नहेम्याह 2
1 राजा अर्तासास्तको बिसौँ वर्षको नीसान महिनामा उहाँले दाखमद्य रोज्नुभयो, र मैले दाखमद्य लिई राजालाई टक्र्याएँ । म उहाँको उपस्थितिमा पहिले कहिल्यै यस्तो उदास भएको थिइनँ ।
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 त्यसैले राजाले मलाई सोध्नुभयो, “तिम्रो अनुसार किन यति उदास छ? तिमी बिरामीजस्तो त देखिँदैनौँ । यो ह्रदयको उदासी हुनुपर्छ ।” तब म सार्है डराएँ ।
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 मैले राजालाई भनेँ, “राजा सदासर्वदै अमर रहून्! मेरो अनुसार किन उदास नहुने त? मेरा पिता-पुर्खाहरूका चिहान भएको सहर भग्नावशेषमा परिणत भएको छ, र यसका मूल ढोकाहरू आगोले नष्ट पारेका छन् ।”
I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”
4 तब राजाले मलाई भन्नुभयो, “मैले के गरेको तिमी चाहन्छौ?” त्यसैले मैले स्वर्गका परमेश्वरलाई प्रार्थना चढाएँ ।
Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
5 मैले राजालाई जवाफ दिएँ, “राजालाई असल लाग्यो भने, र हजुरका दासले हजुरको दृष्टिमा राम्रै गरेको छ भने हजुरले मलाई मेरा पिता-पुर्खाहरूका चिहान भए सहर यहूदा पठाउन सक्नुहुन्छ ताकि मैले यसको पुनर्निर्माण गर्न सकूँ ।”
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 राजाले मलाई जवाफ दिनुभयो (रानी पनि उहाँकै छेउमा बसिरहनुभएको थियो), “तिमी कहिलेसम्म टाढिन्छौ र तिमी कहिले फर्कने छौ?” मैले राजालाई मिति दिँदा राजा मलाई पठाउन खुसी हुनुभयो ।
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 तब मैले राजालाई भनेँ, “राजालाई खुसी लागे यूफ्रेटिस पारिको प्रान्तका राज्यपालहरूका लागि मलाई चिट्ठीहरू पठाइऊन् ताकि म यहूदा जाँदा तिनीहरूले मलाई तिनीहरूका इलाकाहरू भएर जान अनुमति देऊन् ।
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 राजाको जङ्गलको जिम्मावाल आसापको लागि पनि एउटा चिट्ठी होस्, ताकि मन्दिरसित गाँसिएको किल्लाका मूल ढोकाहरू, सहरको पर्खाल र म बस्ने घरका लागि सत्तरीहरू बनाउन तिनले मलाई मुढाहरू जुटाइदेऊन् ।” परमेश्वरको असल हात ममाथि भएकोले राजाले मेरो अनुरोध स्वीकार गर्नुभयो ।
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 म यूफ्रेटिस पारिको प्रान्तका राज्यपालहरूकहाँ आइपुगेँ, र तिनीहरूलाई राजाका चिट्ठीहरू दिएँ । राजाले मसँगै सेनाका अधिकृतहरू र घोडचढीहरू पठाएका थिए ।
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 कसैले इस्राएलीहरूलाई मदत गर्न खोज्दै छ भनी जब होरोनी सन्बलत र अम्मोनी अधिकारी तोबियाले यो सुने, तिनीहरू निकै बेखुसी भए ।
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 यसरी म यरूशलेम आइपुगेँ, र त्यहाँ दिन रहेँ ।
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
12 म र केही मानिसहरू रातमा उठ्यौँ । यरूशलेमको निम्ति परमेश्वरले मेरो ह्रदयमा हालिदिनुभएको बोझबारे मैले कसैलाई बताइनँ । म चढिरहेको पशुबाहेक त्यहाँ अरू कुनै पशु थिएन ।
I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was not any animal with me except the animal that I rode on.
13 म राति बेँसी ढोका भएर बाहिर निस्केँ, अनि यरूशलेमका पर्खालहरू भत्केका र मूल ढोकाहरू जलाइएका ठाउँको निरीक्षण गर्दै म फोहोर ढोका रा स्यालको पोखरीतिर गएँ ।
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 त्यसपछि म फुहारा ढोका र राजाको तलाउमा गएँ । त्यो ठाउँ यति सानो थियो कि म चढिरहको पशु जानलाई ठाउँ नै पुगेन ।
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 त्यसैले त्यस रात म उपत्यका भएर गएँ, र पर्खालको निरीक्षण गरेँ, अनि म फर्केर बेँसी ढोकाबाट भित्र प्रवेश गरेँ । यसरी म फर्किएँ ।
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 म कहाँ गएँ र मैले के गरेँ भन्ने बारेमा शासकहरूलाई थाहै भएन, र यति बेलासम्म मैले यहूदीहरूलाई पनि भनेको थिइनँ, न पुजारीहरू, न प्रतिष्ठित मानिसहरू, न शासकहरू, न त काम गर्ने बाँकी मानिसहरूलाई भनेको थिएँ ।
The rulers did not 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 मैले तिनीहरूलाई भनेँ, “हामी कस्तो सङ्कष्टमा छौँ, यरूशलेम कसरी भग्नावशेषमा परिणत भएको छ र यसका मूल ढोकाहरू आगोले नष्ट पारिएको छ भनी तिमीहरूले देखेका छौ । आओ, हामी फेरि अपमानित नहोऔँ भनेर यरूशलेमको पर्खाल पुनर्निर्माण गरौँ ।”
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 will not be disgraced.”
18 मेरा परमेश्वरको असल हात ममाथि र राजाले मलाई भन्नुभएका वचनहरूमाथि थियो भनी मैले तिनीहरूलाई बताएँ । तिनीहरूले भने, “उठौँ, र निर्माण गरौँ ।” त्यसैले असल कामको लागि तिनीहरूले आ-आफ्ना हात मजबुत पारे ।
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 तर जब होरोनी सन्बलत, अम्मोनी अधिकारी तोबिया र अरबी गेशेमले यो कुरा सुने तिनीहरूले हामीलाई खिसी गरे र गिल्ला गरेर भने, “तिमीहरू के गर्दै छौ? के तिमीहरू राजाको विरुद्धमा विद्रोह गर्दै छौ?”
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 तब मैले तिनीहरूलाई जवाफ दिएँ, “स्वर्गका परमेश्वरल हामीलाई सफलता दिनुहुने छ । हामी उहाँका दासहरू हौँ, अनि हामी उठ्ने छौँ र निर्माणको काम गर्ने छौँ । तर यरूशलेममा तिमीहरूको कुनै हिस्सा, कुनै हक र कुनै ऐतिहासिक दाबी छैन ।”
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.”
