And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS in the month H2320 Nisan H5212 , in the twentieth H6242 year H8141 of Artaxerxes H783 the king H4428 D-NMS , [ that ] wine H3196 NMS [ was ] before H6440 L-CMP-3MS him : and I took up H5375 the wine H3196 D-NMS , and gave H5414 [ it ] unto the king H4428 . Now I had not H3808 W-NPAR been H1961 VQQ1MS [ formerly ] sad H7451 AMS in his presence H6440 .
Wherefore the king H4428 D-NMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto me , Why H4069 IPRO [ is ] thy countenance H6440 CMP-2MS sad H7451 AMP , seeing thou H859 W-PPRO-2MS [ art ] not H369 sick H2470 ? this H2088 DPRO [ is ] nothing H369 NPAR [ else ] but H518 PART sorrow H7455 of heart H3820 NMS . Then I was very H3966 ADV sore H7235 VHFA afraid H3372 W-VQY1MS ,
And said H559 W-VQY1MS unto the king H4428 , Let the king H4428 D-NMS live H2421 forever H5769 L-NMS : why H4069 IPRO should not H3808 NADV my countenance H6440 CMP-1MS be sad H7489 , when H834 RPRO the city H5892 D-GFS , the place H1004 CMS of my fathers H1 \' sepulchers H6913 , [ lieth ] waste H2720 , and the gates H8179 thereof are consumed H398 with fire H784 ?
Then the king H4428 D-NMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto me , For H5921 PREP what H4100 IPRO dost thou H859 PPRO-2MS make request H1245 ? So I prayed H6419 to H413 PREP the God H430 CDP of heaven H8064 D-AMD .
And I said H559 W-VQY1MS unto the king H4428 , If H518 PART it please H2895 the king H4428 D-NMS , and if H518 PART thy servant H5650 have found favor H3190 in thy sight H6440 L-CMP-2MS , that H834 RPRO thou wouldest send H7971 me unto H413 PREP Judah H3063 , unto H413 PREP the city H5892 GFS of my fathers H1 \' sepulchers H6913 , that I may build H1129 it .
And the king H4428 D-NMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto me , (the queen H7694 also sitting H3427 by H681 him , ) For H5704 PREP how long H4970 IGAT shall thy journey H4109 be H1961 VQY3MS ? and when H4970 wilt thou return H7725 VQY2MS ? So it pleased H3190 the king H4428 D-NMS to send H7971 me ; and I set H5414 him a time H2165 .
Moreover I said H559 unto the king H4428 , If H518 PART it please H2895 the king H4428 D-NMS , let letters H107 be given H5414 me to H5921 PREP the governors H6346 beyond H5676 the river H5104 D-NMS , that H834 RPRO they may convey me over H5674 till H5704 PREP I come H935 VQI1MS into H413 PREP Judah H3063 ;
And a letter H107 unto H413 PREP Asaph H623 the keeper H8104 of the king H4428 \'s forest H6508 , that H834 RPRO he may give H5414 VQY3MS me timber H6086 to make beams H7136 for the gates H8179 CMP of the palace H1002 which H834 RPRO [ appertained ] to the house H1004 , and for the wall H2346 of the city H5892 D-GFS , and for the house H1004 that H834 RPRO I shall enter H935 VQI1MS into H413 PREP-3MS . And the king H4428 D-NMS granted H5414 W-VQY3MS me , according to the good H2896 hand H3027 of my God H430 upon H5921 me .
Then I came H935 to H413 PREP the governors H6346 beyond H5676 the river H5104 D-NMS , and gave H5414 them the king H4428 D-NMS \'s letters H107 . Now the king H4428 D-NMS had sent H7971 W-VQY3MS captains H8269 CMP of the army H2428 NMS and horsemen H6571 with H5973 me .
When Sanballat H5571 the Horonite H2772 , and Tobiah H2900 the servant H5650 , the Ammonite H5984 , heard H8085 [ of ] [ it ] , it grieved H7489 W-VQY3MS them exceedingly H1419 that H834 RPRO there was come H935 VQPMS a man H120 NMS to seek H1245 the welfare H2896 NFS of the children H1121 L-CMP of Israel H3478 LMS .
And I arose H6965 in the night H3915 GMS , I H589 PPRO-1MS and some few H4592 AMS men H376 with H5973 me ; neither H3808 W-NPAR told H5046 VHQ1MS I [ any ] man H120 L-CMS what H4100 IGAT my God H430 had put H5414 VQPMS in H413 PREP my heart H3820 NMS-1MS to do H6213 L-VQFC at Jerusalem H3389 : neither H369 NPAR [ was ] [ there ] [ any ] beast H929 W-NFS with H5973 me , save H518 PART the beast H929 D-NFS that H834 RPRO I H589 PPRO-1MS rode H7392 upon .
And I went out H3318 by night H3915 GMS by the gate H8179 of the valley H1516 , even before H413 W-PREP the dragon H8577 well H5869 CMS , and to H413 W-PREP the dung H830 port H8179 NMS , and viewed H7663 the walls H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 , which H834 RPRO were broken down H6555 , and the gates H8179 thereof were consumed H398 with fire H784 .
Then I went on H5674 to H413 PREP the gate H8179 NMS of the fountain H5869 , and to H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS \'s pool H1295 : but [ there ] [ was ] no H369 W-NPAR place H4725 NUM-MS for the beast H929 [ that ] [ was ] under H8478 me to pass H5674 .
Then went I up H1961 W-VQY1MS in the night H3915 GMS by the brook H5158 , and viewed H7663 the wall H2346 , and turned back H7725 , and entered H935 by the gate H8179 of the valley H1516 , and [ so ] returned H7725 .
And the rulers H5461 knew H3045 VQQ3MP not H3808 NADV whither H575 ADV I went H1980 VQQ1MS , or what H4100 W-IGAT I H589 PPRO-1MS did H6213 VQPMS ; neither H3808 NADV had I as H5704 PREP yet H3651 ADV told H5046 [ it ] to the Jews H3064 , nor to the priests H3548 , nor to the nobles H2715 , nor to the rulers H5461 , nor to the rest H3499 that did H6213 the work H4399 .
Then said H559 I unto H413 PREP-3MS them , Ye H859 PPRO-2MS see H7200 the distress H7451 D-AFS that H834 RPRO we H587 PPRO-1MP [ are ] in , how H834 RPRO Jerusalem H3389 [ lieth ] waste H2720 , and the gates H8179 thereof are burned H3341 with fire H784 : come H1980 VQI2MP , and let us build up H1129 the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 , that we be H1961 no H3808 W-NPAR more H5750 ADV a reproach H2781 .
Then I told H5046 them of the hand H3027 CFS of my God H430 which H834 RPRO was good H2896 NFS upon H5921 PREP-1MS me ; as also H637 W-CONJ the king H4428 D-NMS \'s words H1697 CMP that H834 RPRO he had spoken H559 unto me . And they said H559 , Let us rise up H6965 and build H1129 . So they strengthened H2388 their hands H3027 CFD-3MP for [ this ] good H2896 NFS [ work ] .
But when Sanballat H5571 the Horonite H2772 , and Tobiah H2900 the servant H5650 , the Ammonite H5984 , and Geshem H1654 the Arabian H6163 , heard H8085 [ it ] , they laughed us to scorn H3932 , and despised H959 us , and said H559 W-VQY3MP , What H4100 IGAT [ is ] this H2088 D-PMS thing H1697 D-NMS that H834 RPRO ye H859 PPRO-2MS do H6213 ? will ye H859 PPRO-2MS rebel H4775 against H5921 PREP-1MP the king H4428 D-NMS ?
Then answered H7725 I them , and said H559 unto them , The God H430 CDP of heaven H8064 D-NMD , he H1931 PPRO-3MS will prosper H6743 us ; therefore we H587 his servants H5650 will arise H6965 and build H1129 : but ye have no H369 ADV portion H2506 CMS , nor right H6666 , nor memorial H2146 , in Jerusalem H3389 .