Liber II Esdrae, qui et Nehemias

Factum est autem in mense Nisan, anno vigesimo Artaxerxis regis: et vinum erat ante eum, et levavi vinum, et dedi regi: et eram quasi languidus ante faciem ejus.

And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king: that wine was before him, and I took up the wine, and gave it to the king: and I was as one languishing away before his face.

Facto es autem in mense Nisane, anno vigesimo de Artaxerxe de rege: et vino es ante illo, et leva vino, et da ad rege: et es quasi languido ante facie de illo.

Dixitque mihi rex: Quare vultus tuus tristis est, cum te ægrotum non videam? non est hoc frustra, sed malum nescio quod in corde tuo est. Et timui valde, ac nimis:

And the king said to me: Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou dost not appear to be sick? this is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in thy heart. And I was seized with an exceeding great fear:

Et dic ad me rege: quare vultu tuo triste es, cum te aegroto non vide? Non es hoc frustra, sed malo ne sci quod in corde tuo es. Et time valde, et nimis:

et dixi regi: Rex, in æternum vive: quare non mœreat vultus meus, quia civitas domus sepulchrorum patris mei deserta est, et portæ ejus combustæ sunt igni?

And I said to the king: O king, live for ever: why should not my countenance be sorrowful, seeing the city of the place of the sepulchres of my fathers is desolate, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire?

Et dic ad rege: rege, in aeterno vive: quare non vultu meo moere, quia civitate domo de sepulchros de patre meo desere es, et portas de illo combure es igni?

Et ait mihi rex: Pro qua re postulas? Et oravi Deum cæli,

Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And I prayed to the God of heaven,

Et dic ad me rege: pro quo re postula? Et ora Deo de caelo,

et dixi ad regem: Si videtur regi bonum, et si placet servus tuus ante faciem tuam, ut mittas me in Judæam ad civitatem sepulchri patris mei, et ædificabo eam.

And I said to the king: If it seem good to the king, and if thy servant hath found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me into Judea to the city of the sepulchre of my father, and I will build it.

Et dic ad rege: si vide se ad rege bono, et si servo tuo place ante facie tuo, ut mitte me in Iudaea ad civitate de sepulchro de patre meo, et aedifica illa.

Dixitque mihi rex, et regina quæ sedebat juxta eum: Usque ad quod tempus erit iter tuum, et quando reverteris? Et placuit ante vultum regis, et misit me: et constitui ei tempus.

And the king said to me, and the queen that sat by him: For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king, and he sent me: and I fixed him a time.

Et dic ad me rege, et regina que sede juxta illo: usque ad quod tempore itinere tuo es, et quando reverte? Et place ante vultu de rege, et mitte me: et tempore ad illo constitue.

Et dixi regi: Si regi videtur bonum, epistolas det mihi ad duces regionis trans flumen, ut traducant me, donec veniam in Judæam:

And I said to the king: If it seem good to the king, let him give me letters to the governors of the country beyond the river, that they convey me over, till I come into Judea:

Et dic ad rege: si ad rege vide se bono, epistolas que da ad me ad duces de regione trans flumine, ut traduce me, usque que veni in Iudaea:

et epistolam ad Asaph custodem saltus regis, ut det mihi ligna, ut tegere possim portas turris domus, et muros civitatis, et domum quam ingressus fuero. Et dedit mihi rex juxta manum Dei mei bonam mecum.

And a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, to give me timber that I may cover the gates of the tower of the house, and the walls of the city, and the house that I shall enter into. And the king gave me according to the good hand of my God with me.

Et epistola ad Asaph custode de saltu de rege, ut que da ad me lignos, ut tege pote portas de turres de domo, et muros de civitate, et domo quam ingredior es. Et rege ad me da juxta manu de Deo meo bono mecum.

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

And I came to the governors of the country beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. And the king had sent with me captains of soldiers, and horsemen.

Et veni ad duces de regione trans flumine, et da ad illos epistolas de rege. Rege autem mitte mecum principes de milites, et equites.

Et audierunt Sanaballat Horonites, et Tobias servus Ammanites: et contristati sunt afflictione magna, quod venisset homo qui quæreret prosperitatem filiorum Israël.

And Sanaballat the Horonite, and Tobias the servant, the Ammonite, heard it, and it grieved them exceedingly, that a man was come, who sought the prosperity of the children of Israel.

Et audi Sanaballate Horonite, et Tobiase servo Ammanites: et contrista es afflictione magna, quod homine qui quaere prosperitate de filios Israële veni.

Et veni Jerusalem, et eram ibi tribus diebus.

And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

Et veni Ierusalem, et es ibi tre die.

Et surrexi nocte ego, et viri pauci mecum, et non indicavi cuiquam quid Deus dedisset in corde meo ut facerem in Jerusalem: et jumentum non erat mecum, nisi animal cui sedebam.

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me, and I told not any man what God had put in my heart to do in Jerusalem, and there was no beast with me, but the beast that I rode upon.

Et surge nocte me, et viros pauco mecum, et non indica ad ullo Deo da quid in corde meo ut fac in Ierusalem: et iumento non es mecum, nisi animale ad que sede.

Et egressus sum per portam vallis nocte, et ante fontem draconis, et ad portam stercoris, et considerabam murum Jerusalem dissipatum, et portas ejus consumptas igni.

And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, and before the dragon fountain, and to the dung gate, and I viewed the wall of Jerusalem which was broken down, and the gates thereof which were consumed with fire.

Et egredior es per porta de valle nocte, et ante fonte de dracone, et ad porta de stercore, et considera muro de Ierusalem dissipa, et portas de illo consume igni.

Et transivi ad portam fontis, et ad aquæductum regis, et non erat locus jumento cui sedebam ut transiret.

And I passed to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's aqueduct, and there was no place for the beast on which I rode to pass.

Et transi ad porta de fonte, et ad aquaeductu de rege, et non loco es iumento ad que sede ut transi.

Et ascendi per torrentem nocte, et considerabam murum, et reversus veni ad portam vallis, et redii.

And I went up in the night by the torrent, and viewed the wall, and going back I came to the gate of the valley, and returned.

Et ascende per torrente nocte, et considera muro, et reverte veni ad porta de valle, et reveni.

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

But the magistrates knew not whither I went, or what I did: neither had I as yet told any thing to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the magistrates, or to the rest that did the work.

Magistratus autem ne sci quo i ab, aut me fac quid: sed et Iudaeos, et sacerdotes, et ad optimates, et ad magistratus, et ad reliqua qui fac opere, usque ad id de loco nihil indica.

Et dixi eis: Vos nostis afflictionem in qua sumus: quia Jerusalem deserta est, et portæ ejus consumptæ sunt igni: venite, et ædificemus muros Jerusalem, et non simus ultra opprobrium.

Then I said to them: You know the affliction wherein we are, because Jerusalem is desolate, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire: come, and let us build up the walls of Jerusalem, and let us be no longer a reproach.

Et dic ad illos: vos nosce afflictione in quo es: quia Ierusalem desere es, et portas de illo consume es igni: veni, et aedifica muros Ierusalem, et non es ultra opprobrio.

Et indicavi eis manum Dei mei, quod esset bona mecum, et verba regis quæ locutus esset mihi, et aio: Surgamus, et ædificemus. Et confortatæ sunt manus eorum in bono.

And I shewed them how the hand of my God was good with me, and the king's words, which he had spoken to me, and I said: Let us rise up, and build. And their hands were strengthened in good.

Et indica ad illos manu de Deo meo, quod es bono mecum, et verbos de rege que locuto es ad me, et ai: surge, et aedifica. Et conforta es manus de illos in bono.

Audierunt autem Sanaballat Horonites, et Tobias servus Ammanites, et Gosem Arabs, et subsannaverunt nos, et despexerunt, dixeruntque: Quæ est hæc res quam facitis? numquid contra regem vos rebellatis?

But Sanaballat the Horonite, and Tobias the servant, the Ammonite, and Gossem the Arabian heard of it, and they scoffed at us, and despised us, and said: What is this thing that you do? are you going to rebel against the king?

Audi autem Sanaballate Horonite, et Tobiase servo Ammanite, et Gose Arabe, et subsanna nos, et despice, et dic: que es hoc re quam fac? Numquid contra rege vos rebella?

Et reddidi eis sermonem, dixique ad eos: Deus cæli ipse nos juvat, et nos servi ejus sumus: surgamus et ædificemus: vobis autem non est pars, et justitia, et memoria in Jerusalem.

And I answered them, and said to them: The God of heaven he helpeth us, and we are his servants: let us rise up and build: but you have no part, nor justice, nor remembrance in Jerusalem.

Et redde ad illos sermone, et dic ad illos: deo de caelo ipso iuva nos, et nos servos de illo es: surge et aedifica: ad vos autem non es parte, et iustitia, et memoria in Ierusalem.