Biblija (Šventasis Raštas)

1

And it came to pass in the month [2320] Nisan, [5212] in the twentieth [6242] year [8141] of Artaxerxes [0783] the king, [4428] [that] wine [3196] [was] before [6440] him: and I took up [5375] the wine, [3196] and gave [5414] [it] unto the king. [4428] Now I had not been [beforetime] sad [7451] in his presence. [6440]

2

Wherefore the king [4428] said [0559] unto me, Why [is] thy countenance [6440] sad, [7451] seeing thou [art] not sick? [2470] this [is] nothing [else] but sorrow [7455] of heart. [3820] Then I was very [3966] sore [7235] afraid, [3372]

3

And said [0559] unto the king, [4428] Let the king [4428] live [2421] for ever: [5769] why should not my countenance [6440] be sad, [3415] when the city, [5892] the place [1004] of my fathers' [0001] sepulchres, [6913] [lieth] waste, [2720] and the gates [8179] thereof are consumed [0398] with fire? [0784]

4

Then the king [4428] said [0559] unto me, For what dost thou make request? [1245] So I prayed [6419] to the God [0430] of heaven. [8064]

5

And I said [0559] unto the king, [4428] If it please [2895] the king, [4428] and if thy servant [5650] have found favour [3190] in thy sight, [6440] that thou wouldest send [7971] me unto Judah, [3063] unto the city [5892] of my fathers' [0001] sepulchres, [6913] that I may build [1129] it.

6

And the king [4428] said [0559] unto me, (the queen [7694] also sitting [3427] by him,) [0681] For how long shall thy journey [4109] be? and when wilt thou return? [7725] So it pleased [3190] [6440] the king [4428] to send [7971] me; and I set [5414] him a time. [2165]

7

Moreover I said [0559] unto the king, [4428] If it please [2895] the king, [4428] let letters [0107] be given [5414] me to the governors [6346] beyond [5676] the river, [5104] that they may convey me over [5674] till I come [0935] into Judah; [3063]

8

And a letter [0107] unto Asaph [0623] the keeper [8104] of the king's [4428] forest, [6508] that he may give [5414] me timber [6086] to make beams [7136] for the gates [8179] of the palace [1002] which [appertained] to the house, [1004] and for the wall [2346] of the city, [5892] and for the house [1004] that I shall enter [0935] into. And the king [4428] granted [5414] me, according to the good [2896] hand [3027] of my God [0430] upon me.

9

Then I came [0935] to the governors [6346] beyond [5676] the river, [5104] and gave [5414] them the king's [4428] letters. [0107] Now the king [4428] had sent [7971] captains [8269] of the army [2428] and horsemen [6571] with me.

10

When Sanballat [5571] the Horonite, [2772] and Tobiah [2900] the servant, [5650] the Ammonite, [5984] heard [8085] [of it], it grieved [3415] them exceedingly [7451] [1419] that there was come [0935] a man [0120] to seek [1245] the welfare [2896] of the children [1121] of Israel. [3478]

11

So I came [0935] to Jerusalem, [3389] and was there three [7969] days. [3117]

12

And I arose [6965] in the night, [3915] I and some few [4592] men [0582] with me; neither told [5046] I [any] man [0120] what my God [0430] had put [5414] in my heart [3820] to do [6213] at Jerusalem: [3389] neither [was there any] beast [0929] with me, save the beast [0929] that I rode [7392] upon.

13

And I went out [3318] by night [3915] by the gate [8179] of the valley, [1516] even before [6440] the dragon well, [8577] [5869][5886] and to the dung [0830] port, [8179] and viewed [7663] the walls [2346] of Jerusalem, [3389] which were broken down, [6555] and the gates [8179] thereof were consumed [0398] with fire. [0784]

14

Then I went on [5674] to the gate [8179] of the fountain, [5869] and to the king's [4428] pool: [1295] but [there was] no place [4725] for the beast [0929] [that was] under me to pass. [5674]

15

Then went I up [5927] in the night [3915] by the brook, [5158] and viewed [7663] the wall, [2346] and turned back, [7725] and entered [0935] by the gate [8179] of the valley, [1516] and [so] returned. [7725]

16

And the rulers [5461] knew [3045] not whither I went, [1980] or what I did; [6213] neither had I as yet [3651] told [5046] [it] to the Jews, [3064] nor to the priests, [3548] nor to the nobles, [2715] nor to the rulers, [5461] nor to the rest [3499] that did [6213] the work. [4399]

17

Then said [0559] I unto them, Ye see [7200] the distress [7451] that we [are] in, how Jerusalem [3389] [lieth] waste, [2720] and the gates [8179] thereof are burned [3341] with fire: [0784] come, [3212] and let us build up [1129] the wall [2346] of Jerusalem, [3389] that we be no more a reproach. [2781]

18

Then I told [5046] them of the hand [3027] of my God [0430] which was good [2896] upon me; as also the king's [4428] words [1697] that he had spoken [0559] unto me. And they said, [0559] Let us rise up [6965] and build. [1129] So they strengthened [2388] their hands [3027] for [this] good [2896] [work].

19

But when Sanballat [5571] the Horonite, [2772] and Tobiah [2900] the servant, [5650] the Ammonite, [5984] and Geshem [1654] the Arabian, [6163] heard [8085] [it], they laughed us to scorn, [3932] and despised [0959] us, and said, [0559] What [is] this thing [1697] that ye do? [6213] will ye rebel [4775] against the king? [4428]

20

Then answered [7725] [1697] I them, and said [0559] unto them, The God [0430] of heaven, [8064] he will prosper [6743] us; therefore we his servants [5650] will arise [6965] and build: [1129] but ye have no portion, [2506] nor right, [6655] nor memorial, [2146] in Jerusalem. [3389]