< Nehemiya 2 >
1 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.
Nowe in the moneth Nisan in the twentieth yere of king Artahshashte, the wine stoode before him, and I tooke vp the wine, and gaue it vnto the King. nowe I was not before time sad in his presence.
2 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,
And the king said vnto me, Why is thy coutenance sad, seeing thou art not sicke? this is nothing, but sorow of heart. Then was I sore afrayd,
3 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?”
And I said to the King, God saue the King for euer: why should not my countenance be sad, when the citie and house of the sepulchres of my fathers lieth waste, and the gates thereof are deuoured with fire?
4 Sai sarki ya ce mini, “Me kake so?” Sai na yi addu’a ga Allah na sama,
And the King said vnto me, For what thing doest thou require? Then I prayed to the God of heauen,
5 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.”
And sayde vnto the King, If it please the King, and if thy seruant haue found fauour in thy sight, I desire that thou wouldest send me to Iudah vnto the city of the sepulchres of my fathers, that I may buyld it.
6 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.
And the King sayd vnto me, (the Queene also sitting by him) How long shall thy iourney be? and when wilt thou come againe? So it pleased the King, and he sent me, and I set him a time.
7 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?
After I saide vnto the King, If it please the King, let them giue mee letters to the captaines beyond the Riuer, that they may conuay me ouer, till I come into Iudah,
8 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.
And letters vnto Asaph the keeper of the Kings parke, that hee may giue me timber to buylde the gates of the palace (which apperteined to the house) and for the walles of the citie, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the King gaue me according to the good hand of my God vpon me.
9 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.
Then came I to the captaines beyonde the Riuer, and gaue them the Kings letters. And the King had sent captaines of the armie and horsemen with me.
10 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.
But Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah a seruant an Ammonite heard it, and it grieued them sore, that there was come a man which sought the wealth of the children of Israel.
11 Sai na je Urushalima, bayan na zauna a can na kwanaki uku,
So I came to Ierusalem, and was there three dayes.
12 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.
And I rose in the night, I, and a fewe men with me: for I told no man, what God had put in mine heart to do at Ierusalem, and there was not a beast with me, saue the beast whereon I rode.
13 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.
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, and came before the dragon well, and to the dung porte, and vewed the walles of Ierusalem, howe they were broken downe, and the portes thereof deuoured with the fire.
14 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;
Then I went foorth vnto the gate of the fountaine, and to the Kings fishpoole, and there was no rowme for the beast that was vnder me to passe.
15 saboda haka na haura ta kwarin da dad dare, ina dudduba katangar. A ƙarshe, na juya na sāke shiga ta Ƙofar Kwari.
Then went I vp in ye night by the brooke, and viewed the wall, and turned backe, and comming backe, I entred by the gate of the valley and returned.
16 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.
And the rulers knewe not whither I was gone, nor what I did, neither did I as yet tell it vnto the Iewes, nor to the Priestes, nor to the noble men, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that laboured in the worke.
17 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.”
Afterward I said vnto them, Ye see the miserie that we are in, how Ierusalem lyeth waste, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire: come and let vs buylde the wall of Ierusalem, that we be no more a reproche.
18 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.
Then I tolde them of the hande of my God, (which was good ouer me) and also of the Kings wordes that he had spoken vnto me. And they sayd, Let vs rise, and buyld. So they strengthened their hand to good.
19 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?”
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the seruant an Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian heard it, they mocked vs and despised vs, and said, What a thing is this that ye doe? Will ye rebell against the King?
20 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.”
Then answered I them, and sayd to them, The God of heauen, he will prosper vs, and we his seruants will rise vp and buylde: but as for you, ye haue no portion nor right, nor memoriall in Ierusalem.