Nehemiya 1
1 Kalmomin Nehemiya ɗan Hakaliya. A cikin watan Kisleb a shekara ta ashirin, yayinda nake a fadar Shusha.
The words of Nehemiah the sonne of Hachaliah. In ye moneth Chisleu, in the twentieth yeere, as I was in the palace of Shushan,
2 Hanani, ɗaya daga cikin’yan’uwana, ya zo daga Yahuda tare da waɗansu mutane. Na kuwa tambaye shi game da raguwar Yahudawan da suka tsira daga kwasan zuwa zaman bauta, da kuma game da Urushalima.
Came Hanam, one of my brethren, he and the men of Iudah, and I asked them concerning the Iewes that were deliuered, which were of the residue of the captiuitie, and concerning Ierusalem.
3 Suka ce mini, “Waɗanda suka tsira daga kwasan zuwa zaman bauta da kuma suka komo cikin yankin suna cikin babban damuwa da wulaƙanci. An rushe katangar Urushalima aka kuma ƙone ƙofofin da wuta.”
And they sayde vnto me, The residue that are left of the captiuitie there in the prouince, are in great affliction and in reproche, and the wall of Ierusalem is broken downe, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire.
4 Da na ji waɗannan abubuwa, sai na zauna na yi kuka. Na yi kwanaki ina makoki da azumi, na kuma yi addu’a a gaban Allah na sama.
And when I heard these wordes, I sate downe and wept, and mourned certeine dayes, and I fasted and prayed before the God of heauen,
5 Na ce, “Ya Ubangiji Allah na sama, Allah mai girma da mai banrazana, wanda yake kiyaye alkawarinsa na ƙauna da waɗanda suke ƙaunarsa, suke kuma yin biyayya da umarnansa,
And sayde, O Lord God of heauen, the great and terrible God, that keepeth couenant and mercy for them that loue him, and obserue his commandements,
6 ka sa kunne ka kuma buɗe idanunka ka ji addu’ar da bawanka yake yi a gabanka dare da rana saboda bayinka, mutanen Isra’ila. Na furta zunuban da mu Isra’ilawa, har da ni da kuma gidan mahaifina muka yi maka.
I pray thee, let thine eares be attet, and thine eies open, to heare the praier of thy seruat, which I pray before thee dayly, day and night for ye childre of Israel thy seruats, and confesse the sinnes of the children of Israel, which we haue sinned against thee, both I and my fathers house haue sinned:
7 Mun yi mugunta gare ka. Ba mu yi biyayya da umarnai, ƙa’idodi da kuma dokokin da ka ba wa bawanka Musa ba.
We haue grieuously sinned against thee, and haue not kept the commandements, nor the statutes, nor the iudgements, which thou commandedst thy seruant Moses.
8 “Ka tuna da umarnan da ka ba wa bawanka Musa, kana cewa, ‘In kun yi rashin aminci, zan warwatsar da ku a cikin al’ummai,
I beseeche thee, remember the worde that thou commandedst thy seruant Moses, saying, Ye wil transgresse, and I will scatter you abroade among the people.
9 amma in kuka dawo gare ni kuka kuma yi biyayya da umarnaina, to, ko mutanenku da aka kwasa zuwa zaman bauta suna can wuri mafi nisa, zan tattara su daga can in kawo su wurin da na zaɓa yă zama wurin zama don Sunana.’
But if ye turne vnto me, and keepe my commandements, and doe them, though your scattering were to the vttermost part of the heauen, yet will I gather you from thence, and will bring you vnto the place that I haue chosen to place my Name there.
10 “Su bayinka ne da kuma mutanenka da ka fansa ta wurin ƙarfinka mai girma da kuma hannunka mai iko.
Now these are thy seruants and thy people, whome thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy mightie hand.
11 Ya Ubangiji, ka kasa kunne ga addu’ar wannan bawanka da kuma ga addu’ar bayinka waɗanda suke farin cikin girmama sunanka. Ka ba wa bawanka nasara a yau ta wurinsa yă sami tagomashi a gaban wannan mutum.” Ni ne mai riƙon kwaf sarki.
O Lord, I beseech thee, let thine eare now hearken to the prayer of thy seruant, and to the prayer of thy seruants, who desire to feare thy Name, and I pray thee, cause thy seruant to prosper this day, and giue him fauour in the presence of this man: for I was the Kings butler.
