So we didn’t eat anything. We prayed to our God about all these matters. And he answered our prayers.

所以我们禁食祈求我们的神，他就应允了我们。

我们为此禁食祈求我们的上帝，他就应允我们。

我们为此禁食祈求我们的神，他就应允我们。

因此，我们为这事禁食、寻求我们的上帝，祂应允了我们。

所以我们禁食，寻求我们的神，他就应允我们。

所以我們禁食祈求我們的神，他就應允了我們。

我們為此禁食祈求我們的上帝，他就應允我們。

我們為此禁食祈求我們的神，他就應允我們。

因此，我們為這事禁食、尋求我們的上帝，祂應允了我們。

所以我們禁食，尋求我們的神，他就應允我們。

因此我們為了這事而禁食、祈求我們的上帝，上帝就應允了我們所懇求的。

故我禁食、求我上帝、蒙其俞允、

故我禁食、求我上帝、蒙其應許。

故我儕禁食、為此祈求我天主、亦蒙天主應允、

So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.

So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.

So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer.

So we fasted and pleaded with our God about this, and he was receptive to our prayer.

So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and He listened to our pleading.

So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer.

So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

So we fasted and pleaded with our God about this, and He granted our request.

So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

So we fasted and prayed to our God about this, and he answered us.

So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he granted our request.

Then you will call out to me. You will come and pray to me. And I will listen to you.When you look for me with all your heart, you will find me.

When Manasseh was in trouble, he asked the Lord his God to help him. He made himself very humble in the sight of the God of his people.Manasseh prayed to him. When he did, the Lord felt sorry for him. He answered his prayer. The Lord brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.

God helped his people fight against the Hagrites and all who were helping them. He handed over all those enemies to his people. That’s because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him.

On the 12th day of the first month we started out. We left the canal that flows toward Ahava. And we headed for Jerusalem. Our God helped us. He kept us safe from enemies and robbers along the way.

Perhaps while you are there, you will seek the Lord your God. You will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.

The Lord will strike Egypt with a plague. But then he will heal them. They will turn to the Lord. And he will answer their prayers and heal them.

So I prayed to the Lord God. I begged him. I made many appeals to him. I didn’t eat anything. I put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. And I sat down in ashes.

“ Go. Gather together all the Jews who are in Susa. And fast for my benefit. Don’t eat or drink anything for three days. Don’t do it night or day. I and my attendants will fast just as you do. Then I’ll go to the king. I’ll do it even though it’s against the law. And if I have to die, I’ll die.”

Then she was a widow until she was 84. She never left the temple. She worshiped night and day, praying and going without food.

It was the 24th day of the seventh month. The Israelites gathered together again. They didn’t eat any food. They wore the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. They put dust on their heads.

If I had enjoyed having sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.But God has surely listened. He has heard my prayer.Give praise to God. He has accepted my prayer. He has not held back his love from me.

Call out to me. I will answer you. I will tell you great things you do not know. And unless I do, you wouldn’t be able to find out about them.”

“ The days are coming,” announces the Lord.“ At that time the people of Israel and Judah will gather together. They will come in tears to me. I am the Lord their God.They will ask how to get to Zion. Then they will turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to me. They will enter into the covenant I make with them. It will last forever. It will never be forgotten.

Cornelius answered,“ Three days ago at this very hour I was in my house praying. It was three o’clock in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes stood in front of me.

“ Ask, and it will be given to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.Everyone who asks will receive. The one who searches will find. The door will be opened to the one who knocks.