Nehemiah 2

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1 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.	1 Factum est autem in mense Nisan, anno vicesimo Artaxerxis regis, dumbiberet, levavi vinum et dedi regi; non enim eram ingratus coram eo.
2 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:	2 Dixitquemihi rex: “ Quare vultus tuus tristis est, cum te aegrotum non videam? Nihilest aliud nisi tristitia cordis ”. Et timui valde
3 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?	3 et dixi regi: “ Rex, inaeternum vive! Quare non maereat vultus meus, quia civitas sepulcrorum patrummeorum deserta est, et portae eius combustae sunt igne? ”.
4 Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And I prayed to the God of heaven,	4 Et ait mihi rex:“ Pro qua re postulas? ”. Et oravi Deum caeli
5 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.	5 et dixi ad regem: “ Sividetur regi bonum, et si placet servus tuus ante faciem tuam, ut mittas me inIudaeam ad civitatem sepulcrorum patrum meorum, et aedificabo eam ”.
6 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.	6 Dixitque mihi rex, et regina sedebat iuxta eum: “ Usque ad quod tempus erititer tuum, et quando reverteris? ”. Et placuit regi mittere me; et constituiei tempus.
7 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:	7 Et dixi regi: “ Si regi videtur bonum, epistulae dentur mihi adduces regionis trans flumen, ut me transire permittant, donec veniam in Iudaeam;
8 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.	8 et epistulam ad Asaph custodem saltus regis, ut det mihi ligna, ut contignarepossim portas turris domus et muri civitatis et domus, in qua habitabo ”. Etdedit mihi rex, quia manus Dei mei bona super me.
9 And I came to the governors of the country beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. And the king had sent wish me captains of soldiers, and horsemen.	9 Et veni ad duces regionis trans flumen dedique eis epistulas regis. Miseratautem rex mecum principes militum et equites.
10 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.	10 Et audierunt SanaballatHoronites et Thobias servus Ammanites et contristati sunt afflictione magna,quod venisset homo, qui quaereret prosperitatem filiorum Israel.
11 And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.	11 Et veni Ierusalem et eram ibi tribus diebus.
12 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.	12 Et surrexi nocte ego, et viripauci mecum, et non indicavi cuiquam quid Deus meus dedisset in corde meo, utfacerem in Ierusalem; et iumentum non erat mecum, nisi animal cui sedebam.
13 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.	13 Etegressus sum per portam Vallis nocte et ad fontem Draconis et portamSterquilinii et considerabam murum Ierusalem dissipatum et portas eiusconsumptas igne.
14 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.	14 Et transivi ad portam Fontis et ad piscinam Regis, et nonerat locus iumento cui sedebam, ut transiret.
15 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.	15 Et ascendi per torrentem nocteet considerabam murum; et iterum veni ad portam Vallis et reversus sum.
16 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.	16 Magistratus autem nesciebant quo abissem aut quid ego facerem, sed et Iudaeiset sacerdotibus et optimatibus et magistratibus et reliquis, qui faciebant opus,usque ad id loci nihil indicaveram.
17 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.	17 Et dixi eis: “ Vos nostis afflictionem,in qua sumus, quia Ierusalem deserta est, et portae eius consumptae sunt igne;venite et aedificemus murum Ierusalem et non simus ultra opprobrium ”.
18 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.	18 Etindicavi eis quod manus Dei mei bona esset super me et verba regis, quae locutusesset mihi, et dixerunt: “ Surgamus et aedificemus! ”. Et confortatae suntmanus eorum in bonum.
19 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?	19 Audierunt autem Sanaballat Horonites et Thobias servusAmmanites et Gosem Arabs et subsannaverunt nos et despexerunt dixeruntque: “Quae est haec res, quam facitis? Numquid contra regem vos rebellatis? ”.
20 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.	20 Etdedi eis responsum dicens: “ Deus caeli ipse nos facit prosperari, et nosservi eius sumus; surgamus et aedificemus. Vobis autem non est pars et ius etmemoria in Ierusalem ”.