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´À 2:1 In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes,
when wine was brought for him, I took the wine a nd gave it to the king.
I had not been sad in his presence before;
´À 2:2 so the king asked me, "Why does your face look so sad when you
are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart." I was very much
afraid,
´À 2:3 but I said to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should
my face not look sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in
ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"
´À 2:4 The king said to me, "What is it you want?" Then I prayed to
the God of heaven,
´À 2:5 and I answered the king, "If it pleases the king and if your
servant has found favor in his sight, let him send me to the city in Judah
where my fathers are buried so that I can rebuild it."
´À 2:6 Then the king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked me,
"How long will your journey take, and when will you get back?" It pleased
the king to send me; so I set a time.
´À 2:7 I also said to him, "If it pleases the king, may I have letters
to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, so tha t they will provide me safe-conduct
until I arrive in Judah?
´À 2:8 And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king's forest,
so he will give me timber to make beams for the g ates of the citadel by
the temple and for the city wall and for the residence I will occupy?"
And because the graci ous hand of my God was upon me, the king granted
my requests.
´À 2:9 So I went to the governors of Trans-Euphrates and gave them
the king's letters. The king had also sent army offi cers and cavalry with
me.
´À 2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official
heard about this, they were very much disturbed th at someone had come
to promote the welfare of the Israelites.
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´À 2:11 I went to Jerusalem, and after staying there three days
´À 2:12 I set out during the night with a few men. I had not told anyone
what my God had put in my heart to do for Jeru salem. There were no mounts
with me except the one I was riding on.
´À 2:13 By night I went out through the Valley Gate toward the Jackal
Well and the Dung Gate, examining the walls of Je rusalem, which had been
broken down, and its gates, which had been destroyed by fire.
´À 2:14 Then I moved on toward the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool,
but there was not enough room for my mount to get through;
´À 2:15 so I went up the valley by night, examining the wall. Finally,
I turned back and reentered through the Valley G ate.
´À 2:16 The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing,
because as yet I had said nothing to the Jews or the priests or nobles
or officials or any others who would be doing the work.
´À 2:17 Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem
lies in ruins, and its gates have been burn ed with fire. Come, let us
rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace."
´À 2:18 I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me
and what the king had said to me. They replied, "Let us start rebuilding."
So they began this good work.
´À 2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official
and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked a nd ridiculed us. "What
is this you are doing?" they asked. "Are you rebelling against the king?"
´À 2:20 I answered them by saying, "The God of heaven will give us
success. We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have
no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it." |