Nechemijas 2
1 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.
And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king: that wine was before him, and I took up the wine, and gave it to the king: and I was as one languishing away before his face.
2 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.
And the king said to me: Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou dost not appear to be sick? this is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in thy heart. And I was seized with an exceeding great fear:
3 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.
And I said to the king: O king, live for ever: why should not my countenance be sorrowful, seeing the city of the place of the sepulchres of my fathers is desolate, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire?
4 Un ķēniņš uz mani sacīja: ko tad tu nu gribi? Tad es pielūdzu to debesu Dievu
Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And I prayed to the God of heaven,
5 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.
And I said to the king: If it seem good to the king, and if thy servant hath found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me into Judea to the city of the sepulchre of my father, and I will build it.
6 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.
And the king said to me, and the queen that sat by him: For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king, and he sent me: and I fixed him a time.
7 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,
And I said to the king: If it seem good to the king, let him give me letters to the governors of the country beyond the river, that they convey me over, till I come into Judea:
8 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.
And a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, to give me timber that I may cover the gates of the tower of the house, and the walls of the city, and the house that I shall enter into. And the king gave me according to the good hand of my God with me.
9 Tad es nācu pie tiem zemes valdītājiem viņpus upes un tiem devu ķēniņa grāmatas. Un ķēniņš man bija sūtījis līdz virsniekus un jātniekus.
And I came to the governors of the country beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. And the king had sent with me captains of soldiers, and horsemen.
10 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.
And Sanaballat the Horonite, and Tobias the servant, the Ammonite, heard it, and it grieved them exceedingly, that a man was come, who sought the prosperity of the children of Israel.
11 Un es nācu uz Jeruzālemi un tur biju trīs dienas.
And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
12 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.
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me, and I told not any man what God had put in my heart to do in Jerusalem, and there was no beast with me, but the beast that I rode upon.
13 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.
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, and before the dragon fountain, and to the dung gate, and I viewed the wall of Jerusalem which was broken down, and the gates thereof which were consumed with fire.
14 Un es aizjāju uz Akas vārtiem un Ķēniņa dīķi, un tas lops, uz kā es jāju, tur nevarēja tikt cauri.
And I passed to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s aqueduct, and there was no place for the beast on which I rode to pass.
15 Tad es devos naktī augšām gar upi un aplūkoju to mūri un griezos atpakaļ un iejāju caur Ielejas vārtiem; tā es griezos atpakaļ.
And I went up in the night by the torrent, and viewed the wall, and going back I came to the gate of the valley, and returned.
16 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.
But the magistrates knew not whither I went, or what I did: neither had I as yet told any thing to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the magistrates, or to the rest that did the work.
17 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.
Then I said to them: You know the affliction wherein we are, because Jerusalem is desolate, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire: come, and let us build up the walls of Jerusalem, and let us be no longer a reproach.
18 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.
And I shewed them how the hand of my God was good with me, and the king’s words, which he had spoken to me, and I said: Let us rise up, and build. And their hands were strengthened in good.
19 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?
But Sanaballat the Horonite, and Tobias the servant, the Ammonite, and Gossem the Arabian heard of it, and they scoffed at us, and despised us, and said: What is this thing that you do? are you going to rebel against the king?
20 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.
And I answered them, and said to them: The God of heaven he helpeth us, and we are his servants: let us rise up and build: but you have no part, nor justice, nor remembrance in Jerusalem.
