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;
E dwe mar Nisan e higa mar piero ariyo mar loch Ruoth Artaksases, kane okelne divai, ne akawo divai mi amiyo ruoth. Ne pok abedo ka an gi kuyo e nyime nyaka nene;
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,
omiyo ruoth nopenja niya, “Ere gima omiyo ikuyo to ok ituo? Ma ok en kuyo akuya makmana ni en mar chuny.” Ne aluor ahinya,
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?'
makmana ne awachone ruoth niya, “Mad ruoth dag amingʼa! Dabed gi mor nade ka dala maduongʼ mane kwerena oyikie omukore, kendo dhorangeyene osewangʼ gi mach.”
4 And the king saith to me, 'For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,
Ruoth nowachona niya, “En angʼo midwaro?” Bangʼe to ne alamo Nyasach Polo,
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.'
mi adwoko ruoth niya, “Ka berne ruoth kendo ka jatichni oyudo ngʼwono e wangʼe, to ber mondo oora e dala maduongʼ man Juda kama kwerena oikie mondo agere kendo.”
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.
Eka ruoth, kaachiel gi mikache kobedo bathe nopenja niya, “Wuodhino biro kawo thuolo maromo nade, to ibiro duogo karangʼo?” Ne berne ruoth mondo oora; omiyo ne achiwo odiechiengʼ monego awuogie.
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:
Bende ne awachone niya, “Ka berne ruoth, to mad miya barupe mondo aterne jotelo man loka aora Yufrate, mondo omi gibi gimiya rit makare nyaka achopi Juda?
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.
Kendo mad imiya baruwa ma aterone Asaf, ma jarit yiend bunge magi, mondo obi omiya sirni migerogo dhoranga dala maduongʼ mochomore gi hekalu kendo alosgo ohinga mar dala kod ot mabiro dakie?” To nikech lwet Nyasacha ma jangʼwono ne ni koda, ruoth noyie gi kwayona duto.
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;
Omiyo ne adhi ir jotelo man loka aora Yufrate mi amiyogi barupe ruoth. Ruoth noora gi jotend jolweny kod jolweny makedo koidho farese.
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.
Kane Sanbalat ma ja-Horon kod Tobia ja-Amon ma jatelo nowinjo ma, negibedo kod achiedh-nade ahinya ni ngʼato osebiro madwaro kelo dongruok ni jo-Israel.
11 And I come in unto Jerusalem, and I am there three days,
Ne adhi Jerusalem, kendo bangʼ kane asetieko ndalo adek kanyo,
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.
ne awuok gotieno kod jomoko manok. Ne pod ok anyiso ngʼato angʼata gima Nyasacha noketo e chunya mondo atimne Jerusalem. Ne onge kweth mag farese mane an godo makmana mano mane aidho.
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.
Kane ochopo otieno ne adhi kaluwo Dhoranga Holo kochiko Soko mar Thuol kod Dhoranga Owuoyo, ka anono ohingni mag Jerusalem, mane osegore piny, kod dhorangeyigi mane osewangʼ gi mach.
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,
Bangʼe ne adhi nyime nyaka e Dhoranga Thidhia kod Dago mar Ruoth, makmana ne onge thuolo kama farasa ne nyalo kadhogo;
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.
omiyo nadhi nyaka e holo gotieno, kanono ohinga. Mogik, ne alokora mi achako adonjo kendo gie Dhoranga Holo.
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];
Jotelo ne ok ongʼeyo kuma ne adhiyoe, kata gima ne atimo, nikech ne pod ok awacho gimoro ne jo-Yahudi kata jodolo kata joka ruoth kata jotelo kata joma moko mane biro tiyo tijno.
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.'
Bangʼe ne awachonegi niya, “Uneno thagruok ma wantiere godo: Jerusalem osemuki, to dhorangeyege osewangʼ gi mach. Biuru wager ohinga mar Jerusalem kendo, to ok wanachak wabed e wichkuot kendo.”
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.
Ne akonegi bende kuom Nyasacha ma jangʼwono mane ni koda kod gima ruoth nowachona. Ne gidwoka niya, “Wachakuru gedo kendo.” Omiyo negichako tich maberni.
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?'
To ka Sanbalat ma ja-Horon, Tobia ma jatend jo-Amon kod Geshem ma ja-Arabu nowinjo wach gedoni, ne gijarowa kendo buonowa ka gipenjo niya, “Angʼo ma utimoni? Dibed ni ungʼanyo ne ruoth?”
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.'
Ne adwokogi niya, “Nyasach polo biro miyowa loch. Wan jotichne wabiro gedo kendo, makmana un, to uonge gi pok e Jerusalem kata dwaro moro amora kata rapar moro amora kuome.”
