Neemia 2
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Neemia, trimis de Artaxerxes la Ierusalim
2 În luna Nisan[a], în al douăzecilea an al domniei împăratului Artaxerxes[b], pe când vinul fusese pus înaintea lui, am luat vin şi l-am servit pe împărat. Nu mai fusesem trist niciodată înaintea lui. 2 Împăratul mi-a zis:
– De ce ai faţa aşa tristă? Văd că nu eşti bolnav, deci nu poate fi decât o întristare a inimii!
Atunci mi s-a făcut foarte frică 3 şi i-am răspuns împăratului:
– Să trăiască împăratul pe vecie! Cum să nu am faţa tristă când cetatea unde se află mormintele strămoşilor mei este în ruine, iar porţile ei au fost mistuite de foc?
4 – Ce-mi ceri? m-a întrebat împăratul.
M-am rugat Dumnezeului cerurilor, 5 după care i-am zis împăratului:
– Dacă împăratul găseşte de cuviinţă şi dacă slujitorul tău are trecere înaintea ta, dă-mi drumul să merg în Iuda, la cetatea unde sunt mormintele strămoşilor mei, ca să o rezidesc.
6 – Cât va dura călătoria ta şi când te vei întoarce? m-a întrebat împăratul, având-o pe împărăteasă alături.
Am hotărât o dată, iar împăratul a fost binevoitor şi mi-a dat voie să plec. I-am mai zis împăratului:
7 – Dacă împăratul găseşte de cuviinţă, să mi se dea scrisori către guvernatorii provinciei de peste râu[c], ca să-mi dea voie să trec când voi ajunge în Iuda 8 şi o scrisoare către Asaf, păzitorul pădurii împăratului, ca să-mi dea lemne să fac grinzi pentru porţile citadelei din preajma Templului, pentru zidul cetăţii şi pentru casa în care voi locui.
Împăratul mi-a dat tot ce am cerut, fiindcă mâna cea bună a Dumnezeului meu era peste mine. 9 Am ajuns la guvernatorii provinciei de peste râu şi le-am dat scrisorile împăratului. Împăratul trimisese împreună cu mine nişte căpetenii de oştire şi nişte călăreţi. 10 Când Sanbalat, horonitul, şi Tobia, slujitorul amonit, au auzit aceasta, s-au tulburat foarte tare pentru faptul că cineva venise să caute binele israeliţilor.
Neemia inspectează zidurile Ierusalimului
11 Când am ajuns la Ierusalim, ne-am odihnit acolo timp de trei zile. 12 Apoi m-am trezit noaptea şi am luat cu mine câţiva oameni, fără să spun nimănui ce mi-a pus Dumnezeu pe inimă să fac la Ierusalim. Nu am luat cu mine nici un alt animal, în afară de cel pe care mergeam călare. 13 Am ieşit noaptea pe Poarta Văii şi m-am îndreptat înspre Izvorul Balaurului[d] şi înspre Poarta Gunoiului, uitându-mă cu atenţie la zidurile Ierusalimului, care fuseseră dărâmate, şi la porţile lui care fuseseră mistuite de foc. 14 Când am vrut să trec prin Poarta Izvorului înspre Iazul Regelui, nu a fost destul loc pentru animalul pe care călăream. 15 Am urcat apoi, trecând prin vale – era tot noapte – şi m-am uitat cu atenţie la zid, după care am reintrat prin Poarta Văii şi m-am întors. 16 Dregătorii nu ştiau nici unde am mers, nici ce am făcut. Până atunci nu le spusesem nimic nici iudeilor, nici preoţilor, nici nobililor, nici leviţilor, nici dregătorilor şi nici celorlalţi slujbaşi. 17 Atunci le-am zis:
– Vedeţi starea nenorocită în care ne aflăm! Ierusalimul este în ruine, iar porţile lui sunt mistuite de foc. Haideţi să reconstruim zidul Ierusalimului, ca să nu mai fim de ruşine!
18 Şi le-am povestit cât de bună a fost mâna Dumnezeului meu faţă de mine şi cuvintele pe care mi le-a spus împăratul.
– Haidem să zidim! au zis ei, încurajându-se pentru această lucrare bună.
19 Când horonitul Sanbalat, Tobia, slujitorul amonit, şi arabul Gheşem au aflat aceasta, ne-au batjocorit şi ne-au dispreţuit, zicând:
– Ce faceţi voi acolo? Vă răzvrătiţi împotriva împăratului?
20 Eu le-am răspuns astfel:
– Dumnezeul cerurilor ne va da izbândă! Noi, slujitorii Lui, vom începe să rezidim. Cât despre voi, nu aveţi nici moştenire, nici drepturi şi nici pomenire în Ierusalim.
Footnotes
- Neemia 2:1 Prima lună în calendarul babilonian, ce corespunde lunilor martie-aprilie
- Neemia 2:1 Artaxerxes I Longimanus (465/464-425 î.Cr.); martie-aprilie 445 î.Cr.
- Neemia 2:7 Teritoriul de la vest de Eufrat: Aram, Fenicia şi restul Canaanului; peste tot în carte
- Neemia 2:13 Sau: Şacalului; sau: Şarpelui; sau: Măslinilor
Nehemiah 2
New Century Version
Nehemiah Is Sent to Jerusalem
2 It was the month of Nisan in the twentieth year Artaxerxes was king. He wanted some wine, so I took some and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before. 2 So the king said, “Why does your face look sad even though you are not sick? Your heart must be sad.”
Then I was very afraid. 3 I said to the king, “May the king live forever! My face is sad because the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.”
4 Then the king said to me, “What do you want?”
First I prayed to the God of heaven. 5 Then I answered the king, “If you are willing and if I have pleased you, send me to the city in Judah where my ancestors are buried so I can rebuild it.”
6 The queen was sitting next to the king. He asked me, “How long will your trip take, and when will you get back?” It pleased the king to send me, so I set a time.
7 I also said to him, “If you are willing, give me letters for the governors of Trans-Euphrates. Tell them to let me pass safely through their lands on my way to Judah. 8 And may I have a letter for Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, telling him to give me timber? I will need it to make boards for the gates of the palace, which is by the Temple, and for the city wall, and for the house in which I will live.” So the king gave me the letters, because God was showing kindness to me. 9 Then I went to the governors of Trans-Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and soldiers on horses with me.
10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite officer heard about this, they were upset that someone had come to help the Israelites.
Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem
11 I went to Jerusalem and stayed there three days. 12 Then at night I started out with a few men. I had not told anyone what God had caused me to do for Jerusalem. There were no animals with me except the one I was riding.
13 I went out at night through the Valley Gate. I rode toward the Dragon Well and the Trash Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire. 14 Then I rode on toward the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was not enough room for the animal I was riding to pass through. 15 So I went up the valley at night, inspecting the wall. Finally, I turned and went back in through the Valley Gate. 16 The guards did not know where I had gone or what I was doing. I had not yet said anything to the Jewish people, the priests, the important men, the officers, or any of the others who would do the work.
17 Then I said to them, “You can see the trouble we have here. Jerusalem is a pile of ruins, and its gates have been burned. Come, let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so we won’t be full of shame any longer.” 18 I also told them how God had been kind to me and what the king had said to me.
Then they answered, “Let’s start rebuilding.” So they began to work hard.
19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite officer, and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they made fun of us and laughed at us. They said, “What are you doing? Are you turning against the king?”
20 But I answered them, “The God of heaven will give us success. We, his servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no share, claim, or memorial in Jerusalem.”
Nehemiah 2
English Standard Version
Nehemiah Sent to Judah
2 In the month of Nisan, (A)in the twentieth year of King (B)Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, (C)I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. 2 And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but (D)sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid. 3 I said to the king, (E)“Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, (F)when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?” 4 Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?” So I prayed (G)to the God of heaven. 5 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' graves, that I may rebuild it.” 6 And the king said to me ((H)the queen sitting beside him), “How long will you be gone, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me (I)when I had given him a time. 7 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me (J)to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah, 8 and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of (K)the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, (L)for the good hand of my God was upon me.
Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls
9 Then I came to (M)the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen. 10 But when (N)Sanballat the Horonite and (O)Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.
11 (P)So I went to Jerusalem and was there three days. 12 Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode. 13 I went out by night by (Q)the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to (R)the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem (S)that were broken down (T)and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. 14 Then I went on to (U)the Fountain Gate and to (V)the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass. 15 Then I went up in the night (W)by the valley and inspected the wall, and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. 16 And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, and I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest who were to do the work.
17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, (X)how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer (Y)suffer derision.” 18 And I told them (Z)of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, “Let us rise up and build.” (AA)So they strengthened their hands for the good work. 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and (AB)Geshem the Arab heard of it, (AC)they jeered at us and despised us and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? (AD)Are you rebelling against the king?” 20 Then I replied to them, (AE)“The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or claim[a] in Jerusalem.”
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 2:20 Or memorial
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