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ARTACH SHASHTA SENDS NECHEM YAH TO YERU SHALEM
And so be it, in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artach Shashta the sovereign, wine is at his face: and I lift the wine and give it to the sovereign - and I had never been evil to his face. 2 And the sovereign says to me, Why is your face evil - seeing you are not sick? This is naught but an evil heart. And I abound mighty awed, 3 and say to the sovereign, The sovereign live eternally. Why not, my evil face, when the city, the house of the tombs of my father, is parched; and the portals thereof consume with fire? 4 And the sovereign says to me, For what seek you? And I prayed to Elohim of the heavens; 5 and I say to the sovereign, If it be good with the sovereign and if your servant well-pleases at your face, send me to Yah Hudah - to the city of the tombs of my fathers - to build it. 6 And the sovereign says to me, - and the mistress settles by him, How long is your walk? And when return you? - and it is good at the face of the sovereign to send me; and I give him an appointment. 7 And I say to the sovereign, If it is good with the sovereign, give me epistles to the governors beyond the river to pass me over until I come to Yah Hudah: 8 and an epistle to Asaph the guard of the paradise of the sovereign, to give me timber to fell beams for the portals of the palace - for the house and for the wall of the city and for the house I enter. - and the sovereign gives me, according to the good hand of my Elohim on me. 9 And I come to the governors beyond the river and give them the epistles of the sovereign: and the sovereign sends governors of the men of valour and cavalry with me. 10 And Sanballat the Horoniy and Tobi Yah the servant - the Ammoniy, hear of it, and in being evil, it is evil to them for a human to come to seek the good of the sons of Yisra El. 11
NECHEM YAH EXAMINES THE RUINED WALLS
And I come to Yeru Shalem and I am there three days: 12 and I rise in the night - I and some few men with me: and I tell no human what my Elohim gives in my heart to work at Yeru Shalem: and there is no animal with me except the animal I ride: 13 and I go by night by the portal of the valley at the face of the monster fountain and to the dunghill portal; and examine the walls of Yeru Shalem which are broken and the portals thereof consumed with fire: 14 and I pass on to the portal of the fountain and to the pool of the sovereign: and there is no place for the animal under me to pass: 15 and in the night, I ascend by the wadi and examine the wall and return; and enter by the portal of the valley and return: 16 and the prefects know not where I go or what I work; and I tell neither the Yah Hudiym, nor the priests, nor the nobles, nor the prefects, nor the rest who work the work. 17 And say I to them, You see the evil we are in, how Yeru Shalem is parched and the portals thereof burned with fire: come, and we build the wall of Yeru Shalem, that we are a reproach no more. 18 And I tell them of the hand of my Elohim who is good on me; and also the words the sovereign says to me. And they say, We rise and build! - and they strengthen their hands for this good. 19 And Sanballat the Horoniy and Tobi Yah the servant the Ammoniy and Geshem the Arabiy hear; and they deride us and despise us and say, What is this word you work? Rebel you against the sovereign? 20 And I return word and say to them, The Elohim of the heavens - he prospers us; and we his servants rise and build: but you have neither allotment, nor justness, nor memorial in Yeru Shalem.
ARTACH SHASHTA SENDS NECHEM YAH TO YERU SHALEM
And so be it, in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artach Shashta the sovereign, wine is at his face: and I lift the wine and give it to the sovereign - and I had never been evil to his face. 2 And the sovereign says to me, Why is your face evil - seeing you are not sick? This is naught but an evil heart. And I abound mighty awed, 3 and say to the sovereign, The sovereign live eternally. Why not, my evil face, when the city, the house of the tombs of my father, is parched; and the portals thereof consume with fire? 4 And the sovereign says to me, For what seek you? And I prayed to Elohim of the heavens; 5 and I say to the sovereign, If it be good with the sovereign and if your servant well-pleases at your face, send me to Yah Hudah - to the city of the tombs of my fathers - to build it. 6 And the sovereign says to me, - and the mistress settles by him, How long is your walk? And when return you? - and it is good at the face of the sovereign to send me; and I give him an appointment. 7 And I say to the sovereign, If it is good with the sovereign, give me epistles to the governors beyond the river to pass me over until I come to Yah Hudah: 8 and an epistle to Asaph the guard of the paradise of the sovereign, to give me timber to fell beams for the portals of the palace - for the house and for the wall of the city and for the house I enter. - and the sovereign gives me, according to the good hand of my Elohim on me. 9 And I come to the governors beyond the river and give them the epistles of the sovereign: and the sovereign sends governors of the men of valour and cavalry with me. 10 And Sanballat the Horoniy and Tobi Yah the servant - the Ammoniy, hear of it, and in being evil, it is evil to them for a human to come to seek the good of the sons of Yisra El. 11
NECHEM YAH EXAMINES THE RUINED WALLS
And I come to Yeru Shalem and I am there three days: 12 and I rise in the night - I and some few men with me: and I tell no human what my Elohim gives in my heart to work at Yeru Shalem: and there is no animal with me except the animal I ride: 13 and I go by night by the portal of the valley at the face of the monster fountain and to the dunghill portal; and examine the walls of Yeru Shalem which are broken and the portals thereof consumed with fire: 14 and I pass on to the portal of the fountain and to the pool of the sovereign: and there is no place for the animal under me to pass: 15 and in the night, I ascend by the wadi and examine the wall and return; and enter by the portal of the valley and return: 16 and the prefects know not where I go or what I work; and I tell neither the Yah Hudiym, nor the priests, nor the nobles, nor the prefects, nor the rest who work the work. 17 And say I to them, You see the evil we are in, how Yeru Shalem is parched and the portals thereof burned with fire: come, and we build the wall of Yeru Shalem, that we are a reproach no more. 18 And I tell them of the hand of my Elohim who is good on me; and also the words the sovereign says to me. And they say, We rise and build! - and they strengthen their hands for this good. 19 And Sanballat the Horoniy and Tobi Yah the servant the Ammoniy and Geshem the Arabiy hear; and they deride us and despise us and say, What is this word you work? Rebel you against the sovereign? 20 And I return word and say to them, The Elohim of the heavens - he prospers us; and we his servants rise and build: but you have neither allotment, nor justness, nor memorial in Yeru Shalem.