Nehemiah 2
1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan of the twentieth year of king Arthasastha, that the wine was before me: and I took the wine, and gave [it] to the king: and there was not another before him.
| وَفِي ذَاتِ يَوْمٍ مِنْ شَهْرِ نِيسَانَ، فِي السَّنَةِ الْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ حُكْمِ أَرْتَحْشَشْتَا الْمَلِكِ، حِينَ أُحْضِرَتِ الْخَمْرُ لِلْمَلِكِ فَتَنَاوَلْتُهَا وَقَدَّمْتُهَا لَهُ بِوَجْهٍ مُكَمَّدٍ. وَلَمْ يَسْبِقْ لِي أَنْ مَثَلْتُ أَمَامَهُ مَغْمُوماً | ١ |
2 And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, and dost thou not control thyself? and now this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much alarmed,
| فَسَأَلَنِي الْمَلِكُ: «مَالِي أَرَى وَجْهَكَ مُكَمَّداً وَأَنْتَ غَيْرُ مَرِيضٍ؟ هَذَا لَيْسَ سِوَى كَآبَةِ قَلْبٍ». فَسَاوَرَنِي خَوْفٌ عَظِيمٌ. | ٢ |
3 and I said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be said, forasmuch as the city, even the home of the sepulchres of my fathers, has been laid waste, and her gates have been devoured with fire?
| وَقُلْتُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «لِيَحْيَ الْمَلِكُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ! كَيْفَ لَا يَنْقَبِضُ وَجْهِي، وَالْمَدِينَةُ الَّتِي دُفِنَ فِيهَا آبَائِي قَدْ صَارَتْ خَرَاباً، وَأَبْوَابُهَا قَدِ الْتَهَمَتْهَا النِّيرَانُ؟» | ٣ |
4 And the king said to me, For what dost thou ask thus? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
| فَسَأَلَنِي الْمَلِكُ: «أَيَّ شَيْءٍ تَطْلُبُ؟» فَصَلَّيْتُ إِلَى إِلَهِ السَّمَاءِ، | ٤ |
5 And I said to the king, If [it seem] good to the king, and if thy servant shall have found favour in thy sight, [I ask] that [thou] wouldest send him into Juda, to the city of the sepulchres of my fathers; then will I rebuild it.
| وَأَجَبْتُ الْمَلِكَ: «إِذَا طَابَ لِلْمَلِكِ، وَحَظِيَ عَبْدُكَ بِرِضَاكَ، فَإِنَّنِي أَلْتَمِسُ أَنْ تُرْسِلَنِي إِلَى يَهُوذَا، إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي دُفِنَ فِيهَا آبَائِي فَأَبْنِيَهَا». | ٥ |
6 And the king, and his concubine that sat next to him, said to me, For how long will thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? and [the proposal] was pleasing before the king, and he sent me away, and I appointed him a time.
| فَسَأَلَنِي الْمَلِكُ الَّذِي كَانَتِ الْمَلِكَةُ تَجْلِسُ إِلَى جِوَارِهِ: «كَمْ تَطُولُ غَيْبَتُكَ، وَمَتَى تَرْجِعُ؟» فَحَدَّدْتُ لَهُ مَوْعِدَ رُجُوعِي، إذْ طَابَ لَهُ أَنْ يُرْسِلَنِي. | ٦ |
7 And I said to the king, If [it seem] good to the king, let him give me letters to the governors beyond the river, so as to forward me till I come to Juda;
| وَقُلْتُ: «إِنِ اسْتَحْسَنَ الْمَلِكُ فَلْيَبْعَثْ مَعِي رَسَائِلَ إِلَى وُلاةِ عَبْرِ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ، لِيَسْمَحُوا لِي بِاجْتِيَازِ أَرَاضِيهِمْ حَتَّى أَصِلَ إِلَى يَهُوذَا، | ٧ |
8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the garden which belongs to the king, that he may give me timber to cover the gates, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I shall enter. And the king gave to me, according as the good hand of God [was upon me].
| وَرِسَالَةً إِلَى آسَافَ الْمَسْؤولِ عَنْ غَابَاتِ الْمَلِكِ لِيُعْطِيَنِي أَخْشَاباً أَصْنَعُ مِنْهَا دَعَائِمَ بَوَّابَاتِ الْقَلْعَةِ الْمُجَاوِرَةِ لِلْهَيْكَلِ، وَسُورِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَالدَّارِ الَّتِي سَأُقِيمُ فِيهَا». فَوَافَقَ الْمَلِكُ عَلَى طَلَبِي بِفَضْلِ رِعَايَةِ إِلَهِي الصَّالِحَةِ لِي. | ٨ |
9 And I came to the governors beyond the river, and I gave them the king's letters. (Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.)
| فَجِئْتُ إِلَى وُلاةِ عَبْرِ النَّهْرِ، وَسَلَّمْتُهُمْ رَسَائِلَ الْمَلِكِ. وَكَانَ الْمَلِكُ قَدْ أَمَرَ بَعْضَ ضُبَّاطِ الْجَيْشِ وَالْفُرْسَانِ بِمُرَافَقَتِي. | ٩ |
10 And Sanaballat the Aronite heard [it], and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and it was grievous to them that a man was come to seek good for the children of Israel.
| وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَ سَنْبَلَّطُ الْحُورُونِيُّ وَطُوبِيَّا الْعَبْدُ الْعَمُّونِيُّ بِوُصُولِي، سَاءَهُمَا جِدّاً أَنْ يَأْتِيَ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَى لِخَيْرِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٠ |
11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
| وَبعْدَ أَنْ وَصَلْتُ أُورُشَلِيمَ مَكَثْتُ هُنَاكَ ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، | ١١ |
12 And I rose up by night, I and a few men with me; and I told no man what God put into my heart to do with Israel; and there was no beast with me, except the beast which I rode upon.
| ثُمَّ قُمْتُ لَيْلاً بِرُفْقَةِ نَفَرٍ قَلِيلٍ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ أُطْلِعَ أَحَداً عَمَّا أَثْقَلَ إِلَهِي بِهِ قَلْبِي لأَصْنَعَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَعِي بَهِيمَةٌ سِوَى الْبَهِيمَةِ الَّتِي أَمْتَطِيهَا. | ١٢ |
13 And I went forth by the gate of the valley by night, and to the mouth of the well of fig trees, and to the dung-gate: and I mourned over the wall of Jerusalem which they were destroying, and her gates were devoured with fire.
| فَتَسَلَّلْتُ لَيْلاً مِنْ بَابِ الْوَادِي، نَحْوَ عَيْنِ التِّنِّينِ، حَتَّى وَصَلْتُ إِلَى بَوَّابَةِ الدِّمْنِ. وَشَرَعْتُ أَتَفَرَّسُ فِي أَسْوَارِ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْمُنْهَدِمَةِ وَأَبْوَابِهَا الْمُحْتَرِقَةِ، | ١٣ |
14 And I passed on to the fountain gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no room for the beast to pass under me.
| ثُمَّ اجْتَزْتُ إِلَى بَابِ الْعَيْنِ، وَمِنْهُ إِلَى بِرْكَةِ الْمَلِكِ، حَيْثُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَوْضِعٌ تَعْبُرُ عَلَيْهِ الْبَهِيمَةُ الَّتِي أَمْتَطِيهَا. | ١٤ |
15 And I went up by the wall of the brook by night, and mourned over the wall, and passed through the gate of the valley, and returned.
| ثُمَّ تَابَعْتُ صُعُودِي لَيْلاً بِمُحَاذَاةِ الْوَادِي، وَرُحْتُ أَتَأَمَّلُ فِي السُّورِ، ثُمَّ عُدْتُ رَاجِعاً عَبْرَ بَابِ الْوَادِي | ١٥ |
16 And the sentinels knew not why I went, nor what I was doing; and until that time I told [it] not to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the captains, or to the rest [of the men] who wrought the works.
| وَلَمْ يَعْرِفِ الْوُلاةُ وَسِوَاهُمْ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَالْكَهَنَةِ وَالأَشْرَافِ وَبَاقِي الْعُمَّالِ إِلَى أَيْنَ ذَهَبْتُ، وَلا مَا أَنَا مُزْمِعٌ فِعْلَهُ، لأَنَّنِي لَمْ أُطْلِعْ أَحَداً عَلَى شَيْءٍ. | ١٦ |
17 Then I said to them, Ye see this evil, in which we are, how Jerusalem is desolate, and her gates have been set on fire: come, and let us build throughout the wall of Jerusalem, and we shall be no longer a reproach.
| ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لَهُمْ: أَنْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ مَا نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ ضِيقٍ، فَأُورُشَلِيمُ خَرِبَةٌ وَأَبْوَابُهَا مُحْتَرِقَةٌ، فَهَيَّا بِنَا نَبْنِي سُورَ أُورُشَلِيمَ فَلا نُقَاسِي بَعْدُ مِنَ الْعَارِ. | ١٧ |
18 And I told them of the hand of God which was good upon me, also about the words of the king which he spoke to me: and I said, Let us arise and build. And their hands were strengthened for the good [work].
| وَأَطْلَعْتُهُمْ عَمَّا رَعَانِي بِهِ إِلَهِي مِنْ عِنَايَةٍ صَالِحَةٍ، وَعَلَى حَدِيثِ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِي خَاطَبَنِي بِهِ، فَقَالُوا: لِنَقُمْ وَنَبْنِ السُّورَ وَتَضَافَرُوا جَمِيعاً لِلْقِيَامِ بِالْعَمَلِ الصَّالِحِ. | ١٨ |
19 And Sanaballat the Aronite, and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and Gesam the Arabian, heard [it], and they laughed us to scorn, and came to us, and said, What [is] this thing that ye are doing? are ye revolting against the king?
| وَعِنْدَمَا عَرَفَ سَنْبَلَّطُ الْحُورُونِيُّ وَطُوبِيَّا الْعَبْدُ الْعَمُّونِيُّ وَجَشَمٌ الْعَرَبِيُّ بِمَا نَنْوِي عَمَلَهُ، سَخِرُوا بِنَا وَاحْتَقَرُونَا قَائِلِينَ: أَيُّ أَمْرٍ أَنْتُمْ عَازِمُونَ عَلَيْهِ؟ أَتَتَمَرَّدُونَ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ؟ | ١٩ |
20 And I answered them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he shall prosper us, and we his servants are pure, and we will build: but ye have no part, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ أَجَبْتُهُمْ: إِلَهُ السَّمَاءِ يُكَلِّلُ عَمَلَنَا بِالنَّجَاحِ، وَنَحْنُ عَبِيدُهُ نَقُومُ وَنَبْنِي. وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَلا نَصِيبَ لَكُمْ وَلا حَقَّ وَلا ذِكْرَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٢٠ |
