Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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;
Now
in the month of Nisan, in
the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes
, when
wine was
set
before him, I took
the wine and gave
it
to the king .
I had never
been sad in
his
presence,
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,
so
the king said
to me, “Why
is your
face sad, though
you
are
not ill
? This could
only
be
sadness of the
heart .”
I was
overwhelmed
with
fear
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? '
and replied
to the king, “May
the king live forever
! Why
should I
not be sad when the city where
my fathers are
buried
lies
in
ruins
, and its gates have been destroyed
by
fire? ”
And
the
king
saith
to
me,
`For
what art
thou
seeking
? '
and
I pray
unto
the God of the
heavens,
“
What is
your
request
? ”
replied
the
king.
So
I prayed
to
the God of heaven
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. '
and answered
the king, “
If it
pleases
the king, and if your
servant has
found
favor
in
your
sight
, I
ask
that you
send me to
Judah, to
the city where
my fathers are
buried
, so
that
I may
rebuild
it. ”
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.
Then
the king ,
with
the queen seated
beside
him, asked
me,
“
How long will
your
journey take,
and when will
you
return? ”
So
it pleased
the king to
send
me, and I set a time.
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 :
I also
said
to him
, “
If it
pleases
the king, may
letters be given to me for the governors west
of
the Euphrates
, so
that they will
grant
me safe
passage
until
I reach
Judah .
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.
And may
I
have
a letter to
Asaph, keeper of the king’s
forest
, so
that he will
give me timber
to
make
beams for the gates of the citadel
to
the temple
, for the city wall
, and for the house I will
occupy.”
And because
the gracious
hand of my God was
upon me ,
the
king
granted
my
requests
.
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;
Then
I went
to
the governors west
of
the Euphrates
and gave
them the king’s
letters .
The king had
also
sent
army
officers
and cavalry
with me .
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
.
But
when
Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official
heard
about
this
, they
were
deeply
disturbed
that someone
had
come to seek the well-being
of the
Israelites
.
And
I come
in unto
Jerusalem ,
and I
am
there three days,
After
I had
arrived
in Jerusalem and had
been
there three days,
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.
I set
out
at
night with
a few men .
I
did
not tell
anyone
what my God had
laid
on
my heart to do for Jerusalem .
The
only
animal
with me was
the one
on which I was
riding.
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.
So
I went
out at
night
through the Valley Gate
toward
the Well
of the Serpent
and the Dung
Gate, and I inspected
the walls of Jerusalem that had
been
broken down and the
gates that
had
been
destroyed
by
fire.
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,
Then
I went
on
to
the Fountain Gate
and the King’s
Pool, but
there was
no room
for the animal
under me to get
through;
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
.
so
I went
up the valley
by night and inspected
the wall .
Then
I
headed
back and reentered
through the Valley Gate
.
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';
The officials
did
not know
where
I had
gone or
what I was
doing, for
I had
not yet
told
the
Jews
or
priests
or
nobles
or
officials
or
any
other
workers.
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
. '
Then
I said
to
them, “You
see
the trouble
we are in .
Jerusalem lies
in
ruins
, and its gates have been burned
down.
Come ,
let
us
rebuild
the wall of Jerusalem, so
that
we will
no
longer
be
a disgrace
. ”
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.
I also
told
them about
the gracious
hand of my God upon me, and what
the king had
said to me .
“
Let us start
rebuilding
, ”
they
replied,
and they set
their hands to
this
good work
.
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
? '
But
when
Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official
, and Geshem the Arab
heard
about
this
, they mocked
us and ridiculed
us, saying
, “
What is this you
are doing? Are
you
rebelling
against the king? ”
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. '
So
I answered
them and said
, “
The God of heaven
is
the One
who
will
grant
us success.
We ,
His servants ,
will
start
rebuilding,
but
you have
no portion, right, or
claim
in Jerusalem. ”
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