Nehemia 2
1 Ie tamy volan-kofahofa an-taom-paha-roapolo’ i Artaksastà, mpanjakay, naho aolo’e eo ty divay, le rinambeko i divaiy vaho nazotsoko amy mpanjakay. Aa kanao mbe liako tsy nimonjetse añatrefa’e eo,
And it comes to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine [is] before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him;
2 le hoe i mpanjakay tamako, Ino ty mampanjokòke o lahara’oo, ihe tsy siloke? Tsi’ inoñe zao naho tsy ty hakoretan’ arofo. Aa le vata’e nihemban-draho,
and the king says to me, “Why [is] your face sad, and you not sick? This is nothing except sadness of heart”; and I fear very much,
3 le hoe ty asako amy mpanjakay, Ee te ho veloñe nainai’e i mpanjakay; ino ty tsy hahalonjetse ty tareheko, kanao nadoke mangoakoake i rovay, i toen-kiborin-droaekoy vaho tinomonto’ ty afo o lalambei’eo?
and say to the king, “Let the king live for all time! Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, [is] a desolation, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”
4 Le hoe i mpanjakay tamako, Ino o ihalalia’oo? Aa le nihalaly aman’ Añaharen-dikeran-draho,
And the king says to me, “For what are you seeking?” And I pray to the God of the heavens,
5 vaho nanao ty hoe amy mpanjakay, Naho mahafale i mpanjakay vaho nanjo fañisohañe am-pahaisaha’o ty mpitoro’o, le hañiraha’o mb’e Iehoda mb’ an-drovan-kiborin-droaeko mb’eo hañamboats’ aze.
and say to the king, “If [it is] good to the king, and if your servant is pleasing before you, that you send me to Judah, to the city of the graves of my fathers, and I have built it.”
6 Le hoe i mpanjakay tamako, ie niambesatse añ’ila’e eo i mpanjaka’ ampelay, Akore ty halava’ i lia’oy, ombia irehe te hibalike? Aa le ninò’ i mpanjakay ty hampihitrik’ ahy; le namantañako andro.
And the king says to me (and the queen is sitting near him), “How long is your journey? And when do you return?” And it is good before the king, and he sends me away, and I set to him a time.
7 Tinovoko ty hoe amy mpanjakay, Naho mahafale’ i mpanjakay, le ho tolora’e taratasy ho amo mpifehe alafe’ i Sakaio, hanese ahy hitsake mb’eo ampara’ ty hivotrahako e Iehodà añe
And I say to the king, “If [it is] good to the king, let letters be given to me for the governors beyond the River, that they let me pass over until I come to Judah:
8 naho ty taratasy ho amy Asafe, mpañambeñe ty ala’ i mpanjakay, hitolora’e bodan-katae hamboarako o fahan-dalambein-kijolin’ anjombao naho ho ami’ty kijoli’ i rovay vaho ho ami’ty anjomba himoahako. Le natolo’ i mpanjakay ahiko izay, ty amy fitàn-tsoan’ Añahareko amakoy.
and a letter to Asaph, keeper of the paradise that the king has, that he give to me trees for beams [for] the gates of the palace that the house has, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I enter”; and the king gives to me, according to the good hand of my God on me.
9 Aa le niheoveko o mpifehe alafe’ i Sakaio vaho natoloko iareo o taratasi’ i mpanjakaio. Ie amy zao fa nampihitrike mpifehen-dahin-defoñe naho mpiningi-tsoavala hindre amako i mpanjakay.
And I come to the governors beyond the River, and give to them the letters of the king; and the king sends with me heads of a force, and horsemen;
10 Ie napota’ i Sanbalate nte-Koronaime naho i Tobià nte-Amone, mpitoroñe, le vata’e niboseke te nivotrake eo t’indaty mipay hañasoa o ana’ Israeleo.
and Sanballat the Horonite hears, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them—a great evil—that a man has come to seek good for the sons of Israel.
11 Aa le nandoake e Ierosalaime ao iraho naho nitobok’ ao telo andro,
And I come to Jerusalem, and I am there three days,
12 naho nitroatse haleñe, rekets’ ondaty tsiampeampe; vaho tsy natoroko ondatio heike ty najon’ Añahareko an-troko ao hanoeko ho a Ierosalaime; le tsy amam-biby iraho naho tsy i borìke nijoñakoy.
and I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God is giving to my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there is no beast with me except the beast on which I am riding.
13 Niavotse haleñe iraho niakatse i lalam-beim-bavataney mb’ amy vovom-pañaneñey mb’eo naho mb’ amy lalam-bein-ditsakey nisary o kijoli’ Ierosalaime nikoromakeo naho o lalambei’e niforototoen’ afoo.
And I go out through the Valley Gate by night, and to the front of the Dragon Fountain, and to the Refuse Gate, and I am inspecting the walls of Jerusalem, that are broken down, and its gates consumed with fire.
14 Le tinonjohiko mb’ an-dalambein-drano migoangoam-beo naho mb’ amy antaram-panjakay mb’eo, fe tsy teo ty homba’ i biby niningerekoy.
And I pass over to the Fountain Gate, and to the King’s Pool, and there is no place for the beast under me to pass over,
15 Le nionjomb’ amy torahañey mb’eo amy haleñey, nisary i kijoliy naho nibalike nimoak’ amy lalambeim-bavataney vaho nimpoly.
and I am going up through the brook by night, and am inspecting the wall, and turn back, and come in through the Valley Gate, and turn back.
16 Tsy napota’ o mpifeheo ty nombako, ndra ty nanoeko; ie mboe tsy nitalilieko o nte-Iehodao ndra o mpisoroñeo ndra o roandriañeo ndra o mpifeheo ndra o ila’e nanao i fitoloñañeio.
And the prefects have not known to where I have gone, and what I am doing; and to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the nobles, and to the prefects, and to the rest of those doing the work, until now I have not declared [it];
17 Le hoe iraho am’ iereo: Oni’ areo ty falovilovian-tika, ie mangoakoake t’Ierosalaime naho nitomontoñen’ afo o lalam-bei’eo; antao hamboatse ty kijoli’ Ierosalaime soa t’ie tsy hinjeñe ka.
and I say to them, “You are seeing the evil that we are in, in that Jerusalem [is] desolate, and its gates have been burned with fire; come and we build the wall of Jerusalem, and we are not a reproach anymore.”
18 Le nitaroñeko am’ iereo te nañasoa ahy ty fitàn’ Añahareko; naho o saontsi’ i mpanjakay amakoo. Aa le hoe iereo, Antao hiongake, hamboatse. Aa le nihaozare’ iareo fitàñe ho ami’ty hasoa.
And I declare to them the hand of my God that is good on me, and also the words of the king that he said to me, and they say, “Let us rise, and we have built”; and they strengthen their hands for good.
19 F’ie napota’ i Sanbalate nte Koronaime naho i Tobià nte Amone, mpitoroñe naho i Geseme nte-Arabe, le niankahafa’ iareo an-drabioñe naho nimavoe’ iereo ami’ty hoe: Ino o anoe’ areo zao? Hiola amy mpanjakay v’inahareoo?
And Sanballat the Horonite hears, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, and they mock at us, and despise us, and say, “What [is] this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
20 Aa le tinoiko ty hoe; I Andrianañaharen-dindiñey ty hañonjoñe anay; aa le hiongake hamboatse zahay mpitoro’e fe tsy aman’ anjara ndra zo ndra tiahy e Ierosalaime ao nahareo.
And I return them word, and say to them, “The God of the heavens—He gives prosperity to us, and we His servants rise and have built; and to you there is no portion, and right, and memorial in Jerusalem.”
