Nehemia 2
1 I KA malama o Nisana, i ka iwakalua o ka makahiki o ke alii o Aretasaseta, imua ona ka waina, a ua lawe au i ka waina, a haawi aku i ke alii; aohe o'u kaumaha mamua imua o kona alo.
And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad when the king was present.
2 A i mai la ke alii ia'u, No ke aha la i inoino ai kou maka, aole hoi ou mai? aohe mea e ae keia, o ke kaumaha no ia o ka naau. Alaila makau nui loa iho la au,
And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;
3 A i aku la i ke alii, I ola mau loa ke alii; heaha ka mea e ole ai e inoino ko'u maka i ka wa e waiho neoneo ana ke kulanakauhale, kahi o ua ilina a ko'u mau makuakane, a o na panipuka no hoi ona ua hoopauia i ke ahi.
And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?
4 A olelo mai la ke alii ia'u, Heaha kau e imi nei? Alaila pule aku la au i ke Akua o ka lani.
Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.
5 A i aku la au i ke alii, Ina he mea oluolu ia i ke alii, a i loaa hoi ke aloha i kau kauwa imua o kou alo, alaila e hoonua oe ia'u ma Iuda, ma ke kulanakauhale o na ilina o ko'u mau makuakane, i kukulu au ia.
And I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, so that I may take in hand the building of it.
6 A i mai la ke alii ia'u, (o ke alii wahine kekahi o noho pu ana me ia, ) Pehea ka loihi o kou manawa e hele ai? Ahea la oe e hoi mai ai? A he mea oluolu ia i ke alii e hoouna ia'u; a hai aku au ia ia i manawa.
And the king said to me (the queen being seated by his side), How long will your journey take, and when will you come back? So the king was pleased to send me, and I gave him a fixed time.
7 A olelo aku no hoi au i ke alii, Ina he mea pono ia i ke alii, e haawiia mai ia'u kekahi mau palapala na na kiaaina ma kela aoao o ka muliwai, i lawe lakou ia'u a hiki au ma Iuda;
Further, I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, let letters be given to me for the rulers across the river, so that they may let me go through till I come to Judah;
8 A i palapala na Asapa ka mea malama i ko ke alii ululaau, i haawi mai ia ia'u i mau laau e kapili ai i na puka o ka pakiai o ka hale, a no ka pa o ke kulanakauhale, a no ka hale hoi a'u e komo ai. A haawi mai no ke alii ia'u, mamuli o ka lima lokomaikai o ko'u Akua maluna o'u.
And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for the doors of the tower of the house, and for the wall of the town, and for the house which is to be mine. And the king gave me this, for the hand of my God was on me.
9 A hiki mai la au i na kiaaina ma keia aoao o ka muliwai, haawi aku au ia lakou i na palapala a ke alii. A ua hoouna mai no hoi ke alii me au i mau luna koa a i poe hoohololio.
Then I came to the rulers of the lands across the river and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.
10 A lohe o Sonebalata ka Horona, a me Tobia ke kauwa, ka Amono, ho mea kaumaha loa no ia laua ka hiki ana mai o kekahi kanaka e imi i ka mea e pono ai na mamo a Iseraela.
And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, hearing of it, were greatly troubled because a man had come to the help of the children of Israel.
11 A hiki aku au ma Ierusalema, a malaila no au i na la ekolu.
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.
12 Alaila ala ae la au iluna i ka po, owau a me kekahi poe kanaka uuku me au; aka, aole au i hai aku i kekahi kanaka i ka mea a ko'u Akua i hookomo mai ai iloko o ko'u naau e hana no Ierusalema. A aohe holoholona me au, o ka holoholona wale no a'u i hooholo ai.
And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.
13 A hele aku au ma ka puka awawa i ka po, ma ke alo o ka punawai, a ka puka lepo, a nana aku la au i na pa o Ierusalema i hoohioloia a me na panipuka ona i hoopauia i ke ahi.
And I went out by night, through the doorway of the valley, and past the dragon's water-spring as far as the place where waste material was put, viewing the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down, and the doorways which had been burned with fire.
14 A hele aku au a i ka puka waipuna, a i ka loko hoi o ke alii: a aohe wahi no ka holoholona malalo o'u e hiki aku ai.
Then I went on to the door of the fountain and to the king's pool: but there was no room for my beast to get through.
15 Alaila pii aku la au i ka po ma ke kahawai, a nana aku la au i ka pa, a huli ae la hoi au, a komo ma ka puka awawa, a hoi mai la.
Then in the night, I went up by the stream, viewing the wall; then turning back, I went in by the door in the valley, and so came back.
16 A o na luna, aole lakou i ike i kahi a'u i hele ai, a me ka mea a'u i hana'i; aole hoi au i hoike aku ia i ka Iuda, aole no hoi i na kahuna, a me ka poe kaukaualii, a me ka poe luna, a me ka poe i koe nana ka hana.
And the chiefs had no knowledge of where I had been or what I was doing; and I had not then said anything to the Jews or to the priests or the great ones or the chiefs or the rest of those who were doing the work.
17 Alaila, olelo aku la au ia lakou, Ke ike nei oukou i ka popilikia i loaa ia kakou, ua neoneo o Ierusalema, a o na puka ona ua pau i ke ahi: auhea oukou; ea, e kukulu kakou i ka pa o Ierusalema, i ole e hoino hou ia kakou.
Then I said to them, You see what a bad condition we are in; how Jerusalem is a waste, and its doorways burned with fire: come, let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.
18 A hai aku la au ia lakou i ka lima o ko'u Akua, he lokomaikai maluna o'u, a me na olelo no hoi a ke alii, ana i olelo mai ai ia'u. A i ae la lakou, E ku ae kakou a e kukulu. A hooikaika iho la ko lakou mau lima ma keia mea e pono ai.
Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me; and of the king's words which he had said to me. And they said, Let us get to work on the building. So they made their hands strong for the good work.
19 A lohe o Sanebalata ka Horona, a me Tobia ke kauwa, ka Amona, a me Gesema, ka Arabia, ua akahenehene mai lakou ia makou, o ua hoowahawaha mai no hoi ia makou, i mai la, Heaha keia mea a oukou e hana nei? e kipi aku anei oukou i ke alii?
But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us, laughing at us and saying, What are you doing? will you go against the king?
20 A pane aku la au ia lakou, a i aku la au ia lakou, o ke Akua o ka lani, oia ka mea nana makou e kokua mai; a o makou, kana poe kauwa, e ku iluua no makou a e kukulu: aka, aole o oukou kuleana, aole no he pono, aole hoi he mea e hoomanao ai iloko o Ierusalema.
Then answering them I said, The God of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will go on with our building: but you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.
