for our sins, in order to take us away from this world in which people act in such evil ways. He did this because God, our Father, wanted him to. \v 5 Because that is true, let us now praise God forever and ever. \s5 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \v 7 Christ never told us another good news, but other people are confusing you. They want to change the good news about Christ; they want you to believe that Christ actually said something different. \s5 -\v 8 But even if we apostles or an angel from heaven should tell you a good news that is not the same as what we told you before, God should punish that person forever. +\v 8 But even if we apostles or an angel from heaven should tell you a good news that is not the same as what we told you before, God should punish that person forever. \v 9 As we have already told you, so now I say to you again that someone is telling you a form of the good news that he says is good, but it is not the same as what you believed. So I ask God that he condemn that person forever. \v 10 I do not need people to like me, because it is God who approves of me. I am not trying to please people. If I were still trying to please people, then I would not really be serving Christ. diff --git a/49-GAL/02.usfm b/49-GAL/02.usfm index 671273db..e1199af8 100644 --- a/49-GAL/02.usfm +++ b/49-GAL/02.usfm @@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ \c 2 \p \v 1 After fourteen years passed, Barnabas, Titus, and I went up again to Jerusalem. -\v 2 We did this because God had told me we should go. I explained privately to the most important leaders of the believers the content of the good news that I had been proclaiming in the regions of the non-Jews. I did this because I wanted to make sure that they approved of what I had been preaching. I wanted to make sure that I had not been working uselessly. - +\v 2 We did this because God had told me we should go. I explained privately to the most important leaders of the believers the content of the good news that I had been proclaiming in the regions of the non-Jews. I did this because I wanted to make sure that they approved of what I had been preaching. I wanted to make sure that I had not been working uselessly. \s5 \v 3 But those leaders did not even require Titus, who was with me and was an uncircumcised Gentile, to be circumcised. -\v 4 The people who would have required him to be circumcised were not true believers, but they pretended that they were fellow believers. They watched us closely to see how we obey God without following all the Jewish laws and rituals, since we know that Christ Jesus has freed us from those things. These false believers would like to make us like slaves to the law. +\v 4 The people who would have required him to be circumcised were not true believers, but they pretended that they were fellow believers. They watched us closely to see how we obey God without following all the Jewish laws and rituals, since we know that Christ Jesus has freed us from those things. These false believers would like to make us like slaves to the law. \v 5 But not even briefly did we agree with them about circumcision. We resisted them in order that the true good news about Christ might continue to benefit you. \s5 @@ -36,8 +35,7 @@ \v 17 But when we asked God to make us right in his sight by trusting in Christ, we stopped trying to obey the law, so the law proved us to be sinners for doing that. But this certainly does not mean that Christ is in favor of sin. Certainly not! \p \v 18 If I again believed that God would make me right in his sight because I obey his law, I would be like a man who rebuilds a shaky old building that he had once torn down. Everyone would see that I was breaking God's law. -\v 19 As I was trying to obey God's law, I became like a dead man; it was as if the law had killed me. This happened so that I might live to worship God. - +\v 19 As I was trying to obey God's law, I became like a dead man; it was as if the law had killed me. This happened so that I might live to worship God. \s5 \v 20 It is as though my old way of life ended when Christ died on the cross. I no longer direct my life. Christ who lives in my heart now directs how I live. And whatever I do now while I live, I do it trusting in God's Son. He is the one who loved me and offered himself as the sacrifice to provide God's forgiveness to me. \v 21 I do not set aside God's kindness, as if keeping the law could make us right with God. Otherwise, Christ would have died on the cross for nothing. diff --git a/49-GAL/03.usfm b/49-GAL/03.usfm index 1d894a00..c6d85681 100644 --- a/49-GAL/03.usfm +++ b/49-GAL/03.usfm @@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ \v 6 What you have experienced is just as Moses had written in the scriptures about Abraham. He wrote that Abraham trusted God, and as a result God declared Abraham good in his sight. \v 7 You should realize, therefore, that it is those who trust in Christ to save them whom God has made into descendants of Abraham. \v 8 Even before God began to make non-Jews good in his sight when they trusted in him, men wrote in the scriptures that he would do this. God announced this good news to Abraham, as we read in the scriptures, "Because of what you have done, I will bless all the people groups in the world." -\v 9 So, we know by this that it is all those who trust in Christ whom God blesses along with Abraham, who also trusted in God. - +\v 9 So, we know by this that it is all those who trust in Christ whom God blesses along with Abraham, who also trusted in God. \s5 \v 10 God curses all those who think they can please God by obeying his law. It is just as you can read in the scriptures, "God will eternally punish everyone who does not continuously and completely obey all the laws that Moses wrote in the book of the law." \v 11 But God has said that if he declares any people good in his sight, it will not be because they obeyed his law. You can read in the scriptures, "Every person whom God declares to be good will live because he trusts God." @@ -30,10 +29,9 @@ \s5 \p \v 15 My fellow believers, God's promise is like a contract between two people. After they sign it, no one can cancel it, nor can they add anything to it. -\v 16 God promised to bless Abraham and his special descendant. The scriptures do not say, "your descendants," that is, many people, but instead "your descendant," meaning just one person, Christ. - +\v 16 God promised to bless Abraham and his special descendant. The scriptures do not say, "your descendants," that is, many people, but instead "your descendant," meaning just one person, Christ. \s5 -\v 17 This is what I am saying. God established an agreement with Abraham that the law which he gave to Moses 430 years later could not cancel. +\v 17 This is what I am saying. God established an agreement with Abraham that the law which he gave to Moses 430 years later could not cancel. \v 18 This is because if what God is giving to us forever comes because we keep his law, then he would not be giving it because he had promised to do so. In reality, however, God gave Abraham this gift because he had freely promised to give it. \s5 @@ -44,11 +42,10 @@ \s5 \p \v 21 So do the words of the law speak against what God promises? Certainly not. If we could obey the law and then live forever with God, then he certainly would have regarded us as good in his sight. -\v 22 But that was impossible. Instead, because we sin, the law in the scriptures controls us—and all things—just as if we were in prison. So when God promised to free us from that prison, he was speaking about anyone who believes in Jesus Christ. - +\v 22 But that was impossible. Instead, because we sin, the law in the scriptures controls us—and all things—just as if we were in prison. So when God promised to free us from that prison, he was speaking about anyone who believes in Jesus Christ. \s5 -\v 23 Before God revealed the good news about how people should trust in Christ, his law was like a soldier who kept us in prison, unable to move about. -\v 24 Like a father protects his small child by telling a slave to take care of him, God was supervising us by his law until Christ came. He did this so that he might now declare us good in his sight, if we trust in Christ. +\v 23 Before God revealed the good news about how people should trust in Christ, his law was like a soldier who kept us in prison, unable to move about. +\v 24 Like a father protects his small child by telling a slave to take care of him, God was supervising us by his law until Christ came. He did this so that he might now declare us good in his sight, if we trust in Christ. \v 25 But now that we can trust in Christ, we no longer need God's law to supervise us. \p \v 26 I say this because you are all God's children because you have trusted in Christ Jesus. diff --git a/49-GAL/04.usfm b/49-GAL/04.usfm index a38331f8..cf5cc246 100644 --- a/49-GAL/04.usfm +++ b/49-GAL/04.usfm @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ \v 11 I worry about you! I worked so hard for you, but it seems that it was all for nothing. \s5 -\v 12 My fellow believers, I strongly urge you to become like me, because I do not let the law control me. I became like you non-Jews when I became free from the law, so you too should free yourselves from the gods. When I first went to you, you did not harm me at all, but now you are making me worry about you very much. -\p +\v 12 My fellow believers, I strongly urge you to become like me, because I do not let the law control me. I became like you non-Jews when I became free from the law, so you too should free yourselves from the gods. When I first went to you, you did not harm me at all, but now you are making me worry about you very much. +\p \v 13 You remember that the first time I told you the good news, I did it because I was sick. \v 14 Although you might have despised me because I was sick, you did not reject me. Instead, you welcomed me like you would welcome an angel that came from God. You welcomed me like you would welcome Christ Jesus himself! @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 21 Let me try to explain this again. Some of you desire to obey all the law of God, but do you really pay attention to what the law says? +\v 21 Let me try to explain this again. Some of you desire to obey all the law of God, but do you really pay attention to what the law says? \v 22 In the law we read that Abraham became the father of two sons. His female slave, Hagar, bore one son, and his wife Sarah, who was not a slave, bore the other. \v 23 Ishmael, the son born by Hagar, the female slave, was conceived naturally. But Isaac, the son born by Sarah, who was not a slave, was conceived miraculously because God had promised Abraham that he would have a son. @@ -53,20 +53,20 @@ \s5 \v 26 But there is a new Jerusalem in heaven, and that city is like a mother of all us who believe in Christ, and that city is free! -\v 27 That new Jerusalem will have many more people than the old Jerusalem. This is because the prophet Isaiah wrote, -\q "You who live in Jerusalem, you must rejoice! -\q Now you have no children, -\q2 like a woman who cannot have children! -\q But one day you will shout with joy -\q2 even though you have no children now. -\q Like a woman who cannot give birth to children, +\v 27 That new Jerusalem will have many more people than the old Jerusalem. This is because the prophet Isaiah wrote, +\q "You who live in Jerusalem, you must rejoice! +\q Now you have no children, +\q2 like a woman who cannot have children! +\q But one day you will shout with joy +\q2 even though you have no children now. +\q Like a woman who cannot give birth to children, \q2 and you feel deserted. -\q You will have more children than +\q You will have more children than \q2 any woman with a husband could have borne." \s5 \p -\v 28 Now, my fellow believers, you have become children of God because you believed in what God promised to give to us. You are like Isaac, who was born because Abraham had believed in what God promised to give to him. +\v 28 Now, my fellow believers, you have become children of God because you believed in what God promised to give to us. You are like Isaac, who was born because Abraham had believed in what God promised to give to him. \v 29 But long ago Abraham's son Ishmael, who was born naturally, caused trouble for Abraham's son Isaac, who was born because the Holy Spirit made it happen. It is the same way now. The people who are slaves to God's law persecute those of us who trust in what Christ has promised to give us. \s5 diff --git a/49-GAL/05.usfm b/49-GAL/05.usfm index 0156eb9f..be6f4688 100644 --- a/49-GAL/05.usfm +++ b/49-GAL/05.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \v 2 Consider very carefully what I, Paul, an apostle, now tell you. If you let anyone circumcise you, what Christ has done for you will not help you at all! \s5 -\v 3 Once again I solemnly declare to every man whom they have circumcised, that he must obey the law perfectly, for God to declare him good in his sight. +\v 3 Once again I solemnly declare to every man whom they have circumcised, that he must obey the law perfectly, for God to declare him good in his sight. \v 4 If you expect God to declare you good in his sight because you try to keep the law, you have separated yourself from Christ; God will no longer act kindly toward you. \s5 @@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ \v 10 I am certain that the Lord Jesus will keep you from believing in anything else except his true good news. God will certainly punish anyone who is confusing you by teaching this false message, whoever he is. \s5 -\v 11 But, my fellow believers, maybe someone is saying that I still teach that you must let them circumcise you. I certainly taught that before I followed Christ, but I am not teaching that any longer. But what they are saying cannot be true; otherwise, no one would be persecuting me now. No, I tell you that if people think they have to be circumcised to follow Christ, then the fact that Christ died on the cross no longer make any difference to them. +\v 11 But, my fellow believers, maybe someone is saying that I still teach that you must let them circumcise you. I certainly taught that before I followed Christ, but I am not teaching that any longer. But what they are saying cannot be true; otherwise, no one would be persecuting me now. No, I tell you that if people think they have to be circumcised to follow Christ, then the fact that Christ died on the cross no longer make any difference to them. \v 12 I wish that those who are confusing you would go all the way and castrate themselves! \s5 \p -\v 13 My fellow believers, God has called you to set you free. But do not think he set you free so you could sin. Instead, love and serve each other, because you are now free to do that! +\v 13 My fellow believers, God has called you to set you free. But do not think he set you free so you could sin. Instead, love and serve each other, because you are now free to do that! \v 14 Remember something that Jesus said. He said all the law means this: "Love each person like you love yourself." \v 15 So if you attack and harm each other like wild animals, you might completely destroy each other. diff --git a/49-GAL/06.usfm b/49-GAL/06.usfm index f6446dca..61e32eb8 100644 --- a/49-GAL/06.usfm +++ b/49-GAL/06.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 6 If fellow believers teach you the truth about God, then you should share your possessions with them. -\v 7 You should not deceive yourselves. Remember that no one can deceive God. Just like a farmer will harvest exactly the kind of crop that he plants, God will pay back people according to what they have done. +\v 7 You should not deceive yourselves. Remember that no one can deceive God. Just like a farmer will harvest exactly the kind of crop that he plants, God will pay back people according to what they have done. \v 8 God will punish eternally those who commit the sins that they wish to. But those who please God's Spirit will live forever with God because of what God's Spirit does for them. \s5 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 11 I am now writing this last part of this letter to you in my own handwriting. Notice the large letters with which I am now writing. -\v 12 Some Jewish believers want to circumcise you so that the other Jews will think highly of them for making converts to Judaism. But they are doing this just so that the others will not persecute them for believing that Christ died on the cross to save us. +\v 12 Some Jewish believers want to circumcise you so that the other Jews will think highly of them for making converts to Judaism. But they are doing this just so that the others will not persecute them for believing that Christ died on the cross to save us. \v 13 The reason that I say this is that not even those people keep the law of God; instead, they want to circumcise you so they can boast that they have made more converts to the Jewish faith. \s5 diff --git a/50-EPH/01.usfm b/50-EPH/01.usfm index c0bb1ad1..041ab5be 100644 --- a/50-EPH/01.usfm +++ b/50-EPH/01.usfm @@ -24,18 +24,17 @@ \v 10 God planned that at the time that he appointed he would unite all things in heaven and all things on earth, and Christ would be the one who will rule them. \s5 -\v 11 Long ago God chose to unite us to Christ. He planned to do this, and he always does exactly what he wishes to do. +\v 11 Long ago God chose to unite us to Christ. He planned to do this, and he always does exactly what he wishes to do. \v 12 He did that so that we Jews, who confidently expected the Messiah to come and save us before the non-Jews knew anything about Christ, would praise him for his kindness. \s5 -\v 13 Now you Ephesians and other non-Jews have heard the true message, the good news that Jesus saves everyone who believes him. And you have believed in Christ and are joined to him, so it is as if God's Spirit had marked you on your foreheads to show that you belong to God. +\v 13 Now you Ephesians and other non-Jews have heard the true message, the good news that Jesus saves everyone who believes him. And you have believed in Christ and are joined to him, so it is as if God's Spirit had marked you on your foreheads to show that you belong to God. \v 14 The Holy Spirit is proof that we will receive all that God has promised. All this is great reason to praise him! \s5 \p \v 15 Because God has done so much for you, and because I heard how you trust in the Lord Jesus and love all whom God has chosen for himself, -\v 16 I have not stopped thanking God for you and praying for you often. - +\v 16 I have not stopped thanking God for you and praying for you often. \s5 \v 17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father who lives in shining light, may help you think wisely and understand everything about what he reveals to you. \v 18 I pray that God may teach you about what he wants to do for us, and why we know he is speaking the truth. I pray that we may know how great are the things he promises to give to us and to everyone whom he will choose to belong to himself. diff --git a/50-EPH/02.usfm b/50-EPH/02.usfm index a21edc55..db371233 100644 --- a/50-EPH/02.usfm +++ b/50-EPH/02.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 2 \p -\v 1 Before you trusted Christ you were powerless to obey God. You were as helpless as a person who is dead. +\v 1 Before you trusted Christ you were powerless to obey God. You were as helpless as a person who is dead. \v 2 You were like most people in the world today, who live as Satan wants, the ruler over the evil spirits whom we do not see. Satan is the evil spirit who is now controlling the people who disobey God. \v 3 We were at one time among those who disobeyed God; we did the evil things that we desired, things that would bring pleasure to our bodies and our minds. So God was very angry with us, just as with the others. @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 11 Do not forget that you non-Jewish believers were previously called Gentiles because you were not born as Jews. The Jews insulted you by calling you "uncircumcised pagans." They call themselves "the circumcision"; by this they mean that they, not you, are God's people, although circumcision is something that only humans do, not God. +\v 11 Do not forget that you non-Jewish believers were previously called Gentiles because you were not born as Jews. The Jews insulted you by calling you "uncircumcised pagans." They call themselves "the circumcision"; by this they mean that they, not you, are God's people, although circumcision is something that only humans do, not God. \v 12 At that time, you did not have any part of Christ and you were not part of his people Israel. You did not know God's promises and law. You did not have confidence in the future that God promised you, and as you lived your lives, you did not know God. \s5 diff --git a/50-EPH/03.usfm b/50-EPH/03.usfm index 68674714..89c63bf6 100644 --- a/50-EPH/03.usfm +++ b/50-EPH/03.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 He gave me this task because of the secret truth about which I wrote to you briefly; -\v 4 when you read what I have already written briefly about that, you will be able to understand that I clearly understand the truth about Christ. +\v 4 when you read what I have already written briefly about that, you will be able to understand that I clearly understand the truth about Christ. \v 5 Formerly, God did not fully reveal the good news that was to come to anyone. It was something that no one understood, but now his Spirit has revealed the good news to his apostles and prophets whom the Spirit called to serve God. \s5 @@ -17,22 +17,19 @@ \s5 \p \v 8 Although I am the least worthy of all God's people, God has enabled me by his kindness and mercy to proclaim to non-Jews the good news about what Christ has done for us, which is so much that no one can learn all about it. -\v 9 My mission is to explain to everyone what God's plan is, something that God has kept hidden from long ago, from the time when he created everything. - +\v 9 My mission is to explain to everyone what God's plan is, something that God has kept hidden from long ago, from the time when he created everything. \s5 -\v 10 What God has wisely planned, he has even shown to powerful angels in heaven through his people who trust in Christ. -\v 11 That is what God had always planned for eternity, and it is what he accomplished through the work of Christ Jesus our Lord. - +\v 10 What God has wisely planned, he has even shown to powerful angels in heaven through his people who trust in Christ. +\v 11 That is what God had always planned for eternity, and it is what he accomplished through the work of Christ Jesus our Lord. \s5 -\v 12 So now when we pray, we can come to God confidently and without being afraid, because we trust in Jesus, who has fulfilled God's plan. +\v 12 So now when we pray, we can come to God confidently and without being afraid, because we trust in Jesus, who has fulfilled God's plan. \v 13 So I ask that you do not be discouraged because of my suffering many things for you here in prison, which actually end up honoring you. \s5 \p -\v 14 Because God has done all this for you, I kneel and pray to God our Father. +\v 14 Because God has done all this for you, I kneel and pray to God our Father. \v 15 He is the one who gives every family in heaven and on the earth their name. -\v 16 I pray because of his great power that God will give you power and will strengthen you by his Spirit who lives in your spirits. - +\v 16 I pray because of his great power that God will give you power and will strengthen you by his Spirit who lives in your spirits. \s5 \v 17 I pray that Christ may live in your hearts because you trust in him, and that you will be like a firmly rooted tree and a building founded upon stone, \v 18 so that you may be fully able to understand, along with the all those set apart for God, how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. @@ -40,7 +37,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 20 God is able to do much greater things than we usually ask him to do, or even that we might think that he can do, because of his power that is working within us. +\v 20 God is able to do much greater things than we usually ask him to do, or even that we might think that he can do, because of his power that is working within us. \v 21 May all believers assembled to worship God, and Christ Jesus himself, honor God more than they honor anything else. May all believers from all generations of history praise him forever and ever! So let it be done. diff --git a/50-EPH/04.usfm b/50-EPH/04.usfm index e67e1901..cc5813ad 100644 --- a/50-EPH/04.usfm +++ b/50-EPH/04.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 3 Do all you can to remain united with one another by peacefully living together with each other. \s5 -\v 4 All believers form one group, and there is only one Holy Spirit, and you were chosen to confidently wait for God to fulfill His promises to you. +\v 4 All believers form one group, and there is only one Holy Spirit, and you were chosen to confidently wait for God to fulfill His promises to you. \v 5 There is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, in whom we all trust together. And there is only one reason to baptize anyone. That reason is Jesus Christ. \v 6 There is one God, the true Father of everyone. He rules over all his people and fills everything with his power. @@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ \s5 \v 11 He appointed some believers to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some to lead and others to teach the groups of believers. \v 12 This was to prepare God's people to do God's work and serve others, so that all the people who belong to Christ might become spiritually strong -\v 13 He wants all of us believers to be united together as we all trust in him and grow to fully understand him. He wants us to become mature believers, together, growing to become perfect, as he himself is perfect. - +\v 13 He wants all of us believers to be united together as we all trust in him and grow to fully understand him. He wants us to become mature believers, together, growing to become perfect, as he himself is perfect. \s5 \v 14 Once we are mature, we will no longer be ignorant of what is true, like little children. We will no longer follow every new teaching, like a boat is blown around by the wind and waves. We will not allow people who teach what is false to trick us and deceive us. \v 15 Instead, we will live by loving God and trusting his true teachings, and we will become more and more like Christ in every way. He controls his people like a person's head controls his body. @@ -61,5 +60,5 @@ \v 30 Do not make the Holy Spirit of God sad by how you live. He has promised that God will one day rescue us from this world of evil. \s5 -\v 31 Do not be resentful at all toward others. Do not become angry in any way or shout abusively at others. Never slander others. Never plan evil toward others. +\v 31 Do not be resentful at all toward others. Do not become angry in any way or shout abusively at others. Never slander others. Never plan evil toward others. \v 32 Be kind to one another. Act mercifully toward each other. Forgive each other, just like God forgave you because of what Christ has done. diff --git a/50-EPH/05.usfm b/50-EPH/05.usfm index ce6aa12e..64eb17c5 100644 --- a/50-EPH/05.usfm +++ b/50-EPH/05.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \v 3 Do not suggest any kind of immoral act and do not desire what others have or wrong things others do. Such sins can cause people to say bad things about God's people, who are together set apart for God, not for sin. \v 4 Do not tell obscene stories to others or say foolish things or joke about committing sins. Such things are not what people who belong to God talk about. Instead, thank God for his love when you talk to others. \s5 -\v 5 You can be sure of this: No person who is sexually immoral or indecent, or who is greedy (for this is the same as worshiping idols) will be among God's people over whom Christ rules as king. +\v 5 You can be sure of this: No person who is sexually immoral or indecent, or who is greedy (for this is the same as worshiping idols) will be among God's people over whom Christ rules as king. \v 6 Do not let anyone deceive you with false arguments. Because they do these sinful things, God will be angry with the people who disobey him. \p \v 7 So do not join with those who do these kinds of sins. @@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ \v 12 because the evil things people do in the secret of darkness are too shameful to describe in the light. \s5 \v 13 Everything that light exposes can then be clearly seen and better understood -\v 14 because the light shows what it truly is. It is like when God's word explains the sins that destroy people and Jesus who forgives and renews people. So believers say, -\q "Wake up from your sleep -\q and arise from living like dead people. -\q Christ will enable you to understand +\v 14 because the light shows what it truly is. It is like when God's word explains the sins that destroy people and Jesus who forgives and renews people. So believers say, +\q "Wake up from your sleep +\q and arise from living like dead people. +\q Christ will enable you to understand \q his forgiveness and new life." \s5 \p diff --git a/51-PHP/01.usfm b/51-PHP/01.usfm index f9821fb5..de2d5916 100644 --- a/51-PHP/01.usfm +++ b/51-PHP/01.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 9 I am praying for you, that you might love each other more and more, and that you might know and understand why God wants you to do so. +\v 9 I am praying for you, that you might love each other more and more, and that you might know and understand why God wants you to do so. \v 10 I also pray that God will enable you to know what you should believe and the best ways in which you should act. I pray for this so that you might be honest and blameless at the time when Christ returns. \v 11 I also pray that you will always do the things that you can do because God has declared you good in his sight because of Jesus Christ. Then other people will see how you honor God. @@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ \p \v 15 Some people are proclaiming the good news because they are jealous and they want believers to honor them rather than me. But others are proclaiming the good news because they love Christ and they want people who have not heard the good news to hear it. \v 16 Those who proclaim the good news because they love Christ know that God appointed me to speak in public and explain why the good news is true. -\v 17 But those who are proclaiming the good news about Christ for selfish reasons do not have good reasons for doing so. They believe they are causing me more suffering while I am here in prison. - +\v 17 But those who are proclaiming the good news about Christ for selfish reasons do not have good reasons for doing so. They believe they are causing me more suffering while I am here in prison. \s5 \v 18 But it does not matter! People are proclaiming the good news about Christ, either for good reasons or for bad reasons. So I am rejoicing that people are spreading the message about Jesus Christ! And I will continue to rejoice in that! -\p +\p \v 19 I will rejoice because I know that God will free me from prison. He will do this because you are praying for me and because the Spirit of Jesus Christ is helping me. \s5 @@ -53,8 +52,7 @@ \v 25 Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain alive with you all to help you rejoice and trust Christ more. \v 26 So you should be happy about me because of Christ Jesus when I am once again with you. \p -\v 27 Most importantly, behave in front of the people who live around you in a way that shows that you honor the good news about Christ. Do this so that whether or not I come and see you, how you live will make me happy. They should tell me that you together are doing your best to believe and live as the good news teaches us. - +\v 27 Most importantly, behave in front of the people who live around you in a way that shows that you honor the good news about Christ. Do this so that whether or not I come and see you, how you live will make me happy. They should tell me that you together are doing your best to believe and live as the good news teaches us. \s5 \v 28 Do not let any of those people who are against you frighten you! When you are courageous and resist them, this will show them that God will destroy them but will save you. \v 29 God is kind to you: he is allowing you to suffer for Christ as well as to trust in him. diff --git a/51-PHP/02.usfm b/51-PHP/02.usfm index f6b6ea9f..ae5dcb66 100644 --- a/51-PHP/02.usfm +++ b/51-PHP/02.usfm @@ -13,24 +13,24 @@ \p \v 5 Think the same way as Christ Jesus thinks: \q -\v 6 Although he is the same as God, +\v 6 Although he is the same as God, \q he did not insist that we should treat him as God. \q \v 7 Instead, he stopped acting as God. -\q He appeared to us as a servant. +\q He appeared to us as a servant. \q He became a human being. \q He appeared in human form, though he was still God, \q -\v 8 And he humbled himself +\v 8 And he humbled himself \q and obeyed God, even though he had to die, \q even dying on the cross like a criminal. \s5 \q1 \v 9 So God honored him very much, -\q honored him more than anyone else who has ever lived, +\q honored him more than anyone else who has ever lived, \q -\v 10 so that when everyone hears the name "Jesus" +\v 10 so that when everyone hears the name "Jesus" \q they will bow down to honor him, \q everyone in heaven, on earth, and under the earth; \q @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 14 Do everything without complaining or arguing, -\v 15 so that you neither do nor think of anything wrong as you live among unbelievers, since many of these are wicked people who call evil good. Among these wicked people you should be like the stars at night that shine in the midst of darkness. +\v 15 so that you neither do nor think of anything wrong as you live among unbelievers, since many of these are wicked people who call evil good. Among these wicked people you should be like the stars at night that shine in the midst of darkness. \v 16 Keep trusting in the message that can make you live forever. If you do this, I will rejoice at the time when Christ returns, because then I will know that I did not work among you uselessly. \s5 @@ -63,15 +63,14 @@ \s5 \v 22 But you know that Timothy has proven that he loves the Lord, because he worked with me to teach the good news, just as a child works with his father. \v 23 I confidently expect to send Timothy to you as soon as I know what will happen to me. -\v 24 And because I believe that the Lord wants this to happen, I am confident that they will soon release me, and that I will come to you myself. - +\v 24 And because I believe that the Lord wants this to happen, I am confident that they will soon release me, and that I will come to you myself. \s5 \p \v 25 I believe that I must send Epaphroditus back to you. He is a fellow believer and my fellow worker and soldier for Christ, and your messenger and servant whom you sent to help me in my need. -\v 26 When Epaphroditus learned that you heard he was sick, he became very worried and began longing to be there with all of you at Philippi. +\v 26 When Epaphroditus learned that you heard he was sick, he became very worried and began longing to be there with all of you at Philippi. \v 27 Indeed, he was so sick that he almost died, but he did not die. Instead, God was very kind to him and also to me, so that I would not have a reason to grieve much. \s5 \v 28 So I am sending him back to you as quickly as possible. I will do this in order that you may rejoice when you see him again, and that I might grieve less. -\v 29 Welcome Epaphroditus with the great joy we have because the Lord Jesus loves us. Honor him and other believers like him. -\v 30 As he was working for Christ, he almost died. He ran the risk of dying in order to supply the things that I needed, something you could not do because you are far away from me. +\v 29 Welcome Epaphroditus with the great joy we have because the Lord Jesus loves us. Honor him and other believers like him. +\v 30 As he was working for Christ, he almost died. He ran the risk of dying in order to supply the things that I needed, something you could not do because you are far away from me. diff --git a/51-PHP/03.usfm b/51-PHP/03.usfm index 6afbd482..7853798c 100644 --- a/51-PHP/03.usfm +++ b/51-PHP/03.usfm @@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ \p \v 1 Finally, my fellow believers, continue to rejoice because you belong to the Lord. Though I will now write to you about those same matters that I mentioned to you before, this does not make me tired, and it will protect you from those who would like to harm you. \p -\v 2 Beware of those people who are as dangerous to you as wild dogs. They just mutilate men's bodies so they will become Jews. +\v 2 Beware of those people who are as dangerous to you as wild dogs. They just mutilate men's bodies so they will become Jews. \v 3 But as for us—the Spirit of God enables us to truly worship God; we rejoice because we trust in Christ Jesus; and the rituals or ceremonies that people perform mean nothing to us. Therefore we ourselves are what it truly means to be circumcised. \s5 \v 4 If anyone could have done enough things to please God, it would have been me. -\p -\v 5 They circumcised me seven days after I was born. I was born as one of the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. You cannot find a person more Hebrew than myself! My ancestors were all Hebrews. And it was as a Pharisee that I obeyed all the laws of Moses and what our ancestors taught about them. - +\p +\v 5 They circumcised me seven days after I was born. I was born as one of the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. You cannot find a person more Hebrew than myself! My ancestors were all Hebrews. And it was as a Pharisee that I obeyed all the laws of Moses and what our ancestors taught about them. \s5 \v 6 I was so passionate to make people obey the law that I caused believers in Christ to suffer. No one could say that I ever disobeyed the law. \p @@ -35,10 +34,9 @@ \s5 \p -\v 17 My fellow believers, join with me and imitate me, and observe closely those people who live as I do, and imitate our example. +\v 17 My fellow believers, join with me and imitate me, and observe closely those people who live as I do, and imitate our example. \v 18 There are many people who say that they believe in Christ, but they really oppose what he did on the cross for us. I have told you about those people many times before, and now I am sad, even crying, as I tell you about them again. -\v 19 God will destroy them in the end because their god is their desire to eat, and they live shamefully and think about things of the earth. - +\v 19 God will destroy them in the end because their god is their desire to eat, and they live shamefully and think about things of the earth. \s5 \v 20 As for us, we are citizens of heaven. It is from heaven that we are eagerly awaiting our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to return. -\v 21 He will change the bodies we have now, weak and humble bodies, into bodies like his own powerful body. He will do this with the same power with which he controls all things. +\v 21 He will change the bodies we have now, weak and humble bodies, into bodies like his own powerful body. He will do this with the same power with which he controls all things. diff --git a/51-PHP/04.usfm b/51-PHP/04.usfm index b9ac2e37..547d0798 100644 --- a/51-PHP/04.usfm +++ b/51-PHP/04.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \p \v 10 I rejoice greatly and thank the Lord because now, after some time, you sent money to me, and so you have once again shown that you are concerned about me. Indeed, you were concerned about me all the time, but you had no opportunity to show it. \v 11 I am not saying this because I need certain things. In fact, I have learned to be content with whatever I have. -\v 12 I am able to be needy or to have plenty. I have learned how to be satisfied in all circumstances. I know the secret of how to be happy at all times. +\v 12 I am able to be needy or to have plenty. I have learned how to be satisfied in all circumstances. I know the secret of how to be happy at all times. \v 13 I am able to do everything because Christ makes me strong. \s5 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 18 I have plenty of things now. I have so many things that you sent me through Epaphroditus. These things are like when priests burn an animal sacrifice to God and it smells good to him. +\v 18 I have plenty of things now. I have so many things that you sent me through Epaphroditus. These things are like when priests burn an animal sacrifice to God and it smells good to him. \v 19 God, whom I serve, will supply everything you need because you belong to Jesus Christ, who owns the splendor and wealth of heaven. \v 20 So people should praise God our Father, who will rule forever and ever in brilliant light! Amen! diff --git a/52-COL/01.usfm b/52-COL/01.usfm index 9182fc54..302ff107 100644 --- a/52-COL/01.usfm +++ b/52-COL/01.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \p \v 9 Since the time we heard about how you love, we have always been praying for you. We ask God to show you everything he wants you to do, and to make you wise so that you will understand what God's Spirit is teaching you. \v 10 We pray that you will live in a way that will help others honor the Lord also, so that he will approve of you. We pray that you will grow to understand God more and do every good thing that he tells you to do. - + \s5 \v 11 We pray that God will strengthen you with all his mighty power, so that you will patiently endure every difficulty. \v 12 We pray that you will be rejoicing and thanking God our Father, because he has declared you worthy to be with the others whom he has set apart for himself; this is so he can give you all the things that he is keeping for you when you are with him in the light of his presence. diff --git a/52-COL/02.usfm b/52-COL/02.usfm index 6bd8c833..29bb0f30 100644 --- a/52-COL/02.usfm +++ b/52-COL/02.usfm @@ -17,24 +17,21 @@ \s5 \p -\v 8 Do not believe anyone who says that you must obey what people have taught about how to honor God or that you must obey what they worship in this world. Instead, obey Christ, +\v 8 Do not believe anyone who says that you must obey what people have taught about how to honor God or that you must obey what they worship in this world. Instead, obey Christ, \v 9 because the man Jesus Christ is fully God. \s5 \v 10 Now God has given you everything you need because he has joined you to Christ, and he rules over every other person, spirit, and angel. \v 11 It is as if God has also circumcised you. But he did not remove any flesh from you. Instead, Jesus caused you to not have to sin any longer. It is as if he had cut away your old self that loved to sin. -\v 12 Because they have baptized you, God considers that when men buried Christ, they buried you along with him. He considers that when he made Christ come alive again, he made you come alive also, because you trusted that he could make you live again. - +\v 12 Because they have baptized you, God considers that when men buried Christ, they buried you along with him. He considers that when he made Christ come alive again, he made you come alive also, because you trusted that he could make you live again. \s5 \v 13 God viewed you as being dead, because you were sinning against him, and because you were not Jews, so you did not worship him. But he made you come alive together with Christ; he forgave us of all our sins. \v 14 We have all sinned so much, but God has forgiven our sins. It is like a man might forgive people who owe him money, so he tears up the papers they signed when he loaned them the money. But as for God, it is as if he had nailed those papers on which he had written all our sins and all the laws that we had broken to the cross on which Christ died. -\v 15 Moreover, God defeated the evil spirit beings who rule people in this world, and he let everybody know that he had defeated them. It was just as if he had paraded them around in the streets as prisoners. - +\v 15 Moreover, God defeated the evil spirit beings who rule people in this world, and he let everybody know that he had defeated them. It was just as if he had paraded them around in the streets as prisoners. \s5 \p \v 16 So disregard anyone who says that God will punish you because you eat certain foods and drink certain drinks or because you do not celebrate special yearly festivals or when the new moon appears or weekly Sabbaths. -\v 17 These kinds of rules and events only picture what is truly coming. What is truly coming is Christ himself. - +\v 17 These kinds of rules and events only picture what is truly coming. What is truly coming is Christ himself. \s5 \v 18 Those same people pretend to be humble, and they love to worship angels. Do not let them convince you to do the same. If you do, you will lose what Christ has promised you. These people are always talking about visions they say God has made them see. They boast about these things because they think like people everywhere think who do not honor God. @@ -42,7 +39,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 20 God considers that you died with Christ when he died. So now the spirits and all the rules that people make for how to please God—none of these things rule you anymore. So why are you still living as if these things were real? Why do you still obey those things? +\v 20 God considers that you died with Christ when he died. So now the spirits and all the rules that people make for how to please God—none of these things rule you anymore. So why are you still living as if these things were real? Why do you still obey those things? \v 21 These rules are such as: "Do not handle certain things. Do not taste certain things. Do not touch certain things." Do not think you still have to obey such regulations. \v 22 These rules are all about things that perish in this world as people use them, and they were made up and taught by men, not by God. -\v 23 These rules may seem to be good. But people made them because they were trying to honor God in their own way. That is why those people often look so humble; that is why they often hurt their own bodies. But if we obey these rules, we do not really stop wanting to sin. +\v 23 These rules may seem to be good. But people made them because they were trying to honor God in their own way. That is why those people often look so humble; that is why they often hurt their own bodies. But if we obey these rules, we do not really stop wanting to sin. diff --git a/52-COL/03.usfm b/52-COL/03.usfm index 07ea83aa..7fbd13ea 100644 --- a/52-COL/03.usfm +++ b/52-COL/03.usfm @@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ \s5 \c 3 \p -\v 1 God considers that he made you alive again when he made Christ alive after he died. And Christ is in heaven and is sitting at God's right side, the place for the person of greatest honor and power. You also should try to live here as if you were already there. +\v 1 God considers that he made you alive again when he made Christ alive after he died. And Christ is in heaven and is sitting at God's right side, the place for the person of greatest honor and power. You also should try to live here as if you were already there. \v 2 Desire what Jesus is keeping in heaven to give you; do not desire the things here on earth. \v 3 For God considers that you have died and no longer belong to this world. He considers that he has hidden you with Christ to keep you safe. -\v 4 When God reveals Christ to everyone on earth in his shining light, then he will also reveal you in that same light, because Christ makes you live! - +\v 4 When God reveals Christ to everyone on earth in his shining light, then he will also reveal you in that same light, because Christ makes you live! \s5 \p -\v 5 Therefore, think of the desires you have to do evil things in this world as enemies that must die. You must execute them: Do not try to do sexually immoral or impure acts. Do not think in lustful or evil ways. And do not be greedy, because that is the same as worshiping idols. +\v 5 Therefore, think of the desires you have to do evil things in this world as enemies that must die. You must execute them: Do not try to do sexually immoral or impure acts. Do not think in lustful or evil ways. And do not be greedy, because that is the same as worshiping idols. \v 6 It is because people do things like these that God is angry with them and will punish them, for they do not obey him. \v 7 You yourselves also formerly lived like that when you were participating with those who behaved like that. \v 8 But now you must stop doing these things. Do not be angry at each other; do not try to make trouble for each other. Do not insult each other or talk in shameful, disgusting ways. @@ -45,4 +44,4 @@ \v 22 Slaves, obey your masters in this world in every way. Do not obey your masters only when they are watching you, like those who merely want their masters to think they always obey. Instead, obey your masters sincerely from the heart because you honor the Lord Jesus. \v 23 Whatever work you do, work wholeheartedly for the Lord Jesus rather than for people. Do not work like those who are working merely for their human masters, \v 24 because you know the Lord will repay you; you will receive your share of what the Lord has promised you. Jesus Christ is the real master whom you are serving. -\v 25 But God will judge each person in the same way; he will punish those who do wrong as they deserve. +\v 25 But God will judge each person in the same way; he will punish those who do wrong as they deserve. diff --git a/53-1TH/01.usfm b/53-1TH/01.usfm index 14390baf..7a7d90cb 100644 --- a/53-1TH/01.usfm +++ b/53-1TH/01.usfm @@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1 I, Paul, am writing this letter. Silas and Timothy are with me. We are sending this letter to you who are the group of believers in the city of Thessalonica who are joined to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May God be kind to you and give you peace. - +\v 1 I, Paul, am writing this letter. Silas and Timothy are with me. We are sending this letter to you who are the group of believers in the city of Thessalonica who are joined to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May God be kind to you and give you peace. \s5 \p \v 2 We always thank God for you all when we mention you while we pray. @@ -20,4 +19,4 @@ \s5 \v 8 Other people have heard you tell the message from the Lord Jesus. Then they also proclaimed the good news to people who live throughout Macedonia and Achaia. Not only that, but people who live in many faraway places have heard that you trust in God. So we do not need to tell people what God has done in your lives. \v 9 People who live far from you are telling others how warmly you welcomed us when we came to you. They also report that you stopped worshiping false gods and that now you worship the God who can do anything and who truly is God. It was in him that you became believers! -\v 10 They also tell us that now you wait expectantly for his Son to return to earth from heaven. You firmly believe that God caused him to live again after he died. You believe also that Jesus will rescue all of us, who trust in him, when God punishes all the people of the entire world. +\v 10 They also tell us that now you wait expectantly for his Son to return to earth from heaven. You firmly believe that God caused him to live again after he died. You believe also that Jesus will rescue all of us, who trust in him, when God punishes all the people of the entire world. diff --git a/53-1TH/03.usfm b/53-1TH/03.usfm index 7de6c9f9..71b6991e 100644 --- a/53-1TH/03.usfm +++ b/53-1TH/03.usfm @@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 Remember that when we were present with you, we kept telling you that others would mistreat us. And this is what happened! -\v 5 This is why I sent Timothy to you: because I could wait no longer to know whether you were still trusting in Christ. I was afraid that Satan, the one who tempts us, had caused you to stop trusting in Christ. I was afraid that everything we had done with you was useless. - +\v 5 This is why I sent Timothy to you: because I could wait no longer to know whether you were still trusting in Christ. I was afraid that Satan, the one who tempts us, had caused you to stop trusting in Christ. I was afraid that everything we had done with you was useless. \s5 \p \v 6 But now Timothy has just returned to Silas and me from being with you, and he has told us the good news that you still trust in Christ and that you love him. He told us also that you always happily remember us and that you want very much us to visit you, just as we want to visit you. diff --git a/53-1TH/05.usfm b/53-1TH/05.usfm index f58de751..d2d173c8 100644 --- a/53-1TH/05.usfm +++ b/53-1TH/05.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 But you, my fellow believers, you are not like people who live in darkness, because you know the truth about God. So when Jesus returns, you will be ready for him. \v 5 You belong to the light, to the daytime. You are not like those who belong to the darkness, to the nighttime. -\v 6 So we believers must be aware of what is happening. We must control ourselves and be ready for Jesus to come. +\v 6 So we believers must be aware of what is happening. We must control ourselves and be ready for Jesus to come. \v 7 It is at night when people sleep and do not know what is happening, and it is at night when people become drunk. \s5 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 12 My fellow believers, we ask that you recognize as leaders those people who work hard for you. This means that you must respect these leaders as fellow believers—you see how hard they work to help you grow in faith. These leaders guide you and they teach you how to live for the Lord. +\v 12 My fellow believers, we ask that you recognize as leaders those people who work hard for you. This means that you must respect these leaders as fellow believers—you see how hard they work to help you grow in faith. These leaders guide you and they teach you how to live for the Lord. \v 13 We ask that you honor them because you love them and because of the work they do. We also urge you to live peacefully with each other. @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 19 Do not keep God's Spirit from working among you. +\v 19 Do not keep God's Spirit from working among you. \v 20 For example, do not despise anything that the Holy Spirit tells someone. \v 21 On the contrary, evaluate all such messages. Accept the parts that are good and obey them. \v 22 Do not obey any kind of evil message. diff --git a/54-2TH/01.usfm b/54-2TH/01.usfm index 91453855..8de0cf93 100644 --- a/54-2TH/01.usfm +++ b/54-2TH/01.usfm @@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ \p -\v 5 Since you are enduring all that trouble, we clearly know that God will judge all people justly. In your case, he will declare to everyone that you are worthy for him to rule forever, because you are suffering as you trust in him. - +\v 5 Since you are enduring all that trouble, we clearly know that God will judge all people justly. In your case, he will declare to everyone that you are worthy for him to rule forever, because you are suffering as you trust in him. \s5 \v 6 God will certainly cause trouble for those people who are troubling you, because it is right for him to do so. -\v 7 He also considers that it is right that he should reward you by bringing you through your hardships. He will do that for both you and us when our Lord Jesus shows himself to everyone when he returns from heaven with his powerful angels. +\v 7 He also considers that it is right that he should reward you by bringing you through your hardships. He will do that for both you and us when our Lord Jesus shows himself to everyone when he returns from heaven with his powerful angels. \v 8 Then with blazing fire he will punish those people who are not loyal to him, those who refuse to accept the good news about our Lord Jesus. \s5 diff --git a/54-2TH/02.usfm b/54-2TH/02.usfm index ec433588..acc5dfc2 100644 --- a/54-2TH/02.usfm +++ b/54-2TH/02.usfm @@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ \p The Lord will not come immediately. First, many people will rebel against God. They will accept and obey a certain man who will sin very greatly against God, the one whom God will destroy. -\v 4 He will be the supreme enemy of God. He will proudly work against everything that people consider to be God and everything that people worship. As a result, he will even enter God's temple and sit down there to rule! He will publicly proclaim that he himself is God! - +\v 4 He will be the supreme enemy of God. He will proudly work against everything that people consider to be God and everything that people worship. As a result, he will even enter God's temple and sit down there to rule! He will publicly proclaim that he himself is God! \s5 \v 5 I am sure that you remember that I kept telling you these things while I was still with you there in Thessalonica. @@ -47,8 +46,7 @@ \p -\v 15 So, our fellow believers, continue to strongly believe in Christ. Continue believing the true things that we have taught you when we spoke to you and wrote a letter to you. - +\v 15 So, our fellow believers, continue to strongly believe in Christ. Continue believing the true things that we have taught you when we spoke to you and wrote a letter to you. \s5 diff --git a/54-2TH/03.usfm b/54-2TH/03.usfm index 590220c8..60c3d518 100644 --- a/54-2TH/03.usfm +++ b/54-2TH/03.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p -\v 1 As for the other matters, our fellow believers, pray for us that more and more people will soon hear our message about our Lord Jesus and honor it, just as you have done. +\v 1 As for the other matters, our fellow believers, pray for us that more and more people will soon hear our message about our Lord Jesus and honor it, just as you have done. \v 2 Pray also for us that God will keep wicked and evil people from harming us, for not everyone believes in the Lord. diff --git a/55-1TI/01.usfm b/55-1TI/01.usfm index 61fef070..e41f1d14 100644 --- a/55-1TI/01.usfm +++ b/55-1TI/01.usfm @@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1-2 I, Paul, am writing this to Timothy. God our Savior and Christ Jesus are those in whom we have confidence for the future, and Christ commanded me to be an apostle. You became a Christian when I told you about Jesus Christ, and you are my true son in the Lord. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord be kind to you, have mercy upon you, and give you peace. - +\v 1-2 I, Paul, am writing this to Timothy. God our Savior and Christ Jesus are those in whom we have confidence for the future, and Christ commanded me to be an apostle. You became a Christian when I told you about Jesus Christ, and you are my true son in the Lord. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord be kind to you, have mercy upon you, and give you peace. \s5 \p \v 3 The reason that I urged you to remain in Ephesus while I traveled to Macedonia was so that you would command certain men not to teach what is different from what we teach. diff --git a/55-1TI/02.usfm b/55-1TI/02.usfm index dd85d8c9..73ae15c8 100644 --- a/55-1TI/02.usfm +++ b/55-1TI/02.usfm @@ -7,14 +7,13 @@ \p \v 1 Most importantly, because false teachers are dangerous, I urge all the believers to ask God and pray to him to help all people, and to thank him for them. -\v 2 Pray for kings and for everyone who has power over others, so that we may live quietly and peacefully in a way that we can honor God and other people. - +\v 2 Pray for kings and for everyone who has power over others, so that we may live quietly and peacefully in a way that we can honor God and other people. \v 3 God, who saves us, listens to us when we pray like this. He sees it as good. \v 4 He wants to save everyone. He wants everyone to learn what is true about him. - + \s5 -\v 5 The truth is this, that there is one God, and there is only one person who can make us acceptable to him. Christ Jesus, the man, is this one person. +\v 5 The truth is this, that there is one God, and there is only one person who can make us acceptable to him. Christ Jesus, the man, is this one person. \v 6 Of his own free will he died in order set all people free. God made this happen at the time he chose. It shows that he wants to save everyone. \v 7 To declare this truth, God made me a messenger and an apostle. I speak the truth; I am not lying. I teach the Gentiles the things that they should truly believe. @@ -23,17 +22,14 @@ \s5 \p \v 8 Therefore, I want men everywhere to pray and to lift up their hands to God in a way that he will accept. Believers should not pray to show anger or doubt about God. - -\v 9 I also want the women to dress themselves carefully. They should control themselves so that they do not dress to show themselves off to others. Instead of braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing, -\v 10 women should dress themselves in what is right for women who do good works and who say that they honor God. +\v 9 I also want the women to dress themselves carefully. They should control themselves so that they do not dress to show themselves off to others. Instead of braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing, +\v 10 women should dress themselves in what is right for women who do good works and who say that they honor God. \s5 -\v 11 When men are teaching the believers, women should listen in silence and not ask questions about what they hear. - -\v 12 I do not allow women to teach or to tell men what to do. Women who honor God keep quiet when the believers come to learn. - +\v 11 When men are teaching the believers, women should listen in silence and not ask questions about what they hear. +\v 12 I do not allow women to teach or to tell men what to do. Women who honor God keep quiet when the believers come to learn. \s5 -\v 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve after him. +\v 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve after him. \v 14 And it was not Adam that the snake deceived. It was the woman whom he completely deceived, so that she sinned. \v 15 But God will keep women safe as they bear and raise children, if they continue to believe in God, love him, live in a way that pleases him, and are wise in how they think. diff --git a/55-1TI/03.usfm b/55-1TI/03.usfm index 4205bc53..8121c339 100644 --- a/55-1TI/03.usfm +++ b/55-1TI/03.usfm @@ -10,19 +10,17 @@ \s5 \v 4 He should control the people in his own home well. His children should obey him with respect. -\v 5 I say this because if a man does not even know how to control the people in his own house, how can he care for an assembly of God's people? - +\v 5 I say this because if a man does not even know how to control the people in his own house, how can he care for an assembly of God's people? \s5 \v 6 A new believer should not be be an overseer, because he might think that he is better than other people. If that happened, God might punish him like he punished the devil. \v 7 Those outside of the church must also think well of him. Otherwise he might be shamed and the devil might persuade him to sin. \s5 \p -\v 8 Deacons, in the same way, should be people whom others respect. They should be sincere when they speak. They should not drink too much wine, and they must not be greedy for money. +\v 8 Deacons, in the same way, should be people whom others respect. They should be sincere when they speak. They should not drink too much wine, and they must not be greedy for money. \v 9 They should believe in the true things that God has told us, and at the same time know what is right, and then do it. -\v 10 Find these qualities in them first, and then choose them to serve because no one can find anything wrong with them. - +\v 10 Find these qualities in them first, and then choose them to serve because no one can find anything wrong with them. \s5 \v 11 In the same way, other people should respect deacons' wives. Their wives should not talk badly about other people. They must not do anything to excess, and they must be honest in everything they do. diff --git a/55-1TI/04.usfm b/55-1TI/04.usfm index 4ff1d18d..ad46b56a 100644 --- a/55-1TI/04.usfm +++ b/55-1TI/04.usfm @@ -2,19 +2,17 @@ \s5 \c 4 -\p +\p \v 1 Now the Spirit clearly says that in later times, some people will stop believing the truth about Christ and pay attention to spirits who deceive believers and demons who teach false things. \v 2 These people will say one thing but do any evil thing they wish, as if a hot iron had burned and ruined their minds. \s5 -\v 3 They will try to stop believers from marrying. They will tell them not to eat certain things, even though God has created them, so that believers who have come to know the truth can share them with each other while thanking God for them. - +\v 3 They will try to stop believers from marrying. They will tell them not to eat certain things, even though God has created them, so that believers who have come to know the truth can share them with each other while thanking God for them. \v 4 I say this because everything that God has made is good. We reject nothing that we receive from God while thanking him for it. \v 5 For by praying to God and by believing his word we set it apart for him. \s5 -\v 6 If you keep speaking this truth to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Jesus Christ. You will serve him well, because the message that we believe is strengthening you, as the good things God has taught you and that you have followed. - +\v 6 If you keep speaking this truth to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Jesus Christ. You will serve him well, because the message that we believe is strengthening you, as the good things God has taught you and that you have followed. \v 7 But do not listen to the things that mean nothing and to the stories that only old women tell. Instead, train yourself to honor God. \v 8 Physical exercise helps only a little, but if you honor God, this will help you with everything as you live now on earth and as you live in the future with God. @@ -27,12 +25,10 @@ \p \v 12 Do not allow anyone to say that you are useless because you are young. Instead, show other believers how to live. Show them this by how you speak, by how you live, by how you love, by how you trust God, and by how you keep from committing evil deeds. -\v 13 Until I come to you, see to it that you read God's word to the believers in public, and that you explain and teach it to the believers. - +\v 13 Until I come to you, see to it that you read God's word to the believers in public, and that you explain and teach it to the believers. \s5 \v 14 Be sure to use the gift that is in you, what God gave to you when the elders laid hands on you and spoke God's messages to you. -\v 15 Be sure to do all these things and live according to them. In this way, all the believers will see that you are doing them better and better. - +\v 15 Be sure to do all these things and live according to them. In this way, all the believers will see that you are doing them better and better. \p \v 16 Control yourself very carefully and do everything that we teach. Keep doing these things. If you do so, you will save yourself and the people who listen to you. diff --git a/55-1TI/05.usfm b/55-1TI/05.usfm index d2c1091f..fcdcb764 100644 --- a/55-1TI/05.usfm +++ b/55-1TI/05.usfm @@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ \v 13 Also, they go from house to house and get into the habit of doing nothing. They also engage in foolish and trivial activities and say things that they should not say. \s5 -\v 14 So I prefer that younger widows get married, have children, and run their households, so that Satan, the enemy, gets no opportunity to accuse them of doing wrong. +\v 14 So I prefer that younger widows get married, have children, and run their households, so that Satan, the enemy, gets no opportunity to accuse them of doing wrong. \v 15 I write these things because some younger widows have already left the way of Christ to follow Satan. \p -\v 16 If any believing woman has widows among her relatives, let her help them, so those widows will not be a burden to the church. In this way the church will be able to help real widows. - +\v 16 If any believing woman has widows among her relatives, let her help them, so those widows will not be a burden to the church. In this way the church will be able to help real widows. \s5 \p \v 17 Let the believers give double honor to the elders who lead them well, and especially to the elders who preach and teach God's word. @@ -50,15 +49,14 @@ \s5 \p -\v 21 God, Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels see me as I solemnly command you to do these things. Be sure that you do not judge anyone before you should. Be sure that you do not favor one person over another when you lead the believers. - -\p -\v 22 When you want someone to begin to serve the believers, make no decision too quickly, so you do not choose them too soon. And do not be a partner with anyone in sinning. You must keep yourself without fault. +\v 21 God, Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels see me as I solemnly command you to do these things. Be sure that you do not judge anyone before you should. Be sure that you do not favor one person over another when you lead the believers. +\p +\v 22 When you want someone to begin to serve the believers, make no decision too quickly, so you do not choose them too soon. And do not be a partner with anyone in sinning. You must keep yourself without fault. \s5 \v 23 No longer drink only water, Timothy. Instead, drink a little wine for your many stomach sicknesses. -\v 24 The sins of some people are clear to everyone, and the church does not need much time to judge them. But the church does not discover some sins until later. +\v 24 The sins of some people are clear to everyone, and the church does not need much time to judge them. But the church does not discover some sins until later. \v 25 In the same way, some good deeds are clear to everybody, but even the other good deeds will become clear at some time in the future. diff --git a/55-1TI/06.usfm b/55-1TI/06.usfm index 209e108c..f6cf727b 100644 --- a/55-1TI/06.usfm +++ b/55-1TI/06.usfm @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 3 If anyone teaches false doctrines that do not agree with the reliable and true teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ, -\v 4 that person is very proud and does not understand anything. They want to argue about unimportant matters and about certain words, and people who listen to them envy others. They quarrel with others and with one another. They say bad things about others. They suspect that others have evil motives. +\v 3 If anyone teaches false doctrines that do not agree with the reliable and true teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ, +\v 4 that person is very proud and does not understand anything. They want to argue about unimportant matters and about certain words, and people who listen to them envy others. They quarrel with others and with one another. They say bad things about others. They suspect that others have evil motives. \v 5 Their whole way of thinking has become completely wrong because they have rejected true things. As a result, they make the mistake of thinking that by doing religious things they will get a lot of money. \s5 @@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ \v 8 So if we have food and clothing, we should be satisfied with these. \s5 -\v 9 But some people strongly desire to be rich. As a result, they do wrong things to get money, and this will cause them to be caught as animals get caught in traps. They foolishly desire many things, and so they get hurt. God will completely destroy them! +\v 9 But some people strongly desire to be rich. As a result, they do wrong things to get money, and this will cause them to be caught as animals get caught in traps. They foolishly desire many things, and so they get hurt. God will completely destroy them! \v 10 People do all sorts of evil things when they want to have a lot of money. Because some people longed for money, they have stopped believing the truth that all of us believe and they have caused themselves to be very sorrowful. \s5 \p -\v 11 But you, the man who serves God, keep completely away from such love of money. Decide that you will do what is right, and that you will honor God. Trust God, and love others. Endure difficult circumstances. Always be gentle with people. +\v 11 But you, the man who serves God, keep completely away from such love of money. Decide that you will do what is right, and that you will honor God. Trust God, and love others. Endure difficult circumstances. Always be gentle with people. \v 12 Try earnestly and with all your energy to live like what you believe. Continue to do your tasks well in order that you will know for sure that you will live eternally. Remember that God chose you to live with him, and that when many elders were listening you said strongly what you believe. \s5 diff --git a/56-2TI/01.usfm b/56-2TI/01.usfm index 240fb0c0..6009aac3 100644 --- a/56-2TI/01.usfm +++ b/56-2TI/01.usfm @@ -8,24 +8,24 @@ \s \s5 \p -\v 3 I thank God and I serve Him because I truly want to do what he wants, just as my ancestors did. I have always remembered to pray for you, Timothy, night and day. +\v 3 I thank God and I serve Him because I truly want to do what he wants, just as my ancestors did. I have always remembered to pray for you, Timothy, night and day. \v 4 I really want to see you because I remember how you cried for me. If I see you again, I will rejoice so much. \v 5 I remember that you truly believe in Jesus! First, your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice trusted their lives to Jesus Christ, and I am sure that you also trust in Jesus Christ just like they did! \s5 \p -\v 6 Because you trust in Jesus, I remind you to start using again the gift God gave you when I put my hands on you and prayed for you. +\v 6 Because you trust in Jesus, I remind you to start using again the gift God gave you when I put my hands on you and prayed for you. \v 7 When God's Spirit came to us, he did not cause us to be afraid; instead, he caused us to have power to obey God, to love him and others, and to control ourselves. \s5 \p -\v 8 So do not think that you will have shame if you tell others about our Lord Jesus. And do not think you will have shame if you are my friend, because I am in prison because I trust in Jesus. Instead, be willing to suffer hardship as you tell others about the good news. God will make you able to suffer all hardships. +\v 8 So do not think that you will have shame if you tell others about our Lord Jesus. And do not think you will have shame if you are my friend, because I am in prison because I trust in Jesus. Instead, be willing to suffer hardship as you tell others about the good news. God will make you able to suffer all hardships. \v 9 He will do this because he saved us and called us to be his own people. God did not save us because of any good works we did; instead, he saved us because he planned to give us this gift! God caused the Messiah Jesus to pass this gift to us, even before the world began. \v 10 Now everyone can see that God can save them, because our Savior the Messiah Jesus came and destroyed death and showed everyone the Gospel, the truth that he causes people to live forever. \v 11 It was for this reason that God decided to send me to be an apostle, preacher, and teacher. \s5 -\v 12 In these tasks I suffer, but I am not ashamed, because I know and have trusted Jesus Christ, and I am convinced that he is able to protect my faith in him until the final day. +\v 12 In these tasks I suffer, but I am not ashamed, because I know and have trusted Jesus Christ, and I am convinced that he is able to protect my faith in him until the final day. \p \v 13 As you trust in Jesus Christ and love him, follow the meaning of true words, which you heard from me. \v 14 God is relying on you, that you will preach the good message that he gave to you. Protect that message by relying on the Holy Spirit who lives in us. diff --git a/56-2TI/02.usfm b/56-2TI/02.usfm index fa675ce8..ae99f1d8 100644 --- a/56-2TI/02.usfm +++ b/56-2TI/02.usfm @@ -4,31 +4,29 @@ \c 2 \p \v 1 You are like a son to me. So I urge also that you let God empower you as a result of Christ Jesus acting kindly toward you. -\v 2 Command and trust faithful men to teach the things you heard from me and from many others who have testified in the same way to others, too. - +\v 2 Command and trust faithful men to teach the things you heard from me and from many others who have testified in the same way to others, too. \s5 \p \v 3 Endure as I do what we suffer for Christ Jesus, like a good soldier endures what he suffers. \v 4 You know that soldiers, in order to please their captain, do not become involved in civilian affairs. -\v 5 Likewise, athletes competing in games cannot win unless they obey the rules. - +\v 5 Likewise, athletes competing in games cannot win unless they obey the rules. \s5 \v 6 And the farmer who works hard must receive his share of the crops first. \v 7 Think about what I have just written, because, if you do, the Lord will enable you to understand everything that you need to understand. \s5 \v 8 As you suffer hardships, remember Jesus Christ, a descendant of King David. God raised him from the dead, as I also preach in the gospel message. -\v 9 For this gospel I suffer to the point of being imprisoned as a criminal. But the word of God is not in prison. +\v 9 For this gospel I suffer to the point of being imprisoned as a criminal. But the word of God is not in prison. \v 10 Therefore I willingly endure all that I am suffering for the sake of those whom God has chosen. I do this in order that Christ Jesus will save them, too, and that they will be forever with him in the glorious place where he is. \s5 -\v 11 You can depend on the words that we sometimes say: +\v 11 You can depend on the words that we sometimes say: \q "If we have died with Jesus, we will also live with him. - \q -\v 12 If we endure, we will also reign with him. + \q +\v 12 If we endure, we will also reign with him. \q But if we deny him, he also will deny us. \q -\v 13 If we are unfaithful to Jesus, he continues to be faithful; +\v 13 If we are unfaithful to Jesus, he continues to be faithful; \m for he cannot deny himself." @@ -42,14 +40,12 @@ for he cannot deny himself." \p \v 16 Stay away from people who talk in ways that insult God, because this kind of talk dishonors God more and more. \v 17 This kind of words will spread like an infectious disease. Hymenaeus and Philetus are two examples of men who talk like this. -\v 18 These men have stopped believing. They say that the resurrection of the dead has already happened. In this way they convince some Christians to stop trusting in Christ. - +\v 18 These men have stopped believing. They say that the resurrection of the dead has already happened. In this way they convince some Christians to stop trusting in Christ. \s5 \v 19 However, the truth about God still exists. It is like a firm foundation of a building, on which someone has written these words: "The Lord knows those who belong to him," and, "Everyone who says he belongs to the Lord must stop doing wicked deeds." \p \v 20 In a wealthy person's house there are not only utensils made of gold and of silver, but also utensils made of wood and of clay. The gold and silver utensils are used on special occasions. But the wood and clay utensils are used in ordinary times. -\v 21 Therefore, those who rid themselves of what is evil in their lives will be able to work well for the Lord. They will be like utensils ready to do any kind of good work. They will become very useful to the Master to do special work for him, every good deed, in fact. - +\v 21 Therefore, those who rid themselves of what is evil in their lives will be able to work well for the Lord. They will be like utensils ready to do any kind of good work. They will become very useful to the Master to do special work for him, every good deed, in fact. \s5 \v 22 Do not keep on wanting the sinful things that young people usually desire. Instead, try to do right things. Try to trust in God and love him. Try to live in peace. Stay together with the people who worship the Lord sincerely. \p @@ -57,7 +53,7 @@ for he cannot deny himself." \s5 \v 24 But those who serve the Lord must not quarrel. Instead, they should be kind to all people, they should be able to teach God's truth well, and they should be patient with people. -\v 25 That is, they should gently instruct the people who argue against them. Perhaps God may give them the opportunity to repent and come to know the truth. +\v 25 That is, they should gently instruct the people who argue against them. Perhaps God may give them the opportunity to repent and come to know the truth. \v 26 In that way they may think correctly and be like people who have escaped from a trap set by the devil. It is the devil who has deceived them in order to get them to do what he wishes them to do. diff --git a/56-2TI/03.usfm b/56-2TI/03.usfm index ad79bcac..e4ec35c7 100644 --- a/56-2TI/03.usfm +++ b/56-2TI/03.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \v 13 Evil men and frauds will continue to become more evil. They will lead people away from what is true, and they will allow others to lead themselves away also. \s5 -\v 14 But as for you, keep on doing the things that you have learned to do, and the things that you have come to believe are right. Remember me, because I am the one who taught you these things. +\v 14 But as for you, keep on doing the things that you have learned to do, and the things that you have come to believe are right. Remember me, because I am the one who taught you these things. \v 15 Remember also that even when you were a young child, you learned what God says in the scriptures. These can teach you how Christ Jesus saves us, when we trust in him. \s5 diff --git a/56-2TI/04.usfm b/56-2TI/04.usfm index 2238d642..2da66d09 100644 --- a/56-2TI/04.usfm +++ b/56-2TI/04.usfm @@ -4,23 +4,22 @@ \c 4 \p \v 1 When Christ Jesus comes soon to rule, he will judge those who still live and those who died. And now he and God are watching me as I command you -\v 2 to proclaim the message about Christ. Be ready to do this when it is easy to do so and also when it is not easy. Convince people about what is right when they have done wrong. Warn them not to sin. Encourage them to follow Christ. Do these things as you teach them, and always be willing to wait for them to do better. - +\v 2 to proclaim the message about Christ. Be ready to do this when it is easy to do so and also when it is not easy. Convince people about what is right when they have done wrong. Warn them not to sin. Encourage them to follow Christ. Do these things as you teach them, and always be willing to wait for them to do better. \s5 \v 3 I tell you these things, because the time will come when people among us will not follow what God truly teaches. Instead, they will find many men who will teach that it is good to do anything they wish to do. In this way, they will always be looking for something new and different to learn. -\v 4 They will stop listening to the truth, and they will pay attention to foolish stories. +\v 4 They will stop listening to the truth, and they will pay attention to foolish stories. \v 5 But as for you, Timothy, control yourself no matter what happens. Be willing to endure difficult things. Do the work of preaching the Gospel. Complete the work you must do to serve the Lord. \s5 \p \v 6 I tell you these things, because soon I will die and leave this world. I will be like the cup of wine that they pour out on the altar and sacrifice to God. -\v 7 I am like an athlete who has done his best in a contest. I am like a runner who has finished his race. I have done my best to obey God. +\v 7 I am like an athlete who has done his best in a contest. I am like a runner who has finished his race. I have done my best to obey God. \v 8 Now a prize is waiting for me because I have lived in the right way for God. The Lord will judge me in the right way. He will give that prize to me when he comes again. And he will give it also to everyone who waits eagerly for him to come again. \s5 \v 9 Timothy, try to come to me soon. \v 10 Demas left me behind and went to Thessalonica, because he loves life in this world too much. Crescens went to Galatia, and Titus went to Dalmatia. - + \s5 \v 11 Only Luke is still with me. Get Mark and bring him with you. Do this because he can help me very much. \v 12 I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. @@ -34,9 +33,8 @@ \v 16 The first time I stood in court and explained my work, no believers stood by my side to encourage me. They all stayed away. May God not hold them responsible for this. \s5 -\v 17 But the Lord stood with me and helped me. He made me strong, so that I fully spoke his word and so that all the Gentiles listened to it. In this way God saved me from dying. -\v 18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil thing they do. He will bring me safely to where he rules in heaven. May people praise him forever. Amen. - +\v 17 But the Lord stood with me and helped me. He made me strong, so that I fully spoke his word and so that all the Gentiles listened to it. In this way God saved me from dying. +\v 18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil thing they do. He will bring me safely to where he rules in heaven. May people praise him forever. Amen. \s5 \p \v 19 Greet Priscilla and Aquila. Greet the people in the home of Onesiphorus. diff --git a/57-TIT/01.usfm b/57-TIT/01.usfm index d7376df2..e22d1be9 100644 --- a/57-TIT/01.usfm +++ b/57-TIT/01.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1 I, Paul, write this letter. +\v 1 I, Paul, write this letter. \p This is Paul, who is a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I work to help God's people trust him more. God chose us to be his people and I work to help them truly know how to live in a way that pleases God. \v 2 His people can learn how to live like this, because they are confident that God will cause them to live forever. God tells no lies. Even before the world began, he promised to cause us to live forever. \v 3 Then, at the right time, he made his word plain for all to understand because he trusted me to preach this message. I do this in order to obey the command of God, who saves us. @@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ \s5 \v 12 One man of Crete, someone his people thought was a prophet, said, "Cretans are always lying to one another! They are like dangerous wild animals! They are lazy and always eat too much food." -\v 13 What he said is true, so correct them forcefully so that they may believe and teach correct things about God. - +\v 13 What he said is true, so correct them forcefully so that they may believe and teach correct things about God. \s5 \v 14 These people should not waste time on senseless Jewish stories and commandments that came from people, not from God. These people have turned away from the truth. diff --git a/57-TIT/02.usfm b/57-TIT/02.usfm index db4156b6..3a4bfec2 100644 --- a/57-TIT/02.usfm +++ b/57-TIT/02.usfm @@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ \s5 \c 2 \p -\v 1 But you, Titus, you must teach the things that help people believe the truth about God. -\v 2 The older men should control themselves all the time. They should live in a way that other people respect, and they should speak wisely. They should also believe the true things about God, love others truly, and continuously do these things. - +\v 1 But you, Titus, you must teach the things that help people believe the truth about God. +\v 2 The older men should control themselves all the time. They should live in a way that other people respect, and they should speak wisely. They should also believe the true things about God, love others truly, and continuously do these things. \s5 \v 3 The older women, like the men, should live so that everyone knows that they respect God very much. They must not say bad things about other people, and they must not drink very much wine. But they should teach others what is good. @@ -15,15 +14,14 @@ \s5 \v 6 And concerning the younger men, teach them, too. Tell them to control themselves well. \v 7 As for you, Titus my son, always show other people how to do good deeds. In what you teach show the believers what is true and also show them how serious you are about your work. -\v 8 Teach people in a way that no one can criticize, so that if anybody wants to stop you, other people will shame them because they really have nothing bad to say about any of us. - +\v 8 Teach people in a way that no one can criticize, so that if anybody wants to stop you, other people will shame them because they really have nothing bad to say about any of us. \s5 \v 9 About our brothers and their families who are slaves: they should always submit to their masters. As much as possible, they should live in a way that pleases their masters in every way, and are they should not argue with them. \v 10 They must not steal even little things from their masters; instead, they should be faithful to them, and they should do everything in a way that leads people to admire all that we teach about God, who saves us. \p \s5 -\v 11 Titus, all that I have written adds up to this: everyone is now able to know that God wishes to save them; this is his gift to them. +\v 11 Titus, all that I have written adds up to this: everyone is now able to know that God wishes to save them; this is his gift to them. \v 12 This saving grace from God trains us, as if we were children, to say no to the desires that are found in this world. It helps us to think about things in the right way, to be honest, truthful, and fair to other people and to always keep God in our thoughts and actions while we live in this world. \v 13 At the same time, God teaches us to wait for what he will certainly do in the future, which is something that will make us very happy: That is, Jesus the Messiah, our Savior and powerful God, will return to us in great splendor. diff --git a/57-TIT/03.usfm b/57-TIT/03.usfm index af3e9d93..d2389c61 100644 --- a/57-TIT/03.usfm +++ b/57-TIT/03.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 3 -\p +\p \v 1 Titus, be sure to remind our people that, as much as possible, we should comply with the rules and laws that govern our society. We need to be obedient and ready to do good at every opportunity. \v 2 We should not say disrespectful things about anyone or argue with people. It is good to let other people have their preferences instead of pushing to get our own way, and to treat everyone with gentleness. \p @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ \v 3 For there was a time when we were thoughtless and unpersuaded about these things. We were led astray and served various passions and pleasures as if we were their slaves. We spent our lives envying each other and doing evil. We caused people to hate us and we hated each other. \s5 -\v 4 But when God showed us that he was acting to save all people because he loves them, +\v 4 But when God showed us that he was acting to save all people because he loves them, \v 5 he saved us by washing us clean on the inside, giving us a new birth, and making us new by the Holy Spirit. He did not save us because we do good things, but he saved us because he is merciful. - + \s5 \v 6 God generously gave us his Holy Spirit when Jesus the Messiah saved us. \v 7 By this gift, God has declared that everything is made right between him and us. And more than that, we will share in everything that the Lord Jesus has to give us, especially everlasting life with him. @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \v 8 This is a statement that can be trusted. I want you to continually emphasize these things so that those who have believed God may constantly devote themselves to doing those good and helpful things that God has set before them to do. These things are excellent and beneficial for everyone. \s5 -\v 9 But stay away from senseless debates, entanglements about Jewish genealogies, arguments and disputes about the religious law. Those are a useless waste of your time and energy. +\v 9 But stay away from senseless debates, entanglements about Jewish genealogies, arguments and disputes about the religious law. Those are a useless waste of your time and energy. \v 10 If people insist on engaging in these divisive activities after you have warned them one or two times, then have nothing more to do with them, \v 11 because people like that have turned away from the truth; they live in sin and condemn themselves. \p @@ -38,5 +38,4 @@ \s5 \v 15 Titus, all those who are with me greet you! And please greet our friends there who love us as fellow believers. Grace be with all of you. - diff --git a/58-PHM/01.usfm b/58-PHM/01.usfm index c0632c63..9e5c2b6b 100644 --- a/58-PHM/01.usfm +++ b/58-PHM/01.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 4 When I pray for you, I always thank God, +\v 4 When I pray for you, I always thank God, \v 5 because I keep hearing about how you trust in the Lord Jesus. I also hear about how you keep on loving and helping all the believers. \v 6 I pray that because you trust in Christ the same as we do, you may be able to know every good thing that we have to give you regarding Christ. \v 7 I have greatly rejoiced and have much courage because you, my dear friend, have been loving God's people and helping them. @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \v 9 But because I know that you love God's people, I request this instead of commanding you to do it. It is I, Paul, an old man and now also a prisoner because I serve Christ Jesus, who am requesting it. \s5 -\v 10 I request that you do something for Onesimus. He is now like a son of mine because I told him about Christ here in prison. +\v 10 I request that you do something for Onesimus. He is now like a son of mine because I told him about Christ here in prison. \v 11 Although his name, as you know, means "useful," he was useless to you in the past. But now he is useful both to you and to me! \p \v 12 Although he is very dear to me, I am sending him back to you. @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 17 So if you believe that you and I are doing God's work together, welcome him as you would welcome me. -\v 18 If he has done you any kind of harm, or if he is in debt to you, let me take the responsibility for that. +\v 18 If he has done you any kind of harm, or if he is in debt to you, let me take the responsibility for that. \v 19 I, Paul, am now writing this in my own handwriting: I will repay you what he owes you. I could say to you that you owe me even more than Onesimus owes you, because what I told you saved your own life. \p \v 20 Indeed, my brother, cause me to rejoice with the Lord. Since we are both joined to Christ, make my heart glad. diff --git a/59-HEB/00.usfm b/59-HEB/00.usfm index 76982729..def33831 100644 --- a/59-HEB/00.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/00.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \id HEB Unlocked Dynamic Bible \ide UTF-8 \h HEBREWS -\toc1 The Letter to the Hebrews +\toc1 The Letter to the Hebrews \toc2 Hebrews \toc3 Heb \mt1 Hebrews \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/59-HEB/01.usfm b/59-HEB/01.usfm index 34b2fe93..18747284 100644 --- a/59-HEB/01.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/01.usfm @@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ \s5 \p -\v 6 When God brought his honored Son, his only Son, into the world, he commanded: +\v 6 When God brought his honored Son, his only Son, into the world, he commanded: \q "All my angels must worship him." \p \v 7 And in the scriptures it is written about the angels: -\q "God has made his angels to be spirits, +\q "God has made his angels to be spirits, \q and his ministers who serve him to be like flames of fire." \s5 @@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ \q They will wear out as clothing wears out. \q \v 12 You will roll them up as if they were old clothes. -\q Then you will change all that is in the universe for something new, +\q Then you will change all that is in the universe for something new, \q like someone putting on new clothes. \q But you stay the same, and you live forever!" \s5 \p \v 13 God has never said to any angel what he said to his Son: -\q "Sit in the most important place next to me and rule with me +\q "Sit in the most important place next to me and rule with me \q while I defeat all of your enemies for you to rule over them!" \p \v 14 The angels are only spirits whom God has sent out to serve and care for believers whom God will soon save completely, as he has promised to do for them. diff --git a/59-HEB/02.usfm b/59-HEB/02.usfm index f97794f0..fd8e3d9f 100644 --- a/59-HEB/02.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/02.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \v 2 When the angels spoke God's law to the people of Israel, what they said was valid. God justly punished all who disobeyed him and violated his law. -\v 3 Since this is true, we will certainly not escape God; he will certainly judge us if we ignore the good news about how he saves us. It was the Lord Jesus who first told us about this, and the disciples who heard him have assured us that he did so. +\v 3 Since this is true, we will certainly not escape God; he will certainly judge us if we ignore the good news about how he saves us. It was the Lord Jesus who first told us about this, and the disciples who heard him have assured us that he did so. \v 4 God also confirmed to us that this message was true by giving believers power to do mighty deeds that prove these things are true. And the Holy Spirit also gives many gifts to the believers, just as he desires to distribute them. @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ \q No human is worthy enough for you to care for him! \q -\s5 +\s5 \q -\v 7 You created humans a little less important than the angels, +\v 7 You created humans a little less important than the angels, \q Yet you have greatly honored them, as people honor kings. \f + \ft Some ancient copies add: \fqa " ... and you have put him in charge of the things you have made." \f* \q @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ -\p +\p \v 10 It was proper that God should make Jesus complete in every way by suffering and dying for us. God is the one who created all things, and he is the one for whom all things exist. And Jesus is the one who enables God to save people. \s5 diff --git a/59-HEB/04.usfm b/59-HEB/04.usfm index 9567bc63..11f50999 100644 --- a/59-HEB/04.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/04.usfm @@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ \s5 \v 12 God's words are alive and powerful, and they are able to cut like a sharp sword—cutting so deep that it can separate out the difference between our soul and our spirit. God's words are just like a sword that cuts deeply, down so deep they can cut into us like a sharp sword cuts through the joints of an animal. Those words cut even into the hardest places in us, like a sword that can cut down into the marrow within the bones. God's words are like a judge, deciding what thoughts are good or what thoughts are bad, and his words test the motives hidden deep within each of our hearts. -\v 13 God knows everything about everyone. Nothing is hidden from him. Everything is completely open to him and he sees everything we do. We must all appear before God and we must tell him how we have lived our lives. - +\v 13 God knows everything about everyone. Nothing is hidden from him. Everything is completely open to him and he sees everything we do. We must all appear before God and we must tell him how we have lived our lives. \s5 diff --git a/59-HEB/05.usfm b/59-HEB/05.usfm index a0589bd2..ca2698aa 100644 --- a/59-HEB/05.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/05.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p -\v 1 When God chooses a high priest, he selects a man from the people. This man must serve God for the people; he must give God gifts and sacrifice animals to him for the people's sins. +\v 1 When God chooses a high priest, he selects a man from the people. This man must serve God for the people; he must give God gifts and sacrifice animals to him for the people's sins. \v 2 A high priest can be gentle with those who know little about God and with those who sin against him. This is because the high priest himself is weak with sin. \v 3 As a result, he also must sacrifice animals, because he sins just like the people do. diff --git a/59-HEB/06.usfm b/59-HEB/06.usfm index 949e6d34..c04360f2 100644 --- a/59-HEB/06.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/06.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \v 1-3 So, we must not keep discussing what we first learned about Christ, things that all believers must learn at first. Some of these things are how to stop doing sinful deeds, those that lead to death, and how to start trusting in God. There are also important things we teach: various kinds of baptism, why we often pray while putting our hands on each other; and also about how God will raise us all from the dead and judge everyone in a way that will last forever. Indeed, we will discuss these things again later, if God gives us the chance to do it. But now we must discuss things that are harder to understand; these are things that will help us to trust in Christ in all times, no matter what happens. \s5 \v 4 I will explain why it is important to do this. Some people have at one time understood the message about Christ. They learned what it was like for God to forgive them and for Christ to love them, and they received gifts from the Holy Spirit. -\v 5 They found for themselves that God's message is good, and they learned how God will work powerfully in the future. +\v 5 They found for themselves that God's message is good, and they learned how God will work powerfully in the future. \v 6 But now, if these people reject Christ, no one will be able to persuade them to stop sinning and to trust in him again! That is because it is as though these people have nailed the Son of God to his cross again! They are causing people to despise Christ in front of others. \s5 @@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 9 You can see that I am warning you, dear friends, not to reject Christ. At the same time, I am certain that you are doing better than that. You are doing the things that are in conformity with the fact that God is saving you. -\v 10 Since God always acts justly, he will not overlook all you have done for him; he will not overlook how you have loved and helped your fellow believers, and how you are still helping them. - +\v 10 Since God always acts justly, he will not overlook all you have done for him; he will not overlook how you have loved and helped your fellow believers, and how you are still helping them. \s5 \v 11 We greatly desire that each of you continue to show the same effort you are showing now, so that to the very end of your lives, you will be sure you will receive all that God promised to give you. \v 12 I do not want you to be lazy. Instead, I want you to do what other believers have done, those who are receiving what God promised them, because they trusted in him and were patient. diff --git a/59-HEB/07.usfm b/59-HEB/07.usfm index 54db852b..715035ae 100644 --- a/59-HEB/07.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/07.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 11 God gave the law to his people at the same time he gave regulations about the priests. So if the priests who were descended from Aaron and his ancestor Levi could have provided a way for God to forgive people for disobeying those laws, those priests would have been adequate. In that case, no other priest like Melchizedek would have been necessary. +\v 11 God gave the law to his people at the same time he gave regulations about the priests. So if the priests who were descended from Aaron and his ancestor Levi could have provided a way for God to forgive people for disobeying those laws, those priests would have been adequate. In that case, no other priest like Melchizedek would have been necessary. \v 12 But we know those priests were not adequate, because a new type of priest like Melchizedek has come. And since God has appointed a new type of priest, he also had to change the law. \s5 diff --git a/59-HEB/09.usfm b/59-HEB/09.usfm index f45e1f04..24fce414 100644 --- a/59-HEB/09.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/09.usfm @@ -34,13 +34,11 @@ \v 12 When a high priest goes into the inner room in the tent each year, he takes goats' blood and calves' blood to offer as a sacrifice. But Christ did not do that. It was as though he went into that very holy place only once because he gave his own blood on the cross, just one time. By doing that, he redeemed us forever, because his blood flowed from himself. \s5 -\v 13 The priests sprinkle on people goats' blood and bulls' blood and the water that has been filtered through the ashes of a red heifer that they have completely burned. By performing that ritual, they then say that God will now accept that the people should worship him. -\v 14 If all that is true, then it became even more true when Christ, who had never sinned, sacrificed himself to God—he did this by the power of God's eternal Spirit. Because he sacrificed himself, God now forgives us for having sinned, for having done things that would have made us die forever. Now it is as though we had never sinned; now we can worship the true God. - +\v 13 The priests sprinkle on people goats' blood and bulls' blood and the water that has been filtered through the ashes of a red heifer that they have completely burned. By performing that ritual, they then say that God will now accept that the people should worship him. +\v 14 If all that is true, then it became even more true when Christ, who had never sinned, sacrificed himself to God—he did this by the power of God's eternal Spirit. Because he sacrificed himself, God now forgives us for having sinned, for having done things that would have made us die forever. Now it is as though we had never sinned; now we can worship the true God. \p -\v 15 By dying for us, Christ made for God a new covenant with us. We were trying to please God by means of the first covenant, but we were still guilty of having sinned. When he died, he freed us from having to die for our own sins. As a result, all of us whom God has called to know him will receive what he has promised to give us forever. - +\v 15 By dying for us, Christ made for God a new covenant with us. We were trying to please God by means of the first covenant, but we were still guilty of having sinned. When he died, he freed us from having to die for our own sins. As a result, all of us whom God has called to know him will receive what he has promised to give us forever. \s5 \v 16 A covenant is like a will. In the case of a will, in order to put its provisions into effect, someone must prove that the one who made it has died. \v 17 A will goes into effect only when the one who makes the will has died. It is not in effect when the one who made it is still alive. diff --git a/59-HEB/10.usfm b/59-HEB/10.usfm index dd4552d3..27b89d17 100644 --- a/59-HEB/10.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/10.usfm @@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ \v 19 So, my fellow believers, because we trust in what Jesus accomplished when his own blood flowed for us, we can confidently go into God's very presence that was symbolized by the very holy place in the sacred tent. \v 20 He has enabled us to go into God's presence by making a new way in which we can live forever. This new way is Jesus, who died for us. \v 21 Christ is a great priest who rules over us, we who are God's people. -\v 22 So we must approach God sincerely by confidently trusting in Jesus. It is he who has made our hearts pure from having sinned. It is as if he sprinkled his own blood over our hearts, and as if he had washed our bodies in pure water. - +\v 22 So we must approach God sincerely by confidently trusting in Jesus. It is he who has made our hearts pure from having sinned. It is as if he sprinkled his own blood over our hearts, and as if he had washed our bodies in pure water. \s5 \v 23 We must unwaveringly keep stating what we believe. Since God faithfully does all he promised to do, we must confidently expect him to do these things. \v 24 And let us think how each of us can best encourage each other to love one another and to do good deeds. diff --git a/59-HEB/13.usfm b/59-HEB/13.usfm index 6db9fdd9..bb56f08e 100644 --- a/59-HEB/13.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/13.usfm @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \p -\v 10 Those who serve in the sacred tent have no right to eat at the sacred altar where we worship Christ. +\v 10 Those who serve in the sacred tent have no right to eat at the sacred altar where we worship Christ. \v 11 After the high priest brings into the very holy place the blood of animals that they have sacrificed to atone for sins, other people burn the bodies of those animals outside the camp. \s5 diff --git a/60-JAS/00.usfm b/60-JAS/00.usfm index 48e0f4c6..9f912986 100644 --- a/60-JAS/00.usfm +++ b/60-JAS/00.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \id JAS Unlocked Dynamic Bible \ide UTF-8 \h JAMES -\toc1 The Letter of James +\toc1 The Letter of James \toc2 James \toc3 Jas \mt1 James \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/60-JAS/01.usfm b/60-JAS/01.usfm index 261f7b31..e5c7e614 100644 --- a/60-JAS/01.usfm +++ b/60-JAS/01.usfm @@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ \v 3 Understand that as you trust God in hardships, they help you to endure even more hardships. \s5 -\v 4 Endure hardships to their very end, so that you may follow Christ in every way. Then you will not fail to do well. - +\v 4 Endure hardships to their very end, so that you may follow Christ in every way. Then you will not fail to do well. \p \v 5 If anyone of you needs to know what to do, let him ask God, who gives generously and is not angry at anyone who asks. @@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ Then, when evil desires come together, sin is born, which means the person commi \v 16 My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves. \s5 -\v 17 Every truly good and perfect gift comes from God the Father, who is in heaven. He is the true God who gives us light. God does not change like created things change, like shadows that appear and disappear. God never changes and He is always good! +\v 17 Every truly good and perfect gift comes from God the Father, who is in heaven. He is the true God who gives us light. God does not change like created things change, like shadows that appear and disappear. God never changes and He is always good! \v 18 God chose to give us spiritual life when we trusted in his true message. So now believers in Jesus have become the first people to have true spiritual life, which only Jesus can give. \s5 diff --git a/60-JAS/04.usfm b/60-JAS/04.usfm index b2d48a1f..533ba6fb 100644 --- a/60-JAS/04.usfm +++ b/60-JAS/04.usfm @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ \s5 \c 4 \p -\v 1 Now I will tell you why you are fighting among yourselves and quarreling with each other. It is because each of you wants to do the evil things that you enjoy doing, things that do not please your fellow believers. +\v 1 Now I will tell you why you are fighting among yourselves and quarreling with each other. It is because each of you wants to do the evil things that you enjoy doing, things that do not please your fellow believers. \v 2 There are things that you very much desire to have, but you do not get those things, so you want to kill those who hinder you from getting them. You desire what other people have, but you are unable to get what you desire, so you quarrel and fight with one another. You do not have what you desire because you do not ask God for it. \v 3 Even when you do ask him, he does not give you what you ask for because you are asking for the wrong reason. You are asking for things in order that you may use them just to enjoy yourselves in bad ways. \s5 \p -\v 4 Like a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, you are being unfaithful to God and not obeying him anymore. Those who behave as evil people do belong to this world and are enemies against God. Perhaps you do not realize that. +\v 4 Like a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, you are being unfaithful to God and not obeying him anymore. Those who behave as evil people do belong to this world and are enemies against God. Perhaps you do not realize that. \v 5 Surely you do not think that it is for no reason that God told us in the scriptures that the Spirit he placed in us yearns for us to live our lives in ways that please him. \s5 diff --git a/61-1PE/01.usfm b/61-1PE/01.usfm index c0c779d0..f1dd0d7e 100644 --- a/61-1PE/01.usfm +++ b/61-1PE/01.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \s5 \v 6 You rejoice because of what will happen then, but now you are grieving for a short time while you suffer many different hardships. -God is allowing you to be tested, as precious metals are tested to see if they are pure. These trials that you are experiencing are necessary. +God is allowing you to be tested, as precious metals are tested to see if they are pure. These trials that you are experiencing are necessary. \v 7 These hardships happen in order to prove that you really do trust in Jesus. This means more to God than all the gold in the world, which fire can destroy. Because you trust in Jesus, God will honor you very highly when Jesus Christ comes again. \s5 diff --git a/61-1PE/02.usfm b/61-1PE/02.usfm index aaf72152..d4bb1883 100644 --- a/61-1PE/02.usfm +++ b/61-1PE/02.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \v 7 Therefore, God will honor you who believe in Jesus. But those who refuse to believe in him are like the builders that the scriptures talk about: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the most important stone in the building." \p -\v 8 It is also written in the scriptures: +\v 8 It is also written in the scriptures: \q "He will be like a stone that causes people to stumble, \q and like a rock that people trip over. \p Just as people are injured when they stumble over a rock, @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 9 But you are people whom God has chosen to belong to him. You are a group that worship God like priests, and you rule with God like kings. You are a people group that belongs to God, so that you might proclaim the wonderful things he has done. He has called you from your former ways, when you were ignorant of his truth, and he has made you understand the marvelous true things about him. +\v 9 But you are people whom God has chosen to belong to him. You are a group that worship God like priests, and you rule with God like kings. You are a people group that belongs to God, so that you might proclaim the wonderful things he has done. He has called you from your former ways, when you were ignorant of his truth, and he has made you understand the marvelous true things about him. \v 10 What the scriptures say is true about you: \q "Formerly, you were no people group at all, \q But now you are God's people group. diff --git a/61-1PE/03.usfm b/61-1PE/03.usfm index a620fd75..91fe8e99 100644 --- a/61-1PE/03.usfm +++ b/61-1PE/03.usfm @@ -5,15 +5,13 @@ \p -\v 1 You women believers should submit yourselves to your husbands. Do this in order that if any of them do not believe the message about Christ, they may become believers without your having to say anything to them. -\v 2 They will believe in Christ when they see that you honor them and that you are completely faithful to them. - +\v 1 You women believers should submit yourselves to your husbands. Do this in order that if any of them do not believe the message about Christ, they may become believers without your having to say anything to them. +\v 2 They will believe in Christ when they see that you honor them and that you are completely faithful to them. \s5 -\v 3 Do not try to do this by decorating the outside of your bodies, such as having fancy hair arrangements or wearing gold jewelry and fine clothes. -\v 4 Instead, make your inner beings beautiful in a way that will not fade. I mean, have a humble and quiet attitude, which is something that God considers to be very valuable. - +\v 3 Do not try to do this by decorating the outside of your bodies, such as having fancy hair arrangements or wearing gold jewelry and fine clothes. +\v 4 Instead, make your inner beings beautiful in a way that will not fade. I mean, have a humble and quiet attitude, which is something that God considers to be very valuable. \s5 -\v 5 The women who honored God, who lived long ago, made themselves beautiful in this way. They trusted in God and obeyed their husbands. +\v 5 The women who honored God, who lived long ago, made themselves beautiful in this way. They trusted in God and obeyed their husbands. \v 6 Sarah, for example, obeyed her husband Abraham and called him master. God will consider you to be her daughters if you do what is right and are not afraid of what your husbands or anyone else may do to you because you are believers. \s5 @@ -26,20 +24,20 @@ \p -\v 8 To end this part of my letter, I say to all of you, agree with each other in what you think. Be sympathetic toward each other. Love each other as members of the same family should. Act compassionately toward each other. Be humble. +\v 8 To end this part of my letter, I say to all of you, agree with each other in what you think. Be sympathetic toward each other. Love each other as members of the same family should. Act compassionately toward each other. Be humble. \v 9 When people do evil things to you or insult you, do not do the same to them. Instead, ask God to help them, because that is what you have been chosen by God to do, in order that he may help you. \s5 \v 10 Consider what the Psalmist wrote about the proper way of conducting our lives: -\q "As for those who want to enjoy life and for good things to happen to them, -\q they must not say what is evil or speak words that deceive others. +\q "As for those who want to enjoy life and for good things to happen to them, +\q they must not say what is evil or speak words that deceive others. \q -\v 11 They must continually stop doing evil, and do what is good instead. -\q They must try to help people act peacefully toward each other; -\q they must earnestly urge people to act in a peaceful way, +\v 11 They must continually stop doing evil, and do what is good instead. +\q They must try to help people act peacefully toward each other; +\q they must earnestly urge people to act in a peaceful way, \q -\v 12 because the Lord accepts what righteous people do. -\q He listens to righteous people when they pray, and he answers them. +\v 12 because the Lord accepts what righteous people do. +\q He listens to righteous people when they pray, and he answers them. \q But he rejects those who do evil." \s5 @@ -47,20 +45,17 @@ \p \v 13 If you are eager to do good deeds, most people will not harm you. -\v 14 But even if you suffer because of doing what is right, God will bless you. Do as Isaiah wrote: 'Do not be afraid of people who threaten you, and do not worry about what they might do to you.' - +\v 14 But even if you suffer because of doing what is right, God will bless you. Do as Isaiah wrote: 'Do not be afraid of people who threaten you, and do not worry about what they might do to you.' \s5 -\v 15 Instead, acknowledge in your inner beings that Christ is your master, whom you love. Always be ready to answer anyone who demands that you tell them about what you are confidently expecting God to do for you. But answer them humbly and respectfully, -\v 16 and make sure that you do nothing wrong, in order that those who speak evil about you may be ashamed when they see the good way in which you are conducting yourselves because you are joined to Christ. -\v 17 It may be that God wants you to suffer. If so, it is better to do good deeds, even if you suffer for doing them, than to do evil deeds. - +\v 15 Instead, acknowledge in your inner beings that Christ is your master, whom you love. Always be ready to answer anyone who demands that you tell them about what you are confidently expecting God to do for you. But answer them humbly and respectfully, +\v 16 and make sure that you do nothing wrong, in order that those who speak evil about you may be ashamed when they see the good way in which you are conducting yourselves because you are joined to Christ. +\v 17 It may be that God wants you to suffer. If so, it is better to do good deeds, even if you suffer for doing them, than to do evil deeds. \s5 -\v 18 I say that because Christ died once for the sake of people who have sinned. He was a righteous person who died for unrighteous people. He died in order that he might bring us to God. During the time that he had an ordinary body, he was killed, but God's Spirit caused him to become alive again. +\v 18 I say that because Christ died once for the sake of people who have sinned. He was a righteous person who died for unrighteous people. He died in order that he might bring us to God. During the time that he had an ordinary body, he was killed, but God's Spirit caused him to become alive again. \v 19 The Spirit also enabled him to go proclaim God's victory to the evil spirits whom God had imprisoned. -\v 20 Long ago, during the time that Noah was building a big boat, those evil spirits disobeyed God when he waited patiently to see if people would turn from their evil behavior. Only a few people were saved in that boat. Specifically, God brought only eight persons safely through the waters of the flood, while all the others drowned in it. - +\v 20 Long ago, during the time that Noah was building a big boat, those evil spirits disobeyed God when he waited patiently to see if people would turn from their evil behavior. Only a few people were saved in that boat. Specifically, God brought only eight persons safely through the waters of the flood, while all the others drowned in it. \s5 -\v 21 That water represents the water in which we are baptized, by which God saves us because he raised Jesus Christ from the dead. This water, of course, removes no dirt from our bodies. Instead, it shows that we are requesting God to assure us that he has removed our guilt for having sinned. +\v 21 That water represents the water in which we are baptized, by which God saves us because he raised Jesus Christ from the dead. This water, of course, removes no dirt from our bodies. Instead, it shows that we are requesting God to assure us that he has removed our guilt for having sinned. \v 22 Christ has gone into heaven and is ruling in the place of highest honor next to God, after God caused all the evil and powerful spirit beings to be made obedient to him. diff --git a/61-1PE/04.usfm b/61-1PE/04.usfm index 19a787c2..fad4d3d0 100644 --- a/61-1PE/04.usfm +++ b/61-1PE/04.usfm @@ -5,41 +5,37 @@ \p -\v 1 Therefore, because Christ suffered in his body, you also be willing to suffer. Those who suffer in their bodies have stopped their sinning. -\v 2 As a result, during their remaining time here on earth, they do not do the things that sinful people desire to do, but instead they do the things that God wants them to do. - +\v 1 Therefore, because Christ suffered in his body, you also be willing to suffer. Those who suffer in their bodies have stopped their sinning. +\v 2 As a result, during their remaining time here on earth, they do not do the things that sinful people desire to do, but instead they do the things that God wants them to do. \s5 -\v 3 I say that to you because you have already spent too much of your time here on earth doing what the people who do not know God like to do. In the past you committed all kinds of sexually immoral acts, you got drunk and then participated in orgies and carousing, and you worshiped idols, which is disgusting to God. -\v 4 Now your friends are surprised that you do not join with them anymore when they do these things. As a result, they say bad things about you. -\v 5 But one day they will have to admit to God everything they have done. He is the one who will judge them. +\v 3 I say that to you because you have already spent too much of your time here on earth doing what the people who do not know God like to do. In the past you committed all kinds of sexually immoral acts, you got drunk and then participated in orgies and carousing, and you worshiped idols, which is disgusting to God. +\v 4 Now your friends are surprised that you do not join with them anymore when they do these things. As a result, they say bad things about you. +\v 5 But one day they will have to admit to God everything they have done. He is the one who will judge them. \v 6 That is the reason why Christ preached the good news to the dead. He did that so that, although God had judged them when they were alive, they might by the power of the Holy Spirit live forever as God lives. \s5 -\v 7 All things on this earth will soon come to an end. Therefore, keep thinking sensibly, and control what you think so that you can pray well. -\v 8 Most importantly of all, love each other sincerely, because if we love others we will not try to find out what they have done wrong. -\v 9 Provide food and a place to sleep for those Christian travelers who come among you, and do it without complaining. - +\v 7 All things on this earth will soon come to an end. Therefore, keep thinking sensibly, and control what you think so that you can pray well. +\v 8 Most importantly of all, love each other sincerely, because if we love others we will not try to find out what they have done wrong. +\v 9 Provide food and a place to sleep for those Christian travelers who come among you, and do it without complaining. \s5 -\v 10 Believers should all use the gifts that God has given them to serve others. They should manage well the various gifts that God has kindly given them. +\v 10 Believers should all use the gifts that God has given them to serve others. They should manage well the various gifts that God has kindly given them. \v 11 Those who speak to the assembly of believers should do that as if they were speaking the very words of God. Those who do kind deeds for others should do it with the strength that God gives them, in order that you might honor God as Jesus Christ enables us to do so. May we all praise God because he has all authority to rule everything forever. May it be so! \s5 -\v 12 You whom I love, do not be surprised about the painful things that you are suffering because you belong to Christ. Those things are testing you as people test metal by putting it into a fire. Do not think that something strange is happening to you. -\v 13 Instead, rejoice that you are suffering the same kinds of things that Christ endured. Rejoice when you suffer, in order that you may also be very glad when Christ returns and shows everyone how glorious he is. -\v 14 If others insult you because you believe in Christ, God is pleased with you, because it shows that the Spirit of God, the Spirit who reveals how great God is, lives within you. - +\v 12 You whom I love, do not be surprised about the painful things that you are suffering because you belong to Christ. Those things are testing you as people test metal by putting it into a fire. Do not think that something strange is happening to you. +\v 13 Instead, rejoice that you are suffering the same kinds of things that Christ endured. Rejoice when you suffer, in order that you may also be very glad when Christ returns and shows everyone how glorious he is. +\v 14 If others insult you because you believe in Christ, God is pleased with you, because it shows that the Spirit of God, the Spirit who reveals how great God is, lives within you. \s5 \v 15 If you suffer, do not let it be because you murdered anyone, or stole anything or did some other kind of evil thing, or because you interfered in someone else's affairs. -\v 16 But if you suffer because you are a Christian, do not be ashamed about it. Instead, praise God that you are suffering because you belong to Christ. - +\v 16 But if you suffer because you are a Christian, do not be ashamed about it. Instead, praise God that you are suffering because you belong to Christ. \s5 -\v 17 I say this, because it is now time for God to begin judging people, and first he will judge those who belong to him. Since he will judge us believers first, think about the terrible things that will happen to those who do not obey the good news that comes from him! +\v 17 I say this, because it is now time for God to begin judging people, and first he will judge those who belong to him. Since he will judge us believers first, think about the terrible things that will happen to those who do not obey the good news that comes from him! \v 18 That will be as it is written in the scriptures: -\q "Many righteous people will have to suffer many difficult trials before going to heaven. +\q "Many righteous people will have to suffer many difficult trials before going to heaven. \q So ungodly and sinful people will surely have to suffer much severe punishment from God!" \p \v 19 Therefore, those who suffer because God wishes it should trust God to keep them, God, the one who created them and the one who always does what he promises to do. And they should continue to do what is right. diff --git a/61-1PE/05.usfm b/61-1PE/05.usfm index 68ebcec5..9549d758 100644 --- a/61-1PE/05.usfm +++ b/61-1PE/05.usfm @@ -4,31 +4,30 @@ \c 5 \p -\v 1 Now I will say this to those among you who are elders, you who lead the assemblies of believers: I am also an elder. I also am one of those who saw Christ suffer, and I will also share some of the glory that Christ has in heaven. -\v 2 I appeal to you elders to take care of the people who are in your assemblies. Do this as if you were shepherds who take care of their flocks of sheep. Do this, not because you must do it, but instead do it willingly, as God desires. Do not be greedy to get money for doing it, but instead do it enthusiastically. -\v 3 Do not act like domineering bosses over the people whom God has assigned to you, but instead be examples to them by the way in which you conduct your lives. +\v 1 Now I will say this to those among you who are elders, you who lead the assemblies of believers: I am also an elder. I also am one of those who saw Christ suffer, and I will also share some of the glory that Christ has in heaven. +\v 2 I appeal to you elders to take care of the people who are in your assemblies. Do this as if you were shepherds who take care of their flocks of sheep. Do this, not because you must do it, but instead do it willingly, as God desires. Do not be greedy to get money for doing it, but instead do it enthusiastically. +\v 3 Do not act like domineering bosses over the people whom God has assigned to you, but instead be examples to them by the way in which you conduct your lives. \v 4 If you do that, when Jesus, who is like our chief shepherd, appears, he will give each of you a splendid reward. That reward will be like the wreaths that are given to athletes who win races, but your reward will never wither like those wreaths do. \s5 \p \v 5 Now I will say this to you young men. You must obey the older men in the assembly. All of you believers should act humbly toward each other, because it is true that God opposes those who are proud, but he acts kindly toward those who are humble. \p -\v 6 Therefore, realizing that God has great power to punish proud people, humble yourselves in order that he may honor you at the time that he has determined. +\v 6 Therefore, realizing that God has great power to punish proud people, humble yourselves in order that he may honor you at the time that he has determined. \v 7 Because he takes care of you, let him take care of all the things that you are worried about. \s5 \p -\v 8 Always be alert and pay attention, because the devil, who is your enemy, is going around, looking for people to destroy. He is like a lion that roars as it prowls around, seeking someone to kill and devour. -\v 9 You must resist him by continuing to firmly trust in Christ and his message, remembering that your fellow believers all over the world are suffering similar hardships. - +\v 8 Always be alert and pay attention, because the devil, who is your enemy, is going around, looking for people to destroy. He is like a lion that roars as it prowls around, seeking someone to kill and devour. +\v 9 You must resist him by continuing to firmly trust in Christ and his message, remembering that your fellow believers all over the world are suffering similar hardships. \s5 -\v 10 God is the one who kindly helps us in every situation, and he is the one who chose us to share his eternal glory in heaven because we are joined to Christ. And after you have suffered for a while because of things that people do to harm you, he will remove your spiritual defects, he will strengthen you to trust him more, and he will support you in every way. +\v 10 God is the one who kindly helps us in every situation, and he is the one who chose us to share his eternal glory in heaven because we are joined to Christ. And after you have suffered for a while because of things that people do to harm you, he will remove your spiritual defects, he will strengthen you to trust him more, and he will support you in every way. \v 11 I pray that he will rule powerfully forever. May it be so! \s5 \p \v 12 Silas has written this letter for me as I have dictated it to him. I consider that he is a faithful fellow believer. I have written this short letter to you to encourage you, and I want to assure you that what I have written is a true message about the things that God kindly does for us, things that we do not deserve. Continue to firmly believe this message. \p -\v 13 In this city that we sometimes call 'Babylon,' the believers, whom God has chosen to belong to him just like he chose you, send you their greetings. Mark, who is like a son to me, also sends you his greetings. -\v 14 Greet each other with a kiss on the cheek to show that you love each other. I pray that God will give peace to all of you who are joined to Christ. - +\v 13 In this city that we sometimes call 'Babylon,' the believers, whom God has chosen to belong to him just like he chose you, send you their greetings. Mark, who is like a son to me, also sends you his greetings. +\v 14 Greet each other with a kiss on the cheek to show that you love each other. I pray that God will give peace to all of you who are joined to Christ. + diff --git a/62-2PE/01.usfm b/62-2PE/01.usfm index 88c1f5cc..1bd1b066 100644 --- a/62-2PE/01.usfm +++ b/62-2PE/01.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 3 God has given us everything that we need in order that we might live forever and honor him. He does this by his power as God, and he does this because we know him. He has also given it to us as a result of our knowing him. He is the one who chose us to be his people because he is powerful and good. +\v 3 God has given us everything that we need in order that we might live forever and honor him. He does this by his power as God, and he does this because we know him. He has also given it to us as a result of our knowing him. He is the one who chose us to be his people because he is powerful and good. \v 4 Because he is this way, he has promised us that he will do very great and priceless things for us. He has also said to you that as you believe in what he has promised, you will be able to act in a right way, just like God acts in a right way, and that you will no longer be on the way to perish because of desiring to do evil things, as the unbelievers are. \s5 diff --git a/63-1JN/00.usfm b/63-1JN/00.usfm index 4c10c930..423ba857 100644 --- a/63-1JN/00.usfm +++ b/63-1JN/00.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \id 1JN Unlocked Dynamic Bible \ide UTF-8 \h 1 JOHN -\toc1 The First Letter of John +\toc1 The First Letter of John \toc2 First John \toc3 1Jn \mt1 1 John \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/63-1JN/02.usfm b/63-1JN/02.usfm index d163829c..06bc3511 100644 --- a/63-1JN/02.usfm +++ b/63-1JN/02.usfm @@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ \v 1 You who are as dear to me as my own children, I am writing this to you to keep you from sinning. But if any of you believers does sin, remember that Jesus Christ, the righteous one, pleads with the Father for him to forgive us. \v 2 Jesus Christ voluntarily sacrificed his own life for us, so that as a result God forgives our sins. Yes, God is able to forgive our sins, but not only ours. He is also able to forgive the sins of people everywhere! \p -\v 3 I will tell you how we can be sure that we know God. If we obey what he commands us to do, that shows us that we are joined together with him. - +\v 3 I will tell you how we can be sure that we know God. If we obey what he commands us to do, that shows us that we are joined together with him. \s5 \v 4 Those who say, "We know God," and do not obey what God commands us to do, are liars. They are not conducting their lives according to God's true message. \v 5 But those who obey what God commands them to do are the people who love God in every way. This is how we can be sure that we are joined with God. @@ -15,8 +14,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 7 Dear friends, I am not writing that you must do something new. Instead, I am writing something that you have known to do since you first believed in Christ. This is part of the message that you have always heard. -\v 8 But I will say something again to you on this same topic: I can say that I am telling you to do something new. It is new because what Christ did was new, and what you are doing is new. This is because you are ceasing to do evil and you are doing more and more good. It is like when night passes away and day dawns, the true day of Christ. - +\v 8 But I will say something again to you on this same topic: I can say that I am telling you to do something new. It is new because what Christ did was new, and what you are doing is new. This is because you are ceasing to do evil and you are doing more and more good. It is like when night passes away and day dawns, the true day of Christ. \s5 \v 9 Those who claim that they are like people who live in the light, but who hate any of their fellow believers, are still like people who live in darkness. \v 10 But those who love their fellow believers behave like people who are living in the light; they have no reason to sin. @@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 12 I am writing this to you whom I love as though you were my own children. God has forgiven your sins because of what Christ has done for you. -\v 13 I am writing to you believers who are older than the others. You have known Christ, who has always lived. I am also writing to you young men; you have defeated Satan, the evil one. And I am writing to you little children, because you know God the Father. +\v 13 I am writing to you believers who are older than the others. You have known Christ, who has always lived. I am also writing to you young men; you have defeated Satan, the evil one. And I am writing to you little children, because you know God the Father. \v 14 I will say it again: I am writing this to you older men because you have come to know Christ, the one who has always existed. And I am writing to you young men, because you are strong and you continue to obey what God commands, and because you have defeated Satan, the evil one. \s5 @@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 18 You who are very dear to me, it is now just before Jesus returns to earth. You have already heard that the person who will pretend to be Christ is coming; actually, many such persons have already arrived—but they are all against Christ. Because of this, we know that Christ will return very soon. +\v 18 You who are very dear to me, it is now just before Jesus returns to earth. You have already heard that the person who will pretend to be Christ is coming; actually, many such persons have already arrived—but they are all against Christ. Because of this, we know that Christ will return very soon. \v 19 These people refused to remain in our congregations, but they never really belonged with us in the first place. When they left us, we clearly saw that they had never joined with us. \s5 @@ -57,5 +55,5 @@ \s5 \v 27 As for you, God's Spirit, whom you received from Christ, remains in you. So you do not need anyone else to be your teacher. God's Spirit is teaching you everything that you need to know. He always teaches the truth and never says anything that is false. So continue to live in the way that he has taught you, and remain joined with him. \p -\v 28 Now, my dear ones, I urge you to continue to remain joined with Christ. We need to do that in order that we may be confident that he will accept us when he comes back again. If we do that, we will not be ashamed when we stand before him when he comes. +\v 28 Now, my dear ones, I urge you to continue to remain joined with Christ. We need to do that in order that we may be confident that he will accept us when he comes back again. If we do that, we will not be ashamed when we stand before him when he comes. \v 29 Since you know that Christ always does what is right, you know that all those who continue doing what is right are the ones who have become God's children. diff --git a/63-1JN/03.usfm b/63-1JN/03.usfm index c3ffa537..7befbcf3 100644 --- a/63-1JN/03.usfm +++ b/63-1JN/03.usfm @@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ \s5 \v 13 You should not be amazed when unbelievers hate you. \v 14 Because we love our fellow believers, we know that God has made us to live forever with him. But God regards anyone who does not love their fellow believer as a person who is not living in life but is living under the power of death. -\v 15 God treats anyone who hates their fellow believers as though they had done something just as bad as committing murder. Anyone who does not love his brother is living for death, not life. +\v 15 God treats anyone who hates their fellow believers as though they had done something just as bad as committing murder. Anyone who does not love his brother is living for death, not life. \s5 -\v 16 The way that we now know how to truly love our fellow believers is by remembering that Christ died for us of his own free will. So in the same way, we should do anything for our fellow believers, even die for them. +\v 16 The way that we now know how to truly love our fellow believers is by remembering that Christ died for us of his own free will. So in the same way, we should do anything for our fellow believers, even die for them. \v 17 Many of us have the things that are necessary for us to live in this world. If we become aware that any of our fellow believers do not have what they need and if we refuse to provide for them, it is clear that we do not love God as we claim to do. \v 18 I am saying to you whom I love dearly, let us not merely say we love each other; let us love each other by helping each other. diff --git a/63-1JN/05.usfm b/63-1JN/05.usfm index 1fbebc6d..74ae734b 100644 --- a/63-1JN/05.usfm +++ b/63-1JN/05.usfm @@ -2,43 +2,40 @@ \s5 \c 5 \p -\v 1 All those who believe that Jesus is the Christ are children of God, born from God. And whoever loves anyone who is a father certainly loves his child also. -\v 2 The way we can be sure that we truly love God's children is when we love God and do what he commands us to do. +\v 1 All those who believe that Jesus is the Christ are children of God, born from God. And whoever loves anyone who is a father certainly loves his child also. +\v 2 The way we can be sure that we truly love God's children is when we love God and do what he commands us to do. \v 3 I am saying this because what loving God really means is that we do what he commands. Also, it is not difficult to do what he commands. \s5 -\v 4 All of us whom God has caused to become his children have been able to refuse to do what unbelievers want us to do. We are stronger than everything that is against God. We are able to refuse to do wrong because we trust in Christ. +\v 4 All of us whom God has caused to become his children have been able to refuse to do what unbelievers want us to do. We are stronger than everything that is against God. We are able to refuse to do wrong because we trust in Christ. \v 5 Who is the person who is stronger than everything that is against God? It is anyone who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. \s5 \p \v 6 Think about Jesus Christ. He is the one who came to earth from God. God showed that he had truly sent Jesus when John baptized Jesus in water, but also when Jesus' blood flowed from his body when he died. And God's Spirit declares truthfully that Jesus Christ came from God. \v 7 These three things are like three people who are witnesses: -\v 8 God's Spirit, the water when John baptized Jesus, and Jesus' blood that flowed from his body when he died on the cross. These three things all tell us the same thing, that Jesus came from God. - +\v 8 God's Spirit, the water when John baptized Jesus, and Jesus' blood that flowed from his body when he died on the cross. These three things all tell us the same thing, that Jesus came from God. \s5 -\v 9 We usually believe what other people tell us. But we can certainly trust much more in what God says. And he has certainly testified about his Son. -\v 10 Those who trust in the Son of God know within their inner beings what is true about him. But those who do not believe what God says call him a liar, because they have refused to believe what God has testified about his Son. - +\v 9 We usually believe what other people tell us. But we can certainly trust much more in what God says. And he has certainly testified about his Son. +\v 10 Those who trust in the Son of God know within their inner beings what is true about him. But those who do not believe what God says call him a liar, because they have refused to believe what God has testified about his Son. \s5 -\v 11 This is what God says to us: "I have given you eternal life." We will live forever if we are joined with his Son. +\v 11 This is what God says to us: "I have given you eternal life." We will live forever if we are joined with his Son. \v 12 Those who are joined with God's Son will live forever with God. Those who are not joined with him will not live forever. \s5 \p -\v 13 I have written this letter to you who believe that Jesus is the Son of God, in order that you may know that you will live forever. -\v 14 Because we are joined with him, we are very confident that he hears us when we ask him to do anything he approves of. +\v 13 I have written this letter to you who believe that Jesus is the Son of God, in order that you may know that you will live forever. +\v 14 Because we are joined with him, we are very confident that he hears us when we ask him to do anything he approves of. \v 15 Also, if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—then we can be sure that we will receive whatever we asked from him. \s5 \p -\v 16 Suppose you see one of our fellow believers sinning in a way that would not separate them from God,and when you see sinning, you should ask God and pray that God will give that person life—that is, to that person who is not commiting a sin that would separate him from God. But there are some people who sin in a way that causes them to be separated from God forever. I am not saying you should ask God to help people who sin in that way. +\v 16 Suppose you see one of our fellow believers sinning in a way that would not separate them from God,and when you see sinning, you should ask God and pray that God will give that person life—that is, to that person who is not commiting a sin that would separate him from God. But there are some people who sin in a way that causes them to be separated from God forever. I am not saying you should ask God to help people who sin in that way. \v 17 Everything that is wrong is a sin against God, but not every bad thing we do can separate us from God forever. \s5 -\v 18 We know that if a person is a child of God, he does not keep sinning again and again. Instead, the Son of God protects him so that Satan, the evil one, does not harm him. -\v 19 We know that we belong to God, and we know that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. - +\v 18 We know that if a person is a child of God, he does not keep sinning again and again. Instead, the Son of God protects him so that Satan, the evil one, does not harm him. +\v 19 We know that we belong to God, and we know that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. \s5 \v 20 We also know that the Son of God has come among us and has enabled us to understand the truth; we are joined to him who is true, God's Son Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is truly God, and he is the one who enables us to have eternal life. \p diff --git a/64-2JN/00.usfm b/64-2JN/00.usfm index 1b7566cd..0637d382 100644 --- a/64-2JN/00.usfm +++ b/64-2JN/00.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \id 2JN Unlocked Dynamic Bible \ide UTF-8 \h 2 JOHN -\toc1 The Second Letter of John +\toc1 The Second Letter of John \toc2 Second John \toc3 2Jn \mt1 2 John \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/66-JUD/01.usfm b/66-JUD/01.usfm index a3e71af8..e20f1ee6 100644 --- a/66-JUD/01.usfm +++ b/66-JUD/01.usfm @@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 3 You whom I love, I tried very hard to write a letter to you about how God has saved us all together. I needed to write to encourage you to do your best to speak for the true things that we believe. These are things that God has taught to all those who trust in Christ. These things will never change. -\v 4 There are men who are creeping into your assemblies; they were like the wicked men the prophets wrote about long ago—they teach false things and they twist the grace of God into giving permission to commit sexual sin. In this way they oppose what is true about Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord. - +\v 4 There are men who are creeping into your assemblies; they were like the wicked men the prophets wrote about long ago—they teach false things and they twist the grace of God into giving permission to commit sexual sin. In this way they oppose what is true about Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord. \s5 \p \v 5 Although you previously knew all these things, there are certain things about which I desire to remind you. Do not forget that although the Lord rescued his people from Egypt, he later destroyed most of those same people, those people who did not believe in him. @@ -25,8 +24,7 @@ \p \v 9 Even when Michael the archangel argued with Satan about who would take possession of Moses' body, he kept from insulting and condemning him; he merely said, "May the Lord punish you!" -\v 10 But these people about whom I am writing say evil words about everything good that they do not understand. They are just like wild animals that cannot think, because all the things that they are naturally able to understand destroy them. - +\v 10 But these people about whom I am writing say evil words about everything good that they do not understand. They are just like wild animals that cannot think, because all the things that they are naturally able to understand destroy them. \p diff --git a/67-REV/01.usfm b/67-REV/01.usfm index 1dcf8d1b..dc803e81 100644 --- a/67-REV/01.usfm +++ b/67-REV/01.usfm @@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ \v 1 This book has the things that Jesus Christ showed to me, John. God showed these things to Jesus in order that he might pass them on to his servants. These things will happen soon. Jesus communicated these things by sending his angel to me, his servant John. \v 2 As a witness I, John, reported everything I saw and heard about the word of God, and the true accounts that were given about Jesus Christ. -\v 3 God will do good to anyone who reads these words to any who hear them when they are being read aloud. He will do good to those who listen carefully to them and obey them, for the time when these things happen is approaching quickly. - +\v 3 God will do good to anyone who reads these words to any who hear them when they are being read aloud. He will do good to those who listen carefully to them and obey them, for the time when these things happen is approaching quickly. \s5 \p \v 4 I, John, am writing this letter to the seven groups of believers in the province of Asia. May God be kind to you and give you peace, for he is the one who has always existed, who exists now, and who will always exist in the future. May the seven spirits who are sitting in front of his throne do these things for you, too. @@ -23,11 +22,11 @@ \p \v 9 I, John, your fellow believer, am suffering as you are because Jesus rules over us. We share together the call to suffer for our faith. We are part of his reign and rule over all things, and we are patiently enduring every trial and test the comes. I was imprisoned and sent to the Island of Patmos because I kept telling people about God's message and the truth about Jesus. -\v 10 On one of the days we worship the Lord with other believers, God's Spirit took control of me. Then I heard behind me someone speaking. He voice was like a trumpet that was being played. +\v 10 On one of the days we worship the Lord with other believers, God's Spirit took control of me. Then I heard behind me someone speaking. He voice was like a trumpet that was being played. \v 11 He said to me, "Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to seven groups of believers. Send it to the believers in the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea." \s5 -\v 12 When I heard these words, I turned to see who was speaking. Then I saw seven golden lampstands. +\v 12 When I heard these words, I turned to see who was speaking. Then I saw seven golden lampstands. \v 13 In the middle of the lampstands there was someone who looked like a human being. He wore a robe that reached to his feet and a golden sash around his chest. \s5 @@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ \v 18 I am alive, even though I died once, and indeed, I am alive forever! I have power over death and I control the place of the dead. \s5 -\v 19 So write down what you have seen. And write down what is happening now. And write down what will happen in the future. +\v 19 So write down what you have seen. And write down what is happening now. And write down what will happen in the future. \v 20 The meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars represent the angels who watch over the seven groups of believers in Asia, and the seven lampstands represent the seven groups that are there." diff --git a/67-REV/02.usfm b/67-REV/02.usfm index 13b1acbf..856634c2 100644 --- a/67-REV/02.usfm +++ b/67-REV/02.usfm @@ -5,24 +5,22 @@ \p -\v 1 Write this message to the angel of the group of believers in the city of Ephesus: The one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, and the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands says this:, -\v 2 'I know all you have done. I know that you work hard for me. I know you are patient when you go through hard times. I also know that you cannot tolerate people who are evil, and that you question people about their faith, and you know those who claim to be apostles, but they are not. - +\v 1 Write this message to the angel of the group of believers in the city of Ephesus: The one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, and the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands says this:, +\v 2 'I know all you have done. I know that you work hard for me. I know you are patient when you go through hard times. I also know that you cannot tolerate people who are evil, and that you question people about their faith, and you know those who claim to be apostles, but they are not. \s5 \v 3 I know also that you endure patiently when you suffer for believing in me and that you continue to serve me steadfastly. Even when people caused you to suffer because you followed me. You have continued to serve and hold to my words even when it was difficult. You did not give up or stop, even though it has been difficult for you. -\v 4 Nevertheless, you have done something wrong: You no longer love each other and me as you did when you first came to trust. You do not have the same love for me now that you had at first. +\v 4 Nevertheless, you have done something wrong: You no longer love each other and me as you did when you first came to trust. You do not have the same love for me now that you had at first. \v 5 So, I tell you to remember how you used to love me. Love me again like you did at the first. If you do not, I will come to you and remove your lamp so you will no longer be my people together. \s5 -\v 6 But you do one thing very well: Those Nicolaitans, the people who say you can worship idols and act immorally—you hate what they do, just as I hate it. -\v 7 Everyone who wants to understand my message must listen carefully to the message that God's Spirit is saying to the groups of believers assembled together. The message is this: I will allow those who are victorious to eat fruit from the tree that gives eternal life, the tree that is in God's garden.'" - +\v 6 But you do one thing very well: Those Nicolaitans, the people who say you can worship idols and act immorally—you hate what they do, just as I hate it. +\v 7 Everyone who wants to understand my message must listen carefully to the message that God's Spirit is saying to the groups of believers assembled together. The message is this: I will allow those who are victorious to eat fruit from the tree that gives eternal life, the tree that is in God's garden.'" \s5 \p -\v 8 "Write this message to the angel of the group of believers in the city of Smyrna: 'I am saying these things to you. I am the first, the one who began all things and I am the last, who causes all things to end. I am the one who died and became alive again. -\v 9 I know about how you have suffered. I know about how you are poor and lack many things that you need (but you are really rich in the things that are eternal and that can never be taken from you). You know what it is like to have people +\v 8 "Write this message to the angel of the group of believers in the city of Smyrna: 'I am saying these things to you. I am the first, the one who began all things and I am the last, who causes all things to end. I am the one who died and became alive again. +\v 9 I know about how you have suffered. I know about how you are poor and lack many things that you need (but you are really rich in the things that are eternal and that can never be taken from you). You know what it is like to have people curse you and say terrible things about you because you follow Christ. Those Jews (who are not real Jews) who curse you and say terrible things about you, they are members of the gathering of Satan, and not the gathering of God's people. \s5 @@ -34,8 +32,7 @@ curse you and say terrible things about you because you follow Christ. Those Jew \p \v 12 "Write this message to the angel of the group of believers in the city of Pergamum: 'I am saying these things to you. I am the one who has the sword with two sharp edges. -\v 13 I know that you live where Satan's power is strong and his influence is everywhere. I know that you firmly believe, and you hold on to what I love and what is important to me. Even when they killed my faithful servant Antipas, who had kept telling people who I am and what I did for them. - +\v 13 I know that you live where Satan's power is strong and his influence is everywhere. I know that you firmly believe, and you hold on to what I love and what is important to me. Even when they killed my faithful servant Antipas, who had kept telling people who I am and what I did for them. \s5 \v 14 But, even so, I see some matters that are hurting your testimony and weakening your obedience. You permit some of your members to teach things like Balaam taught long ago. He taught Balak to eat food that had been offered to idols and that sexual immorality was permitted among God's people. \v 15 In that way, you are also permitting some of your members to practice what the Nicolaitans teach, that sexual immorality is permitted, which, of course, it is not permitted. @@ -48,25 +45,21 @@ curse you and say terrible things about you because you follow Christ. Those Jew \p -\v 18 "Write this message to the angel of the group of believers assembled together in the city of Thyatira: 'I, the Son of God, whose eyes shine like a flame of fire and whose feet shine like gleaming bronze, am saying these things to you. -\v 19 I know all the good things that you do. I know that you love me and each other, and that you trust in me. I know that you serve others and that you steadfastly endure a lot of difficulties. I know that you are doing these things more now than you did in the past. - +\v 18 "Write this message to the angel of the group of believers assembled together in the city of Thyatira: 'I, the Son of God, whose eyes shine like a flame of fire and whose feet shine like gleaming bronze, am saying these things to you. +\v 19 I know all the good things that you do. I know that you love me and each other, and that you trust in me. I know that you serve others and that you steadfastly endure a lot of difficulties. I know that you are doing these things more now than you did in the past. \s5 -\v 20 Nevertheless, you have done something wrong: You tolerate that woman among your people who is like that wicked Queen Jezebel who lived long ago. She says that she is a prophetess. However, by what she teaches, she is deceiving my servants. She is urging them to commit sexual immorality and to eat food that they have offered to idols. -\v 21 Although I gave her time to turn away from her sexual immorality and pagan practices, she did not want to stop. - +\v 20 Nevertheless, you have done something wrong: You tolerate that woman among your people who is like that wicked Queen Jezebel who lived long ago. She says that she is a prophetess. However, by what she teaches, she is deceiving my servants. She is urging them to commit sexual immorality and to eat food that they have offered to idols. +\v 21 Although I gave her time to turn away from her sexual immorality and pagan practices, she did not want to stop. \s5 -\v 22 As a result, I will cause her to become very ill. I will also cause those who act immorally as she does to suffer greatly, if they do not stop doing what she does. -\v 23 Some have become like her children by accepting what she teaches, and I will certainly kill them. Then all the groups of believers will learn that I am the one who finds out what everyone thinks and desires. I will reward each of you according to what you have done. - +\v 22 As a result, I will cause her to become very ill. I will also cause those who act immorally as she does to suffer greatly, if they do not stop doing what she does. +\v 23 Some have become like her children by accepting what she teaches, and I will certainly kill them. Then all the groups of believers will learn that I am the one who finds out what everyone thinks and desires. I will reward each of you according to what you have done. \s5 \v 24 But I have something good to say about the rest of you believers in the city of Thyatira. It is good that you do not accept these wrong things. It is good that you reject what those teachers call their 'secret practices' that Satan taught them. I will not burden you with any other commands. -\v 25 Just keep believing firmly in me and obey me until I come. - +\v 25 Just keep believing firmly in me and obey me until I come. \s5 \v 26 As for those who conquer Satan and who keep on doing what I command until they die, I will give them my authority over all people-groups. -\v 27 They will control them as if they were striking them with an iron rod. They will destroy evildoers just as people shatter clay pots. -\v 28 I do all of this with the authority my Father gave me, and I will give the morning star to those who rule with me so that we may have great joy in our victory. +\v 27 They will control them as if they were striking them with an iron rod. They will destroy evildoers just as people shatter clay pots. +\v 28 I do all of this with the authority my Father gave me, and I will give the morning star to those who rule with me so that we may have great joy in our victory. \v 29 Everyone who wants to understand must listen carefully to the message that God's Spirit is saying to the groups of believers assembled together.'" diff --git a/67-REV/04.usfm b/67-REV/04.usfm index 4512620d..795fb000 100644 --- a/67-REV/04.usfm +++ b/67-REV/04.usfm @@ -2,32 +2,30 @@ \s5 \c 4 \p -\v 1 After these things I, John, saw in the vision that there was a door open in heaven. The one whose voice was like a loud trumpet, the one who had spoken to me previously, said to me, "Come up here! I will show you events that must happen later." -\v 2 Immediately I experienced that God's Spirit was specially controlling me. There was a throne there in heaven, and on the throne someone was sitting and ruling. -\v 3 His appearance shone like a brilliant crystalline jasper jewel and like a brilliant red carnelian jewel. Around the throne was a rainbow that shone like a brilliant green emerald jewel. - +\v 1 After these things I, John, saw in the vision that there was a door open in heaven. The one whose voice was like a loud trumpet, the one who had spoken to me previously, said to me, "Come up here! I will show you events that must happen later." +\v 2 Immediately I experienced that God's Spirit was specially controlling me. There was a throne there in heaven, and on the throne someone was sitting and ruling. +\v 3 His appearance shone like a brilliant crystalline jasper jewel and like a brilliant red carnelian jewel. Around the throne was a rainbow that shone like a brilliant green emerald jewel. \s5 -\v 4 Around the throne there were twenty-four other thrones. On these thrones twenty-four elders were sitting. They were wearing pure white garments and had golden crowns on their heads. +\v 4 Around the throne there were twenty-four other thrones. On these thrones twenty-four elders were sitting. They were wearing pure white garments and had golden crowns on their heads. \v 5 From the throne there came lightning and rumblings and thundering. In front of the throne were burning seven torches, which represent the seven spirits of God. \s5 -\v 6 In front of the throne there was also what looked like a sea made of glass. It was clear, like crystal. On each of the four sides of the throne there was a living creature. Each one was covered with eyes in front and behind. - +\v 6 In front of the throne there was also what looked like a sea made of glass. It was clear, like crystal. On each of the four sides of the throne there was a living creature. Each one was covered with eyes in front and behind. \s5 \v 7-8 The first living creature was like a lion. The second living creature was like an ox. The third living creature had a face like a man's face. The fourth living creature was like an eagle that was flying. Each of the four living creatures had six wings. These wings were covered with eyes both top and bottom. Day and night they constantly say: \q1 "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, who rules over all. -\q1 He is the one who has always existed, +\q1 He is the one who has always existed, \q1 who exists now, and who will always exist." \s5 \p \v 9-10 The living creatures praise, honor, and thank the one who sits on the throne, the one who lives forever. Whenever they do that, the twenty-four elders lie down on the ground before the one who sits on the throne. They worship him, the one who lives forever and ever. They lay their crowns in front of the throne and say: \q1 -\v 11 "Our Lord and God, +\v 11 "Our Lord and God, \q1 you are worthy that all beings should praise you; -\q1 you are worthy that all beings honor you; and -\q1 you are worthy that all beings acknowledge +\q1 you are worthy that all beings honor you; and +\q1 you are worthy that all beings acknowledge \q1 that you are the powerful one. \q1 Because you alone created all things. -\q1 Moreover, because you intended that they should exist, +\q1 Moreover, because you intended that they should exist, \q1 you created them; as a result, they exist." diff --git a/67-REV/05.usfm b/67-REV/05.usfm index 309e1933..80ee8ffd 100644 --- a/67-REV/05.usfm +++ b/67-REV/05.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \v 11 As I continued to look, I heard the voices of many angels around the throne and around the living creatures and the elders. There were millions of them, a crowd so large that no one could count them. \v 12 They were singing in a loud voice: \q1 "The Lamb whom they killed— -\q1 it is right that we should praise his power, wealth, wisdom, and strength. +\q1 it is right that we should praise his power, wealth, wisdom, and strength. \q1 It is right that all created things should honor him and praise him!" \s5 diff --git a/67-REV/06.usfm b/67-REV/06.usfm index 2190dd63..936722b8 100644 --- a/67-REV/06.usfm +++ b/67-REV/06.usfm @@ -5,40 +5,36 @@ \p -\v 1 I saw the Lamb open the first of the seven seals of the scroll. Then one of the four living creatures said in a voice as loud as thunder, "Come!" -\v 2 and a white horse appeared. There was someone riding it, and he had a bow and arrows. God gave him a wreath of leaves to wear on his head to show that he was to conquer evil. He went out to continue to do battle and to win. - +\v 1 I saw the Lamb open the first of the seven seals of the scroll. Then one of the four living creatures said in a voice as loud as thunder, "Come!" +\v 2 and a white horse appeared. There was someone riding it, and he had a bow and arrows. God gave him a wreath of leaves to wear on his head to show that he was to conquer evil. He went out to continue to do battle and to win. \s5 -\v 3 Then the one looking like a Lamb opened the second seal, and I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" -\v 4 When he said that, a red horse appeared. There was also someone riding it, and God had given him the power to cause people to no longer live peacefully, but instead to kill each other. For this purpose he carried a large sword. - +\v 3 Then the one looking like a Lamb opened the second seal, and I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" +\v 4 When he said that, a red horse appeared. There was also someone riding it, and God had given him the power to cause people to no longer live peacefully, but instead to kill each other. For this purpose he carried a large sword. \s5 -\v 5 Then the Lamb opened the third seal, and I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" This time, I saw a black horse appear. There was someone riding it, and he had a pair of balance scales in his hand. -\v 6 Then I heard a voice that sounded like it was coming from among the four living creatures. It said to the person on the horse, "Make it happen that one liter of wheat will cost so much that a man must work a whole day to earn enough money to buy it. Also make it happen that three liters of barley will sell for the same price. But do not reduce the supply of olive oil or wine." - +\v 5 Then the Lamb opened the third seal, and I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" This time, I saw a black horse appear. There was someone riding it, and he had a pair of balance scales in his hand. +\v 6 Then I heard a voice that sounded like it was coming from among the four living creatures. It said to the person on the horse, "Make it happen that one liter of wheat will cost so much that a man must work a whole day to earn enough money to buy it. Also make it happen that three liters of barley will sell for the same price. But do not reduce the supply of olive oil or wine." \s5 -\v 7 Then the Lamb opened the fourth seal, and I heard the fourth living creature say, "Come!" +\v 7 Then the Lamb opened the fourth seal, and I heard the fourth living creature say, "Come!" \v 8 This time I saw a pale horse appear. Someone was riding it; his name was, "The one who causes people to die." Someone else was following him; this person's name was, "The place where dead people go." God gave these two persons power to kill one fourth of all people on earth. They could kill them with weapons, or with famine, or with sickness, or with wild animals. \s5 \p -\v 9 Then the Lamb opened the fifth seal, and I saw under the altar in heaven the spirits of God's servants whom others had killed because these servants had believed God's message, the message to which God himself bore witness. -\v 10 They loudly asked God, "Sovereign Lord, you are holy and true. How long will it be before you condemn and punish the people on earth who murdered us?" -\v 11 Then God gave to each of them a white robe, and he told them to be patient a little longer. They should be patient until the number of those who also served the Lord with them—who were their brothers and sisters in Christ—would be killed just like they themselves had been killed because of their faith. - +\v 9 Then the Lamb opened the fifth seal, and I saw under the altar in heaven the spirits of God's servants whom others had killed because these servants had believed God's message, the message to which God himself bore witness. +\v 10 They loudly asked God, "Sovereign Lord, you are holy and true. How long will it be before you condemn and punish the people on earth who murdered us?" +\v 11 Then God gave to each of them a white robe, and he told them to be patient a little longer. They should be patient until the number of those who also served the Lord with them—who were their brothers and sisters in Christ—would be killed just like they themselves had been killed because of their faith. \s5 \p -\v 12 Then I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, and the earth shook violently. The sun became as black as cloth made of black wool. The whole moon became red like blood. +\v 12 Then I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, and the earth shook violently. The sun became as black as cloth made of black wool. The whole moon became red like blood. \v 13 Stars fell to the earth in great numbers, just as immature figs fall when a fig tree shakes in a strong wind. \v 14 The sky split open and rolled up on either side just as an old scroll rolls up when it is split in two. Every mountain and island was shaken out of its place. \s5 -\v 15 As a result, all the people on earth, including kings, high-ranking people, generals, rich people, powerful people, along with everybody else, both slave and free, hid in caves and between the mountain rocks. -\v 16 They shouted to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us so that the one who sits on the throne will not be able to see us, and so that the Lamb will not be able to punish us! +\v 15 As a result, all the people on earth, including kings, high-ranking people, generals, rich people, powerful people, along with everybody else, both slave and free, hid in caves and between the mountain rocks. +\v 16 They shouted to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us so that the one who sits on the throne will not be able to see us, and so that the Lamb will not be able to punish us! \v 17 This is the terrible day on which they will punish us. No one will be able to survive!" diff --git a/67-REV/07.usfm b/67-REV/07.usfm index 3b0499aa..9dfd92ca 100644 --- a/67-REV/07.usfm +++ b/67-REV/07.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \v 3 He said to them, "Do not harm the earth or the ocean or the trees until we have marked the servants of our God on their foreheads." \s5 -\v 4 Then the angel and his fellow angels marked all God's servants. I heard the number of people whom they marked. The number was 144,000. They were people from every tribe of Israel. +\v 4 Then the angel and his fellow angels marked all God's servants. I heard the number of people whom they marked. The number was 144,000. They were people from every tribe of Israel. \v 5 The angels marked twelve thousand people from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad, \v 6 twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand from the tribe of Manasseh, diff --git a/67-REV/10.usfm b/67-REV/10.usfm index f1cec323..5bf50f08 100644 --- a/67-REV/10.usfm +++ b/67-REV/10.usfm @@ -5,27 +5,24 @@ \p -\v 1 In the vision I saw another mighty angel come down out of heaven. A cloud surrounded him. There was a rainbow over his head. His face shone like the sun. His legs looked like columns of fire. -\v 2 He had in his hand a small scroll that was open. He set his right foot on the ocean and his left foot on the land. - +\v 1 In the vision I saw another mighty angel come down out of heaven. A cloud surrounded him. There was a rainbow over his head. His face shone like the sun. His legs looked like columns of fire. +\v 2 He had in his hand a small scroll that was open. He set his right foot on the ocean and his left foot on the land. \s5 -\v 3 He shouted something with a loud voice, a voice like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, it thundered seven times; in the thunder were words that I could understand. -\v 4 I was about to write the words that I heard, but a voice from heaven said to me, "Keep secret what the thunder said! Do not write it down!" - +\v 3 He shouted something with a loud voice, a voice like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, it thundered seven times; in the thunder were words that I could understand. +\v 4 I was about to write the words that I heard, but a voice from heaven said to me, "Keep secret what the thunder said! Do not write it down!" \s5 -\v 5 Then the angel whom I had seen standing on the ocean and the land raised his right hand toward heaven, -\v 6 and he asked the one who lives forever—the one who created heaven and everything that is in it, who created the earth and everything that is on it, and who created the ocean and everything that is in it—to say that what he was going to say was true. The angel said that God would no longer delay in doing what he had planned to do. +\v 5 Then the angel whom I had seen standing on the ocean and the land raised his right hand toward heaven, +\v 6 and he asked the one who lives forever—the one who created heaven and everything that is in it, who created the earth and everything that is on it, and who created the ocean and everything that is in it—to say that what he was going to say was true. The angel said that God would no longer delay in doing what he had planned to do. \v 7 He said that when the time came for the seventh angel to blow his trumpet, God's secret plan would be finished, just as he had said long ago to his servants, the prophets. \s5 \p -\v 8 The one whom I had heard speak from heaven spoke to me again. He said, "Go and take the open scroll from the hand of the angel who is standing on the ocean and on the land." -\v 9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, "Take it and eat it. In your mouth it will taste sweet like honey, but it will make your stomach bitter." - +\v 8 The one whom I had heard speak from heaven spoke to me again. He said, "Go and take the open scroll from the hand of the angel who is standing on the ocean and on the land." +\v 9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, "Take it and eat it. In your mouth it will taste sweet like honey, but it will make your stomach bitter." \s5 -\v 10 I took the little scroll from the angel's hand and ate it. In my mouth it tasted sweet like honey, but then it made my stomach bitter. +\v 10 I took the little scroll from the angel's hand and ate it. In my mouth it tasted sweet like honey, but then it made my stomach bitter. \v 11 Then someone said to me, "You must speak God's messages again about many nations, people groups, speakers of many languages, and many kings." diff --git a/67-REV/11.usfm b/67-REV/11.usfm index 3a8f40b1..5e93ef7d 100644 --- a/67-REV/11.usfm +++ b/67-REV/11.usfm @@ -2,27 +2,22 @@ \s5 \c 11 \p -\v 1 Then an angel gave to me a reed similar to a measuring stick. God said to me, "Go to the temple, measure it and the altar in it, and count the people who are worshiping there. -\v 2 But do not measure the courtyard outside of the temple building because I have given it to the non-Jewish people groups. As a result, they will trample the city of Jerusalem for forty-two months. - +\v 1 Then an angel gave to me a reed similar to a measuring stick. God said to me, "Go to the temple, measure it and the altar in it, and count the people who are worshiping there. +\v 2 But do not measure the courtyard outside of the temple building because I have given it to the non-Jewish people groups. As a result, they will trample the city of Jerusalem for forty-two months. \s5 \v 3 I will send two witnesses to announce what I reveal to them for 1,260 days. They will show they are sad about the people's sin by wearing rough clothes made from goat's hair." -\v 4 Those witnesses are the ones that are represented by the two olive trees and the two lampstands that are in the presence of the Lord, who rules the earth. -\v 5 If anyone tries to harm those witnesses, fire comes from the witnesses' mouths and destroys them. If people want to harm them, the two witnesses certainly kill them in the same way. - +\v 4 Those witnesses are the ones that are represented by the two olive trees and the two lampstands that are in the presence of the Lord, who rules the earth. +\v 5 If anyone tries to harm those witnesses, fire comes from the witnesses' mouths and destroys them. If people want to harm them, the two witnesses certainly kill them in the same way. \s5 -\v 6 Those witnesses will have authority over the sky in order to keep rain from falling during the time that they are announcing what God reveals to them. They also will have authority to cause water everywhere to become blood; they will also have authority to send down to the earth all kinds of plagues. They will do this as often as they wish. -\v 7 When they have finished announcing to people the message from God, the beast that comes up from the shaft that went down but had no ending will attack them, overcome them, and kill them. - +\v 6 Those witnesses will have authority over the sky in order to keep rain from falling during the time that they are announcing what God reveals to them. They also will have authority to cause water everywhere to become blood; they will also have authority to send down to the earth all kinds of plagues. They will do this as often as they wish. +\v 7 When they have finished announcing to people the message from God, the beast that comes up from the shaft that went down but had no ending will attack them, overcome them, and kill them. \s5 -\v 8 The dead bodies of the two witnesses will lie in the street of the great city where their Lord was crucified, the city that is symbolically called Sodom or Egypt because its people are very evil like the people who lived in Sodom and Egypt. -\v 9 Individuals of many people groups, tribes, language groups, and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days. But they will not allow anyone to bury their bodies. - +\v 8 The dead bodies of the two witnesses will lie in the street of the great city where their Lord was crucified, the city that is symbolically called Sodom or Egypt because its people are very evil like the people who lived in Sodom and Egypt. +\v 9 Individuals of many people groups, tribes, language groups, and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days. But they will not allow anyone to bury their bodies. \s5 \v 10 When the people who live on the earth see that the witnesses are dead, they will rejoice and celebrate. They will send gifts to each other because these two prophets had sent plagues that tormented them. -\v 11 But after three and a half days, God will cause them to breathe again and live. They will stand up, and the people who see them will be terrified. -\v 12 The two witnesses will hear a loud voice from heaven saying to them: "Come up here!" Then they will go up into heaven in a cloud. Their enemies will watch them go up. - +\v 11 But after three and a half days, God will cause them to breathe again and live. They will stand up, and the people who see them will be terrified. +\v 12 The two witnesses will hear a loud voice from heaven saying to them: "Come up here!" Then they will go up into heaven in a cloud. Their enemies will watch them go up. \s5 \v 13 At that same time there will be a great earthquake, as a result of which a tenth of the buildings in the city will collapse, and seven thousand people will die. The rest of the people will be afraid and will acknowledge that the God who rules in heaven is awesome. \p @@ -30,24 +25,23 @@ \s5 \p -\v 15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. Voices in heaven shouted loudly, "Our Lord God and the Christ whom he has appointed can now govern all the people in the world, and they will continue to rule those people forever!" - +\v 15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. Voices in heaven shouted loudly, "Our Lord God and the Christ whom he has appointed can now govern all the people in the world, and they will continue to rule those people forever!" \s5 -\v 16 The twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones in God's presence prostrated themselves and worshiped him. +\v 16 The twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones in God's presence prostrated themselves and worshiped him. \v 17 They said: \q1 "Lord God, you are the one who rules over everything! \q1 You are the one who exists now! \q1 You are the one who has always existed! -\q1 We thank you that you have defeated with your power -\q1 everyone who has rebelled against you, +\q1 We thank you that you have defeated with your power +\q1 everyone who has rebelled against you, \q1 and you now rule over all the people in the world. \s5 \q1 -\v 18 The unbelieving people of the nations were angrily raging at you. +\v 18 The unbelieving people of the nations were angrily raging at you. \q1 As a result you have become very angry with them. \q1 You have decided that this is the right time for you to judge all those who have died. -\q1 The time has come for you to reward all your servants who were the prophets and the others who believe in you, +\q1 The time has come for you to reward all your servants who were the prophets and the others who believe in you, \q1 and all those who honor you, \q1 and this includes those who are small and those who are great. \q1 It is time for you to destroy the people who destroy the earth." diff --git a/67-REV/12.usfm b/67-REV/12.usfm index 810a0702..8deee1b2 100644 --- a/67-REV/12.usfm +++ b/67-REV/12.usfm @@ -3,35 +3,32 @@ \s5 \c 12 \p -\v 1 Then something very important appeared in the sky. It was a woman, whose clothing was the sun. The moon was under her feet. On her head was a wreath of victory that was made of twelve stars. -\v 2 She was about to deliver a child, and she cried out because she was suffering pain. - +\v 1 Then something very important appeared in the sky. It was a woman, whose clothing was the sun. The moon was under her feet. On her head was a wreath of victory that was made of twelve stars. +\v 2 She was about to deliver a child, and she cried out because she was suffering pain. \s5 -\v 3 Something else very unusual appeared in the sky. It was a huge red dragon. It had seven heads and ten horns. On each of its heads was a royal crown. -\v 4 The dragon's tail dragged a third of the stars from the sky and threw them to the earth. The dragon set himself in front of the woman who was about to give birth in order that he might eat her child as soon as it was born. - +\v 3 Something else very unusual appeared in the sky. It was a huge red dragon. It had seven heads and ten horns. On each of its heads was a royal crown. +\v 4 The dragon's tail dragged a third of the stars from the sky and threw them to the earth. The dragon set himself in front of the woman who was about to give birth in order that he might eat her child as soon as it was born. \s5 -\v 5 Then she gave birth to a son who is destined to rule all the people-groups with complete authority as if he were using an iron rod. God snatched away her child and took him to his throne. +\v 5 Then she gave birth to a son who is destined to rule all the people-groups with complete authority as if he were using an iron rod. God snatched away her child and took him to his throne. \v 6 But the woman fled into the wilderness. She has a place there that God has prepared for her in order that he may take care of her for 1,260 days. \s5 \p -\v 7 Then there was a battle in heaven. Michael and the angels that he commanded fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back against Michael and his angels. -\v 8 But the dragon did not win the battle; nor did God allow the dragon and his angels to stay in heaven any longer. -\v 9 Instead, God threw the huge dragon out of heaven. The dragon is the ancient serpent, the one whose names are the Devil and Satan. He is the one who deceives people all over the earth. He was thrown to the earth along with all his angels. - +\v 7 Then there was a battle in heaven. Michael and the angels that he commanded fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back against Michael and his angels. +\v 8 But the dragon did not win the battle; nor did God allow the dragon and his angels to stay in heaven any longer. +\v 9 Instead, God threw the huge dragon out of heaven. The dragon is the ancient serpent, the one whose names are the Devil and Satan. He is the one who deceives people all over the earth. He was thrown to the earth along with all his angels. \s5 \v 10 Then I heard someone in heaven shout loudly, \q1 "Now our God has saved his people by his power, and he rules all people! -\q1 Now Christ has begun to rule! +\q1 Now Christ has begun to rule! \q1 This is because God has thrown the accuser of our fellow believers out of heaven. \q1 He was the one who stood before God day and night and told him that they had done what is wrong. \s5 \q1 -\v 11 Our fellow believers overcame him because the Lamb had shed his blood and died for them +\v 11 Our fellow believers overcame him because the Lamb had shed his blood and died for them \q1 and because they spoke the truth about him to other people. -\q1 They did not seek to remain alive, +\q1 They did not seek to remain alive, \q1 but were willing to let people kill them for speaking the truth about him. \q1 \v 12 So everyone in heaven should rejoice. @@ -40,11 +37,10 @@ \s5 \p -\v 13 When the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to a son. -\v 14 But God gave to the woman two wings like the wings of a very large eagle in order that she might fly into the wilderness. There is a place there that God had prepared for her. There God took care of her for three and one-half years. The serpent, that is, the dragon, was not able to reach her there. - +\v 13 When the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to a son. +\v 14 But God gave to the woman two wings like the wings of a very large eagle in order that she might fly into the wilderness. There is a place there that God had prepared for her. There God took care of her for three and one-half years. The serpent, that is, the dragon, was not able to reach her there. \s5 -\v 15 Then the serpent poured water like a river from his mouth toward the woman in order to sweep her away with the water. +\v 15 Then the serpent poured water like a river from his mouth toward the woman in order to sweep her away with the water. \v 16 But the ground helped the woman by opening up and swallowing the river that the dragon poured out from his mouth. -\v 17 Then the dragon was very angry with the woman, so he went away to fight against the rest of her descendants. They are the people who obey God's commandments and who speak the truth about Jesus. +\v 17 Then the dragon was very angry with the woman, so he went away to fight against the rest of her descendants. They are the people who obey God's commandments and who speak the truth about Jesus. \v 18 Then the dragon stood on the ocean shore. diff --git a/67-REV/13.usfm b/67-REV/13.usfm index 05eab3e2..ebaeb209 100644 --- a/67-REV/13.usfm +++ b/67-REV/13.usfm @@ -1,15 +1,13 @@ \s5 -\c 13 - +\c 13 \p \v 1 Then I saw a beast come up out of the ocean. It had ten horns and seven heads. On each of its horns there was a royal crown. On each of its heads there was a name that insulted God. -\v 2 This beast was like a leopard. But its feet were like the feet of a bear, and its mouth was like the mouth of a lion. The dragon made the beast very powerful. He gave him the authority to rule over people as king. - +\v 2 This beast was like a leopard. But its feet were like the feet of a bear, and its mouth was like the mouth of a lion. The dragon made the beast very powerful. He gave him the authority to rule over people as king. \s5 -\v 3 One of the heads of the beast looked as if someone had wounded it so that it died. But its wound had healed. +\v 3 One of the heads of the beast looked as if someone had wounded it so that it died. But its wound had healed. As a result, all the people of the earth marveled at the beast and followed it. \v 4 They also worshiped the dragon because he had given the beast authority to rule over them. They also worshiped the beast and said, "No one is as powerful as the beast! Who could ever fight against it?" diff --git a/67-REV/15.usfm b/67-REV/15.usfm index ca15e2ed..4c1b0648 100644 --- a/67-REV/15.usfm +++ b/67-REV/15.usfm @@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 2 I saw what looked like an ocean that looked as though it was made of glass and mixed with fire. I also saw the people who had overcome the beast by not worshiping it or its image, and by not allowing its servant to mark them with the number that represents the beast's name. They were standing by the ocean that looked as though it was made of glass. They were holding the harps that God gave them. - +\v 2 I saw what looked like an ocean that looked as though it was made of glass and mixed with fire. I also saw the people who had overcome the beast by not worshiping it or its image, and by not allowing its servant to mark them with the number that represents the beast's name. They were standing by the ocean that looked as though it was made of glass. They were holding the harps that God gave them. \s5 \v 3 They were singing a song like God's servant Moses sang long ago. They sang this to praise the Lamb in this way: \q1 "Lord God, who rules over everything, diff --git a/67-REV/18.usfm b/67-REV/18.usfm index 7b4f08ad..d312038b 100644 --- a/67-REV/18.usfm +++ b/67-REV/18.usfm @@ -5,53 +5,47 @@ \p -\v 1 After this I saw another angel, one who had great authority, coming down from heaven. The earth became bright because he was shining so intensely. +\v 1 After this I saw another angel, one who had great authority, coming down from heaven. The earth became bright because he was shining so intensely. \v 2 He shouted with a very loud voice, "God is about to completely destroy the very evil city of Babylon. As a result, all kinds of evil spirits will live there, and all kinds of foul and detestable birds will live there. Babylon is like a prostitute \v 3 with whom all the people groups engaged with her in the passion of sexual immorality, which is like getting drunk on too much wine. Yes, and the kings of the earth have done the same things with her. The world's merchants became rich because she wanted to commit so much sexual immorality." \s5 \p -\v 4 I heard Jesus speak from heaven. He said, "My people, flee from that Babylon in order that you do not sin as those people do. If you sin as they do, I will punish you in those seven different ways, just as I will punish them. - +\v 4 I heard Jesus speak from heaven. He said, "My people, flee from that Babylon in order that you do not sin as those people do. If you sin as they do, I will punish you in those seven different ways, just as I will punish them. \v 5 It is as though their sins have been piled up to heaven and God remembers them, so now he will punish them." \p -\v 6 To the angels whom God assigned to punish Babylon, Jesus said, "Pay back the people of that city to the same extent that they harmed other people. Cause them to suffer twice as much as they caused other people to suffer. - +\v 6 To the angels whom God assigned to punish Babylon, Jesus said, "Pay back the people of that city to the same extent that they harmed other people. Cause them to suffer twice as much as they caused other people to suffer. \s5 -\v 7 To the same extent that Babylon, like a woman, has honored herself and done the things she wanted to do, to that extent torment her and cause her to grieve. Do that because in her mind she thought, 'I rule as a queen! I am not a widow, and I will never mourn as widows do!' +\v 7 To the same extent that Babylon, like a woman, has honored herself and done the things she wanted to do, to that extent torment her and cause her to grieve. Do that because in her mind she thought, 'I rule as a queen! I am not a widow, and I will never mourn as widows do!' \v 8 So in one day, terrible calamities will come upon her. The people in that city will die, others will mourn for them, people will be hungry because there will be no food, and the city will burn up. The Lord God is able to punish her because he is mighty." \s5 \p -\v 9 The kings on earth who have acted immorally with her and have done just what they wanted to do with her will weep and mourn for her when they see the smoke of the fire that will burn there. -\v 10 They will stand far away from Babylon because they will be afraid that they will suffer just as she does. They will say, "How terrible it is for Babylon, that strong city! God is punishing her suddenly and swiftly!" - +\v 9 The kings on earth who have acted immorally with her and have done just what they wanted to do with her will weep and mourn for her when they see the smoke of the fire that will burn there. +\v 10 They will stand far away from Babylon because they will be afraid that they will suffer just as she does. They will say, "How terrible it is for Babylon, that strong city! God is punishing her suddenly and swiftly!" \s5 -\v 11 The merchants of the earth will weep and will mourn for her because no one in her will ever again buy the things that they have to sell. -\v 12-13 They sell ornaments made of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls. They sell expensive cloth made of fine linen and silk, expensive cloth that is dyed purple and crimson. They sell all kinds of rare wood, all kinds of items made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble. They sell cinnamon, spice, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, and grain. They sell cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots. They even sell human beings as slaves. - +\v 11 The merchants of the earth will weep and will mourn for her because no one in her will ever again buy the things that they have to sell. +\v 12-13 They sell ornaments made of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls. They sell expensive cloth made of fine linen and silk, expensive cloth that is dyed purple and crimson. They sell all kinds of rare wood, all kinds of items made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble. They sell cinnamon, spice, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, and grain. They sell cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots. They even sell human beings as slaves. \s5 -\v 14 The good things you people longed to have are gone! All your luxurious and splendid possessions have vanished! They will be gone forever! - +\v 14 The good things you people longed to have are gone! All your luxurious and splendid possessions have vanished! They will be gone forever! \s5 -\v 15 The merchants who sold these things and who had become rich will stand far away because they will be afraid that they will suffer just as the city has. They will weep and mourn, -\v 16 and they will say, "Terrible things have happened to that great city! That city was like a woman, dressed in clothes made of fine linen cloth and expensive cloth dyed purple and crimson, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. -\v 17 But suddenly and swiftly God has destroyed all these expensive things." +\v 15 The merchants who sold these things and who had become rich will stand far away because they will be afraid that they will suffer just as the city has. They will weep and mourn, +\v 16 and they will say, "Terrible things have happened to that great city! That city was like a woman, dressed in clothes made of fine linen cloth and expensive cloth dyed purple and crimson, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. +\v 17 But suddenly and swiftly God has destroyed all these expensive things." \p Every ship's captain, all people who travel by ship, all sailors, and all others who earn their living by traveling on the ocean will stand far away from the city." \s5 -\v 18 When they see the smoke of the fire that is burning there, they will shout, "No other city has ever been like that great city!" +\v 18 When they see the smoke of the fire that is burning there, they will shout, "No other city has ever been like that great city!" \v 19 They will throw dust on their heads to show that they are sad, and they will shout, weep, and mourn. They will say, "Terrible things have happened to Babylon. That city made many people rich, the people who had ships that sail on the ocean in order to sell their expensive things. God has suddenly and swiftly destroyed that city!" \p \v 20 Then someone spoke from heaven saying, "You who live in heaven, rejoice over what has happened to Babylon! You who are God's people, including you apostles and prophets, rejoice. You must rejoice; God has justly punished the people there because they acted so terribly toward you!" \s5 \p -\v 21 Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large stone for grinding grain, and he threw it into the ocean. Then he said, "You people in the great city of Babylon, God will throw down your city so that it will disappear just as that stone disappeared in the ocean! Your city will be gone forever! -\v 22 In your city, there will never again be anyone playing harps, singing, playing flutes, or blowing trumpets. There will no longer be any skilled workers making things. There will never again be people grinding grain at the mills. - +\v 21 Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large stone for grinding grain, and he threw it into the ocean. Then he said, "You people in the great city of Babylon, God will throw down your city so that it will disappear just as that stone disappeared in the ocean! Your city will be gone forever! +\v 22 In your city, there will never again be anyone playing harps, singing, playing flutes, or blowing trumpets. There will no longer be any skilled workers making things. There will never again be people grinding grain at the mills. \s5 -\v 23 No lamp will ever again shine there. There will never again be the happy voices of any bridegroom and his bride. God will destroy your city because your merchants were the most important men in the world. You used witchcraft to deceive people of all people-groups. +\v 23 No lamp will ever again shine there. There will never again be the happy voices of any bridegroom and his bride. God will destroy your city because your merchants were the most important men in the world. You used witchcraft to deceive people of all people-groups. \v 24 You are also responsible for killing the prophets and others of God's people. Indeed, you are guilty of every murder committed on the earth!" diff --git a/67-REV/19.usfm b/67-REV/19.usfm index fb8a8fbe..8bf20972 100644 --- a/67-REV/19.usfm +++ b/67-REV/19.usfm @@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ \v 3 The crowd shouted a second time, saying, \q1 "Hallelujah! The smoke of the fire that is burning that city will rise forever!" \q1 -\v 4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures prostrated themselves and worshiped God, who sits on the throne. They said: +\v 4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures prostrated themselves and worshiped God, who sits on the throne. They said: \q1 "It is true! Hallelujah!" \m \s5 -\v 5 Someone spoke from the throne and said, -\q "All you who are his servants, praise our God! +\v 5 Someone spoke from the throne and said, +\q "All you who are his servants, praise our God! \q1 All you who honor him, whether you are important or not, everyone praise him!" \m diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md index 0ff5756d..8df14dd3 100644 --- a/LICENSE.md +++ b/LICENSE.md @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ This is a human-readable summary of (and not a substitute for) the [license](htt ### You are free to: * **Share** — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format - * **Adapt** — remix, transform, and build upon the material - + * **Adapt** — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.