Mosaico decorativo

1. Factum est autem in mense Nisan, anno vicesimo Artaxerxis regis, dum biberet, levavi vinum et dedi regi; non enim eram ingratus coram eo.

1. In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Ar-ta-xerx'es, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.

2. Dixitque mihi rex: “Quare vultus tuus tristis est, cum te aegrotum non videam? Nihil est aliud nisi tristitia cordis”. Et timui valde

2. And the king said to me, "Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing else but sadness of the heart." Then I was very much afraid.

3. et dixi regi: “Rex, in aeternum vive! Quare non maereat vultus meus, quia civitas sepulcrorum patrum meorum deserta est, et portae eius combustae sunt igne?”.

3. I said to the king, "Let the king live for ever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"

4. Et ait mihi rex: “Pro qua re postulas?”. Et oravi Deum caeli

4. Then the king said to me, "For what do you make request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.

5. et dixi ad regem: “Si videtur regi bonum, et si placet servus tuus ante faciem tuam, ut mittas me in Iudaeam ad civitatem sepulcrorum patrum meorum, et aedificabo eam”.

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' sepulchres, that I may rebuild it."

6. Dixitque mihi rex, et regina sedebat iuxta eum: “Usque ad quod tempus erit iter tuum, et quando reverteris?”. Et placuit regi mittere me; et constitui ei tempus.

6. And the king said to me (the queen sitting beside him), "How long will you be gone, and when will you return?" So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

7. Et dixi regi: “Si regi videtur bonum, epistulae dentur mihi ad duces regionis trans flumen, ut me transire permittant, donec veniam in Iudaeam;

7. And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;

8. et epistulam ad Asaph custodem saltus regis, ut det mihi ligna, ut contignare possim portas turris domus et muri civitatis et domus, in qua habitabo”. Et dedit mihi rex, quia manus Dei mei bona super me.

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 the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house which I shall occupy." And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.

9. Et veni ad duces regionis trans flumen dedique eis epistulas regis. Miserat autem rex mecum principes militum et equites.

9. Then I came to 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. Et audierunt Sanaballat Horonites et Thobias servus Ammanites et contristati sunt afflictione magna, quod venisset homo, qui quaereret prosperitatem filiorum Israel.

10. But when Sanbal'lat the Hor'onite and Tobi'ah the servant, the Ammonite, heard this, it displeased them greatly that some one had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

11. Et veni Ierusalem et eram ibi tribus diebus.

11. So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

12. Et surrexi nocte ego, et viri pauci mecum, et non indicavi cuiquam quid Deus meus dedisset in corde meo, ut facerem in Ierusalem; et iumentum non erat mecum, nisi animal cui sedebam.

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 beast with me but the beast on which I rode.

13. Et egressus sum per portam Vallis nocte et ad fontem Draconis et portam Sterquilinii et considerabam murum Ierusalem dissipatum et portas eius consumptas igne.

13. I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Jackal's Well and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which had been destroyed by fire.

14. Et transivi ad portam Fontis et ad piscinam Regis, et non erat locus iumento cui sedebam, ut transiret.

14. Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool; but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

15. Et ascendi per torrentem nocte et considerabam murum; et iterum veni ad portam Vallis et reversus sum.

15. Then I went up in the night by the valley and inspected the wall; and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.

16. Magistratus autem nesciebant quo abissem aut quid ego facerem, sed et Iudaeis et sacerdotibus et optimatibus et magistratibus et reliquis, qui faciebant opus, usque ad id loci nihil indicaveram.

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 that were to do the work.

17. Et dixi eis: “Vos nostis afflictionem, in qua sumus, quia Ierusalem deserta est, et portae eius consumptae sunt igne; venite et aedificemus murum Ierusalem et non simus ultra opprobrium”.

17. Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer disgrace."

18. Et indicavi eis quod manus Dei mei bona esset super me et verba regis, quae locutus esset mihi, et dixerunt: “Surgamus et aedificemus!”. Et confortatae sunt manus eorum in bonum.

18. And I told them of the hand of my God which had been upon me for good, and also of the words which the king had spoken to me. And they said, "Let us rise up and build." So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

19. Audierunt autem Sanaballat Horonites et Thobias servus Ammanites et Gosem Arabs et subsannaverunt nos et despexerunt dixeruntque: “Quae est haec res, quam facitis? Numquid contra regem vos rebellatis?”.

19. But when Sanbal'lat the Hor'onite and Tobi'ah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they derided us and despised us and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"

20. Et dedi eis responsum dicens: “Deus caeli ipse nos facit prosperari, et nos servi eius sumus; surgamus et aedificemus. Vobis autem non est pars et ius et memoria in Ierusalem”.

20. Then I replied to them, "The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build; but you have no portion or right or memorial in Jerusalem."



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