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 comes 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;
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 says to me, “Why [is] your face sad, and you not sick? This is nothing except sadness of heart”; and I fear very much,
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 say to the king, “Let the king live for all time! Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, [is] a desolation, and its gates have been consumed 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.
And the king says to me, “For what are you seeking?” And I pray to the God of the heavens,
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 say to the king, “If [it is] good to the king, and if your servant is pleasing before you, that you send me to Judah, to the city of the graves of my fathers, and I have built 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 says to me (and the queen is sitting near him), “How long is your journey? And when do you return?” And it is good before the king, and he sends me away, and I set to him a 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;
And I say to the king, “If [it is] good to the king, let letters be given to me for the governors beyond the River, that they let me pass over until 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, keeper of the paradise that the king has, that he give to me trees for beams [for] the gates of the palace that the house has, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I enter”; and the king gives to me, according to the good hand of my God 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.
And I come to the governors beyond the River, and give to them the letters of the king; and the king sends with me heads of a force, 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 hears, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them—a great evil—that a man has come to seek good for the sons of Israel.
11 A hiki aku au ma Ierusalema, a malaila no au i na la ekolu.
And I come to Jerusalem, and I am 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 I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God is giving to my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there is no beast with me except the beast on which I am riding.
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 go out through the Valley Gate by night, and to the front of the Dragon Fountain, and to the Refuse Gate, and I am inspecting the walls of Jerusalem, that are broken down, and its gates consumed 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.
And I pass over to the Fountain Gate, and to the King’s Pool, and there is no place for the beast under me to pass over,
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.
and I am going up through the brook by night, and am inspecting the wall, and turn back, and come in through the Valley Gate, and turn 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 prefects have not known to where I have gone, and what I am doing; and to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the nobles, and to the prefects, and to the rest of those doing the work, until now I have not declared [it];
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.
and I say to them, “You are seeing the evil that we are in, in that Jerusalem [is] desolate, and its gates have been burned with fire; come and we build the wall of Jerusalem, and we are not a reproach anymore.”
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.
And I declare to them the hand of my God that is good on 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.
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?
And Sanballat the Horonite hears, 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 you are doing? Are you rebelling 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.
And I return them word, and say to them, “The God of the heavens—He gives prosperity to us, and we His servants rise and have built; and to you there is no portion, and right, and memorial in Jerusalem.”
