نَحَمْيَا 2
| وَفِي شَهْرِ نِيسَانَ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْعِشْرِينَ لِأَرْتَحْشَسْتَا ٱلْمَلِكِ، كَانَتْ خَمْرٌ أَمَامَهُ، فَحَمَلْتُ ٱلْخَمْرَ وَأَعْطَيْتُ ٱلْمَلِكَ. وَلَمْ أَكُنْ قَبْلُ مُكْمَدًّا أَمَامَهُ. | ١ 1 |
In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, he selected wine, and I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad in his presence.
| فَقَالَ لِي ٱلْمَلِكُ: «لِمَاذَا وَجْهُكَ مُكْمَدٌّ وَأَنْتَ غَيْرُ مَرِيضٍ؟ مَا هَذَا إِلَا كآبَةَ قَلْبٍ!». فَخِفْتُ كَثِيرًا جِدًّا، | ٢ 2 |
But the king said to me, “Why is your face so sad? You do not appear to be ill. This must be sadness of heart.” Then I became 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, “May the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad? The city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.”
| فَقَالَ لِي ٱلْمَلِكُ: «مَاذَا طَالِبٌ أَنْتَ؟» فَصَلَّيْتُ إِلَى إِلَهِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، | ٤ 4 |
Then the king said to me, “What do you want me to do?” 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 replied to the king, “If it seems good to the king, and if your servant has done well in your sight, you could send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may rebuild it.”
| فَقَالَ لِي ٱلْمَلِكُ، وَٱلْمَلِكَةُ جَالِسَةٌ بِجَانِبِهِ: «إِلَى مَتَى يَكُونُ سَفَرُكَ، وَمَتَى تَرْجِعُ؟» فَحَسُنَ لَدَى ٱلْمَلِكِ وَأَرْسَلَنِي، فَعَيَّنْتُ لَهُ زَمَانًا. | ٦ 6 |
The king replied to me (and the queen was also sitting beside him), “How long shall you be away and when will you return?” The king was glad to send me when I gave him the dates.
| وَقُلْتُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «إِنْ حَسُنَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ فَلْتُعْطَ لِي رَسَائِلُ إِلَى وُلَاةِ عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ لِكَيْ يُجِيزُونِي حَتَّى أَصِلَ إِلَى يَهُوذَا، | ٧ 7 |
Then I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors in the Province Beyond the River so that they may permit me to pass through their territories on my way 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 |
May there also be a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, so that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress next to the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house in which I will live.” So because the good hand of God was on me, the king granted me my requests.
| فَأَتَيْتُ إِلَى وُلَاةِ عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ وَأَعْطَيْتُهُمْ رَسَائِلَ ٱلْمَلِكِ. وَأَرْسَلَ مَعِي ٱلْمَلِكُ رُؤَسَاءَ جَيْشٍ وَفُرْسَانًا. | ٩ 9 |
I came to the governors in the Province Beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me officers 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 Ammonite servant heard this, they were greatly displeased that someone had come who was seeking to help the people 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 a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me, other than the one I was riding.
| 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, toward the Jackal's Well and to the Dung Gate, and inspected the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken open, and the wooden gates were destroyed by 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. The place was too narrow for the animal I was riding to pass through.
| فَصَعِدْتُ فِي ٱلْوَادِي لَيْلًا وَكُنْتُ أَتَفَرَّسُ فِي ٱلسُّورِ، ثُمَّ عُدْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ مِنْ بَابِ ٱلْوَادِي رَاجِعًا. | ١٥ 15 |
So I went up that night by the valley and inspected 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, and I had not yet informed the Jews, nor the priests, nor the nobles, nor the rulers, nor 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 |
I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so we will no longer be in disgrace.”
| وَأَخْبَرْتُهُمْ عَنْ يَدِ إِلَهِي ٱلصَّالِحَةِ عَلَيَّ، وَأَيْضًا عَنْ كَلَامِ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلَّذِي قَالَهُ لِي، فَقَالُوا: «لِنَقُمْ وَلْنَبْنِ». وَشَدَّدُوا أَيَادِيَهُمْ لِلْخَيْرِ. | ١٨ 18 |
I told them that the good hand of my God was on me and also about the king's words that he had spoken to me. They said, “Let us 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 Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arabian heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us, and they said, “What are you doing? Are you rebelling 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 I answered them, “The God of heaven will give us success. We are his servants and we will arise and build. But you have no share, no right, and no historic claim in Jerusalem.”
