11
So I
came to
Jerusalem and was
there three days.
~yim'y ~'v -yih/a'w ~i'l'v.Wr.y -l,a aw{b'a'w ? h'v{l.v
12
And I
arose in the
night, I and a
few men with me. I did not
tell anyone what my
God was
putting into my
mind to
do for
Jerusalem and
there was
no animal with me
except * the
animal on
which I was
riding.
yiT.d;Gih -a{l.w yiMi[ j;[.m ~yiv'n]a;w yin]a h'l.y;l ~.Wq'a'w ? tw{f][;l yiBil -l,a !et{n y;h{l/a h'm ~'d'a.l ? h'meh.B;h -mia yiK yiMi[ !yea h'meh.b.W ~i'l'v.Wryil ? H'B bek{r yin]a r,v]a
13
So I
went out at
night by the
Valley Gate in the
direction of the
Dragon's Well and on to the
Refuse Gate,
inspecting the
walls of
Jerusalem which were
broken down and its
gates which were
consumed by
fire.
yen.P -l,a.w h'l.y;l ay;G;h -r;[;v.b h'a.cea'w ? reb{f yih/a'w t{P.v;a'h r;[;v -l,a.w !yiN;T;h !ye[ ? 'hy,r'[.v.W ~yic'wr{p.m;h -r,v]a ~i;l'v.Wr.y t{mw{x.B ? vea'b .Wl.KUa
14
Then I
passed on to the
Fountain Gate and the
King's Pool, but
there was
no place for my
mount to
pass.
.$,l,M;h t;ker.B -l,a.w !Iy;['h r;[;v -l,a r{b/[,a'w ? y'T.x;T r{b][;l h'meh.B;l ~w{q'm -nyea.w
15
So I
went up at
night by the
ravine and
inspected the
wall. Then I
entered the
Valley Gate again and
returned.
h'mw{x;B reb{f yih/a'w h'l.y;l l;x;N;b h,l{[ yih/a'w ? b.Wv'a'w a.y;G;h r;[;v.B aw{b'a'w b.Wv'a'w
16
The
officials did not
know where I had
gone or
what I had
done;
nor had I as
yet told the
Jews, the
priests, the
nobles, the
officials or the
rest who
did the
work.
yin]a h'm.W yiT.k;l'h h'n'a .W[.d'y a{l ~yin'g.S;h.w ? ~yin'g.S;l.w ~yir{x;l.w ~yin]h{K;l.w ~yid.Wh.Y;l.w h,f{[ ? yiT.d;Gih a{l !eK -d;[ h'ka'l.M;h hef{[ r,t,y.l.W
17
Then I
said to them, "You
see the
bad situation we are in, that
Jerusalem is
desolate and its
gates burned by
fire.
Come, let us
rebuild the
wall of
Jerusalem so that we will
no longer be a
reproach."
.Wn.x;n]a r,v]a h'['r'h ~yia{r ~,T;a ~,hel]a r;mw{a'w ? .Wt.Cin 'hy,r'[.v.W h'ber]x ~i;l'v.Wr.y r,v]a H'b ? h,y.hin -a{l.w ~i;l'v.Wr.y t;mw{x -t,a h,n.bin.w .Wk.l vea'b ? h'P.r,x dw{[
18
I
told them
how the
hand of my
God had been
favorable to me and
also about the
king's words which he had
spoken to me. Then they
said, "Let us
arise and
build." So they
put their
hands to the
good work.
ayih -r,v]a y;h{l/a d;y -t,a ~,h'l dyiG;a'w ? yil -r;m'a r,v]a .$,l,M;h yer.biD -p;a.w y;l'[ h'bw{j ? ~,hyed.y .Wq.Z;x.y;w .Wnyin'b.W ~.Wq'n .Wr.ma{Y;w ? h'bw{J;l
19
But when
Sanballat the
Horonite and
Tobiah the
Ammonite official, and
Geshem the
Arab heard it, they
mocked us and
despised us and
said,
"What is
this thing you are
doing? Are you
rebelling against the
king?"
yinw{M;['h d,b,['h h'Yib{j.w yin{r{x;h j;L;b.n;s [;m.viY;w ? .Wnyel'[ .Wz.biY;w .Wn'l .Wgi[.l;Y;w yib.r;['h ~,v,g.w ? ~yif{[ ~,T;a r,v]a h,Z;h r'b'D;h -h'm .Wr.ma{Y;w ? ~yid.r{m ~,T;a .$,l,M;h l;[;h
20
So I
answered them and
said to them, "The
God of
heaven will
give us
success; therefore we His
servants will
arise and
build, but you
have no portion,
right or
memorial in
Jerusalem."
~Iy;m'V;h yeh{l/a ~,h'l r;mw{a'w r'b'D ~'tw{a byiv'a'w ? ~.Wq'n wy'd'b][ .Wn.x;n]a;w .Wn'l ;xyil.c;y a.Wh ? !w{r'Kiz.w h'q'd.c.W q,lex -nyea ~,k'l.w .Wnyin'b.W ? ~i'l'v.WryiB