< نَحَمْيَا 2 >

وَفِي شَهْرِ نِيسَانَ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْعِشْرِينَ لِأَرْتَحْشَسْتَا ٱلْمَلِكِ، كَانَتْ خَمْرٌ أَمَامَهُ، فَحَمَلْتُ ٱلْخَمْرَ وَأَعْطَيْتُ ٱلْمَلِكَ. وَلَمْ أَكُنْ قَبْلُ مُكْمَدًّا أَمَامَهُ. ١ 1
Forsothe it was doon in the monethe Nysan, in the twentithe yeer of Artaxerses, kyng, and wyn was bifor hym, and Y reyside the wyn, and yaf to the kyng, and Y was as langwischynge bifor his face.
فَقَالَ لِي ٱلْمَلِكُ: «لِمَاذَا وَجْهُكَ مُكْمَدٌّ وَأَنْتَ غَيْرُ مَرِيضٍ؟ مَا هَذَا إِلَا كآبَةَ قَلْبٍ!». فَخِفْتُ كَثِيرًا جِدًّا، ٢ 2
And the kyng seide to me, Whi is thi cheer sory, sithen Y se not thee sijk? This is not without cause; but `yuel, Y not what, is in thin herte. And Y dredde ful greetli;
وَقُلْتُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «لِيَحْيَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. كَيْفَ لَا يَكْمَدُّ وَجْهِي وَٱلْمَدِينَةُ بَيْتُ مَقَابِرِ آبَائِي خَرَابٌ، وَأَبْوَابُهَا قَدْ أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ؟» ٣ 3
and seide to the kyng, Kyng, lyue thou withouten ende; whi moreneth not my cheer? for the citee of the hows of the sepulcris of my fadir is desert, `ether forsakun, and the yatis therof ben brent with fier.
فَقَالَ لِي ٱلْمَلِكُ: «مَاذَا طَالِبٌ أَنْتَ؟» فَصَلَّيْتُ إِلَى إِلَهِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، ٤ 4
And the kyng seide to me, For what thing axist thou? And Y preiede God of heuene,
وَقُلْتُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «إِذَا سُرَّ ٱلْمَلِكُ، وَإِذَا أَحْسَنَ عَبْدُكَ أَمَامَكَ، تُرْسِلُنِي إِلَى يَهُوذَا، إِلَى مَدِينَةِ قُبُورِ آبَائِي فَأَبْنِيهَا». ٥ 5
and seide to the kyng, If it semeth good to the kyng, and if it plesith thi seruauntis bifor thi face, Y biseche, that thou sende me in to Judee, to the citee of the sepulcre of my fadir, and Y schal bilde it.
فَقَالَ لِي ٱلْمَلِكُ، وَٱلْمَلِكَةُ جَالِسَةٌ بِجَانِبِهِ: «إِلَى مَتَى يَكُونُ سَفَرُكَ، وَمَتَى تَرْجِعُ؟» فَحَسُنَ لَدَى ٱلْمَلِكِ وَأَرْسَلَنِي، فَعَيَّنْتُ لَهُ زَمَانًا. ٦ 6
And the kyng seide to me, and the queen sat bisidis him, `Til to what tyme schal thi weie be, and whanne schalt thou turne ayen? And Y pleside `bifor the cheer of the kyng, and he sente me, and Y ordeynede to hym a time;
وَقُلْتُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «إِنْ حَسُنَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ فَلْتُعْطَ لِي رَسَائِلُ إِلَى وُلَاةِ عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ لِكَيْ يُجِيزُونِي حَتَّى أَصِلَ إِلَى يَهُوذَا، ٧ 7
and Y seide to `the kyng, If it semeth good to kyng, yyue he pistlis to me to the duykis of the cuntrey biyende the flood, that thei lede me ouer, til Y come in to Judee;
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 pistle to Asaph, kepere of the kyngis forest, that he yyue trees to me, that Y may hile the yatis of the tour of the hows, and of the wal of the citee, and the hows, into which Y schal entre. And `the kyng yaf to me, bi the good hond of my God with me.
فَأَتَيْتُ إِلَى وُلَاةِ عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ وَأَعْطَيْتُهُمْ رَسَائِلَ ٱلْمَلِكِ. وَأَرْسَلَ مَعِي ٱلْمَلِكُ رُؤَسَاءَ جَيْشٍ وَفُرْسَانًا. ٩ 9
And Y cam to the duykis of the cuntrei biyende the flood, and Y yaf to hem the pistlis of the kyng. Sotheli the kyng `hadde sent with me the princes of knyytis, and horsemen.
وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ سَنْبَلَّطُ ٱلْحُورُونِيُّ وَطُوبِيَّا ٱلْعَبْدُ ٱلْعَمُّونِيُّ سَاءَهُمَا مَسَاءَةً عَظِيمَةً، لِأَنَّهُ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَطْلُبُ خَيْرًا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. ١٠ 10
And Sanaballath Oronythes, and Tobie, the seruaunt Amanytes, herden, and thei weren soreuful bi greet turment, for a man was comun, that souyte prosperite of the sones of Israel.
فَجِئْتُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَكُنْتُ هُنَاكَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ. ١١ 11
And Y cam in to Jerusalem, and Y was there thre daies.
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
And Y roos bi nyyt, Y and a fewe men with me, and Y schewide not to ony man, what thing God hadde youe in myn herte, that Y wolde do in Jerusalem; and no werk beest was with me, no but the beeste, `on which Y sat.
وَخَرَجْتُ مِنْ بَابِ ٱلْوَادِي لَيْلًا أَمَامَ عَيْنِ ٱلتِّنِّينِ إِلَى بَابِ ٱلدِّمْنِ، وَصِرْتُ أَتَفَرَّسُ فِي أَسْوَارِ أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلْمُنْهَدِمَةِ وَأَبْوَابِهَا ٱلَّتِي أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ. ١٣ 13
And Y yede out bi the yate of the valei bi nyyt, and bifor the welle of dragoun, and to the yat of drit; and Y bihelde the wal of Jerusalem distried, and the yatis therof wastid bi fier.
وَعَبَرْتُ إِلَى بَابِ ٱلْعَيْنِ وَإِلَى بِرْكَةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَكَانٌ لِعُبُورِ ٱلْبَهِيمَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَحْتِي. ١٤ 14
And Y passid to the yate of the welle, and to the watir cundit of the kyng, and no place was to the hors, `on which Y sat `for to passe;
فَصَعِدْتُ فِي ٱلْوَادِي لَيْلًا وَكُنْتُ أَتَفَرَّسُ فِي ٱلسُّورِ، ثُمَّ عُدْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ مِنْ بَابِ ٱلْوَادِي رَاجِعًا. ١٥ 15
and Y stiede bi the stronde `in nyyt, and Y bihelde the wal, and Y turnede ayen, and cam to the yate of the valei, and Y yede ayen.
وَلَمْ يَعْرِفِ ٱلْوُلَاةُ إِلَى أَيْنَ ذَهَبْتُ، وَلَا مَا أَنَا عَامِلٌ، وَلَمْ أُخْبِرْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْيَهُودَ وَٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَٱلْأَشْرَافَ وَٱلْوُلَاةَ وَبَاقِي عَامِلِي ٱلْعَمَلِ. ١٦ 16
Forsothe the magistratis wisten not, whidir Y hadde go, ethir what Y wolde do; but also Y hadde not schewid ony thing to the Jewis, and prestis, and to the best men, and magestratis, and to othere men that maden the werk, `til to that `place, that is, til to that tyme.
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
And Y seide to hem, Ye knowen the turment, in which we ben, for Jerusalem is deseert, and the yatis therof ben wastid with fier; come ye, bilde we the wallis of Jerusalem, and be we no more schenship.
وَأَخْبَرْتُهُمْ عَنْ يَدِ إِلَهِي ٱلصَّالِحَةِ عَلَيَّ، وَأَيْضًا عَنْ كَلَامِ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلَّذِي قَالَهُ لِي، فَقَالُوا: «لِنَقُمْ وَلْنَبْنِ». وَشَدَّدُوا أَيَادِيَهُمْ لِلْخَيْرِ. ١٨ 18
And Y schewide to hem the hond of my God, that it was good with me, and the wordis of the kyng, whiche he spak to me; and Y seide, Rise we, and bilde we; and the hondis of hem weren coumfortid in good.
وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ سَنْبَلَّطُ ٱلْحُورُونِيُّ وَطُوبِيَّا ٱلْعَبْدُ ٱلْعَمُّونِيُّ وَجَشَمٌ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ هَزَأُوا بِنَا وَٱحْتَقَرُونَا، وَقَالُوا: «مَا هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتُمْ عَامِلُونَ؟ أَعَلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ تَتَمَرَّدُونَ؟». ١٩ 19
Forsothe Sanballath Oronytes, and Tobie, the seruaunt Amanytes, and Gosem Arabs, herden, and scorneden vs, and dispisiden; and seiden, What is this thing, which ye doon? whether ye rebellen ayens the kyng?
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
And Y yeldide to hem a word, and seide to hem, God hym silf of heuene helpith vs, and we ben hise seruauntis; rise we, and bilde; forsothe part and riytfulnesse and mynde in Jerusalem is not to you.

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