Nehemiah 2
1 Now it happened that, in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes, wine was before him; and I lifted up the wine, and I gave it to the king. And I was like someone languishing before his face.
Li te vin rive nan mwa Nisan an, nan ventyèm ane a Wa Artaxerxès la, ke te gen diven devan li e mwen te monte pote diven an e te bay li a wa a. Alò, mwen pa t janm konn tris nan prezans li konsa.
2 And the king said to me: “Why is your expression sad, though you do not appear to be sick? This is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in your heart.” And I was struck with an exceedingly great fear.
Konsa, wa a te di mwen: “Poukisa figi ou tris konsa, malgre ou pa malad? Sa pa mwens ke tristès kè.” Konsa, mwen te krent anpil.
3 And I said to the king: “O king, live forever. Why should my expression not be mournful, since the city of the house of the sepulchers of my father is desolate, and its gates have been burned with fire?”
Mwen te di a wa a: “Kite wa a viv jis pou tout tan. Poukisa figi mwen pa ta dwe tris lè vil la, plas a tonm papa zansèt mwen yo, dezole nèt e pòtay li yo fin brile ak dife?”
4 And the king said to me: “What would you request?” And I prayed to the God of heaven.
Wa a te reponn mwen: “Kisa ou ta mande?” Konsa, mwen te priye a Bondye syèl la.
5 And I said to the king: “If it seems good to the king, and if your servant is pleasing before your face: that you would send me into Judea, to the city of the sepulcher of my father. And I will rebuild it.”
Mwen te di wa a: “Si li ta fè wa plezi, e si sèvitè ou a te jwenn favè devan ou, voye m Juda, nan vil tonm a papa zansèt mwen yo, pou m ta kab rebati li.”
6 And the king said to me, with the queen who was sitting beside him: “Until what time will your journey be, and when will you return?” And it was pleasing before the countenance of the king, and so he sent me. And I established a time for him.
Epi wa a te di mwen pandan rèn nan te chita akote l: “Konbyen de tan vwayaj ou kapab ye? Epi kilè ou va retounen?” Konsa, sa te fè wa a plezi pou voye mwen, e mwen te bay li yon lè jis.
7 And I said to the king: “If it seems good to the king, may he give me letters to the governors of the region beyond the river, so that they may lead me through, until I arrive in Judea,
Anplis mwen te di wa a: “Si sa fè wa a plezi, kite lèt bay a mwen pou gouvènè nan pwovens yo lòtbò rivyè a, pou yo kapab kite mwen pase ladann yo jiskaske mwen rive Juda;
8 and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, so that he may give me timber, in order that I may be able to cover the gates of the tower of the house, and the walls of the city, and the house that I will enter.” And the king granted to me in accord with the good hand of my God, who is with me.
anplis, yon lèt a Asaph, gadyen nan forè a wa a, pou li kapab ban mwen bwa chapant pou fè travès pou pòtay a fò ki akote tanp lan; epi pou miray lavil la e pou kay nan sila mwen prale a.” Wa a te ban m tout sa akoz bon men Bondye mwen an te sou mwen.
9 And I went to the governors of the region beyond the river, and I gave them the letters of the king. Now the king had sent with me military leaders and horsemen.
Mwen te rive kote gouvènè nan pwovens lòtbò rivyè yo, e te bay yo lèt a wa a. Alò, wa a te voye mwen avèk chèf lame yo ak chevalye yo.
10 And Sanballat, a Horonite, and the servant Tobiah, an Ammonite, heard this. And they were saddened, with a great affliction, that a man had arrived who was seeking the prosperity of the sons of Israel.
Lè Sanballat, Owonit lan avèk Tobija, chèf Amonit lan te tande koze sila a, sa te fè yo pa kontan anpil, pou yon moun ta vin chache fè byen pou fis a Israël yo.
11 And I arrived at Jerusalem, and I was there for three days.
Konsa, mwen te vini Jérusalem, e mwen te la pandan twa jou.
12 And I got up in the night, I and a few men with me. And I did not reveal to anyone what God had placed in my heart to do in Jerusalem. And there was no animal with me, except the animal on which I was sitting.
Mwen te leve pandan lannwit lan, avèk kèk bon mesye avèk mwen. Mwen pa t pale pèsòn sa ke Bondye mwen an te mete nan tèt mwen pou fè pou Jérusalem nan, e pa t gen bèt avè m sof ke sila ke mwen menm te monte a.
13 And I departed in the night through the gate of the valley, and before the fountain of the dragon, and toward the dung gate. And I considered the wall of Jerusalem, which was broken apart, and its gates, which had been consumed by fire.
Konsa, mwen te sòti deyò nan nwit lan akote Pòtay Vale a, vè Pwi Dragon an, anplis pou rive nan Pòtay Fimye a, e mwen t ap pase fè enspeksyon miray Jérusalem yo, ki te kraze nèt ak pòtay li yo ki te manje pa dife.
14 And I continued on to the gate of the fountain, and to the aqueduct of the king. And there was no room for the beast on which I was sitting to pass through.
Mwen te pase rive pi lwen nan Pòtay Sous Bwote a, avèk Dlo Etan a Wa a; men pa t gen kote pou bèt mwen an pase.
15 And so I climbed up in the night along the torrent, and I considered the wall. And turning back, I went by the gate of the valley, and I returned.
Konsa, mwen te pase pandan nwit lan pa ravin nan pou te fè enspeksyon miray la. Epi mwen te antre ankò nan Pòtay Vale a e mwen te retounen.
16 Now the magistrates did not know where I had gone, or what I had done. For I had revealed nothing, even to that point in time, to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the magistrates, or to the others who were doing the work.
Chèf lokal yo pa t konnen kote mwen te ale a, ni sa mwen te fè a; ni jis rive nan moman sa a, mwen potko pale Jwif yo, prèt yo, moun nòb yo, chèf yo, ni lòt moun ki t ap fè travay yo.
17 And so I said to them: “You know the affliction in which we are, because Jerusalem is desolate, and its gates have been consumed by fire. Come, and let us rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, and let us no longer be in disgrace.”
Konsa mwen te di yo: “Nou wè move ka nou an, ke Jérusalem dezole e pòtay li yo fin brile pa dife? Vini, annou rebati miray Jérusalem nan pou nou pa parèt kon yon wont ankò.”
18 And I revealed to them how the hand of my God was with me for good, and the words of the king, which he had spoken to me. And I said: “Let us rise up, and build.” And their hands were strengthened for good.
Mwen te pale yo jan men Bondye mwen an te ban m favè e anplis, pawòl ke wa a te pale mwen yo. Yo te di: “Annou leve pou bati.” Konsa, yo te mete men yo nan bon èv sila a.
19 But Sanballat, a Horonite, and the servant Tobiah, an Ammonite, and Geshem, an Arab, heard of it. And they ridiculed and disparaged us, and they said: “What is this thing that you are doing? Could you be rebelling against the king?”
Men lè Sanballat, Owonit lan avèk Tobija, chèf Amonit lan, avèk Guéschem, Arab la, te tande koze sa a, yo te moke nou, te meprize nou, epi te di: “Ki bagay sa n ap fè la a? Èske nou ap fè rebèl kont wa a?”
20 And I replied to them a word, and I said to them: “The God of heaven himself is helping us, and we are his servants. Let us rise up and build. But there is no portion, or justice, or remembrance in Jerusalem for you.”
Konsa, mwen te reponn yo epi te di yo: “Bondye syèl la va fè nou reyisi. Se akoz sa a, sèvitè li yo va leve pou bati. Men nou menm, nou p ap gen pòsyon, ni dwa, ni souvni nan Jérusalem.”
