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.
In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before 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;
The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much 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?
I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”
4 Mokonzi atunaki ngai: — Olingi nini? Nasambelaki Nzambe ya Likolo,
Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed 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.
I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, 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.
The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), “How long will your journey be? When will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time for him.
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;
Moreover I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to 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.
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 citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I will occupy.” The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on 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.
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 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 Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
11 Nakomaki na Yelusalemi mpe, sima na ngai kosala kuna mikolo misato,
So I came to Jerusalem, and was 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.
I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There wasn’t any animal with me except the animal that I rode on.
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.
I went out by night by the valley gate toward the jackal’s well, then to the dung gate; and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with 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 I went on to the spring gate and to the king’s pool, but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
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 I went up in the night by the brook and inspected the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.
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.
The rulers didn’t know where I went, or what I did. I had not as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did 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 I said to them, “You see the bad situation that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let’s build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won’t be disgraced.”
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.
I told them about the hand of my God which was good on me, and also about the king’s words that he had spoken to me. They said, “Let’s 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 Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel 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!
Then I answered them, and said to them, “The God of heaven will prosper us. Therefore we, his servants, will arise and build; but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem.”
