Книга Неемии 2
1 И бысть в месяце Нисане лета двадесятаго Артаксеркса царя, и вино бе предо мною: и взях вино и дах царю, и не бе ин пред ним.
After King Artaxerxes [had been ruling the Persian Empire] for almost 20 years, (during the spring/before the hot season) of that year, when it was time to serve wine to him [during a feast], I took the wine and gave it to him. I had never looked sad when I was in front of him before, [but on that day he saw that I looked very sad].
2 И рече ми царь: чесо ради лице твое прискорбно есть, а неси болезнуяй? И несть сие, разве скорбь сердца. И убояхся зело
So he asked me, “Why are you sad? [I know that] you are not sick. It must be that you are troubled about something.” Then I was very afraid, [because it was not proper to be sad when I came to the king] (OR, [because I was worried what the king would do to me if he refused to do what I was about to request him to do]).
3 и рекох царю: царю, во веки живи: како не быти прискорбну лицу моему, понеже град, дом гробов отец моих опусте, и врата его сожжена суть огнем.
I replied, “Your majesty, I hope you will live a very long time! But (how can I prevent myself from being sad, because the city where my ancestors are buried [has been destroyed] and is in ruins?/I cannot keep myself from looking sad, because the city where my ancestors are buried [has been destroyed and] is in ruins.) [RHQ] [Even] the city gates have been completely burned.”
4 И рече ми царь: почто о сем ты вопрошаеши? И помолихся Господу Богу небесному
The king replied, “What do you want me to do [for you]?” I prayed [silently] to our God [who is/rules] in heaven.
5 и рекох ко царю: аще царю видится благо, и аще угоден будет раб твой пред тобою, да послеши мене во Иудею, во град гробов отец моих, и возсозижду его.
Then I replied, “If you are willing [to do it], and if I have pleased you, send me to the city [of Jerusalem] in Judah [province] where my ancestors are buried, in order that I may [help people to] rebuild the city.”
6 Рече же ми царь, и наложница седяше близ его: до коего времене будет путь твой, и когда возвратишися? И угодно бысть пред лицем царевым, и посла мя, и положих ему время.
While the queen was sitting beside the king, he asked, [“If I allow you to go, ] how long will you be gone? When will you return?” [I told the king how long I would be gone, and] the king gave me permission to go, and I told him what day [I wanted to leave].
7 И рекох царю: аще царю видится благо, даждь мне послание ко воеводам стран за рекою, да преведут мене, дондеже прииду во Иудею,
I also said to the king, “If you are willing to do it, write letters for me to take to the governors of the province west of the [Euphrates] River. Tell them to allow me to travel safely [through their province] until I arrive in Judah.
8 и послание ко Асафу стражу дубравы царевы, да даст ми древа покрыти врата столпа дому, и на стены градныхя, и на дом, в оньже вниду. И даде ми царь, якоже рука Божия благая (бе) со мною.
Also, [please write] a letter to Asaph, the man who takes care of your forest [in that area], telling him to give me timber to make the beams to support the gates of the fortress that is near the temple, and timber for making the walls of the city, and for building the house in which I [will live].” The king did what I requested him to do, because my God was graciously/kindly (helping/acting for) me.
9 И приидох ко воеводам стран за рекою и дах им послание царево: посла же царь со мною началники силы и конницы.
[After I got ready, I left to travel to Judah]. The king sent some army officers and soldiers riding on horses to accompany me, [to protect me]. When I came to where the governors of the provinces west of the [Euphrates] River lived, I gave them the letters that the king had written.
10 И услыша Санаваллат Аронитин и Товиа раб Аммонитин, и зло има бысть, яко прииде человек взыскати блага сыновом Израилевым.
But when [two government officials, ] Sanballat from [a village near] Horon and Tobiah from the Ammon [people-group], heard that I had arrived, they were very angry that someone had come to help the Israeli people.
11 И приидох во Иерусалим и бых ту три дни.
When I arrived in Jerusalem, I did not tell anyone what thoughts God had given to me about what I should do there. Three days after I arrived in Jerusalem, I went out of the city in the evening, taking a few other men with me. I was riding a donkey; we had no other animals with us.
12 И востах нощию аз и мужие не мнози со мною, и ни комуже возвестих, что Бог дает в сердце мое сотворити со Израилем, и скота не бе со мною, токмо скот, на немже аз седях.
13 И внидох во врата Юдоли нощию, ко устию источника Смоковничнаго и ко вратом Гнойным, и бых размышляя о стене Иерусалимстей разореней и о вратах его пояденых огнем.
We left the city, going out through the Valley Gate, then past the well called the Jackal (OR, Dragon’s) Well, and then past the gate called the Rubbish/Garbage Gate. We inspected all the walls that had been broken down and all the gates that had been burned down.
14 И приидох ко вратом Источника и ко купели цареве, и не бысть места скоту, на немже седях, да пройдет.
Then we went to the Fountain Gate and to the pool called the King’s Pool, but my donkey could not get through [the narrow opening] (OR, [the rubble]).
15 И взыдох на стену потока нощию, и размышлях о стене, и бех во вратех Юдоли, и возвратихся.
So we turned back and went along the [Kidron] Valley. We inspected the wall there before we turned back/around and entered the city again at the Valley Gate.
16 Стрегущии же не ведяху, камо ходих и что аз творю, и Иудеом и священником, и честным и воеводам и прочым творящым дела даже до тогда не сказах.
The [city] officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, because I had not told anyone about what I planned to do. I had not said anything about it to the Jewish leaders or the officials or the priests or any of the others who would be helping me in the work [that I wanted to do].
17 И рекох им: вы видите озлобление сие, в немже есмы, како Иерусалим опустошен, и врата его предана огню: приидите, и созиждем стены Иерусалима, и не будем ктому в поношение.
But now I said to them, “You all know very well the terrible things [that have happened to] our city. The city is ruined; even the gates are burned down. So we should rebuild the city wall. If we do that, we will no longer feel humiliated/disgraced.”
18 И сказах им руку Божию, яже есть блага со мною, и словеса царева, яже глагола мне, и рекох: востанем и созиждем. И укрепишася руцы их во благое.
Then I told them about how God had kindly/graciously helped me [when I talked to the king], and what the king had said to me. They immediately replied, “Let’s start rebuilding!” So they started to do this good work.
19 И услыша Санаваллат Аронитин и Товиа раб Аммонитин и Гисам Аравитин, и посмеяшася нам, и приидоша к нам, и уничижиша, и рекоша: что дело сие, еже вы творите? Еда вы противу царя отметаетеся?
But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Gershom the Arab [king of the Kedar region] heard about what we planned to do, they made fun of us and ridiculed us. They said, “What is this work that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king [again]?” [RHQ]
20 И воздах им слово и рекох к ним: Бог Небесе, Той благопоспешит нам, и мы раби Его чистии, (востанем) и созиждем: вам же несть части и правды и памяти во Иерусалиме.
But I replied, “Our God [who is/rules] in heaven will help our plans to succeed. But as for you, you have no right to decide anything about this city, because you have not participated in what has happened in this city in previous years.”
