1At nangyari sa buwan ng Nisan, sa ikadalawang pung taon ni Artajerjes na hari, nang ang alak ay nasa harap niya, na aking kinuha ang alak at ibinigay ko sa hari. Hindi nga ako nalungkot nang una sa kaniyang harapan. 2At sinabi ng hari sa akin, Bakit ang iyong mukha ay malungkot, dangang wala kang sakit? ito'y dili iba kundi kalungkutan ng puso. Nang magkagayo'y natakot akong mainam. 3At sinabi ko sa hari, Mabuhay ang hari magpakailan man: bakit ang aking mukha ay hindi malulungkot, kung ang bayan, ang dako ng mga libingan sa aking mga magulang ay giniba, at ang mga pintuang-bayan niyaon ay nasupukan ng apoy? 4Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ng hari sa akin, Ano ang iyong hinihiling? Sa gayo'y dumalangin ako sa Dios ng langit. 5At nagsabi ako sa hari, Kung ikinalulugod ng hari, at kung ang iyong lingkod ay nakasumpong ng biyaya sa iyong paningin ay suguin mo ako sa Juda, sa bayan ng libingan sa aking mga magulang, upang aking maitayo. 6At ang hari ay nagsabi sa akin, (ang reina ay nakaupo naman sa siping niya,) Magiging gaano kalaon ang iyong paglalakbay? at kailan ka babalik? Sa gayo'y nalugod ang hari na suguin ako, at nagtakda ako sa kaniya ng panahon. 7Bukod dito'y sinabi ko sa hari, Kung ikinalulugod ng hari, bigyan ako ng mga sulat sa mga tagapamahala sa dako roon ng Ilog, upang ako'y kanilang paraanin hanggang sa ako'y dumating sa Juda; 8At isang sulat kay Asaph na tagapagingat ng gubat ng hari, upang bigyan niya ako ng mga kahoy na magawang mga tahilan sa mga pintuang-daan ng kastillo na nauukol sa bahay, at sa kuta ng bayan at sa bahay na aking papasukan. At pinagkalooban ako ng hari ayon sa mabuting kamay ng aking Dios na sumasa akin. 9Nang magkagayo'y pumaroon ako sa mga tagapamahala sa dako roon ng Ilog, at ibinigay ko sa kanila ang mga sulat ng hari. Sinugo nga ako ng hari na may kasamang mga punong kawal ng hukbo at mga mangangabayo. 10At nang mabalitaan ni Sanballat na Horonita, at ni Tobias na lingkod, na Ammonita, ay namanlaw na mainam, sapagka't may naparoong isang lalake upang hanapin ang ikagagaling ng mga anak ni Israel. 11Sa gayo'y naparoon ako sa Jerusalem, at dumoon akong tatlong araw. 12At ako'y bumangon sa kinagabihan, ako, at ilang lalake na kasama ko; ni hindi ko man isinaysay sa kanino man kung anong inilagak ng aking Dios sa aking puso na gawin sa ikagagaling ng Jerusalem: wala rin namang anomang hayop na kasama ako, liban sa hayop na aking sinasakyan. 13At ako'y lumabas ng kinagabihan sa pintuang-bayan ng libis, sa makatuwid baga'y sa dako ng balon ng dragon, at sa pintuang-bayan ng tapunan ng dumi, at minasdan ko ang mga kuta ng Jerusalem, na nangabagsak, at ang mga pintuang-bayan na sinupok ng apoy. 14Nang magkagayo'y nagpatuloy ako sa pintuang-bayan ng bukal at sa tangke ng hari: nguni't walang dakong mararaanan ang hayop sa ilalim ko. 15Nang magkagayo'y namaybay ako ng kinagabihan sa batis, at aking minasdan ang kuta; at ako'y bumalik, at pumasok sa pintuang-bayan ng libis, at sa gayo'y pumihit ako. 16At hindi naalaman ng mga pinuno kung saan ako naparoon, o kung ano ang ginawa ko; ni hindi ko rin isinaysay sa mga Judio, ni sa mga saserdote man, ni sa mga mahal na tao man, ni sa mga pinuno man, ni sa nalabi man na gumagawa ng gawain. 17Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ko sa kanila, Inyong nakikita ang masamang kalagayan na kinaroroonan natin, kung paanong ang Jerusalem ay guho at ang mga pintuang-bayan nito ay nasunog sa apoy: kayo'y parito, at ating itayo ang kuta ng Jerusalem, upang tayo'y huwag nang maging kadustaan. 18At isinaysay ko sa kanila ang kamay ng aking Dios na naging mabuti sa akin, at gayon din ang mga salita ng hari na sinalita niya sa akin. At kanilang sinabi, Magbangon tayo at magtayo. Sa gayo'y kanilang pinalakas ang kanilang mga kamay sa mabuting gawa. 19Nguni't nang mabalitaan ni Sanballat na Horonita, at ni Tobias na lingkod, na Ammonita, at ni Gesem na taga Arabia, ay kanilang tinawanang mainam kami, at hinamak kami, at sinabi, Ano itong bagay na inyong ginagawa? manghihimagsik ba kayo laban sa hari? 20Nang magkagayo'y sumagot ako sa kanila, at sinabi ko sa kanila, Ang Dios ng langit, siya ang magpapaginhawa sa amin: kaya't kaming kaniyang mga lingkod ay magbabangon at magtatayo: nguni't kayo'y walang bahagi, o matuwid man, o alaala man, sa Jerusalem.
1In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence. 2The 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. 3I 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?” 4Then the king said to me, “For what do you make request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven. 5I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.” 6The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), “For how long shall your journey be? And when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. 7Moreover 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; 8and 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 shall enter into.” The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me. 9Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen. 10When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. 11So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 12I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on. 13I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal’s well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire. 14Then 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. 15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned. 16The rulers didn’t know where I went, or what I did; neither had I 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. 17Then I said to them, “You see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won’t be disgraced.” 18I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of 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. 19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, 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?” 20Then answered I 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.”
1Toen geschiedde het in de maand Nisan, in het twintigste jaar van den koning Arthahsasta, als er wijn voor zijn aangezicht was, dat ik den wijn opnam, en gaf hem den koning; nu was ik nooit treurig geweest voor zijn aangezicht. 2Zo zeide de koning tot mij: Waarom is uw aangezicht treurig, zo gij toch niet krank zijt? Dit is niet dan treurigheid des harten. Toen vreesde ik gans zeer. 3En ik zeide tot de koning: De koning leve in eeuwigheid! Hoe zou mijn aangezicht niet treurig zijn, daar de stad, de plaats der begravenissen mijner vaderen, woest is, en haar poorten met vuur verteerd zijn? 4En de koning zeide tot mij: Wat verzoekt gij nu? Toen bad ik tot God van den hemel. 5En ik zeide tot den koning: Zo het den koning goeddunkt, en zo uw knecht voor uw aangezicht aangenaam is, dat gij mij zendt naar Juda, naar de stad der begravenissen mijner vaderen, dat ik ze bouwe. 6Toen zeide de koning tot mij, daar de koningin nevens hem zat: Hoe lang zal uw reis wezen, en wanneer zult gij wederkomen? En het behaagde den koning, dat hij mij zond, als ik hem zekeren tijd gesteld had. 7Voorts zeide ik tot den koning: Zo het den koning goeddunkt, dat men mij brieven geve aan de landvoogden aan gene zijde der rivier, dat zij mij overgeleiden, totdat ik in Juda zal gekomen zijn; 8Ook een brief aan Asaf, den bewaarder van den lusthof, denwelken de koning heeft, dat hij mij hout geve om te zolderen de poorten van het paleis, dat aan het huis is, en tot de stadsmuur, en tot het huis, waar ik intrekken zal. En de koning gaf ze mij, naar de goede hand mijns Gods over mij. 9Toen kwam ik tot de landvoogden aan gene zijde der rivier, en gaf hun de brieven des konings. En de koning had oversten des heirs en ruiteren met mij gezonden. 10Toen nu Sanballat, de Horoniet, en Tobia, de Ammonietische knecht dat hoorden, mishaagde het hun met groot mishagen, dat er een mens gekomen was, om wat goeds te zoeken voor de kinderen Israels. 11En ik kwam te Jeruzalem, en was daar drie dagen. 12Daarna maakte ik mij des nachts op, ik en weinig mannen met mij, en ik gaf geen mens te kennen, wat mijn God in mijn hart gegeven had, om aan Jeruzalem te doen; en er was geen dier met mij, dan het dier, waarop ik reed. 13En ik trok uit bij nacht door de Dalpoort, en voorbij de Drakenfontein, en naar de Mistpoort, en ik brak aan de muren van Jeruzalem, dewelke verscheurd waren, en haar poorten met vuur verteerd. 14En ik ging voort naar de Fonteinpoort, en naar des konings vijver; doch daar was geen plaats voor het dier, om onder mij voort te gaan. 15Toen ging ik op, des nachts, door de beek, en ik brak aan den muur; en ik keerde weder, en kwam in de Dalpoort; alzo keerde ik wederom. 16En de overheden wisten niet, waar ik heengegaan was, en wat ik deed; want ik had tot nog toe den Joden, en den priesteren, en den edelen, en overheden, en den anderen, die het werk deden, niets te kennen gegeven. 17Toen zeide ik tot hen: Gijlieden ziet de ellende, waarin wij zijn, dat Jeruzalem woest is, en haar poorten met vuur verbrand zijn; komt, en laat ons Jeruzalems muur opbouwen; opdat wij niet meer een versmaadheid zijn. 18En ik gaf hun te kennen de hand mijns Gods, Die goed over mij geweest was, als ook de woorden des konings, die hij tot mij gesproken had. Toen zeiden zij: Laat ons op zijn, dat wij bouwen; en zij sterkten hun handen ten goede. 19Als nu Sanballat, de Horoniet, en Tobia, de Ammonietische knecht, en Gesem, de Arabier, dit hoorden, zo bespotten zij ons, en verachtten ons; en zij zeiden: Wat is dit voor een ding, dat gijlieden doet? Wilt gijlieden tegen den koning rebelleren? 20Toen gaf ik hun tot antwoord, en zeide tot hen: God van den hemel, Die zal het ons doen gelukken, en wij, Zijn knechten, zullen ons opmaken en bouwen; maar gijlieden hebt geen deel, noch gerechtigheid, noch gedachtenis in Jeruzalem.
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