Nehemia 1
1 Ty enta’ i Nekemià, ana’ i Hakalià. Ie tamy volan-tsafarin-taom-paha-roapoloy, izaho e Sosane añ’ anjomba’ i mpanjakay,
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 te pok’eo t’i Kananý, raik’ amo rahalahikoo naho ondaty boak’ Iehodào; le nañontaneako o nte-Iehodà nahapolititse, nahafifeake i fandrohizañeio vaho Ierosalaime.
that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, that were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 Le nanoa’ iareo ty hoe, Vata’e misotry naho injeñe o sehanga’e nisisam-pandrohizañe amy borizàñeio; naho narotsak’ ambane ty kijoli’ Ierosalaime vaho niforototoen’ afo o lalambeio.
And they said to me, The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. Also the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and the gates of it are burned with fire.
4 Ie tsinanoko i entañe zay, le nitoboke naho nitañy naho nandala handro an-kandro naho nililitse vaho nisoloho añatrefan’ Añaharen-dindiñey
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 nanao ty hoe, Mihalaly ama’o iraho ry Iehovà Andrianañaharen-dindimoneñeo, Andrianañahare jabahinake vaho mampañeveñe, mpitàm-pañina naho fiferenaiñañe amo mikoko Aze vaho mañambeñe o lili’eoo.
and said, I beseech thee, O Jehovah, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:
6 Ehe te hañaoñe o ravembia’oo henaneo naho hisokake o fihaino’oo hahafijanjiña’o ty halalim-pitoro’o mitaroñe o ana’ Israele mpitoro’oo ama’o handro an-kaleñe, isolohoako o hakeon’ ana’ Israele nililare’ay ama’oo; songa aman-tahiñe, izaho naho ty anjomban-droaeko.
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou may hearken to the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the sons of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the sons of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned.
7 F’ie toe nimengok’ ama’o, tsy norihe’ay o lili’oo, o fañè’oo vaho o fepètse linili’o añamy Mosèo.
We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which thou commanded thy servant Moses.
8 Ehe tiahio ty tsara nampandilie’o i Mosè ami’ty hoe: Naho mandilatse nahareo, le haparaitako amo kilakila’ondatio añe;
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commanded thy servant Moses, saying, If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples,
9 f’ie naho mitolik’ amako, mañambeñe o lilikoo vaho anoeñe; le ndra te ama’ areo ty nahifike amparan-dikerañe añe, mbe hatontoko boak’ añe vaho hindeseko mb’ amy toetse jinoboko hampipohako ty añarakoy mb’etoy.
but if ye return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the outermost part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.
10 Ie toe mpitoro’o naho ondati’o, jineba’o an-kaozarañe ra’elahy naho an-kafatraram-pità’o.
Now these are thy servants and thy people whom thou have redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
11 O Talè, idrakadrakafako, ehe te ho haoñen-dravembia’o ty halalim-pitoro’o toy naho o halalim-pitoro’o mañeveñe amy tahina’oy an-kafaleañeo; le ehe, ampiraoraò ty mpitoro’o te anito, le iferenaiño añatrefa’ indatiy. Izaho henane zay nimpitàm-pitovi’ i mpanjakay.
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, I pray thee, prosper thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cupbearer to the king.
