Nehemiah 2
1 In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.
Un notika Nīsana mēnesī, ķēniņa Artakserksus divdesmitā gadā, kad vīns bija viņa priekšā, tad es pacēlu to vīnu un devu ķēniņam; un es (citkārt) nebiju noskumis bijis viņa priekšā.
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.
Un ķēniņš uz mani sacīja: kādēļ tavs vaigs izskatās noskumis? Vai tu esi slims? Tā gan nav, bet tava sirds ir noskumusi. Tad es bijos ļoti.
3 I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”
Un es sacīju uz ķēniņu: lai ķēniņš dzīvo mūžīgi! Kā lai mans vaigs nav noskumis? Jo tā pilsēta, kur manu tēvu kapi, ir postā, un viņas vārti no uguns aprīti.
4 Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Un ķēniņš uz mani sacīja: ko tad tu nu gribi? Tad es pielūdzu to debesu Dievu
5 I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.”
Un sacīju uz ķēniņu: ja tas ķēniņam patīk un ja tavs kalps ir patīkams tavā priekšā, tad sūti mani uz Jūdu, uz to pilsētu, kur manu tēvu kapi, ka es to uzceļu.
6 The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), “How long will your journey be? When will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time for him.
Tad ķēniņš uz mani sacīja, ķēniņienei viņam blakām sēžot: cik ilgi tad tu paliksi ceļā un kad tu nāksi atpakaļ? Un ķēniņam patika, mani sūtīt, kad es viņam laiku biju nolicis.
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;
Un es sacīju uz ķēniņu: Ja tas ķēniņam patīk, tad lai man grāmatas dod pie zemes valdītājiem viņpus upes, lai tie mani pārvada, tiekams nākšu uz Jūdu,
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 will occupy.” The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.
Un arī grāmatu pie Asafa, ķēniņa mežu uzrauga, lai tas man dod baļķus priekš Dieva nama pils vārtu nostiprināšanas un priekš pilsētas mūra un priekš tā nama, kur es ieiešu. Un ķēniņš man deva, tāpēc ka Dieva labā roka bija pār mani.
9 Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
Tad es nācu pie tiem zemes valdītājiem viņpus upes un tiem devu ķēniņa grāmatas. Un ķēniņš man bija sūtījis līdz virsniekus un jātniekus.
10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Kad nu Sanebalats, tas Horonietis, un Tobija, tas kalps, tas Amonietis, to dzirdēja, tad tas viņiem nepavisam nepatika, ka viens cilvēks bija nācis, ko laba meklēt priekš Israēla bērniem.
11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
Un es nācu uz Jeruzālemi un tur biju trīs dienas.
12 I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was not any animal with me except the animal that I rode on.
Tad es cēlos naktī, es un kādi vīri līdz ar mani, un nestāstīju nevienam, ko Dievs manā sirdī bija devis pie Jeruzālemes darīt, un nekāda lopa man nebija līdz, bez tā, uz kā es jāju.
13 I went out by night by the valley gate toward the jackal’s well, then to the dung gate; and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire.
Un es izjāju naktī caur Ielejas vārtiem pret Pūķa aku līdz Mēslu vārtiem, un es aplūkoju Jeruzālemes mūrus, kas bija nolauzīti un viņas vārtus, kas no uguns bija aprīti.
14 Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king’s pool, but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
Un es aizjāju uz Akas vārtiem un Ķēniņa dīķi, un tas lops, uz kā es jāju, tur nevarēja tikt cauri.
15 Then I went up in the night by the brook and inspected the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.
Tad es devos naktī augšām gar upi un aplūkoju to mūri un griezos atpakaļ un iejāju caur Ielejas vārtiem; tā es griezos atpakaļ.
16 The rulers did not know where I went, or what I did. I had not 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.
Bet tie valdnieki nezināja, kurp es biju gājis un ko es darīju; jo līdz šim es vēl neko nebiju zināmu darījis ne Jūdiem, ne priesteriem, ne tiem cienīgiem, ne tiem priekšniekiem, ne tiem citiem, kas to darbu darīja.
17 Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let’s build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we will not be disgraced.”
Tad es uz tiem sacīju: jūs redzat to nelaimi, kurā mēs esam, ka Jeruzāleme ir postā un viņas vārti ar uguni sadedzināti, - nāciet, uzcelsim Jeruzālemes mūrus, ka vairs neesam par apsmieklu.
18 I told them about the hand of my God which was good on me, and also about 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.
Un es tiem stāstīju sava Dieva roku, kas bija laba bijusi pār mani, un arī ķēniņa vārdus, ko viņš uz mani bija sacījis. Tad tie sacīja: celsimies un būvēsim. Un tie stiprināja savas rokas uz labu.
19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, 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?”
Kad nu Sanebalats, tas Horonietis un Tobija, tas kalps, tas Amonietis, un Gešems, tas Arābs, to dzirdēja, tad tie mūs apsmēja un mūs nicināja un sacīja: kas tas tāds darbs, ko jūs darāt? Vai jūs gribat dumpi celt pret ķēniņu?
20 Then I answered 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.”
Tad es tiem atbildēju un uz tiem sacīju: Dievs debesīs mums dos, ka tas mums labi izdosies, un mēs, viņa kalpi, celsimies un (to) uztaisīsim; bet jums nav nekādas daļas, nedz tiesas, nedz piemiņas Jeruzālemē.
