Nehemia 2
1 Katika mwezi wa Nisani, katika mwaka wa ishirini wa mfalme Artashasta, alichagua divai, na nikachukua divai na kumpa mfalme. Sasa sikuwahi kusikitikaa mbele yake.
And it was - in [the] month of Nisan year twenty of Artaxerxes the king wine [was] before him and I took the wine and I gave [it]! to the king and not I had been sad before him.
2 Lakini mfalme akaniambia, “Kwa nini uso wako una huzuni? Hauonekani kuwa mgonjwa. Hii lazima iwe huzuni ya moyo.” Kisha nikaogopa sana.
And he said to me the king why? - [is] face your sad and you not you [are] sick [is] nothing this that except sadness of heart and I was afraid greatly very.
3 Nikamwambia mfalme, “Mfalme aishi milele! Kwa nini uso wangu usiwe na huzuni? ikiwa mji, mahali pa makaburi ya baba yangu, uko katika magofu, na malango yake yameharibiwa kwa moto.”
And I said to the king the king for ever may he live why? not will they be sad face my that the city [the] house of [the] tombs of ancestors my [is] desolate and gates its they have been consumed by fire.
4 Ndipo mfalme akaniambia, “Unataka nini nifanye?” Kwa hiyo nikamwomba Mungu wa mbinguni.
And he said to me the king on what? this [are] you requesting and I prayed to [the] God of the heavens.
5 Nikamwambia mfalme, “Mfalme akiona vema, na ikiwa mtumishi wako amefanya vizuri machoni pako, unaweza kunituma Yuda, mji wa kaburi za baba zangu, ili nipate kuujenga tena.”
And I said to the king if [is] on the king good and if he is good servant your before you that you will send me to Judah to [the] city of [the] tombs of ancestors my and I will rebuild it.
6 Mfalme akanijibu (na malkia pia alikuwa amekaa karibu naye), “Utakaa kawa muda gani mpaka urudi?” Mfalme akaona vema kunipeleka nami nikampka muda.
And he said to me the king and the queen-consort - [was] sitting beside him until when? will it be journey your and when? will you return and it was good before the king and he sent me and I gave! to him a time.
7 Ndipo nikamwambia mfalme, “Ikiwa itampendeza mfalme, nipe barua kwa ajili ya wakuu ng'ambo ya Mto, ili wapate kuniruhusu nipite katika maeneo yao njiani kwenda Yuda.
And I said to the king if [is] on the king good letters let people give to me to [the] governors of beyond the River that they will allow to pass through me until that I will come to Judah.
8 Pia iwepo barua kwa Asafu, mlinzi wa msitu wa mfalme, ili anipe miti ya kufanya mihimili ya malango ya ngome karibu na hekalu, na kwa ukuta wa mji, na kwa nyumba ambayo Nitaishi.” Kwa hiyo kwa sababu mkono mzuri wa Mungu ulikuwa juu yangu, mfalme alinipa hitaji langu.
And a letter to Asaph [the] keeper of the forest which [belongs] to the king that he will give to me wood to make beams for [the] gates of the citadel which [belongs] to the house and for [the] wall of the city and for the house which I will go into it and he gave [them] to me the king according to [the] hand of God my good on me.
9 Nilifika kwa wakuu ng'ambo ya Mto, na kuwapa barua za mfalme. Basi mfalme alikuwa amepeleka maofisa wa jeshi na wapanda farasi pamoja nami.
And I went to [the] governors of beyond the River and I gave! to them [the] letters of the king and he had sent with me the king commanders of [the] army and horsemen.
10 Sanbalati Mhoroni na Tobbia mtumishi wa Amoni waliposikia jambo hili, walipendezwa sana kwa kuwa mtu alikuja ambaye alikuwa akijaribu kuwasaidia watu wa Israeli.
And he heard Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite and it was displeasing to them displeasure great that he had come someone to seek good for [the] people of Israel.
11 Basi, nikarudi Yerusalemu, na nilikuwa huko siku tatu.
And I came to Jerusalem and I was there days three.
12 Niliamka usiku, mimi na watu wachache pamoja nami. Sikumwambia mtu yeyote kile Mungu wangu alichoweka ndani ya moyo wangu kufanya Yerusalemu. Hakukuwa na mnyama pamoja nami, isipokuwa yule niliyekuwa nimempanda.
And I arose - night I and men - a few with me and not I had told to anyone what? [was] God my putting into heart my to do for Jerusalem and an animal there not [was] with me that except the animal which I [was] riding on it.
13 Niliondoka usiku kwa njia ya lango la bondeni, kuelekea kisima cha joka na kwenye mlango wa jaa, na kukagua kuta za Yerusalemu, ambazo zimebomolewa, na milango ya mbao iliharibiwa na moto.
And I went out! by [the] gate of the valley night and to [the] face [the] Well of [the] Dragons and to [the] gate of the dung and I was examining [the] walls of Jerusalem which (they - [were] broken down *QKB) and gates its they had been consumed by fire.
14 Kisha nikaenda kwenye lango na Chemchemi ya Mfalme. Nafasi ilikuwa nyembamba sana kwa mnyama niliyekuwa nimempanda kupita.
And I passed on to [the] gate of the spring and to [the] pool of the king and there not [was] room for the animal to pass through under me.
15 Kwa hiyo nilikwenda usiku huo kando ya bonde na kuchunguza ukuta, nikarudi nyuma na kuingia kwa lango la bondeni, na hivyo nikarudi.
And I was going up in the wadi night and I was examining the wall and I turned back and I went in [the] gate of the valley and I returned.
16 Watawala hawakujua nilipokwenda au kile nilichofanya, na sikuwaambia Wayahudi, wala makuhani, wala wakuu, wala watawala, wala wengine waliofanya kazi hiyo.
And the officials not they knew where? had I gone and what? [was] I doing and to the Jews and to the priests and to the nobles and to the officials and to [the] rest [who was] doing the work until thus not I had told.
17 Nikawaambia, “Unaona shida tuliyo nayo, jinsi Yerusalemu iko katika magofu na milango yake imeharibiwa kwa moto. Njoni, tujenge upya ukuta wa Yerusalemu, ili tusiwe na aibu tena.”
And I said to them you [are] seeing the trouble which we [are] in it that Jerusalem [is] desolate and gates its they have been burned with fire come so we may rebuild [the] wall of Jerusalem and not we will be again a reproach.
18 Niliwaambia kuwa mkono mzuri wa Mungu wangu ulikuwa juu yangu na pia kuhusu maneno ya mfalme ambayo aliniambia. Wakasema, “Hebu tuondoke na kujenga.” Kwa hiyo wakaimarisha mikono yao kwa ajili ya kazi nzuri.
And I told to them [about] [the] hand of God my that it [was] good on me and also [the] words of the king which he had spoken to me and they said let us arise and we will rebuild and they strengthened hands their for good.
19 Lakini Sanbalati Mhoroni, na Tobia mtumishi wake Mwamoni, na Geshemu, Mwarabu, waliposikia habari hiyo, wakatucheka na kututukana; wakasema, “Unafanya nini? Je, unamgombana na mfalme?”
And he heard Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah - the servant the Ammonite and Geshem the Arab and they mocked us and they despised us and they said what? [is] the thing this which you [are] doing ¿ on the king [are] you rebelling.
20 Ndipo nikawajibu, “Mungu wa mbinguni atatupa ufanisi. Sisi ni watumishi wake na tutaondoka na kujenga. Lakini huna sehemu, hakuna haki, na hakuna dai la kihistoria huko Yerusalemu.”
And I brought back them word and I said to them [the] God of the heavens he he will grant success to us and we servants his we will arise and we will rebuild and [belongs] to you not a share and a right and a memorial in Jerusalem.
