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Nehemiah - Chapter: 2


2:1	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.
2:2	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,
2:3	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?
2:4	Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
2:5	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.
2:6	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.
2:7	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;
2:8	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.
2:9	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.
2:10	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.
2:11	So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
2:12	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.
2:13	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.
2:14	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.
2:15	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.
2:16	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.
2:17	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.
2:18	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.
2:19	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?
2:20	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.


2:1	ויהי בחדשׁ ניסן שׁנת עשׂרים לארתחשׁסתא המלך יין לפניו ואשׂא את היין ואתנה למלך ולא הייתי רע לפניו׃
2:2	ויאמר לי המלך מדוע פניך רעים ואתה אינך חולה אין זה כי אם רע לב ואירא הרבה מאד׃
2:3	ואמר למלך המלך לעולם יחיה מדוע לא ירעו פני אשׁר העיר בית קברות אבתי חרבה ושׁעריה אכלו באשׁ׃
2:4	ויאמר לי המלך על מה זה אתה מבקשׁ ואתפלל אל אלהי השׁמים׃
2:5	ואמר למלך אם על המלך טוב ואם ייטב עבדך לפניך אשׁר תשׁלחני אל יהודה אל עיר קברות אבתי ואבננה׃
2:6	ויאמר לי המלך והשׁגל יושׁבת אצלו עד מתי יהיה מהלכך ומתי תשׁוב וייטב לפני המלך וישׁלחני ואתנה לו זמן׃
2:7	ואומר למלך אם על המלך טוב אגרות יתנו לי על פחוות עבר הנהר אשׁר יעבירוני עד אשׁר אבוא אל יהודה׃
2:8	ואגרת אל אסף שׁמר הפרדס אשׁר למלך אשׁר יתן לי עצים לקרות את שׁערי הבירה אשׁר לבית ולחומת העיר ולבית אשׁר אבוא אליו ויתן לי המלך כיד אלהי הטובה עלי׃
2:9	ואבוא אל פחוות עבר הנהר ואתנה להם את אגרות המלך וישׁלח עמי המלך שׂרי חיל ופרשׁים׃
2:10	וישׁמע סנבלט החרני וטוביה העבד העמני וירע להם רעה גדלה אשׁר בא אדם לבקשׁ טובה לבני ישׂראל׃
2:11	ואבוא אל ירושׁלם ואהי שׁם ימים שׁלשׁה׃
2:12	ואקום לילה אני ואנשׁים מעט עמי ולא הגדתי לאדם מה אלהי נתן אל לבי לעשׂות לירושׁלם ובהמה אין עמי כי אם הבהמה אשׁר אני רכב׃
2:13	ואצאה בשׁער הגיא לילה ואל פני עין התנין ואל שׁער האשׁפת ואהי שׂבר בחומת ירושׁלם אשׁר המפרוצים ושׁעריה אכלו באשׁ׃
2:14	ואעבר אל שׁער העין ואל ברכת המלך ואין מקום לבהמה לעבר תחתי׃
2:15	ואהי עלה בנחל לילה ואהי שׂבר בחומה ואשׁוב ואבוא בשׁער הגיא ואשׁוב׃
2:16	והסגנים לא ידעו אנה הלכתי ומה אני עשׂה וליהודים ולכהנים ולחרים ולסגנים וליתר עשׂה המלאכה עד כן לא הגדתי׃
2:17	ואומר אלהם אתם ראים הרעה אשׁר אנחנו בה אשׁר ירושׁלם חרבה ושׁעריה נצתו באשׁ לכו ונבנה את חומת ירושׁלם ולא נהיה עוד חרפה׃
2:18	ואגיד להם את יד אלהי אשׁר היא טובה עלי ואף דברי המלך אשׁר אמר לי ויאמרו נקום ובנינו ויחזקו ידיהם לטובה׃
2:19	וישׁמע סנבלט החרני וטביה העבד העמוני וגשׁם הערבי וילעגו לנו ויבזו עלינו ויאמרו מה הדבר הזה אשׁר אתם עשׂים העל המלך אתם מרדים׃
2:20	ואשׁיב אותם דבר ואומר להם אלהי השׁמים הוא יצליח לנו ואנחנו עבדיו נקום ובנינו ולכם אין חלק וצדקה וזכרון בירושׁלם׃


2:1	And it cometh to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine `is' before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him;
2:2	and the king saith to me, `Wherefore `is' thy face sad, and thou not sick? this is nothing except sadness of heart;' and I fear very much,
2:3	and say to the king, `Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, `is' a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?'
2:4	And the king saith to me, `For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,
2:5	and say to the king, `If to the king `it be' good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the graves of my fathers, and I built it.'
2:6	And the king saith to me (and the queen is sitting near him), `How long is thy journey? and when dost thou return?' and it is good before the king, and he sendeth me away, and I set to him a time.
2:7	And I say to the king, `If to the king `it be' good, letters let be given to me for the governors beyond the River, that they let me pass over till that I come in unto Judah:
2:8	and a letter unto Asaph, keeper of the paradise that the king hath, that he give to me trees for beams `for' the gates of the palace that the house hath, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I enter;' and the king giveth to me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
2:9	And I come in unto the governors beyond the River, and give to them the letters of the king; and the king sendeth with me heads of a force, and horsemen;
2:10	and Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them -- a great evil -- that a man hath come in to seek good for the sons of Israel.
2:11	And I come in unto Jerusalem, and I am there three days,
2:12	and I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God is giving unto my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there is no beast with me except the beast on which I am riding.
2:13	And I go out through the gate of the valley by night, and unto the front of the fountain of the dragon, and unto the gate of the dunghill, and I am measuring about the walls of Jerusalem, that are broken down, and its gates consumed with fire.
2:14	And I pass over unto the gate of the fountain, and unto the pool of the king, and there is no place for the beast under me to pass over,
2:15	and I am going up through the brook by night, and am measuring about the wall, and turn back, and come in through the gate of the valley, and turn back.
2:16	And the prefects have not known whither I have gone, and what I am doing; and to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the freemen, and to the prefects, and to the rest of those doing the work, hitherto I have not declared `it';
2:17	and I say unto them, `Ye are seeing the evil that we are in, in that Jerusalem `is' waste, and its gates have been burnt with fire; come and we build the wall of Jerusalem, and we are not any more a reproach.'
2:18	And I declare to them the hand of my God that is good upon me, and also the words of the king that he said to me, and they say, `Let us rise, and we have built;' and they strengthen their hands for good.
2:19	And Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, and they mock at us, and despise us, and say, `What `is' this thing that ye are doing? against the king are ye rebelling?'
2:20	And I return them word, and say to them, `The God of the heavens -- He doth give prosperity to us, and we His servants rise and have built; and to you there is no portion, and right, and memorial in Jerusalem.'

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