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.
राजा अर्तासास्तको बिसौँ वर्षको नीसान महिनामा उहाँले दाखमद्य रोज्नुभयो, र मैले दाखमद्य लिई राजालाई टक्र्याएँ । म उहाँको उपस्थितिमा पहिले कहिल्यै यस्तो उदास भएको थिइनँ ।
2 And the king said to me, Why is your countenance sad, and do you not control yourself? and now this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much alarmed,
त्यसैले राजाले मलाई सोध्नुभयो, “तिम्रो अनुसार किन यति उदास छ? तिमी बिरामीजस्तो त देखिँदैनौँ । यो ह्रदयको उदासी हुनुपर्छ ।” तब म सार्है डराएँ ।
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?
मैले राजालाई भनेँ, “राजा सदासर्वदै अमर रहून्! मेरो अनुसार किन उदास नहुने त? मेरा पिता-पुर्खाहरूका चिहान भएको सहर भग्नावशेषमा परिणत भएको छ, र यसका मूल ढोकाहरू आगोले नष्ट पारेका छन् ।”
4 And the king said to me, For what do you ask thus? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
तब राजाले मलाई भन्नुभयो, “मैले के गरेको तिमी चाहन्छौ?” त्यसैले मैले स्वर्गका परमेश्वरलाई प्रार्थना चढाएँ ।
5 And I said to the king, If [it seem] good to the king, and if your servant shall have found favour in your sight, [I ask] that [you] would send him into Juda, to the city of the sepulchres of my fathers; then will I rebuild it.
मैले राजालाई जवाफ दिएँ, “राजालाई असल लाग्यो भने, र हजुरका दासले हजुरको दृष्टिमा राम्रै गरेको छ भने हजुरले मलाई मेरा पिता-पुर्खाहरूका चिहान भए सहर यहूदा पठाउन सक्नुहुन्छ ताकि मैले यसको पुनर्निर्माण गर्न सकूँ ।”
6 And the king, and his concubine that sat next to him, said to me, For how long will your journey be, and when will you return? and [the proposal] was pleasing before the king, and he sent me away, and I appointed him a time.
राजाले मलाई जवाफ दिनुभयो (रानी पनि उहाँकै छेउमा बसिरहनुभएको थियो), “तिमी कहिलेसम्म टाढिन्छौ र तिमी कहिले फर्कने छौ?” मैले राजालाई मिति दिँदा राजा मलाई पठाउन खुसी हुनुभयो ।
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;
तब मैले राजालाई भनेँ, “राजालाई खुसी लागे यूफ्रेटिस पारिको प्रान्तका राज्यपालहरूका लागि मलाई चिट्ठीहरू पठाइऊन् ताकि म यहूदा जाँदा तिनीहरूले मलाई तिनीहरूका इलाकाहरू भएर जान अनुमति देऊन् ।
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].
राजाको जङ्गलको जिम्मावाल आसापको लागि पनि एउटा चिट्ठी होस्, ताकि मन्दिरसित गाँसिएको किल्लाका मूल ढोकाहरू, सहरको पर्खाल र म बस्ने घरका लागि सत्तरीहरू बनाउन तिनले मलाई मुढाहरू जुटाइदेऊन् ।” परमेश्वरको असल हात ममाथि भएकोले राजाले मेरो अनुरोध स्वीकार गर्नुभयो ।
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.)
म यूफ्रेटिस पारिको प्रान्तका राज्यपालहरूकहाँ आइपुगेँ, र तिनीहरूलाई राजाका चिट्ठीहरू दिएँ । राजाले मसँगै सेनाका अधिकृतहरू र घोडचढीहरू पठाएका थिए ।
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.
कसैले इस्राएलीहरूलाई मदत गर्न खोज्दै छ भनी जब होरोनी सन्बलत र अम्मोनी अधिकारी तोबियाले यो सुने, तिनीहरू निकै बेखुसी भए ।
11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
यसरी म यरूशलेम आइपुगेँ, र त्यहाँ दिन रहेँ ।
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.
म र केही मानिसहरू रातमा उठ्यौँ । यरूशलेमको निम्ति परमेश्वरले मेरो ह्रदयमा हालिदिनुभएको बोझबारे मैले कसैलाई बताइनँ । म चढिरहेको पशुबाहेक त्यहाँ अरू कुनै पशु थिएन ।
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.
म राति बेँसी ढोका भएर बाहिर निस्केँ, अनि यरूशलेमका पर्खालहरू भत्केका र मूल ढोकाहरू जलाइएका ठाउँको निरीक्षण गर्दै म फोहोर ढोका रा स्यालको पोखरीतिर गएँ ।
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.
त्यसपछि म फुहारा ढोका र राजाको तलाउमा गएँ । त्यो ठाउँ यति सानो थियो कि म चढिरहको पशु जानलाई ठाउँ नै पुगेन ।
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.
त्यसैले त्यस रात म उपत्यका भएर गएँ, र पर्खालको निरीक्षण गरेँ, अनि म फर्केर बेँसी ढोकाबाट भित्र प्रवेश गरेँ । यसरी म फर्किएँ ।
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.
म कहाँ गएँ र मैले के गरेँ भन्ने बारेमा शासकहरूलाई थाहै भएन, र यति बेलासम्म मैले यहूदीहरूलाई पनि भनेको थिइनँ, न पुजारीहरू, न प्रतिष्ठित मानिसहरू, न शासकहरू, न त काम गर्ने बाँकी मानिसहरूलाई भनेको थिएँ ।
17 Then I said to them, You 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.
मैले तिनीहरूलाई भनेँ, “हामी कस्तो सङ्कष्टमा छौँ, यरूशलेम कसरी भग्नावशेषमा परिणत भएको छ र यसका मूल ढोकाहरू आगोले नष्ट पारिएको छ भनी तिमीहरूले देखेका छौ । आओ, हामी फेरि अपमानित नहोऔँ भनेर यरूशलेमको पर्खाल पुनर्निर्माण गरौँ ।”
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].
मेरा परमेश्वरको असल हात ममाथि र राजाले मलाई भन्नुभएका वचनहरूमाथि थियो भनी मैले तिनीहरूलाई बताएँ । तिनीहरूले भने, “उठौँ, र निर्माण गरौँ ।” त्यसैले असल कामको लागि तिनीहरूले आ-आफ्ना हात मजबुत पारे ।
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 you are doing? are you revolting against the king?
तर जब होरोनी सन्बलत, अम्मोनी अधिकारी तोबिया र अरबी गेशेमले यो कुरा सुने तिनीहरूले हामीलाई खिसी गरे र गिल्ला गरेर भने, “तिमीहरू के गर्दै छौ? के तिमीहरू राजाको विरुद्धमा विद्रोह गर्दै छौ?”
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 you have no part, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
तब मैले तिनीहरूलाई जवाफ दिएँ, “स्वर्गका परमेश्वरल हामीलाई सफलता दिनुहुने छ । हामी उहाँका दासहरू हौँ, अनि हामी उठ्ने छौँ र निर्माणको काम गर्ने छौँ । तर यरूशलेममा तिमीहरूको कुनै हिस्सा, कुनै हक र कुनै ऐतिहासिक दाबी छैन ।”
