Nehemiah 2
1 In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.
A watan Nisan a shekara ta ashirin ta mulkin Sarki Artazerzes, sa’ad aka kawo masa ruwan inabi, sai na karɓa na ba shi. Ban taɓa ɓata fuskata a gabansa ba, sai wannan karo.
2 The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.
Saboda haka sarki ya tambaye ni ya ce, “Me ya sa fuskarka ta ɓaci, ga shi, ba ciwo kake ba? Ba abin da ya kawo wannan, in ba dai kana baƙin ciki ba.” Sai na ji tsoro ƙwarai,
3 I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”
na amsa na ce wa sarki, “Ran sarki yă daɗe! Me zai hana fuskata ta ɓaci, sa’ad da birnin da aka binne kakannina tana zaman kango, aka kuma rushe ƙofofinsa da wuta?”
4 Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Sai sarki ya ce mini, “Me kake so?” Sai na yi addu’a ga Allah na sama,
5 I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favour in your sight, I ask that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.”
na kuwa ba wa sarki amsa, na ce, “In ya gamshi sarki, in kuma bawanka ya sami tagomashi a idonka, bari ka aike ni in tafi ƙasar Yahuda, birnin da aka binne kakannina, domin in sāke gina shi.”
6 The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), “How long will your journey be? When will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time for him.
Sai sarki, a lokacin sarauniya da tana zama kusa da shi, ya tambaye ni, ya ce, “Kwana nawa tafiyar za tă ɗauke ka, kuma yaushe za ka dawo?” Ya gamshi sarki ya aike ni; saboda haka na shirya lokaci.
7 Moreover I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;
Na kuma ce masa, “In ya gamshi sarki, zai yi kyau in sami wasiƙu zuwa ga gwamnonin Kewayen Kogin Yuferites, domin su tanada kāriya har sai na isa Yahuda?
8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I will occupy.” The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.
A kuma ba ni wasiƙa zuwa ga Asaf, sarkin daji, yă ba ni katako don yin ƙofofin kagara na kusa da fadar haikali da kuma don katangar birni, da na wurin da zan zauna?” Sarki kuwa ya ba ni abin da na roƙa, gama Allah yana tare da ni.
9 Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
Saboda haka na tafi wurin gwamnonin Kewayen Kogin Yuferites, na ba su wasiƙun sarki. Sarki kuma ya aika da hafsoshin mayaƙa da kuma mahayan dawakai tare da ni.
10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Da Sanballat mutumin Horon da Tobiya wakilin ƙasar Ammon suka ji cewa wani ya zo domin yă ƙarfafa zaman lafiyar mutanen Isra’ila, sai suka damu ƙwarai.
11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
Sai na je Urushalima, bayan na zauna a can na kwanaki uku,
12 I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There wasn’t any animal with me except the animal that I rode on.
sai na fita da dare tare da mutane kalila. Ban faɗa wa wani abin da Allahna ya sa a zuciyata in yi don Urushalima ba. Ba waɗansu dabbobi kuma tare da ni, sai dai dabbar da na hau.
13 I went out by night by the valley gate towards the jackal’s well, then to the dung gate; and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire.
Da dare na fita ta Ƙofar Kwari wajen Rijiyar Dila da Ƙofar Juji, ina dudduba katangar Urushalima waɗanda aka rushe da kuma ƙofofinta waɗanda aka ƙone da wuta.
14 Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king’s pool, but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
Sa’an nan na ci gaba zuwa wajen Ƙofar Maɓuɓɓuga da kuma Tafkin Sarki, amma babu isashen wuri saboda abin da na hau yă bi;
15 Then I went up in the night by the brook and inspected the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.
saboda haka na haura ta kwarin da dad dare, ina dudduba katangar. A ƙarshe, na juya na sāke shiga ta Ƙofar Kwari.
16 The rulers didn’t know where I went, or what I did. I had not as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.
Shugabanni ba su san inda na tafi, ko abin da nake yi ba, domin ban riga na faɗa wa Yahudawa, ko firistoci, ko manyan gari, ko shugabanni, ko sauran waɗanda za su yi aiki, kome ba.
17 Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burnt with fire. Come, let’s build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won’t be disgraced.”
Sai na ce musu, “Kun ga matsalar da muke ciki, yadda Urushalima ta zama kango, an kuma ƙone ƙofofinta da wuta. Ku zo mu sāke gina katangar Urushalima, ba za mu ƙara shan kunya ba.”
18 I told them about the hand of my God which was good on me, and also about the king’s words that he had spoken to me. They said, “Let’s rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
Na kuma faɗa musu game da yadda alherin Allahna yake tare da ni da kuma abin da sarki ya faɗa mini. Suka amsa, suka ce, “Mu tashi, mu kama gini.” Sai suka fara wannan aiki mai kyau.
19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”
Amma sa’ad da Sanballat mutumin Horon da Tobiya wakilin ƙasar Ammon da kuma Geshem mutumin Arab suka ji game da wannan, sai suka yi mana ba’a suka kuma yi mana dariya. Suka ce, “Me kuke tsammani kuke yi? Kuna so ku yi wa sarki tawaye ne?”
20 Then I answered them, and said to them, “The God of heaven will prosper us. Therefore we, his servants, will arise and build; but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem.”
Na amsa musu na ce, “Allah na sama zai ba mu nasara. Mu bayinsa za mu tashi mu fara gini, amma game da ku kam, ba ku da rabo cikin Urushalima, ba ku da wani hakki ko wani abin tunawa.”
