And it came to pass in the month
Nisan,
in the twentieth
year
of Artaxerxes
the king,
that wine
was before
him: and I took up
the wine,
and gave
it unto the king.
Now I had not been beforetime sad
in his presence.
Nisan
Νισαν
nisan
twentieth
εἰκοστοῦ
eikostou
Arthasastha
Αρθασασθα
arthasastha
Wherefore the king
said
unto me, Why is thy countenance
sad,
seeing thou art not sick?
this is nothing else but sorrow
of heart.
Then I was very
sore
afraid,
say
moderate
μετριάζων
metriazōn
And said
unto the king,
Let the king
live
for ever:
why should not my countenance
be sad,
when the city,
the place
of my fathers'
sepulchres,
lieth waste,
and the gates
thereof are consumed
with fire?
say
eat up
κατεβρώθησαν
katebrōthēsan
Then the king
said
unto me, For what dost thou make request?
So I prayed
to the God
of heaven.
And I said
unto the king,
If it please
the king,
and if thy servant
have found favour
in thy sight,
that thou wouldest send
me unto Judah,
unto the city
of my fathers'
sepulchres,
that I may build
it.
say
cheer
ἀγαθυνθήσεται
agathynthēsetai
And the king
said
unto me, (the queen
also sitting
by him,
) For how long shall thy journey
be? and when wilt thou return?
So it pleased
the king
to send
me; and I set
him a time.
say
mistress
παλλακὴ
pallakē
cheer
ἠγαθύνθη
ēgathynthē
boundary
ὅρον
horon
Moreover I said
unto the king,
If it please
the king,
let letters
be given
me to the governors
beyond
the river,
that they may convey me over
till I come
into Judah;
say
commander
ἐπάρχους
eparchous
And a letter
unto Asaph
the keeper
of the king's
forest,
that he may give
me timber
to make beams
for the gates
of the palace
which appertained to the house,
and for the wall
of the city,
and for the house
that I shall enter into.
And the king
granted
me, according to the good
hand
of my God
upon me.
Asaph
Ασαφ
asaph
cover
στεγάσαι
stegasai
Then I came
to the governors
beyond
the river,
and gave
them the king's
letters.
Now the king
had sent
captains
of the army
and horsemen
with me.
commander
ἐπάρχους
eparchous
When Sanballat
the Horonite,
and Tobiah
the servant,
the Ammonite,
heard
of it, it grieved
them exceedingly
that there was come
a man
to seek
the welfare
of the children
of Israel.
Sanaballat
Σαναβαλλατ
sanaballat
Arōni
Αρωνι
arōni
Tōbia
Τωβια
tōbia
Ammōni
Αμμωνι
ammōni
So I came
to Jerusalem,
and was there three
days.
And I arose
in the night,
I and some
few
men
with me; neither told
I any man
what my God
had put
in my heart
to do
at Jerusalem:
neither was there any beast
with me, save the beast
that I rode upon.
And I went out
by night
by the gate
of the valley,
even before
the dragon
well,
and to the dung
port,
and viewed
the walls
of Jerusalem,
which were broken down,
and the gates
thereof were consumed
with fire.
Golela
γωληλα
gōlēla
eat up
κατεβρώθησαν
katebrōthēsan
Then I went on
to the gate
of the fountain,
and to the king's
pool:
but there was no place
for the beast
that was under me to pass.
Then went I up
in the night
by the brook,
and viewed
the wall,
and turned back,
and entered
by the gate
of the valley,
and so returned.
And the rulers
knew
not whither 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
that did
the work.
Then said
I unto them, Ye see
the distress
that we are in, how Jerusalem
lieth waste,
and the gates
thereof are burned
with fire:
come,
and let us build up
the wall
of Jerusalem,
that we be no more a reproach.
say
build across
διοικοδομήσωμεν
dioikodomēsōmen
Then I told
them of the hand
of my God
which was good
upon me; as also the king's
words
that he had spoken
unto me. And they said,
Let us rise up
and build.
So they strengthened
their hands
for this good
work.
say
say
But when Sanballat
the Horonite,
and Tobiah
the servant,
the Ammonite,
and Geshem
the Arabian,
heard
it, they laughed us to scorn,
and despised
us, and said,
What is this thing
that ye do?
will ye rebel
against the king?
Sanaballat
Σαναβαλλατ
sanaballat
Arōni
Αρωνι
arōni
Tōbia
Τωβια
tōbia
Ammōni
Αμμωνι
ammōni
Gēsam
Γησαμ
gēsam
Arabi
Αραβι
arabi
laugh out
ἐξεγέλασαν
exegelasan
say
stand aloof from
ἀποστατεῖτε
apostateite
Then answered
I them, and said
unto them, The God
of heaven,
he will prosper
us; therefore we his servants
will arise
and build:
but ye have no portion,
nor right,
nor memorial,
in Jerusalem.
say
