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 son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
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.
That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
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 said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned 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 it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
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 said, I plead to you, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keeps covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
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.
Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may hear the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you now, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you: both I and my father's house have 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 have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which you commandedst your servant 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,
Remember, I plead to you, the word that you commandedst your servant Moses, saying, If all of you transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
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 all of you turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set 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 your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong 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 plead to you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who desire to fear your name: and prosper, I pray you, your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
