Nehemaya 2
1 Nʼọnwa Nisan, nʼiri afọ abụọ nke ọchịchị eze Ataksekses, mgbe e wetaara eze mmanya. E buru m mmanya ahụ bugara ya eze. Ugbu a, o nwebeghị mgbe ọbụla m jirila ihu mgbarụ bịa nʼihu eze.
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine [was] before him: and I took up the wine, and gave [it] to the king. Now I had not [before] been sad in his presence.
2 Ya mere, eze jụrụ m, “Gịnị mere ihu gị ji gbaruo mgbe ọ dịghị ọrịa ji gị? Nke a na-egosi naanị na obi jọrọ gị njọ.” Ụjọ tụrụ m nnọọ nke ukwu.
Wherefore the king said to me, Why [is] thy countenance sad, seeing thou [art] not sick? this [is] nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very greatly afraid,
3 Azara m eze sị, “Onyenwe m, ka ọchịchị eze dị ogologo ndụ. Gịnị ga-eme ka obi dị m ụtọ ebe ọ bụ na obodo ahụ e liri nna nna m ha aghọọla mkpọmkpọ ebe, nke a kpọkwara ọnụ ụzọ ama ya niile ọkụ?”
And said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchers, [lieth] waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?
4 Eze sịrị m, “Ọ bụ gịnị ka ị chọrọ?” Mgbe ahụ ekpere m ekpere nʼobi m nye Chineke,
Then the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
5 ma zaa eze sị, “Ọ bụrụ na ọ ga-amasị eze, biko, ọ bụrụkwa na ohu gị achọta ihuọma nʼanya gị, ana m arịọ ka ị ziga m Juda, bụ obodo nna nna m ha, ka m gaa wugharịakwa ya.”
And I said to the king, If it should please the king, and if thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchers, that I may build it.
6 Eze sịrị m, ebe nwunye ya nọkwa nʼakụkụ ya, “Ije gị ọ ga-abụ ruo olee mgbe, olee mgbe ị ga-alọghachitekwa?” Ọ masịrị eze i ziga m. Ya mere, enyere m ya oge.
And the king said to me, (the queen also sitting by him, ) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
7 Mgbe ahụ, asịrị m ya, “Ọ bụrụ na ọ ga-amasị eze, aga m achọ ka i nye m akwụkwọ nke m ga-enye ndịisi ọchịchị niile nọ nʼakụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ osimiri Yufretis, ka ha kwere ka m site nʼobodo ha gafee ruo mgbe m ga-eru na Juda.
Moreover, I said to the king, If it should please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah:
8 Nyekwa m akwụkwọ ozi m ga-enye Asaf, onye na-elekọta ọhịa eze, ka o nye m osisi nke a ga-eji rụzie ọnụ ụzọ dị nʼakụkụ ụlọnsọ, na nke a ga-eji rụọ mgbidi obodo ahụ, na nke m ga-eji rụọ ụlọ nke aka m.” Eze meere m ihe ndị a niile, nʼihi na aka ebere Chineke dịnyere m.
And a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which [appertained] to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
9 Mgbe m rutere obodo ndị a dị nʼakụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ osimiri Yufretis, enyere m ndịisi ọchịchị niile akwụkwọ ahụ eze dere nye m. Eze dunyere m ndịisi agha na ndị agha na-agba ịnyịnya ka ha chebe m nʼije m.
Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
10 Ma mgbe Sanbalat, onye Horonaim, na Tobaya, onye Amọn bụ onyeisi ọrụ ọchịchị, nụrụ ihe banyere ọbịbịa m, iwe were ha nke ukwuu ịnụ na o nwere onye na-achọ inyere ndị Izrel aka.
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard [of it], it grieved them exceedingly that there had come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
11 E rutere m Jerusalem, nọdụkwa ebe ahụ mkpụrụ ụbọchị atọ,
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
12 eji m abalị pụọ kpọrọ mmadụ ole na ole. O nwebeghị onye ọbụla m gwara ihe Chineke tinyere m nʼobi ime na Jerusalem. Ọ dịghị ịnyịnya ọzọ anyị ji ma ọ bụghị nke ahụ m na-agba.
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I [any] man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither [was there any] beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
13 Nʼabalị a pụrụ m site nʼỌnụ ụzọ ama Ndagwurugwu ruo nʼisi iyi mmiri Nkịta ọhịa, sitekwa nʼebe ahụ ruo nʼỌnụ ụzọ ama ebe ikpofu ahịhịa. Anyị jegharịrị ịhụ ebe niile mgbidi Jerusalem dara ada, na ọnụ ụzọ ama ya niile nke ọkụ rere.
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon-well, and to the dung-port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and their gates were consumed with fire.
14 Emesịa, ejeruru m ọnụ ụzọ nke dị nʼebe isi iyi dị, ruokwa nʼọdọ mmiri eze, ma ịnyịnya ibu m enweghị ike isite nʼebe ahụ gafee.
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but [there was] no place for the beast [that was] under me to pass.
15 Ya mere, ejiri m nʼabalị jeruo ndagwurugwu ahụ, leruo mgbidi ahụ anya. Emesịa, atụgharịrị m lọghachi site nʼọnụ ụzọ Ama ndagwurugwu.
Then I went up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and [so] returned.
16 Ndịisi obodo amaghị ebe m gara maọbụ ihe m na-eme, nʼihi na agwabeghị m onye Juu ọbụla ihe m bu nʼobi, maọbụ ndị nchụaja, maọbụ ndị a na-asọpụrụ, maọbụ ndị ọchịchị obodo, maọbụ onye ọzọ ọbụla ndị ga-arụ ọrụ ahụ.
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told [it] to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
17 Nʼikpeazụ, agwara m ha sị, “Unu maara nke ọma ihe dakwasịrị obodo anyị. Lee otu mgbidi ya si dakasịa, na otu ọnụ ụzọ ama ya si rechapụ ọkụ. Ka anyị wuzienụ mgbidi Jerusalem, si otu a wepụ ihe ihere a dịịrị anyị.”
Then said I to them, Ye see the distress that we [are] in, how Jerusalem [lieth] waste, and its gates are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may be no more a reproach.
18 Akọọrọ m ha ọchịchọ ahụ Chineke tinyere m nʼobi na ihe mụ na eze kwuru, na otu o si kwadoo ihe m gwara ya. Ha zara m sị, “Ọ dị mma, ka anyị wugharịanụ mgbidi ahụ.” Ọrụ ahụ bidokwara na-atụfughị oge.
Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken to me. And they said, Let us rise and build. So they strengthened their hands for [this] good [work].
19 Ma mgbe Sanbalat, onye Horon, na Tobaya, onyeozi ndị Amọn, na Geshem onye Arab, nụrụ ya, ha kwara anyị emo sị, “Gịnị bụ ihe nke a unu na-eme? Ọ bụ eze ka unu na-enupu isi megide?”
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard [it], they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What [is] this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
20 Ma azara m ha sị, “Chineke nke eluigwe ga-eme ka ihe gara anyị nke ọma. Anyị onwe anyị bụ ndị ohu ya ga-amalite iwughachi mgbidi a, ma unu onwe unu, unu enweghị oke maọbụ ọnọdụ ziri ezi maọbụ ihe ncheta ọbụla nʼime Jerusalem.”
Then I answered them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
