while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down before the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept very bitterly.
Ma mb͕e Ezra nēkpe ekpere, nēkwuputa kwa ekwuputa, nākwa ákwá nātuda kwa onwe-ya n'ala n'iru ulo Chineke, esiri n'Israel chikọta n'ebe ọ nọ nkpọkọta madu di ọtutu nke-uku, bú ndikom, na ndinyom, na umu-ntakiri: n'ihi na ndi Israel kwara ákwá ri nne.