Nehemia 1

1 Ny tantaran’ i Nehemia, zanak’ i Hakalia. Tamin’ ny volana Kisleo tamin’ ny taona faharoa-polo, raha tany an-dapa any Sosana aho,

The words of Nehemiah the sonne of Hachaliah. In ye moneth Chisleu, in the twentieth yeere, as I was in the palace of Shushan,

2 dia tonga Hanany, anankiray amin’ ny rahalahiko, mbamin’ ny lehilahy sasany avy tany Joda; ary nanontaniako azy ny amin’ ny Jiosy efa afaka, izay sisa tamin’ ny fahababoana, ary ny amin’ i Jerosalema.

Came Hanam, one of my brethren, he and the men of Iudah, and I asked them concerning the Iewes that were deliuered, which were of the residue of the captiuitie, and concerning Ierusalem.

3 Ka hoy no navaliny ahy: Ny sisa tamin’ ny fahababoana izay any amin’ ny tany any dia mitondra fahoriana be sy latsa; ary voarodana ny mandan’ i Jerosalema sady nodoran’ ny afo ny vavahadiny.

And they sayde vnto me, The residue that are left of the captiuitie there in the prouince, are in great affliction and in reproche, and the wall of Ierusalem is broken downe, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire.

4 Ary rehefa nandre izany teny izany aho, dia nipetraka nitomany sady niferinaina andro maro ary nifady hanina sy nivavaka teo anatrehan’ Andriamanitry ny lanitra

And when I heard these wordes, I sate downe and wept, and mourned certeine dayes, and I fasted and prayed before the God of heauen,

5 ka nanao hoe: Indrisy! ry Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny lanitra, Andriamanitra lehibe sy mahatahotra, Izay mitandrina fanekena sy famindram-po amin’ izay tia Azy sy mitandrina ny didiny,

And sayde, O Lord God of heauen, the great and terrible God, that keepeth couenant and mercy for them that loue him, and obserue his commandements,

6 aoka hihaino ny sofinao ary hihiratra ny masonao, mba hohenoinao ny vavaky ny mpanomponao, izay ataoko eto anatrehanao ankehitriny andro aman’ alina ho an’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely mpanomponao sy izay anekeko ny fahotan’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely, izay efa nanotanay taminao; fa izaho sy ny mpianakavin-draiko dia samy efa nanota avokoa.

I pray thee, let thine eares be attet, and thine eies open, to heare the praier of thy seruat, which I pray before thee dayly, day and night for ye childre of Israel thy seruats, and confesse the sinnes of the children of Israel, which we haue sinned against thee, both I and my fathers house haue sinned:

7 Efa nanao izay ratsy indrindra taminao izahay ka tsy nitandrina ny didy, na ny lalàna, na ny fitsipika, izay nandidianao an’ i Mosesy mpanomponao.

We haue grieuously sinned against thee, and haue not kept the commandements, nor the statutes, nor the iudgements, which thou commandedst thy seruant Moses.

8 Hotsarovanao anie ilay teny nandidianao an’ i Mosesy mpanomponao hoe: Raha manao izay mahadiso ianareo, dia hampiely anareo any amin’ ny firenena maro Aho;

I beseeche thee, remember the worde that thou commandedst thy seruant Moses, saying, Ye wil transgresse, and I will scatter you abroade among the people.

9 nefa raha miverina amiko kosa ianareo ka mitandrina ny didiko sy mankatò azy, na dia hisy voaroaka hatrany am-paravodilanitra aza ianareo, dia avy any no hanangonako azy, ka ho entiko ho ao amin’ ny fitoerana izay nofidiko hampitoerako ny anarako izy.

But if ye turne vnto me, and keepe my commandements, and doe them, though your scattering were to the vttermost part of the heauen, yet will I gather you from thence, and will bring you vnto the place that I haue chosen to place my Name there.

10 Ary ireo dia mpanomponao sy olonao, izay navotanao tamin’ ny herinao lehibe sy ny tananao mahery.

Now these are thy seruants and thy people, whome thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy mightie hand.

11 Koa mitaraina aminao aho, ry Jehovah ô, mihainoa ny fivavaky ny mpanomponao sy ny fivavaky ny mpanomponao rehetra izay faly amin’ ny fahatahorana ny anaranao; ary hambinina anie ny mpanomponao anio, ary aoka hahazo famindram-po eo imason’ io lehilahy io aho. Fa mpitondra kapoaky ny mpanjaka aho.

O Lord, I beseech thee, let thine eare now hearken to the prayer of thy seruant, and to the prayer of thy seruants, who desire to feare thy Name, and I pray thee, cause thy seruant to prosper this day, and giue him fauour in the presence of this man: for I was the Kings butler.