Nehemiah 1
1 The words of Nehemiah the sonne of Hachaliah. In ye moneth Chisleu, in the twentieth yeere, as I was in the palace of Shushan,
Maneno ya Nehemia mwana wa Hakalia Ikawa, katika mwezi wa Kisleu, katika mwaka wa ishirini, nilikuwa katika mji mkuu wa Sushani,
2 Came Hanam, one of my brethren, he and the men of Iudah, and I asked them concerning the Iewes that were deliuered, which were of the residue of the captiuitie, and concerning Ierusalem.
mmoja wa ndugu zangu, Hanani, alikuja pamoja na watu wengine kutoka Yuda, nami nikawauliza kuhusu Wayahudi waliopona, Wayahudi waliosalia waliokuwa huko, na kuhusu Yerusalemu.
3 And they sayde vnto me, The residue that are left of the captiuitie there in the prouince, are in great affliction and in reproche, and the wall of Ierusalem is broken downe, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire.
Wakaniambia, “Wale waliokuwa katika mkoa ule waliookoka katika kifungo wapo katika shida kubwa na aibu kwa sababu ukuta wa Yerusalemu umebomolewa na milango yake imeteketezwa kwa moto.”
4 And when I heard these wordes, I sate downe and wept, and mourned certeine dayes, and I fasted and prayed before the God of heauen,
Na mara tu niliposikia maneno haya, nikakaa na kulia, na kwa siku niliendelea kuomboleza na kufunga na kuomba mbele ya Mungu wa mbinguni.
5 And sayde, O Lord God of heauen, the great and terrible God, that keepeth couenant and mercy for them that loue him, and obserue his commandements,
Ndipo nikasema, “Wewe ndiwe Bwana, Mungu wa mbinguni, Mungu uliye mkuu na kushangaza, unayetimiza agano na upendo wa kudumu pamoja na wale wanaokupenda na kushika amri zake.
6 I pray thee, let thine eares be attet, and thine eies open, to heare the praier of thy seruat, which I pray before thee dayly, day and night for ye childre of Israel thy seruats, and confesse the sinnes of the children of Israel, which we haue sinned against thee, both I and my fathers house haue sinned:
Sikiliza maombi yangu na fungua macho yako, ili uisikie sala ya mtumishi wako kwamba sasa nasali mbele yako mchana na usiku kwa ajili ya watu wa Israeli watumishi wako. Mimi ninakiri dhambi za watu wa Israeli, ambazo tumefanya dhidi yako. Wote mimi na nyumba ya baba yangu tumefanya dhambi.
7 We haue grieuously sinned against thee, and haue not kept the commandements, nor the statutes, nor the iudgements, which thou commandedst thy seruant Moses.
Tumefanya uovu sana juu yako, na hatukuzingatia amri, sheria, na hukumu ambazo ulimwamuru mtumishi wako Musa.
8 I beseeche thee, remember the worde that thou commandedst thy seruant Moses, saying, Ye wil transgresse, and I will scatter you abroade among the people.
Tafadhali kumbuka neno ulilomuamuru mtumishi wako Musa, 'mkitenda pasipo uaminifu, nitawatawanya kati ya mataifa,
9 But if ye turne vnto me, and keepe my commandements, and doe them, though your scattering were to the vttermost part of the heauen, yet will I gather you from thence, and will bring you vnto the place that I haue chosen to place my Name there.
lakini mkirudi kwangu na kufuata amri zangu na kuzifanya, ingawa watu wako walienea chini ya mbingu za mbali, Nami nitawakusanya kutoka huko na kuwaleta mahali pale nilipopachagua ili kulifanya jina langu.'
10 Now these are thy seruants and thy people, whome thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy mightie hand.
Sasa wao ni watumishi wako na watu wako, ambao uliwaokoa kwa nguvu yako kubwa na kwa mkono wako wenye nguvu.
11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let thine eare now hearken to the prayer of thy seruant, and to the prayer of thy seruants, who desire to feare thy Name, and I pray thee, cause thy seruant to prosper this day, and giue him fauour in the presence of this man: for I was the Kings butler.
Bwana, naomba, sikiliza sasa maombi ya watumishi wako na sala ya watumishi wako ambao hufurahia kuheshimu jina lako. Sasa unifanikishe mimi mtumishi wako leo, na unijalie rehema mbele ya mtu huyu.” Nilikuwa mnyweshaji wa mfalme.
