Nehemiah 2 – Studienbibel
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1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan , in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king , that wine was before him: and I took up the wine , and gave it unto the king . Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence . 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad , seeing thou art not sick ? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart . Then I was very sore afraid , 3 And said unto the king , Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance be sad , when the city , the place of my fathers' sepulchres , lieth waste , and the gates thereof are consumed with fire ? 4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request ? So I prayed to the God of heaven . 5 And I said unto the king , If it please the king , and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight , that thou wouldest send me unto Judah , unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres , that I may build it. 6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him ,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return ? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time .1 7 Moreover I said unto the king , If it please the king , let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river , that they may convey me over till I come into Judah ; 8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest , that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house , and for the wall of the city , and for the house that I shall enter into . And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river , and gave them the king's letters . Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. 10 When Sanballat the Horonite , and Tobiah the servant , the Ammonite , heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel . 11 So I came to Jerusalem , and was there three days . 12 And I arose in the night , I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem : neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon . 13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley , even before the dragon well , and to the dung port , and viewed the walls of Jerusalem , which were broken down , and the gates thereof were consumed with fire . 14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain , and to the king's pool : but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass . 15 Then went I up in the night by the brook , and viewed the wall , and turned back , and entered by the gate of the valley , and so returned . 16 And the rulers knew not whither I went , or what I did ; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews , nor to the priests , nor to the nobles , nor to the rulers , nor to the rest that did the work . 17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste , and the gates thereof are burned with fire : come , and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem , that we be no more a reproach . 18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said , Let us rise up and build . So they strengthened their hands for this good work. 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite , and Tobiah the servant , the Ammonite , and Geshem the Arabian , heard it, they laughed us to scorn , and despised us, and said , What is this thing that ye do ? will ye rebel against the king ? 20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven , he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build : but ye have no portion , nor right , nor memorial , in Jerusalem .
Footnotes
- 1 queen: Heb. wife