Nehemiah 2
1 And it cometh to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine [is] before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him;
| وَفِي ذَاتِ يَوْمٍ مِنْ شَهْرِ نِيسَانَ، فِي السَّنَةِ الْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ حُكْمِ أَرْتَحْشَشْتَا الْمَلِكِ، حِينَ أُحْضِرَتِ الْخَمْرُ لِلْمَلِكِ فَتَنَاوَلْتُهَا وَقَدَّمْتُهَا لَهُ بِوَجْهٍ مُكَمَّدٍ. وَلَمْ يَسْبِقْ لِي أَنْ مَثَلْتُ أَمَامَهُ مَغْمُوماً | ١ |
2 and the king saith to me, 'Wherefore [is] thy face sad, and thou not sick? this is nothing except sadness of heart;' and I fear very much,
| فَسَأَلَنِي الْمَلِكُ: «مَالِي أَرَى وَجْهَكَ مُكَمَّداً وَأَنْتَ غَيْرُ مَرِيضٍ؟ هَذَا لَيْسَ سِوَى كَآبَةِ قَلْبٍ». فَسَاوَرَنِي خَوْفٌ عَظِيمٌ. | ٢ |
3 and say to the king, 'Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, [is] a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?'
| وَقُلْتُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «لِيَحْيَ الْمَلِكُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ! كَيْفَ لَا يَنْقَبِضُ وَجْهِي، وَالْمَدِينَةُ الَّتِي دُفِنَ فِيهَا آبَائِي قَدْ صَارَتْ خَرَاباً، وَأَبْوَابُهَا قَدِ الْتَهَمَتْهَا النِّيرَانُ؟» | ٣ |
4 And the king saith to me, 'For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,
| فَسَأَلَنِي الْمَلِكُ: «أَيَّ شَيْءٍ تَطْلُبُ؟» فَصَلَّيْتُ إِلَى إِلَهِ السَّمَاءِ، | ٤ |
5 and say to the king, 'If to the king [it be] good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the graves of my fathers, and I built it.'
| وَأَجَبْتُ الْمَلِكَ: «إِذَا طَابَ لِلْمَلِكِ، وَحَظِيَ عَبْدُكَ بِرِضَاكَ، فَإِنَّنِي أَلْتَمِسُ أَنْ تُرْسِلَنِي إِلَى يَهُوذَا، إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي دُفِنَ فِيهَا آبَائِي فَأَبْنِيَهَا». | ٥ |
6 And the king saith to me (and the queen is sitting near him), 'How long is thy journey? and when dost thou return?' and it is good before the king, and he sendeth me away, and I set to him a time.
| فَسَأَلَنِي الْمَلِكُ الَّذِي كَانَتِ الْمَلِكَةُ تَجْلِسُ إِلَى جِوَارِهِ: «كَمْ تَطُولُ غَيْبَتُكَ، وَمَتَى تَرْجِعُ؟» فَحَدَّدْتُ لَهُ مَوْعِدَ رُجُوعِي، إذْ طَابَ لَهُ أَنْ يُرْسِلَنِي. | ٦ |
7 And I say to the king, 'If to the king [it be] good, letters let be given to me for the governors beyond the River, that they let me pass over till that I come in unto Judah:
| وَقُلْتُ: «إِنِ اسْتَحْسَنَ الْمَلِكُ فَلْيَبْعَثْ مَعِي رَسَائِلَ إِلَى وُلاةِ عَبْرِ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ، لِيَسْمَحُوا لِي بِاجْتِيَازِ أَرَاضِيهِمْ حَتَّى أَصِلَ إِلَى يَهُوذَا، | ٧ |
8 and a letter unto Asaph, keeper of the paradise that the king hath, that he give to me trees for beams [for] the gates of the palace that the house hath, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I enter;' and the king giveth to me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
| وَرِسَالَةً إِلَى آسَافَ الْمَسْؤولِ عَنْ غَابَاتِ الْمَلِكِ لِيُعْطِيَنِي أَخْشَاباً أَصْنَعُ مِنْهَا دَعَائِمَ بَوَّابَاتِ الْقَلْعَةِ الْمُجَاوِرَةِ لِلْهَيْكَلِ، وَسُورِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَالدَّارِ الَّتِي سَأُقِيمُ فِيهَا». فَوَافَقَ الْمَلِكُ عَلَى طَلَبِي بِفَضْلِ رِعَايَةِ إِلَهِي الصَّالِحَةِ لِي. | ٨ |
9 And I come in unto the governors beyond the River, and give to them the letters of the king; and the king sendeth with me heads of a force, and horsemen;
| فَجِئْتُ إِلَى وُلاةِ عَبْرِ النَّهْرِ، وَسَلَّمْتُهُمْ رَسَائِلَ الْمَلِكِ. وَكَانَ الْمَلِكُ قَدْ أَمَرَ بَعْضَ ضُبَّاطِ الْجَيْشِ وَالْفُرْسَانِ بِمُرَافَقَتِي. | ٩ |
10 and Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them — a great evil — that a man hath come in to seek good for the sons of Israel.
| وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَ سَنْبَلَّطُ الْحُورُونِيُّ وَطُوبِيَّا الْعَبْدُ الْعَمُّونِيُّ بِوُصُولِي، سَاءَهُمَا جِدّاً أَنْ يَأْتِيَ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَى لِخَيْرِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٠ |
11 And I come in unto Jerusalem, and I am there three days,
| وَبعْدَ أَنْ وَصَلْتُ أُورُشَلِيمَ مَكَثْتُ هُنَاكَ ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، | ١١ |
12 and I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God is giving unto my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there is no beast with me except the beast on which I am riding.
| ثُمَّ قُمْتُ لَيْلاً بِرُفْقَةِ نَفَرٍ قَلِيلٍ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ أُطْلِعَ أَحَداً عَمَّا أَثْقَلَ إِلَهِي بِهِ قَلْبِي لأَصْنَعَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَعِي بَهِيمَةٌ سِوَى الْبَهِيمَةِ الَّتِي أَمْتَطِيهَا. | ١٢ |
13 And I go out through the gate of the valley by night, and unto the front of the fountain of the dragon, and unto the gate of the dunghill, and I am measuring about the walls of Jerusalem, that are broken down, and its gates consumed with fire.
| فَتَسَلَّلْتُ لَيْلاً مِنْ بَابِ الْوَادِي، نَحْوَ عَيْنِ التِّنِّينِ، حَتَّى وَصَلْتُ إِلَى بَوَّابَةِ الدِّمْنِ. وَشَرَعْتُ أَتَفَرَّسُ فِي أَسْوَارِ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْمُنْهَدِمَةِ وَأَبْوَابِهَا الْمُحْتَرِقَةِ، | ١٣ |
14 And I pass over unto the gate of the fountain, and unto the pool of the king, and there is no place for the beast under me to pass over,
| ثُمَّ اجْتَزْتُ إِلَى بَابِ الْعَيْنِ، وَمِنْهُ إِلَى بِرْكَةِ الْمَلِكِ، حَيْثُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَوْضِعٌ تَعْبُرُ عَلَيْهِ الْبَهِيمَةُ الَّتِي أَمْتَطِيهَا. | ١٤ |
15 and I am going up through the brook by night, and am measuring about the wall, and turn back, and come in through the gate of the valley, and turn back.
| ثُمَّ تَابَعْتُ صُعُودِي لَيْلاً بِمُحَاذَاةِ الْوَادِي، وَرُحْتُ أَتَأَمَّلُ فِي السُّورِ، ثُمَّ عُدْتُ رَاجِعاً عَبْرَ بَابِ الْوَادِي | ١٥ |
16 And the prefects have not known whither I have gone, and what I am doing; and to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the freemen, and to the prefects, and to the rest of those doing the work, hitherto I have not declared [it];
| وَلَمْ يَعْرِفِ الْوُلاةُ وَسِوَاهُمْ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَالْكَهَنَةِ وَالأَشْرَافِ وَبَاقِي الْعُمَّالِ إِلَى أَيْنَ ذَهَبْتُ، وَلا مَا أَنَا مُزْمِعٌ فِعْلَهُ، لأَنَّنِي لَمْ أُطْلِعْ أَحَداً عَلَى شَيْءٍ. | ١٦ |
17 and I say unto them, 'Ye are seeing the evil that we are in, in that Jerusalem [is] waste, and its gates have been burnt with fire; come and we build the wall of Jerusalem, and we are not any more a reproach.'
| ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لَهُمْ: أَنْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ مَا نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ ضِيقٍ، فَأُورُشَلِيمُ خَرِبَةٌ وَأَبْوَابُهَا مُحْتَرِقَةٌ، فَهَيَّا بِنَا نَبْنِي سُورَ أُورُشَلِيمَ فَلا نُقَاسِي بَعْدُ مِنَ الْعَارِ. | ١٧ |
18 And I declare to them the hand of my God that is good upon me, and also the words of the king that he said to me, and they say, 'Let us rise, and we have built;' and they strengthen their hands for good.
| وَأَطْلَعْتُهُمْ عَمَّا رَعَانِي بِهِ إِلَهِي مِنْ عِنَايَةٍ صَالِحَةٍ، وَعَلَى حَدِيثِ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِي خَاطَبَنِي بِهِ، فَقَالُوا: لِنَقُمْ وَنَبْنِ السُّورَ وَتَضَافَرُوا جَمِيعاً لِلْقِيَامِ بِالْعَمَلِ الصَّالِحِ. | ١٨ |
19 And Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, and they mock at us, and despise us, and say, 'What [is] this thing that ye are doing? against the king are ye rebelling?'
| وَعِنْدَمَا عَرَفَ سَنْبَلَّطُ الْحُورُونِيُّ وَطُوبِيَّا الْعَبْدُ الْعَمُّونِيُّ وَجَشَمٌ الْعَرَبِيُّ بِمَا نَنْوِي عَمَلَهُ، سَخِرُوا بِنَا وَاحْتَقَرُونَا قَائِلِينَ: أَيُّ أَمْرٍ أَنْتُمْ عَازِمُونَ عَلَيْهِ؟ أَتَتَمَرَّدُونَ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ؟ | ١٩ |
20 And I return them word, and say to them, 'The God of the heavens — He doth give prosperity to us, and we His servants rise and have built; and to you there is no portion, and right, and memorial in Jerusalem.'
| عِنْدَئِذٍ أَجَبْتُهُمْ: إِلَهُ السَّمَاءِ يُكَلِّلُ عَمَلَنَا بِالنَّجَاحِ، وَنَحْنُ عَبِيدُهُ نَقُومُ وَنَبْنِي. وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَلا نَصِيبَ لَكُمْ وَلا حَقَّ وَلا ذِكْرَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٢٠ |
