Nehemiah 2
1 And it was - in [the] month of Nisan year twenty of Artaxerxes the king wine [was] before him and I took the wine and I gave [it]! to the king and not I had been sad before him.
Pada suatu hari, empat bulan kemudian, yaitu pada bulan Nisan, ketika Raja Artahsasta sedang makan, aku menghidangkan anggur kepadanya dengan muka murung. Belum pernah aku tampak murung di hadapannya seperti pada hari itu.
2 And he said to me the king why? - [is] face your sad and you not you [are] sick [is] nothing this that except sadness of heart and I was afraid greatly very.
Sebab itu ia bertanya, "Mengapa kau kelihatan begitu sedih padahal tidak sakit? Pasti ada sesuatu yang kaurisaukan." Aku terkejut,
3 And I said to the king the king for ever may he live why? not will they be sad face my that the city [the] house of [the] tombs of ancestors my [is] desolate and gates its they have been consumed by fire.
lalu menjawab, "Hiduplah Baginda untuk selama-lamanya! Bagaimana hamba tidak sedih, kalau kota tempat kuburan nenek moyang hamba sekarang tinggal puing-puing belaka dan pintu-pintu gerbangnya telah hancur dimakan api."
4 And he said to me the king on what? this [are] you requesting and I prayed to [the] God of the heavens.
Raja bertanya, "Jadi, apa yang kauinginkan?" Dalam hati aku berdoa kepada Allah penguasa di surga,
5 And I said to the king if [is] on the king good and if he is good servant your before you that you will send me to Judah to [the] city of [the] tombs of ancestors my and I will rebuild it.
lalu aku berkata kepada raja, "Kalau Baginda berkenan dan mau mengabulkan permintaan hamba, utuslah hamba ke tanah Yehuda untuk membangun kembali kota tempat kuburan nenek moyang hamba."
6 And he said to me the king and the queen-consort - [was] sitting beside him until when? will it be journey your and when? will you return and it was good before the king and he sent me and I gave! to him a time.
Lalu raja yang sedang duduk didampingi Sri Ratu, mengabulkan permohonanku. Ia bertanya berapa lama aku akan tinggal di sana dan kapan kembali, maka kuberitahukan kepadanya tanggal yang telah kutentukan.
7 And I said to the king if [is] on the king good letters let people give to me to [the] governors of beyond the River that they will allow to pass through me until that I will come to Judah.
Kemudian aku minta surat untuk para gubernur di provinsi Efrat Barat, supaya mereka memudahkan perjalananku sampai ke Yehuda.
8 And a letter to Asaph [the] keeper of the forest which [belongs] to the king that he will give to me wood to make beams for [the] gates of the citadel which [belongs] to the house and for [the] wall of the city and for the house which I will go into it and he gave [them] to me the king according to [the] hand of God my good on me.
Selain itu, aku juga minta surat untuk Asaf, pengawas hutan kerajaan, supaya ia menyediakan kayu untuk pintu gerbang benteng di dekat Rumah TUHAN, dan untuk tembok kota serta rumah yang akan kudiami. Raja memenuhi semua permintaanku itu, karena Allah menolong aku.
9 And I went to [the] governors of beyond the River and I gave! to them [the] letters of the king and he had sent with me the king commanders of [the] army and horsemen.
Bersama dengan beberapa perwira dan tentara berkuda, yang atas perintah raja mengiringiku, berangkatlah aku ke Efrat Barat. Di sana surat raja itu kusampaikan kepada para gubernur.
10 And he heard Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite and it was displeasing to them displeasure great that he had come someone to seek good for [the] people of Israel.
Tetapi ketika Sanbalat, orang Bet-Horon, dan Tobia, seorang pejabat dari Amon, mendengar bahwa aku datang untuk kepentingan bangsa Israel, mereka menjadi sangat kesal.
11 And I came to Jerusalem and I was there days three.
Aku sampai di Yerusalem, lalu beristirahat tiga hari.
12 And I arose - night I and men - a few with me and not I had told to anyone what? [was] God my putting into heart my to do for Jerusalem and an animal there not [was] with me that except the animal which I [was] riding on it.
Selama itu aku tidak memberitahukan kepada siapa pun bahwa Allah memberi ilham kepadaku untuk membangun kembali kota Yerusalem. Besoknya malam-malam aku bangun lalu mengajak beberapa teman pergi ke luar kota. Selain keledai yang kukendarai, kami tidak membawa hewan tunggangan yang lain.
13 And I went out! by [the] gate of the valley night and to [the] face [the] Spring of [the] Dragons and to [the] gate of the dung and I was examining [the] walls of Jerusalem which (they - [were] broken down *Q(K)*) and gates its they had been consumed by fire.
Hari masih malam, ketika kami meninggalkan kota melalui Pintu Gerbang Lembah di sebelah barat. Kami menuju ke arah selatan, ke Pintu Gerbang Sampah, melalui Mata Air Naga. Dalam perjalanan itu aku memeriksa kerusakan-kerusakan pada tembok kota dan kulihat pula pintu-pintu gerbang yang telah habis dimakan api.
14 And I passed on to [the] gate of the spring and to [the] pool of the king and there not [was] room for the animal to pass through under me.
Kemudian dari bagian timur kota kami terus ke utara, ke Pintu Gerbang Air Mancur dan Kolam Raja. Tetapi di situ tidak ada tempat berjalan untuk keledai yang kukendarai itu, karena terlalu banyak reruntuhan.
15 And I was going up in the wadi night and I was examining the wall and I turned back and I went in [the] gate of the valley and I returned.
Jadi, kami turun ke Lembah Kidron dan meneruskan perjalanan pada malam itu, sambil memeriksa tembok kota. Setelah itu kami membelok dan kembali ke kota melalui Pintu Gerbang Lembah.
16 And the officials not they knew where? had I gone and what? [was] I doing and to the Jews and to the priests and to the nobles and to the officials and to [the] rest [who was] doing the work until thus not I had told.
Tak seorang pun dari para pemuka rakyat tahu ke mana aku pergi, dan apa yang sedang kurencanakan. Sebab sampai waktu itu aku belum mengatakan apa-apa kepada orang-orang sebangsaku, baik kepada para imam maupun kepada para pemuka, atau kepada para pegawai, dan siapa saja yang akan turut membangun kota Yerusalem.
17 And I said to them you [are] seeing the trouble which we [are] in it that Jerusalem [is] desolate and gates its they have been burned with fire come so we may rebuild [the] wall of Jerusalem and not we will be again a reproach.
Tetapi kemudian aku berkata kepada mereka, "Lihatlah keadaan kita yang sengsara ini! Yerusalem tinggal puing-puing dan pintu-pintu gerbangnya habis dimakan api. Marilah kita membangun kembali tembok-tembok kota Yerusalem supaya kita tidak dihina lagi."
18 And I told to them [about] [the] hand of God my that it [was] good on me and also [the] words of the king which he had spoken to me and they said let us arise and we will rebuild and they strengthened hands their for good.
Lalu kuceritakan kepada mereka bagaimana Allah menolongku dan apa yang telah dikatakan raja kepadaku. Mereka menjawab, "Mari kita mulai membangun!" Lalu bersiap-siaplah mereka untuk mulai bekerja.
19 And he heard Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah - the servant the Ammonite and Geshem the Arab and they mocked us and they despised us and they said what? [is] the thing this which you [are] doing ¿ on the king [are] you rebelling.
Ketika rencana kami itu ketahuan oleh Sanbalat, Tobia dan Gesyem, seorang Arab, mereka menertawakan dan mengejek kami. Kata mereka, "Apa yang hendak kamu lakukan? Apakah kamu mau memberontak terhadap raja?"
20 And I brought back them word and I said to them [the] God of the heavens he he will grant success to us and we servants his we will arise and we will rebuild and [belongs] to you not a share and a right and a memorial in Jerusalem.
Aku menjawab, "Allah penguasa di surga akan membuat pekerjaan kami berhasil. Kami adalah hamba-hambanya dan kami akan mulai membangun. Tetapi kamu tidak mempunyai hak atau milik apa pun di Yerusalem. Bahkan bila orang berbicara tentang Yerusalem, namamu tak akan disebut-sebut."
