Neyemi 2
1 Na sanza ya Nisani, na mobu ya tuku mibale ya bokonzi ya Aritakizerisesi, lokola vino ezalaki liboso ya mokonzi, nazwaki vino mpe napesaki ye mpo ete amela. Ezalaki mbala na ngai ya liboso ya kozala mawa-mawa liboso ya mokonzi.
And it came to pass in the month Nissan, in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes, that wine [stood] before him; and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. But I had never been sad in his presence.
2 Boye mokonzi atunaki ngai: — Mpo na nini elongi na yo ezali mawa-mawa lokola nde ozali kobela, nzokande ozali kobela te? Boni, ozali na mawa na motema? Nabangaki makasi;
Then said the king unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing but an illness of heart. Then was I very greatly afraid.
3 kasi nazongiselaki mokonzi: — Tika ete mokonzi awumela na bomoi! Ndenge nini elongi na ngai ezala mawa-mawa te tango engumba epai wapi bakunda batata na ngai ebebi mpe bikuke na yango ebebisamaki na moto?
And I said unto the king, May the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth ruined, and her gates are consumed by fire?
4 Mokonzi atunaki ngai: — Olingi nini? Nasambelaki Nzambe ya Likolo,
Then said the king unto me, For what then dost thou make request? Then did I pray to the God of heaven.
5 mpe nazongiselaki mokonzi: — Soki esepelisi mokonzi mpe soki mowumbu na ye azwi ngolu na miso na ye, tika ete mokonzi atinda ngai na engumba Yuda epai wapi bakunda batata na ngai, mpo ete nakende kotonga yango lisusu.
And I said unto the king, If it seem good to the king, and if thy servant might be pleasing in thy presence, [I desire] that thou wouldst send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
6 Mokonzi, oyo mwasi na ye avandaki pembeni na ye, atunaki ngai: — Mobembo na yo ekosala mikolo boni mpe okozonga tango nini. Esepelisaki mokonzi kotinda ngai; mpe nakataki tango oyo mobembo yango ekokaki kosala.
And the king said unto me, while the queen was sitting beside him, When is thy journey to be undertaken? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to let me go; and I indicated to him a time.
7 Nalobaki na ye lisusu: — Soki esepelisi mokonzi, tika ete mokonzi apesa ngai mikanda mpo na bayangeli ya etuka ya ngambo ya weste ya ebale Efrate, mpo ete batika ngai koleka kino nakokoma kati na Yuda;
And I said unto the king, If it seem good to the king, let letters be given unto me for the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till the time that I come into Judah;
8 mpe tika ete nazwa mokanda mpo na Azafi, mokengeli ya zamba ya mokonzi, mpo ete apesa ngai mabaya ya motondo mpo na bikuke ya engumba batonga makasi pene ya Tempelo, mpo na mir ya engumba mpe mpo na ndako oyo nakovanda. Lokola loboko ya ngolu ya Nzambe na ngai ezalaki likolo na ngai, mokonzi apesaki ngai mikanda yango.
Also a letter unto Assaph the keeper of the king's forests, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall move into. And the king gave [them] to me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
9 Nakendeki epai ya bayangeli ya etuka ya ngambo ya weste ya ebale Efrate mpe napesaki bango mikanda ya mokonzi. Mokonzi atindaki lisusu bakonzi ya basoda mpe basoda oyo batambolaka likolo ya bampunda mpo ete bazala elongo na ngai.
And [so] came I to the governors beyond the river, and I gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.
10 Tango kaka Sanibala, moto ya Oroni, mpe Tobiya, kalaka ya mboka Amoni, bayokaki ete nazali koya, basepelaki ata moke te komona moto moko koya mpo na bolamu ya bana ya Isalaele.
When Sanballat the Choronite, and Tobiyah the servant, the 'Ammonite, heard of it, it displeased them exceedingly, that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
11 Nakomaki na Yelusalemi mpe, sima na ngai kosala kuna mikolo misato,
So came I to Jerusalem, and remained there three days.
12 nabimaki na butu elongo na ndambo ya bato. Nalobaki na moto ata moko te makambo oyo Nzambe na ngai atiaki kati na motema na ngai, makambo oyo nasengeli kokokisa mpo na bolamu ya Yelusalemi. Ezalaki na nyama mosusu te elongo na ngai longola kaka nyama oyo nazalaki kotambola likolo na yango.
Then arose I in the night, I and some few men with me; but I had not told any man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem: nor was there any beast with me, save the beast on which I rode.
13 Na butu, nabimelaki na ekuke oyo ememaka na Lubwaku, nakendeki na nzela oyo ekenda na etima ya Dalagona mpe na Ekuke ya Fulu, mpo na kotala malamu-malamu bamir ya Yelusalemi, oyo etondaki na madusu mpe bikuke na yango esilaki kobebisama na moto.
And I went out through the gate of the valley by night, even toward the direction of the dragon-well, and to the dung-gate; and I was viewing the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates whereof were consumed by fire.
14 Nalekaki pembeni ya Ekuke ya Etima mpe pembeni ya Liziba ya mokonzi, kasi nzela ezalaki penza te mpo ete nyama oyo nazalaki kotambola likolo na yango ekoka koleka.
Then passed I on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool; but there was no space for the beast that was under me to pass through.
15 Namataki wuta na lubwaku, kaka na butu, mpo na kokoba kotala malamu-malamu mir. Nabalukaki mpe nazongelaki na nzela ya Ekuke ya Lubwaku.
Then went I up through the valley in the night, and I was viewing the wall, and I returned and entered through the gate of the valley, and so returned home.
16 Bakalaka bayebaki te esika oyo nakendeki to likambo oyo nazalaki kosala; pamba te kino na ngonga wana, nalobaki nanu ata likambo moko te, ezala epai ya Bayuda, epai ya Banganga-Nzambe, epai ya bankumu, epai ya bayangeli to mpe epai ya bakambi mosusu oyo bazalaki kosala mosala.
And the rulers knew not whither I was gone, or what I was doing: nor had I as yet told it to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the superintendents of the work.
17 Bongo nalobaki na bango: — Bozali komona pasi oyo tozali na yango! Yelusalemi ebebi, mpe bikuke na yango ebebisamaki na moto! Boya, totonga lisusu mir ya Yelusalemi mpo ete tolongwa kati na soni oyo!
Then said I unto them, Ye see the misery in which we are, how Jerusalem lieth in ruins, and its gates are burnt with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no more be for a reproach.
18 Nayebisaki bango lisusu ndenge nini loboko ya ngolu ya Nzambe na ngai ezalaki likolo na ngai mpe makambo oyo mokonzi alobaki na ngai. Mbala moko, bazongisaki: — Totelema mpe totonga! Boye bazwaki mpiko mpe babandaki mbala moko mosala kitoko yango.
And I told them of the hand of my God, which was good upon me, as also the king's words which he had spoken unto me. And they said, We will rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
19 Kasi tango Sanibala, moto ya Oroni; Tobiya, kalaka ya mboka Amoni; mpe Geshemi, moto ya mboka Arabi, bayokaki sango na yango, basekaki mpe batiolaki biso. Balobaki: — Eloko nini oyo bozali kosala? Bozali kotombokela mokonzi?
But when Sanballat the Choronite, and Tobiyah 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 are doing? are ye rebelling against the king?
20 Nazongiselaki bango: — Nzambe ya Likolo akolongisa biso solo. Biso bawumbu na Ye, tokotelema mpe tokotonga. Kasi bino, bozali ata na eteni moko te ya mabele to na bokonzi moko te kati na Yelusalemi, mpe moto moko te akozala kuna na ekaniseli malamu mpo na bino!
And I returned them an answer, and said unto them, The God of heaven will indeed give us prosperity, and we his servants will truly rise up and build; but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
