¹Factum est autem in mense Nisan,Now it happened that, in the month of Nisan,anno vigesimo Artaxerxis regis:in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes,et vinum erat ante eum, et levavi vinum,wine was before him; and I lifted up the wine,et dedi regi: et eram quasi languidus ante faciem ejus.and I gave it to the king. And I was like someone languishing before his face.

¹Factum est autem in mense Nisan,Now it happened that, in the month of Nisan,anno vigesimo Artaxerxis regis:in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes,et vinum erat ante eum, et levavi vinum,wine was before him; and I lifted up the wine,et dedi regi: et eram quasi languidus ante faciem ejus.and I gave it to the king. And I was like someone languishing before his face.

²Dixitque mihi rex:And the king said to me:Quare vultus tuus tristis est,“Why is your expression sad,cum te ægrotum non videam?though you do not appear to be sick?non est hoc frustra,This is not without cause,sed malum nescio quod in corde tuo est.but some evil, I know not what, is in your heart.”Et timui valde, ac nimis:And I was struck with an exceedingly great fear.

²Dixitque mihi rex:And the king said to me:Quare vultus tuus tristis est,“Why is your expression sad,cum te ægrotum non videam?though you do not appear to be sick?non est hoc frustra,This is not without cause,sed malum nescio quod in corde tuo est.but some evil, I know not what, is in your heart.”Et timui valde, ac nimis:And I was struck with an exceedingly great fear.

³et dixi regi:And I said to the king:Rex,“O king,in æternum vive:live forever.quare non mœreat vultus meus,Why should my expression not be mournful,quia civitas domus sepulchrorum patris mei deserta est,since the city of the house of the sepulchers of my father is desolate,et portæ ejus combustæ sunt igni?and its gates have been burned with fire?”

³et dixi regi:And I said to the king:Rex,“O king,in æternum vive:live forever.quare non mœreat vultus meus,Why should my expression not be mournful,quia civitas domus sepulchrorum patris mei deserta est,since the city of the house of the sepulchers of my father is desolate,et portæ ejus combustæ sunt igni?and its gates have been burned with fire?”

⁴Et ait mihi rex:And the king said to me:Pro qua re postulas?“What would you request?”Et oravi Deum cæli,And I prayed to the God of heaven.

⁴Et ait mihi rex:And the king said to me:Pro qua re postulas?“What would you request?”Et oravi Deum cæli,And I prayed to the God of heaven.

⁵et dixi ad regem:And I said to the king:Si videtur regi bonum,“If it seems good to the king,et si placet servus tuus ante faciem tuam,and if your servant is pleasing before your face:ut mittas me in Judæam ad civitatem sepulchri patris mei,that you would send me into Judea, to the city of the sepulcher of my father.et ædificabo eam.And I will rebuild it.”

⁵et dixi ad regem:And I said to the king:Si videtur regi bonum,“If it seems good to the king,et si placet servus tuus ante faciem tuam,and if your servant is pleasing before your face:ut mittas me in Judæam ad civitatem sepulchri patris mei,that you would send me into Judea, to the city of the sepulcher of my father.et ædificabo eam.And I will rebuild it.”

⁶Dixitque mihi rex,And the king said to me,et regina quæ sedebat juxta eum:with the queen who was sitting beside him:Usque ad quod tempus erit iter tuum,“Until what time will your journey be,et quando reverteris?and when will you return?”Et placuit ante vultum regis,And it was pleasing before the countenance of the king,et misit me:and so he sent me.et constitui ei tempus.And I established a time for him.

⁶Dixitque mihi rex,And the king said to me,et regina quæ sedebat juxta eum:with the queen who was sitting beside him:Usque ad quod tempus erit iter tuum,“Until what time will your journey be,et quando reverteris?and when will you return?”Et placuit ante vultum regis,And it was pleasing before the countenance of the king,et misit me:and so he sent me.et constitui ei tempus.And I established a time for him.

⁷Et dixi regi:And I said to the king:Si regi videtur bonum,“If it seems good to the king,epistolas det mihi ad duces regionis trans flumen,may he give me letters to the governors of the region beyond the river,ut traducant me,so that they may lead me through,donec veniam in Judæam:until I arrive in Judea,

⁷Et dixi regi:And I said to the king:Si regi videtur bonum,“If it seems good to the king,epistolas det mihi ad duces regionis trans flumen,may he give me letters to the governors of the region beyond the river,ut traducant me,so that they may lead me through,donec veniam in Judæam:until I arrive in Judea,

⁸et epistolam ad Asaph custodem saltus regis,and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest,ut det mihi ligna,so that he may give me timber,ut tegere possim portas turris domus,in order that I may be able to cover the gates of the tower of the house,et muros civitatis,and the walls of the city,et domum quam ingressus fuero.and the house that I will enter.”Et dedit mihi rex juxta manum Dei mei bonam mecum.And the king granted to me in accord with the good hand of my God, who is with me.

⁸et epistolam ad Asaph custodem saltus regis,and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest,ut det mihi ligna,so that he may give me timber,ut tegere possim portas turris domus,in order that I may be able to cover the gates of the tower of the house,et muros civitatis,and the walls of the city,et domum quam ingressus fuero.and the house that I will enter.”Et dedit mihi rex juxta manum Dei mei bonam mecum.And the king granted to me in accord with the good hand of my God, who is with me.

⁹Et veni ad duces regionis trans flumen,And I went to the governors of the region beyond the river,dedique eis epistolas regis.and I gave them the letters of the king.Miserat autem rex mecum principes militum,Now the king had sent with me military leaderset equites.and horsemen.

⁹Et veni ad duces regionis trans flumen,And I went to the governors of the region beyond the river,dedique eis epistolas regis.and I gave them the letters of the king.Miserat autem rex mecum principes militum,Now the king had sent with me military leaderset equites.and horsemen.

¹⁰Et audierunt Sanaballat Horonites,And Sanballat, a Horonite, and the servant Tobiah,et Tobias servus Ammanites:an Ammonite, heard this.et contristati sunt afflictione magna,And they were saddened, with a great affliction,quod venisset homo qui quæreret prosperitatem filiorum Israël.that a man had arrived who was seeking the prosperity of the sons of Israel.

¹⁰Et audierunt Sanaballat Horonites,And Sanballat, a Horonite, and the servant Tobiah,et Tobias servus Ammanites:an Ammonite, heard this.et contristati sunt afflictione magna,And they were saddened, with a great affliction,quod venisset homo qui quæreret prosperitatem filiorum Israël.that a man had arrived who was seeking the prosperity of the sons of Israel.

¹¹Et veni Jerusalem,And I arrived at Jerusalem,et eram ibi tribus diebus.and I was there for three days.

¹¹Et veni Jerusalem,And I arrived at Jerusalem,et eram ibi tribus diebus.and I was there for three days.

¹²Et surrexi nocte ego,And I got up in the night,et viri pauci mecum,I and a few men with me.et non indicavi cuiquam quid Deus dedisset in corde meo ut facerem in Jerusalem:And I did not reveal to anyone what God had placed in my heart to do in Jerusalem.et jumentum non erat mecum,And there was no animal with me,nisi animal cui sedebam.except the animal on which I was sitting.

¹²Et surrexi nocte ego,And I got up in the night,et viri pauci mecum,I and a few men with me.et non indicavi cuiquam quid Deus dedisset in corde meo ut facerem in Jerusalem:And I did not reveal to anyone what God had placed in my heart to do in Jerusalem.et jumentum non erat mecum,And there was no animal with me,nisi animal cui sedebam.except the animal on which I was sitting.

¹³Et egressus sum per portam vallis nocte,And I departed in the night through the gate of the valley,et ante fontem draconis,and before the fountain of the dragon,et ad portam stercoris,and toward the dung gate.et considerabam murum Jerusalem dissipatum,And I considered the wall of Jerusalem, which was broken apart,et portas ejus consumptas igni.and its gates, which had been consumed by fire.

¹³Et egressus sum per portam vallis nocte,And I departed in the night through the gate of the valley,et ante fontem draconis,and before the fountain of the dragon,et ad portam stercoris,and toward the dung gate.et considerabam murum Jerusalem dissipatum,And I considered the wall of Jerusalem, which was broken apart,et portas ejus consumptas igni.and its gates, which had been consumed by fire.

¹⁴Et transivi ad portam fontis,And I continued on to the gate of the fountain,et ad aquæductum regis,and to the aqueduct of the king.et non erat locus jumento cui sedebam ut transiret.And there was no room for the beast on which I was sitting to pass through.

¹⁴Et transivi ad portam fontis,And I continued on to the gate of the fountain,et ad aquæductum regis,and to the aqueduct of the king.et non erat locus jumento cui sedebam ut transiret.And there was no room for the beast on which I was sitting to pass through.

¹⁵Et ascendi per torrentem nocte,And so I climbed up in the night along the torrent,et considerabam murum,and I considered the wall.et reversus veni ad portam vallis,And turning back, I went by the gate of the valley,et redii.and I returned.

¹⁵Et ascendi per torrentem nocte,And so I climbed up in the night along the torrent,et considerabam murum,and I considered the wall.et reversus veni ad portam vallis,And turning back, I went by the gate of the valley,et redii.and I returned.

¹⁶Magistratus autem nesciebant quo abiissem,Now the magistrates did not know where I had gone,aut quid ego facerem:or what I had done.sedFor I had revealed nothing,et Judæis,even to that point in time,et sacerdotibus,to the Jews,et optimatibus,or to the priests,et magistratibus,or to the nobles,et reliquis qui faciebant opus,or to the magistrates,usque ad id loci nihil indicaveram.or to the others who were doing the work.

¹⁶Magistratus autem nesciebant quo abiissem,Now the magistrates did not know where I had gone,aut quid ego facerem:or what I had done.sedFor I had revealed nothing,et Judæis,even to that point in time,et sacerdotibus,to the Jews,et optimatibus,or to the priests,et magistratibus,or to the nobles,et reliquis qui faciebant opus,or to the magistrates,usque ad id loci nihil indicaveram.or to the others who were doing the work.

¹⁷Et dixi eis:And so I said to them:Vos nostis afflictionem in qua sumus:“You know the affliction in which we are,quia Jerusalem deserta est,because Jerusalem is desolate,et portæ ejus consumptæ sunt igni:and its gates have been consumed by fire.venite,Come,et ædificemus muros Jerusalem,and let us rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,et non simus ultra opprobrium.and let us no longer be in disgrace.”

¹⁷Et dixi eis:And so I said to them:Vos nostis afflictionem in qua sumus:“You know the affliction in which we are,quia Jerusalem deserta est,because Jerusalem is desolate,et portæ ejus consumptæ sunt igni:and its gates have been consumed by fire.venite,Come,et ædificemus muros Jerusalem,and let us rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,et non simus ultra opprobrium.and let us no longer be in disgrace.”

¹⁸Et indicavi eis manum Dei mei,And I revealed to them how the hand of my God was with me for good,quod esset bona mecum,and the words of the king,et verba regis quæ locutus esset mihi,which he had spoken to me.et aio:And I said:Surgamus,“Let us rise up,et ædificemus.and build.”Et confortatæ sunt manus eorum in bono.And their hands were strengthened for good.

¹⁸Et indicavi eis manum Dei mei,And I revealed to them how the hand of my God was with me for good,quod esset bona mecum,and the words of the king,et verba regis quæ locutus esset mihi,which he had spoken to me.et aio:And I said:Surgamus,“Let us rise up,et ædificemus.and build.”Et confortatæ sunt manus eorum in bono.And their hands were strengthened for good.

¹⁹Audierunt autem Sanaballat Horonites,But Sanballat, a Horonite, and the servant Tobiah,et Tobias servus Ammanites,an Ammonite, and Geshem, an Arab,et Gosem Arabs,heard of it.et subsannaverunt nos, et despexerunt,And they ridiculed and disparaged us,dixeruntque:and they said:Quæ est hæc res quam facitis?“What is this thing that you are doing?numquid contra regem vos rebellatis?Could you be rebelling against the king?”

¹⁹Audierunt autem Sanaballat Horonites,But Sanballat, a Horonite, and the servant Tobiah,et Tobias servus Ammanites,an Ammonite, and Geshem, an Arab,et Gosem Arabs,heard of it.et subsannaverunt nos, et despexerunt,And they ridiculed and disparaged us,dixeruntque:and they said:Quæ est hæc res quam facitis?“What is this thing that you are doing?numquid contra regem vos rebellatis?Could you be rebelling against the king?”

²⁰Et reddidi eis sermonem,And I replied to them a word,dixique ad eos:and I said to them:Deus cæli ipse nos juvat,“The God of heaven himself is helping us,et nos servi ejus sumus:and we are his servants.surgamus et ædificemus:Let us rise up and build.vobis autem non est pars,But there is no portion,et justitia,or justice,et memoria in Jerusalem.or remembrance in Jerusalem for you.”

²⁰Et reddidi eis sermonem,And I replied to them a word,dixique ad eos:and I said to them:Deus cæli ipse nos juvat,“The God of heaven himself is helping us,et nos servi ejus sumus:and we are his servants.surgamus et ædificemus:Let us rise up and build.vobis autem non est pars,But there is no portion,et justitia,or justice,et memoria in Jerusalem.or remembrance in Jerusalem for you.”