نَحَمْيَا 2
| وَفِي شَهْرِ نِيسَانَ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْعِشْرِينَ لِأَرْتَحْشَسْتَا ٱلْمَلِكِ، كَانَتْ خَمْرٌ أَمَامَهُ، فَحَمَلْتُ ٱلْخَمْرَ وَأَعْطَيْتُ ٱلْمَلِكَ. وَلَمْ أَكُنْ قَبْلُ مُكْمَدًّا أَمَامَهُ. | ١ 1 |
It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artachshasta the king, when wine was before me, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.
| فَقَالَ لِي ٱلْمَلِكُ: «لِمَاذَا وَجْهُكَ مُكْمَدٌّ وَأَنْتَ غَيْرُ مَرِيضٍ؟ مَا هَذَا إِلَا كآبَةَ قَلْبٍ!». فَخِفْتُ كَثِيرًا جِدًّا، | ٢ 2 |
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.
| وَقُلْتُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «لِيَحْيَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. كَيْفَ لَا يَكْمَدُّ وَجْهِي وَٱلْمَدِينَةُ بَيْتُ مَقَابِرِ آبَائِي خَرَابٌ، وَأَبْوَابُهَا قَدْ أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ؟» | ٣ 3 |
I said to the king, "Let the king live forever. Why shouldn't my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?"
| فَقَالَ لِي ٱلْمَلِكُ: «مَاذَا طَالِبٌ أَنْتَ؟» فَصَلَّيْتُ إِلَى إِلَهِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، | ٤ 4 |
Then the king said to me, "For what do you make request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
| وَقُلْتُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «إِذَا سُرَّ ٱلْمَلِكُ، وَإِذَا أَحْسَنَ عَبْدُكَ أَمَامَكَ، تُرْسِلُنِي إِلَى يَهُوذَا، إِلَى مَدِينَةِ قُبُورِ آبَائِي فَأَبْنِيهَا». | ٥ 5 |
I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may build it."
| فَقَالَ لِي ٱلْمَلِكُ، وَٱلْمَلِكَةُ جَالِسَةٌ بِجَانِبِهِ: «إِلَى مَتَى يَكُونُ سَفَرُكَ، وَمَتَى تَرْجِعُ؟» فَحَسُنَ لَدَى ٱلْمَلِكِ وَأَرْسَلَنِي، فَعَيَّنْتُ لَهُ زَمَانًا. | ٦ 6 |
The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), "For how long shall your journey be? And when will you return?" So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
| وَقُلْتُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «إِنْ حَسُنَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ فَلْتُعْطَ لِي رَسَائِلُ إِلَى وُلَاةِ عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ لِكَيْ يُجِيزُونِي حَتَّى أَصِلَ إِلَى يَهُوذَا، | ٧ 7 |
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;
| وَرِسَالَةٌ إِلَى آسَافَ حَارِسِ فِرْدَوْسِ ٱلْمَلِكِ لِكَيْ يُعْطِيَنِي أَخْشَابًا لِسَقْفِ أَبْوَابِ ٱلْقَصْرِ ٱلَّذِي لِلْبَيْتِ، وَلِسُورِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَلِلْبَيْتِ ٱلَّذِي أَدْخُلُ إِلَيْهِ». فَأَعْطَانِي ٱلْمَلِكُ حَسَبَ يَدِ إِلَهِي ٱلصَّالِحَةِ عَلَيَّ. | ٨ 8 |
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 shall enter into." The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.
| فَأَتَيْتُ إِلَى وُلَاةِ عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ وَأَعْطَيْتُهُمْ رَسَائِلَ ٱلْمَلِكِ. وَأَرْسَلَ مَعِي ٱلْمَلِكُ رُؤَسَاءَ جَيْشٍ وَفُرْسَانًا. | ٩ 9 |
Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.
| وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ سَنْبَلَّطُ ٱلْحُورُونِيُّ وَطُوبِيَّا ٱلْعَبْدُ ٱلْعَمُّونِيُّ سَاءَهُمَا مَسَاءَةً عَظِيمَةً، لِأَنَّهُ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَطْلُبُ خَيْرًا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٠ 10 |
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
| فَجِئْتُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَكُنْتُ هُنَاكَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ. | ١١ 11 |
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
| ثُمَّ قُمْتُ لَيْلًا أَنَا وَرِجَالٌ قَلِيلُونَ مَعِي، وَلَمْ أُخْبِرْ أَحَدًا بِمَا جَعَلَهُ إِلَهِي فِي قَلْبِي لِأَعْمَلَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَعِي بَهِيمَةٌ إِلَّا ٱلْبَهِيمَةُ ٱلَّتِي كُنْتُ رَاكِبَهَا. | ١٢ 12 |
I arose in the night, I and some few men with me. And I told no one what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.
| وَخَرَجْتُ مِنْ بَابِ ٱلْوَادِي لَيْلًا أَمَامَ عَيْنِ ٱلتِّنِّينِ إِلَى بَابِ ٱلدِّمْنِ، وَصِرْتُ أَتَفَرَّسُ فِي أَسْوَارِ أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلْمُنْهَدِمَةِ وَأَبْوَابِهَا ٱلَّتِي أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ. | ١٣ 13 |
I went out by night by the Valley Gate, even toward the Serpent's Well, and to the Dung Gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire.
| وَعَبَرْتُ إِلَى بَابِ ٱلْعَيْنِ وَإِلَى بِرْكَةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَكَانٌ لِعُبُورِ ٱلْبَهِيمَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَحْتِي. | ١٤ 14 |
Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
| فَصَعِدْتُ فِي ٱلْوَادِي لَيْلًا وَكُنْتُ أَتَفَرَّسُ فِي ٱلسُّورِ، ثُمَّ عُدْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ مِنْ بَابِ ٱلْوَادِي رَاجِعًا. | ١٥ 15 |
Then went I up in the night by the wadi, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.
| وَلَمْ يَعْرِفِ ٱلْوُلَاةُ إِلَى أَيْنَ ذَهَبْتُ، وَلَا مَا أَنَا عَامِلٌ، وَلَمْ أُخْبِرْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْيَهُودَ وَٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَٱلْأَشْرَافَ وَٱلْوُلَاةَ وَبَاقِي عَامِلِي ٱلْعَمَلِ. | ١٦ 16 |
The rulers did not know where I went, or what I did; neither had I 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.
| ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ تَرَوْنَ ٱلشَّرَّ ٱلَّذِي نَحْنُ فِيهِ، كَيْفَ أَنَّ أُورُشَلِيمَ خَرِبَةٌ، وَأَبْوَابَهَا قَدْ أُحْرِقَتْ بِٱلنَّارِ. هَلُمَّ فَنَبْنِيَ سُورَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَلَا نَكُونُ بَعْدُ عَارًا». | ١٧ 17 |
Then I said to them, "You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won't be disgraced."
| وَأَخْبَرْتُهُمْ عَنْ يَدِ إِلَهِي ٱلصَّالِحَةِ عَلَيَّ، وَأَيْضًا عَنْ كَلَامِ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلَّذِي قَالَهُ لِي، فَقَالُوا: «لِنَقُمْ وَلْنَبْنِ». وَشَدَّدُوا أَيَادِيَهُمْ لِلْخَيْرِ. | ١٨ 18 |
I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of 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.
| وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ سَنْبَلَّطُ ٱلْحُورُونِيُّ وَطُوبِيَّا ٱلْعَبْدُ ٱلْعَمُّونِيُّ وَجَشَمٌ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ هَزَأُوا بِنَا وَٱحْتَقَرُونَا، وَقَالُوا: «مَا هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتُمْ عَامِلُونَ؟ أَعَلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ تَتَمَرَّدُونَ؟». | ١٩ 19 |
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, 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?"
| فَأَجَبْتُهُمْ وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: «إِنَّ إِلَهَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ يُعْطِينَا ٱلنَّجَاحَ، وَنَحْنُ عَبِيدُهُ نَقُومُ وَنَبْنِي. وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَلَيْسَ لَكُمْ نَصِيبٌ وَلَا حَقٌّ وَلَا ذِكْرٌ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ». | ٢٠ 20 |
Then answered I 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."
