Nechemijas 2
1 Un notika Nīsana mēnesī, ķēniņa Artakserksus divdesmitā gadā, kad vīns bija viņa priekšā, tad es pacēlu to vīnu un devu ķēniņam; un es (citkārt) nebiju noskumis bijis viņa priekšā.
Now it happened that, in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes, wine was before him; and I lifted up the wine, and I gave it to the king. And I was like someone languishing before his face.
2 Un ķēniņš uz mani sacīja: kādēļ tavs vaigs izskatās noskumis? Vai tu esi slims? Tā gan nav, bet tava sirds ir noskumusi. Tad es bijos ļoti.
And the king said to me: “Why is your expression sad, though you do not appear to be sick? This is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in your heart.” And I was struck with an exceedingly great fear.
3 Un es sacīju uz ķēniņu: lai ķēniņš dzīvo mūžīgi! Kā lai mans vaigs nav noskumis? Jo tā pilsēta, kur manu tēvu kapi, ir postā, un viņas vārti no uguns aprīti.
And I said to the king: “O king, live forever. Why should my expression not be mournful, since the city of the house of the sepulchers of my father is desolate, and its gates have been burned with fire?”
4 Un ķēniņš uz mani sacīja: ko tad tu nu gribi? Tad es pielūdzu to debesu Dievu
And the king said to me: “What would you request?” And I prayed to the God of heaven.
5 Un sacīju uz ķēniņu: ja tas ķēniņam patīk un ja tavs kalps ir patīkams tavā priekšā, tad sūti mani uz Jūdu, uz to pilsētu, kur manu tēvu kapi, ka es to uzceļu.
And I said to the king: “If it seems good to the king, and if your servant is pleasing before your face: that you would send me into Judea, to the city of the sepulcher of my father. And I will rebuild it.”
6 Tad ķēniņš uz mani sacīja, ķēniņienei viņam blakām sēžot: cik ilgi tad tu paliksi ceļā un kad tu nāksi atpakaļ? Un ķēniņam patika, mani sūtīt, kad es viņam laiku biju nolicis.
And the king said to me, with the queen who was sitting beside him: “Until what time will your journey be, and when will you return?” And it was pleasing before the countenance of the king, and so he sent me. And I established a time for him.
7 Un es sacīju uz ķēniņu: Ja tas ķēniņam patīk, tad lai man grāmatas dod pie zemes valdītājiem viņpus upes, lai tie mani pārvada, tiekams nākšu uz Jūdu,
And I said to the king: “If it seems good to the king, may he give me letters to the governors of the region beyond the river, so that they may lead me through, until I arrive in Judea,
8 Un arī grāmatu pie Asafa, ķēniņa mežu uzrauga, lai tas man dod baļķus priekš Dieva nama pils vārtu nostiprināšanas un priekš pilsētas mūra un priekš tā nama, kur es ieiešu. Un ķēniņš man deva, tāpēc ka Dieva labā roka bija pār mani.
and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, so that he may give me timber, in order that I may be able to cover the gates of the tower of the house, and the walls of the city, and the house that I will enter.” And the king granted to me in accord with the good hand of my God, who is with me.
9 Tad es nācu pie tiem zemes valdītājiem viņpus upes un tiem devu ķēniņa grāmatas. Un ķēniņš man bija sūtījis līdz virsniekus un jātniekus.
And I went to the governors of the region beyond the river, and I gave them the letters of the king. Now the king had sent with me military leaders and horsemen.
10 Kad nu Sanebalats, tas Horonietis, un Tobija, tas kalps, tas Amonietis, to dzirdēja, tad tas viņiem nepavisam nepatika, ka viens cilvēks bija nācis, ko laba meklēt priekš Israēla bērniem.
And Sanballat, a Horonite, and the servant Tobiah, an Ammonite, heard this. And they were saddened, with a great affliction, that a man had arrived who was seeking the prosperity of the sons of Israel.
11 Un es nācu uz Jeruzālemi un tur biju trīs dienas.
And I arrived at Jerusalem, and I was there for three days.
12 Tad es cēlos naktī, es un kādi vīri līdz ar mani, un nestāstīju nevienam, ko Dievs manā sirdī bija devis pie Jeruzālemes darīt, un nekāda lopa man nebija līdz, bez tā, uz kā es jāju.
And I got up in the night, I and a few men with me. And I did not reveal to anyone what God had placed in my heart to do in Jerusalem. And there was no animal with me, except the animal on which I was sitting.
13 Un es izjāju naktī caur Ielejas vārtiem pret Pūķa aku līdz Mēslu vārtiem, un es aplūkoju Jeruzālemes mūrus, kas bija nolauzīti un viņas vārtus, kas no uguns bija aprīti.
And I departed in the night through the gate of the valley, and before the fountain of the dragon, and toward the dung gate. And I considered the wall of Jerusalem, which was broken apart, and its gates, which had been consumed by fire.
14 Un es aizjāju uz Akas vārtiem un Ķēniņa dīķi, un tas lops, uz kā es jāju, tur nevarēja tikt cauri.
And I continued on to the gate of the fountain, and to the aqueduct of the king. And there was no room for the beast on which I was sitting to pass through.
15 Tad es devos naktī augšām gar upi un aplūkoju to mūri un griezos atpakaļ un iejāju caur Ielejas vārtiem; tā es griezos atpakaļ.
And so I climbed up in the night along the torrent, and I considered the wall. And turning back, I went by the gate of the valley, and I returned.
16 Bet tie valdnieki nezināja, kurp es biju gājis un ko es darīju; jo līdz šim es vēl neko nebiju zināmu darījis ne Jūdiem, ne priesteriem, ne tiem cienīgiem, ne tiem priekšniekiem, ne tiem citiem, kas to darbu darīja.
Now the magistrates did not know where I had gone, or what I had done. For I had revealed nothing, even to that point in time, to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the magistrates, or to the others who were doing the work.
17 Tad es uz tiem sacīju: jūs redzat to nelaimi, kurā mēs esam, ka Jeruzāleme ir postā un viņas vārti ar uguni sadedzināti, - nāciet, uzcelsim Jeruzālemes mūrus, ka vairs neesam par apsmieklu.
And so I said to them: “You know the affliction in which we are, because Jerusalem is desolate, and its gates have been consumed by fire. Come, and let us rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, and let us no longer be in disgrace.”
18 Un es tiem stāstīju sava Dieva roku, kas bija laba bijusi pār mani, un arī ķēniņa vārdus, ko viņš uz mani bija sacījis. Tad tie sacīja: celsimies un būvēsim. Un tie stiprināja savas rokas uz labu.
And I revealed to them how the hand of my God was with me for good, and the words of the king, which he had spoken to me. And I said: “Let us rise up, and build.” And their hands were strengthened for good.
19 Kad nu Sanebalats, tas Horonietis un Tobija, tas kalps, tas Amonietis, un Gešems, tas Arābs, to dzirdēja, tad tie mūs apsmēja un mūs nicināja un sacīja: kas tas tāds darbs, ko jūs darāt? Vai jūs gribat dumpi celt pret ķēniņu?
But Sanballat, a Horonite, and the servant Tobiah, an Ammonite, and Geshem, an Arab, heard of it. And they ridiculed and disparaged us, and they said: “What is this thing that you are doing? Could you be rebelling against the king?”
20 Tad es tiem atbildēju un uz tiem sacīju: Dievs debesīs mums dos, ka tas mums labi izdosies, un mēs, viņa kalpi, celsimies un (to) uztaisīsim; bet jums nav nekādas daļas, nedz tiesas, nedz piemiņas Jeruzālemē.
And I replied to them a word, and I said to them: “The God of heaven himself is helping us, and we are his servants. Let us rise up and build. But there is no portion, or justice, or remembrance in Jerusalem for you.”
