نَحَمْيَا 2
| وَفِي شَهْرِ نِيسَانَ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْعِشْرِينَ لِأَرْتَحْشَسْتَا ٱلْمَلِكِ، كَانَتْ خَمْرٌ أَمَامَهُ، فَحَمَلْتُ ٱلْخَمْرَ وَأَعْطَيْتُ ٱلْمَلِكَ. وَلَمْ أَكُنْ قَبْلُ مُكْمَدًّا أَمَامَهُ. | ١ 1 |
And it came to pass, in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that, wine, was before him, —so I took up the wine, and gave unto the king, and I had never been sad before him.
| فَقَالَ لِي ٱلْمَلِكُ: «لِمَاذَا وَجْهُكَ مُكْمَدٌّ وَأَنْتَ غَيْرُ مَرِيضٍ؟ مَا هَذَا إِلَا كآبَةَ قَلْبٍ!». فَخِفْتُ كَثِيرًا جِدًّا، | ٢ 2 |
Then said the king unto me, Wherefore is thy countenance sad, seeing that, thou, art not sick? this is nothing else, but sadness of heart. Then feared I exceedingly,
| وَقُلْتُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «لِيَحْيَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. كَيْفَ لَا يَكْمَدُّ وَجْهِي وَٱلْمَدِينَةُ بَيْتُ مَقَابِرِ آبَائِي خَرَابٌ، وَأَبْوَابُهَا قَدْ أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ؟» | ٣ 3 |
and said unto the king—Let the, king, unto times age-abiding, live! Wherefore should my countenance, not be sad, when, the city—the place of the sepulchres of my fathers, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
| فَقَالَ لِي ٱلْمَلِكُ: «مَاذَا طَالِبٌ أَنْتَ؟» فَصَلَّيْتُ إِلَى إِلَهِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، | ٤ 4 |
Then the king said to me, Concerning what, is it, thou, wouldst make request? So I prayed unto the God of the heavens,
| وَقُلْتُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «إِذَا سُرَّ ٱلْمَلِكُ، وَإِذَا أَحْسَنَ عَبْدُكَ أَمَامَكَ، تُرْسِلُنِي إِلَى يَهُوذَا، إِلَى مَدِينَةِ قُبُورِ آبَائِي فَأَبْنِيهَا». | ٥ 5 |
and then said unto the king, If, unto the king, it seemeth good, and if thy servant might find favour before thee, That thou wouldst send me unto Judah, unto the city of the sepulchres of my fathers, that I might build it.
| فَقَالَ لِي ٱلْمَلِكُ، وَٱلْمَلِكَةُ جَالِسَةٌ بِجَانِبِهِ: «إِلَى مَتَى يَكُونُ سَفَرُكَ، وَمَتَى تَرْجِعُ؟» فَحَسُنَ لَدَى ٱلْمَلِكِ وَأَرْسَلَنِي، فَعَيَّنْتُ لَهُ زَمَانًا. | ٦ 6 |
And the king said unto me, the queen, also sitting beside him, For how long would be thy journey? and when wouldst thou return? So it seemed good before the king to send me, and I set him a time.
| وَقُلْتُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «إِنْ حَسُنَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ فَلْتُعْطَ لِي رَسَائِلُ إِلَى وُلَاةِ عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ لِكَيْ يُجِيزُونِي حَتَّى أَصِلَ إِلَى يَهُوذَا، | ٧ 7 |
Then said I unto the king, If, unto the king, it seemeth good, may, letters, be given me, unto the pashas Beyond the River, —that they may convey me over, until I come into Judah;
| وَرِسَالَةٌ إِلَى آسَافَ حَارِسِ فِرْدَوْسِ ٱلْمَلِكِ لِكَيْ يُعْطِيَنِي أَخْشَابًا لِسَقْفِ أَبْوَابِ ٱلْقَصْرِ ٱلَّذِي لِلْبَيْتِ، وَلِسُورِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَلِلْبَيْتِ ٱلَّذِي أَدْخُلُ إِلَيْهِ». فَأَعْطَانِي ٱلْمَلِكُ حَسَبَ يَدِ إِلَهِي ٱلصَّالِحَةِ عَلَيَّ. | ٨ 8 |
also a letter unto Asaph, keeper of the park that belongeth unto the king, that he may give me timber to build up the gates of the fortress which pertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house whereinto I shall enter. And the king gave me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
| فَأَتَيْتُ إِلَى وُلَاةِ عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ وَأَعْطَيْتُهُمْ رَسَائِلَ ٱلْمَلِكِ. وَأَرْسَلَ مَعِي ٱلْمَلِكُ رُؤَسَاءَ جَيْشٍ وَفُرْسَانًا. | ٩ 9 |
Then came I unto the pashas Beyond the River, and gave them the letters of the king, —now the king, had sent with me, captains of the army, and horsemen.
| وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ سَنْبَلَّطُ ٱلْحُورُونِيُّ وَطُوبِيَّا ٱلْعَبْدُ ٱلْعَمُّونِيُّ سَاءَهُمَا مَسَاءَةً عَظِيمَةً، لِأَنَّهُ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَطْلُبُ خَيْرًا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٠ 10 |
And, when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite, heard of it, it vexed them, with a great vexation, —that there had come a man, to seek welfare, for the sons of Israel.
| فَجِئْتُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَكُنْتُ هُنَاكَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ. | ١١ 11 |
So I entered Jerusalem, —and was there three days.
| ثُمَّ قُمْتُ لَيْلًا أَنَا وَرِجَالٌ قَلِيلُونَ مَعِي، وَلَمْ أُخْبِرْ أَحَدًا بِمَا جَعَلَهُ إِلَهِي فِي قَلْبِي لِأَعْمَلَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَعِي بَهِيمَةٌ إِلَّا ٱلْبَهِيمَةُ ٱلَّتِي كُنْتُ رَاكِبَهَا. | ١٢ 12 |
Then rose I by night, I, and a few men with me, I having told no man, what, my God, had been putting in my heart, to do for Jerusalem, —and, beast, was there none with me, save the beast on which, I myself, was riding.
| وَخَرَجْتُ مِنْ بَابِ ٱلْوَادِي لَيْلًا أَمَامَ عَيْنِ ٱلتِّنِّينِ إِلَى بَابِ ٱلدِّمْنِ، وَصِرْتُ أَتَفَرَّسُ فِي أَسْوَارِ أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلْمُنْهَدِمَةِ وَأَبْوَابِهَا ٱلَّتِي أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ. | ١٣ 13 |
So I went forth through the valley-gate by night, even unto the front of the snake-fountain, and into the dung-gate, —and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, how, they, were broken down, and, the gates thereof, consumed with fire.
| وَعَبَرْتُ إِلَى بَابِ ٱلْعَيْنِ وَإِلَى بِرْكَةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَكَانٌ لِعُبُورِ ٱلْبَهِيمَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَحْتِي. | ١٤ 14 |
Then passed I over unto the fountain-gate, and unto the pool of the king, —but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
| فَصَعِدْتُ فِي ٱلْوَادِي لَيْلًا وَكُنْتُ أَتَفَرَّسُ فِي ٱلسُّورِ، ثُمَّ عُدْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ مِنْ بَابِ ٱلْوَادِي رَاجِعًا. | ١٥ 15 |
Then went I up in the torrent-bed, by night, and viewed the wall, —and turned back, and entered by the valley-gate, and so returned.
| وَلَمْ يَعْرِفِ ٱلْوُلَاةُ إِلَى أَيْنَ ذَهَبْتُ، وَلَا مَا أَنَا عَامِلٌ، وَلَمْ أُخْبِرْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْيَهُودَ وَٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَٱلْأَشْرَافَ وَٱلْوُلَاةَ وَبَاقِي عَامِلِي ٱلْعَمَلِ. | ١٦ 16 |
Now, the deputies, knew not whither I had gone, nor what I was doing, —not even to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the deputies, nor to the rest who were doing the work, had I as yet told it.
| ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ تَرَوْنَ ٱلشَّرَّ ٱلَّذِي نَحْنُ فِيهِ، كَيْفَ أَنَّ أُورُشَلِيمَ خَرِبَةٌ، وَأَبْوَابَهَا قَدْ أُحْرِقَتْ بِٱلنَّارِ. هَلُمَّ فَنَبْنِيَ سُورَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَلَا نَكُونُ بَعْدُ عَارًا». | ١٧ 17 |
So I said unto them, Ye, can see the misfortune that, we, are in, how that, Jerusalem, lieth waste, and, the gates thereof, are burned with fire: Come, and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may remain, no longer, a reproach.
| وَأَخْبَرْتُهُمْ عَنْ يَدِ إِلَهِي ٱلصَّالِحَةِ عَلَيَّ، وَأَيْضًا عَنْ كَلَامِ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلَّذِي قَالَهُ لِي، فَقَالُوا: «لِنَقُمْ وَلْنَبْنِ». وَشَدَّدُوا أَيَادِيَهُمْ لِلْخَيْرِ. | ١٨ 18 |
Then told I them, of the hand of my God, that, it, had been good upon me, as also of the words of the king, which he had spoken unto me, —so they said, We will arise and build! and they strengthened their hands right well.
| وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ سَنْبَلَّطُ ٱلْحُورُونِيُّ وَطُوبِيَّا ٱلْعَبْدُ ٱلْعَمُّونِيُّ وَجَشَمٌ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ هَزَأُوا بِنَا وَٱحْتَقَرُونَا، وَقَالُوا: «مَا هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتُمْ عَامِلُونَ؟ أَعَلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ تَتَمَرَّدُونَ؟». | ١٩ 19 |
But, when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed at us, and poured contempt upon us, —and said, What is this thing which ye would do? against the king, would ye rebel?
| فَأَجَبْتُهُمْ وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: «إِنَّ إِلَهَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ يُعْطِينَا ٱلنَّجَاحَ، وَنَحْنُ عَبِيدُهُ نَقُومُ وَنَبْنِي. وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَلَيْسَ لَكُمْ نَصِيبٌ وَلَا حَقٌّ وَلَا ذِكْرٌ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ». | ٢٠ 20 |
Then answered I them, and said to them—The God of the heavens—he, will prosper us, therefore, we his servants, will arise and build, —But, to you, pertaineth no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
