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.
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.
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.
И рече ми царь: чесо ради лице твое прискорбно есть, а неси болезнуяй? И несть сие, разве скорбь сердца. И убояхся зело
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?”
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.
4 Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
И рече ми царь: почто о сем ты вопрошаеши? И помолихся Господу Богу небесному
5 I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favour in your sight, I ask that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.”
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.
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.
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.
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;
И рекох царю: аще царю видится благо, даждь мне послание ко воеводам стран за рекою, да преведут мене, дондеже прииду во Иудею,
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.
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.
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.
И приидох ко воеводам стран за рекою и дах им послание царево: посла же царь со мною началники силы и конницы.
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.
И услыша Санаваллат Аронитин и Товиа раб Аммонитин, и зло има бысть, яко прииде человек взыскати блага сыновом Израилевым.
11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
И приидох во Иерусалим и бых ту три дни.
12 I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There wasn’t any animal with me except the animal that I rode on.
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 I went out by night by the valley gate towards 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.
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.
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.
И приидох ко вратом Источника и ко купели цареве, и не бысть места скоту, на немже седях, да пройдет.
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.
И взыдох на стену потока нощию, и размышлях о стене, и бех во вратех Юдоли, и возвратихся.
16 The rulers didn’t 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.
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.
17 Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burnt with fire. Come, let’s build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won’t be disgraced.”
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.
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.
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.
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?”
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?
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.”
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.
