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 ।
Now it happened that, in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes, wine was before him; and I lifted up the wine, and I gave it to the king. And I was like someone languishing before his face.
2 त्यसैले राजाले मलाई सोध्नुभयो, “तिम्रो अनुसार किन यति उदास छ? तिमी बिरामीजस्तो त देखिँदैनौँ । यो ह्रदयको उदासी हुनुपर्छ ।” तब म सार्है डराएँ ।
And the king said to me: “Why is your expression sad, though you do not appear to be sick? This is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in your heart.” And I was struck with an exceedingly great fear.
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 ।”
And I said to the king: “O king, live forever. Why should my expression not be mournful, since the city of the house of the sepulchers of my father is desolate, and its gates have been burned with fire?”
4 तब राजाले मलाई भन्नुभयो, “मैले के गरेको तिमी चाहन्छौ?” त्यसैले मैले स्वर्गका परमेश्वरलाई प्रार्थना चढाएँ ।
And the king said to me: “What would you request?” And 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 ।”
And I said to the king: “If it seems good to the king, and if your servant is pleasing before your face: that you would send me into Judea, to the city of the sepulcher of my father. And I will rebuild 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 ।
And the king said to me, with the queen who was sitting beside him: “Until what time will your journey be, and when will you return?” And it was pleasing before the countenance of the king, and so he sent me. And I established 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 ।
And I said to the king: “If it seems good to the king, may he give me letters to the governors of the region beyond the river, so that they may lead me through, until I arrive in Judea,
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, so that he may give me timber, in order that I may be able to cover the gates of the tower of the house, and the walls of the city, and the house that I will enter.” And the king granted to me in accord with the good hand of my God, who is with me.
9 म यूफ्रेटिस पारिको प्रान्तका राज्यपालहरूकहाँ आइपुगेँ, र तिनीहरूलाई राजाका चिट्ठीहरू दिएँ । राजाले मसँगै सेनाका अधिकृतहरू र घोडचढीहरू पठाएका थिए ।
And I went to the governors of the region beyond the river, and I gave them the letters of the king. Now the king had sent with me military leaders and horsemen.
10 कसैले इस्राएलीहरूलाई मदत गर्न खोज्दै छ भनी जब होरोनी सन्बलत र अम्मोनी अधिकारी तोबियाले यो सुने, तिनीहरू निकै बेखुसी भए ।
And Sanballat, a Horonite, and the servant Tobiah, an Ammonite, heard this. And they were saddened, with a great affliction, that a man had arrived who was seeking the prosperity of the sons of Israel.
11 यसरी म यरूशलेम आइपुगेँ, र त्यहाँ दिन रहेँ ।
And I arrived at Jerusalem, and I was there for 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 ।
And I got up in the night, I and a few men with me. And I did not reveal to anyone what God had placed in my heart to do in Jerusalem. And there was no animal with me, except the animal on which I was sitting.
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 ।
And I departed in the night through the gate of the valley, and before the fountain of the dragon, and toward the dung gate. And I considered the wall of Jerusalem, which was broken apart, and its gates, which had been consumed by fire.
14 त्यसपछि म फुहारा ढोका र राजाको तलाउमा गएँ । त्यो ठाउँ यति सानो थियो कि म चढिरहको पशु जानलाई ठाउँ नै पुगेन ।
And I continued on to the gate of the fountain, and to the aqueduct of the king. And there was no room for the beast on which I was sitting to pass through.
15 त्यसैले त्यस रात म उपत्यका भएर गएँ, र पर्खालको निरीक्षण गरेँ, अनि म फर्केर बेँसी ढोकाबाट भित्र प्रवेश गरेँ । यसरी म फर्किएँ ।
And so I climbed up in the night along the torrent, and I considered the wall. And turning back, I went by the gate of the valley, and I 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 ।
Now the magistrates did not know where I had gone, or what I had done. For I had revealed nothing, even to that point in time, to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the magistrates, or to the others who were doing 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 ।”
And so I said to them: “You know the affliction in which we are, because Jerusalem is desolate, and its gates have been consumed by fire. Come, and let us rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, and let us no longer be in disgrace.”
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 ।
And I revealed to them how the hand of my God was with me for good, and the words of the king, which he had spoken to me. And I said: “Let us rise up, and build.” And their hands were strengthened for good.
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 Sanballat, a Horonite, and the servant Tobiah, an Ammonite, and Geshem, an Arab, heard of it. And they ridiculed and disparaged us, and they said: “What is this thing that you are doing? Could you be rebelling 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 ।”
And I replied to them a word, and I said to them: “The God of heaven himself is helping us, and we are his servants. Let us rise up and build. But there is no portion, or justice, or remembrance in Jerusalem for you.”
