Nehemaya 1
1 Nke a bụ okwu Nehemaya nwa Hakalaya: Nʼọnwa Kislev, nke afọ ahụ mere ya iri afọ abụọ nke ọchịchị Ataksekses mgbe m nọ nʼụlọeze dị na Susa,
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
2 otu nwanne m nwoke aha ya bụ Hanani, na ụfọdụ ndị ọzọ sitere Juda bịara ileta m. Ajụrụ m ha ajụjụ otu ihe si agara ndị Juu ahụ fọdụrụ, ndị si ebe dị iche iche lọta, jụọkwa ha maka Jerusalem.
that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 Ha zara si: “Ndị ahụ niile lọtara nọ nʼoke nsogbu na ihere. A kụdara mgbidi Jerusalem; e sukwara ọnụ ụzọ ama ya niile ọkụ.”
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 Mgbe m nụrụ okwu ndị a, anọdụrụ m ala kwaa nnọọ akwa. Nʼezie, ajụrụ m iri ihe ọbụla ọtụtụ ụbọchị, nʼihi na eji m oge m niile kpee ekpere rịọ Chineke nke eluigwe arịrịọ,
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
5 si ya: “Gị, Onyenwe anyị Chineke nke eluigwe, onye dị ukwu na onye dịkwa egwu; gị onye na-edebe ọgbụgba ndụ ịhụnanya nke ndị ahụ hụrụ ya nʼanya na-edebekwa iwu ya niile. Biko nụrụ arịrịọ m.
and said, I beseech thee, O LORD, the God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments:
6 Leda anya ebere gị ka ị nụrụ arịrịọ mụ bụ ohu gị na-arịọ gị ehihie na nʼabalị. Ana m ekwupụta mmehie anyị bụ ụmụ Izrel, ma nke m na ezinaụlọ nna m mere megide gị.
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: yea, I and my father’s house have sinned.
7 Anyị emela ihe jọrọ njọ megide gị. Anyị edebeghị iwu gị na ụkpụrụ gị nke i nyere ohu gị Mosis.
we have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
8 “Chetakwa ntụziaka inyere Mosis bụ ohu gị, na-asị, ‘Ọ bụrụ na unu emehie, mụ onwe m ga-achụsa unu nʼetiti mba dị iche iche.
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:
9 Ma ọ bụrụ na unu alaghachikwute m, debe ihe niile m nyere unu nʼiwu, a sikwa na a chụsara unu mee ka unu gbasaa ga nʼakụkụ niile nke ụwa, aga m achịkọta unu mee ka unu laghachi na Jerusalem bụ obodo m họpụtara nye Aha m.’
but if ye return unto me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in 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 cause my name to dwell there.
10 “Anyị bụ ndị ohu gị, bụrụkwa ndị i ji aka gị dị ike zọpụta.
Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
11 Biko, Onyenwe anyị, nụrụ ekpere mụ bụ ohu gị, nụrụkwa ekpere ndị ohu gị niile ọ na-atọ ụtọ ịtụ egwu aha gị. Mee ka ihe gara ohu gị nke ọma taa site nʼimere ya ebere nʼihu nwoke a.” Nʼoge ahụ abụ m onye na-ebu ihe ọṅụṅụ eze.
O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who delight to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. (Now I was cupbearer to the king.)
