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;
Ary tamin’ ny volana Nisana tamin’ ny taona faharoa-polo nanjakan’ i Artaksersesy, raha teo anoloany ny divay, dia noraisiko ka natolotro ny mpanjaka. Fa vao izay aho no mba nalahelo teo anatrehany.
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,
Dia hoy ny mpanjaka tamiko: Nahoana no malahelo tarehy ianao, kanefa tsy marary tsinona? Tsy zavatra hafa izao, fa alahelom-po mihitsy. Dia raiki-tahotra indrindra aho
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?'
ka nanao tamin’ ny mpanjaka hoe: Ho velona mandrakizay anie ny mpanjaka; nahoana no tsy halahelo tarehy aho, fa rava ny tanàna misy ny fasan-drazako, sady efa levon’ ny afo ny vavahadiny?
4 And the king saith to me, 'For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,
Dia hoy ny mpanjaka tamiko: Inona ary no angatahinao? Dia nivavaka tamin’ Andriamanitry ny lanitra aho aloha,
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.'
dia vao niteny tamin’ ny mpanjaka hoe: Raha sitraky ny mpanjaka, ka mahita fitia eto imasonao ny mpanomponao, dia alefaso ho any Joda aho, ho any amin’ ny tanàna misy ny fasan-drazako mba hanamboarako izany.
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.
Ary hoy ny mpanjaka tamiko (ny vadin’ ny mpanjaka koa nipetraka teo anilany): Haharitra hoatrinona any anefa ianao, ary rahoviana no hiverina? Ka dia sitraky ny mpanjaka ny handefa ahy; ary dia nilaza fotoana taminy aho.
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:
Ary hoy koa aho tamin’ ny mpanjaka: Raha sitraky ny mpanjaka, aoka homena taratasy ho amin’ ireo governora any an-dafin’ ny ony aho, mba hamelany ahy handeha hatrany Joda,
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.
sy taratasy ho amin’ i Asafa, mpitandrina ny alan’ i ny mpanjaka mba hanomezany hazo hanaovako ny vavahadin’ ny lapa izay momba ny tempoly sy hanaovako ny mandan’ ny tanàna sy ny trano izay hitoerako. Dia nomen’ ny mpanjaka ahy izany araka ny soa nataon’ ny tànan’ Andriamanitro tamiko.
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;
Dia tonga tany amin’ ireo governora any an-dafin’ ny ony aho, ka natolotro azy ny taratasin’ ny mpanjaka. Ary ny mpanjaka efa naniraka manamboninahitra sy mpitaingin-tsoavaly hanatitra ahy.
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.
Raha nahare izany Sanbala Horonita sy Tobia Amonita mpanompo, dia sosotra loatra izy, satria nisy lehilahy tonga hitady izay hahasoa ny Zanak’ Isiraely.
11 And I come in unto Jerusalem, and I am there three days,
Dia tonga tany Jerosalema aho ka nitoetra tany hateloana.
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.
Ary nifoha tamin’ ny alina aho, dia izaho sy ny olom-bitsy nomba ahy; nefa tsy nisy olona nilazako izay natsindrin’ Andriamanitra ny foko hatao any Jerosalema; ary tsy nisy biby nentiko afa-tsy ilay nitaingenako ihany.
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.
Dia nandeha alina aho ka nivoaka tamin’ ny vavahady mankany amin’ ny lohasaha, tandrifin’ ny loharanon’ ny dragona, sy tamin’ ny vavahadin-jezika ka nizaha ny mandan’ i Jerosalema izay efa rava sy ny vavahadiny izay efa levon’ ny afo.
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,
Dia nankany amin’ ny vavahadin-doharano sy ny farihin’ ny mpanjaka koa aho; nefa tsy nisy lalana azon’ ilay biby nitaingenako naleha akory.
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.
Dia niakatra teo amin’ ny lohasahan-driaka aho tamin’ ny alina ka nizaha ny manda, dia nitodika ka niditra tamin’ ny vavahady mankany amin’ ny lohasaha, dia niverina.
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];
Nefa ireo mpanapaka tsy nahalala izay nalehako, na izay nataoko; fa hatramin’ izay dia tsy mbola nolazaiko tamin’ ny Jiosy izany, na tamin’ ny mpisorona, na tamin’ ny manan-kaja, na tamin’ ny mpanapaka, na tamin’ ny vahoaka sisa izay nanao ny asa.
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.'
Ary hoy izaho taminy: Hianareo mahita ny fahoriantsika, fa rava Jerosalema ary nodoran’ ny afo ny vavahadiny; koa andeha isika hanangana ny mandan’ i Jerosalema, mba tsy ho latsa intsony isika.
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.
Dia nambarako azy ny tànan’ Andriamanitro izay nahasoa ahy, ary ny tenin’ ny mpanjaka koa izay nolazainy tamiko. Ary hoy izy: Eny, aoka ary isika hitsangana ka handrafitra azy. Koa dia nampahery ny tànany hanao izany soa izany izy.
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?'
Fa nony ren’ i Sanbala Horonita sy Tobia Amonita mpanompo ary Gasema Arabo izany, dia nanaraby sy nanevateva anay izy nanao hoe: Inona izao zavatra ataonareo izao? Hikomy amin’ ny mpanjaka angaha ianareo?
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.'
Dia namaly azy aho ka nanao taminy hoe: Andriamanitry ny lanitra, Izy no hanambina anay, ka dia hitsangana handrafitra izahay mpanompony; fa ianareo tsy manana anjara, na rariny, na fahatsiarovana akory, atỳ Jerosalema.
