Nihemaia 2
1 Oubi biyadu uduli, eso afaega hina bagade Adasegesisi da ea diasuga ha: i naha esaloba, na da waini ema gaguli misini iasu. Na da da: i dioiwane esalebe ba: i. Be e da musa: na hou amo ganodini fofagi hame ba: i.
After King Artaxerxes [had been ruling the Persian Empire] for almost 20 years, (during the spring/before the hot season) of that year, when it was time to serve wine to him [during a feast], I took the wine and gave it to him. I had never looked sad when I was in front of him before, [but on that day he saw that I looked very sad].
2 Amaiba: le, e da nama amane adole ba: i, “Di da abuliba: le da: i dioiwane ba: sala: ? Di da oloi hame. Amaiba: le di da hahawane hame ganabela: ?” Na da ea sia: nababeba: le, fofogadigi.
So he asked me, “Why are you sad? [I know that] you are not sick. It must be that you are troubled about something.” Then I was very afraid, [because it was not proper to be sad when I came to the king] (OR, [because I was worried what the king would do to me if he refused to do what I was about to request him to do]).
3 Na da ema bu adole i, “Hina bagade! Di eso huluane esalalalumu da defea. Moilai bai bagade amo ganodini na aowalali da bogole uli dogoi, amo da mugululi, wadela: lesi dagoi diala amola ea logo ga: su da laluga nei dagoi. Amaiba: le, na da da: i dioi.”
I replied, “Your majesty, I hope you will live a very long time! But (how can I prevent myself from being sad, because the city where my ancestors are buried [has been destroyed] and is in ruins?/I cannot keep myself from looking sad, because the city where my ancestors are buried [has been destroyed and] is in ruins.) [RHQ] [Even] the city gates have been completely burned.”
4 Hina bagade da bu adole ba: i, “Di da adi hanai ganabela: ?” Na da Gode Hebene ganodini esala Ema sia: ne gadole,
The king replied, “What do you want me to do [for you]?” I prayed [silently] to our God [who is/rules] in heaven.
5 ema amane sia: i, “Di da na hahawane ba: sea amola na edegesu amo nama imunusa: dawa: sea, defea, na da Yuda soge ganodini moilaiga na aowalali da uli dogoi, amoga amo moilai mugului bu gagumusa: masa: ne, na logo doasima.”
Then I replied, “If you are willing [to do it], and if I have pleased you, send me to the city [of Jerusalem] in Judah [province] where my ancestors are buried, in order that I may [help people to] rebuild the city.”
6 Hina bagade ea uda da e dafulili esalebe ba: i. Adasegesisi da na edegei amo hahawane nabi. E da nama amane adole ba: i, “Di da habowali asili esaloma: bela: ? Amola habogala buhagima: bela: ?” Na da na hou hamomu ema adole i.
While the queen was sitting beside the king, he asked, [“If I allow you to go, ] how long will you be gone? When will you return?” [I told the king how long I would be gone, and] the king gave me permission to go, and I told him what day [I wanted to leave].
7 Amalalu, na da ema eno adole ba: i amo, e da Iufala: idisi Guma: dini Soge eagene ouligisu dunu ilima meloa dedene nama imunusa: edegei. Amo meloa ganodini, e da amo dunuma, na da Yuda sogega masa: ne logo doasima: ne e da sia: mu, na edegei.
I also said to the king, “If you are willing to do it, write letters for me to take to the governors of the province west of the [Euphrates] River. Tell them to allow me to travel safely [through their province] until I arrive in Judah.
8 Na meloa dedei eno edegei. Amo da hina bagade ea ifa iwila ouligisu dunu A: isa: fema dedene ima: ne, na edegei. Amo meloa ganodini, e da A: isa: fe amoma e da ifa amo da logo ga: su gagoi dobea amo da Debolo diasu sisiga: sa, moilai bai bagade gagoi dobea amola diasu amo ganodini na da esalumu amo huluane gaguma: ne, e da amo nama ima: ne A: isa: fema adoma: ne, na da edegei. Gode da na noga: le fidibiba: le, na edegei huluane, hina bagade da nama i dagoi.
Also, [please write] a letter to Asaph, the man who takes care of your forest [in that area], telling him to give me timber to make the beams to support the gates of the fortress that is near the temple, and timber for making the walls of the city, and for building the house in which I [will live].” The king did what I requested him to do, because my God was graciously/kindly (helping/acting for) me.
9 Adasegesisi da dadi gagui ouligisu dunu amola dadi gagui dunu gilisisu hosi amoga fila heda: i dunu, amo na fidila asunasi. Na da asili, Iufala: idisi Guma: dini Sogega doaga: i. Amalalu, na da hina bagade ea meloa dedei amo eagene ouligisu dunuma i.
[After I got ready, I left to travel to Judah]. The king sent some army officers and soldiers riding on horses to accompany me, [to protect me]. When I came to where the governors of the provinces west of the [Euphrates] River lived, I gave them the letters that the king had written.
10 Be eagene dunu ea dio amo Sa: naba: la: de (e da moilai Bede Houlone amoga esalu) amola Doubaia (A: mone soge eagene ouligisu dunu) ela da dunu da Isala: ili dunu fidimusa: misi, amo sia: nababeba: le, mi hanai galu.
But when [two government officials, ] Sanballat from [a village near] Horon and Tobiah from the Ammon [people-group], heard that I had arrived, they were very angry that someone had come to help the Israeli people.
11 Na da baligili asili, Yelusalemega doaga: i. Eso udiana ouesalu,
When I arrived in Jerusalem, I did not tell anyone what thoughts God had given to me about what I should do there. Three days after I arrived in Jerusalem, I went out of the city in the evening, taking a few other men with me. I was riding a donkey; we had no other animals with us.
12 Gode da nama Yelusaleme moilai amo fidima: ne sia: i, amo na dunu enoma hame adoi. Be gasimogoa, na da wa: legadole amola na fidisu dunu mogili oule asili, soge abodemusa: asi. Ohe afae amo dougi amoga na fila heda: i, ninia da amo fawane oule asi.
13 Be amo gasi da mae hagili dialobawane, na da moilai fisili, gagoi dobea logo ga: su amo ea dio da Fago Ga: su amoga guma: dini golili, gadili asili, Da: la: gone Hano bubuga: su amo baligili, Isu Salasu Logo Ga: su amoga doaga: i. Na da ahoana ba: loba, moilai gagoi dobea amo mugului amola logo ga: su laluga nei dagoi ba: i.
We left the city, going out through the Valley Gate, then past the well called the Jackal (OR, Dragon’s) Well, and then past the gate called the Rubbish/Garbage Gate. We inspected all the walls that had been broken down and all the gates that had been burned down.
14 Amalalu, moilai ea eso mabe la: ididili, na da ganogoe (north) asili, Hano Bubuga: su Logo Ga: su amoga asili, hina bagade Wayabo amoga doaga: i. Be isu bagade dialebeba: le, dougi amoga na fila heda: i, da logo hame ba: beba: le, masunu gogolei.
Then we went to the Fountain Gate and to the pool called the King’s Pool, but my donkey could not get through [the narrow opening] (OR, [the rubble]).
15 Amaiba: le, na da Gidalone Fago amoga asili, gagoi dobea amo boba: la asi. Amalalu, na da buhagili, na musa: asi logoga amodili asili, Fago Logo Ga: su amoga moilaiga golili sa: i.
So we turned back and went along the [Kidron] Valley. We inspected the wall there before we turned back/around and entered the city again at the Valley Gate.
16 Yelusaleme eagene dunu amo ilia da na da habi asi, amola adi hamonana, ilia hame dawa: i. Amola na da na na: iyado Yu dunu, gobele salasu dunu amola hina dunu eno dunu ilia fa: no hawa: hamoma: ne amoma hame adosu.
The [city] officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, because I had not told anyone about what I planned to do. I had not said anything about it to the Jewish leaders or the officials or the priests or any of the others who would be helping me in the work [that I wanted to do].
17 Be wali na da ilima amane sia: i, “Yelusaleme moilai da mugului dagoiba: le, amola ea logo ga: su da wadela: lesi dagoiba: le, ninia se bagade naba. Ninia da amo gogosiasu fisili, gagoi dobea mugului bu gagomu da defea.”
But now I said to them, “You all know very well the terrible things [that have happened to] our city. The city is ruined; even the gates are burned down. So we should rebuild the city wall. If we do that, we will no longer feel humiliated/disgraced.”
18 Amola Gode da na noga: le fidi amola hina bagade da nama asigiba: le fidi, nama na hanaiga hamoma: ne sia: i, amo amola na da ilima olelei. Amo sia: nababeba: le, ilia da amane nodone sia: i, “Ninia da bu buga: le muni hawa: hamola: di!” Amola ilia amo hawa: hamomusa: , liligi momagele ouesalu.
Then I told them about how God had kindly/graciously helped me [when I talked to the king], and what the king had said to me. They immediately replied, “Let’s start rebuilding!” So they started to do this good work.
19 Be Sa: naba: la: de, Doubaia amola A: la: be dunu ea dio amo Giseme ilia da ninia hawa: hamomusa: sia: sa: i nabaloba, ilia da niniba: le oufesega: lu, amane sia: i, “Dia hamobe go da adi dawa: bela: ? Di da eagene hina bagade ea sia: mae nabawane, ema odoga: sala: ?”
But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Gershom the Arab [king of the Kedar region] heard about what we planned to do, they made fun of us and ridiculed us. They said, “What is this work that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king [again]?” [RHQ]
20 Be na da bu adole i, “Hebene Gode da ninima gasa defele imunu. Ninia da Ea hawa: hamosu dunu. Amaiba: le, ninia da amo hawa: hamosu muni hamomu. Be Yelusaleme moilai amo ganodini, soge da dilima hame ilegei. Amola Isala: ili dunu ilia hou dilia hame dawa:”
But I replied, “Our God [who is/rules] in heaven will help our plans to succeed. But as for you, you have no right to decide anything about this city, because you have not participated in what has happened in this city in previous years.”
