2:1 And
it
cometh
to
pass,
in
the
month
of
Nisan,
the
twentieth
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king,
wine
[is]
before
him,
and
I
lift
up
the
wine,
and
give
to
the
king,
and
I
had
not
been
sad
before
him;
2:2 and
the
king
saith
to
me,
`Wherefore
[is]
thy
face
sad,
and
thou
not
sick
this
is
nothing
except
sadness
of
heart;'
and
I
fear
very
much,
2:3 and
say
to
the
king,
`Let
the
king
to
the
age
live!
wherefore
should
not
my
face
be
sad,
when
the
city,
the
place
of
the
graves
of
my
fathers,
[is]
a
waste,
and
its
gates
have
been
consumed
with
fire'
2:4 And
the
king
saith
to
me,
`For
what
art
thou
seeking'
and
I
pray
unto
the
God
of
the
heavens,
2:5 and
say
to
the
king,
`If
to
the
king
[it
be]
good,
and
if
thy
servant
be
pleasing
before
thee,
that
thou
send
me
unto
Judah,
unto
the
city
of
the
graves
of
my
fathers,
and
I
built
it.'
2:6 And
the
king
saith
to
me
(and
the
queen
is
sitting
near
him),
`How
long
is
thy
journey
and
when
dost
thou
return'
and
it
is
good
before
the
king,
and
he
sendeth
me
away,
and
I
set
to
him
a
time.
2:7 And
I
say
to
the
king,
`If
to
the
king
[it
be]
good,
letters
let
be
given
to
me
for
the
governors
beyond
the
River,
that
they
let
me
pass
over
till
that
I
come
in
unto
Judah:
2:8 and
a
letter
unto
Asaph,
keeper
of
the
paradise
that
the
king
hath,
that
he
give
to
me
trees
for
beams
[for]
the
gates
of
the
palace
that
the
house
hath,
and
for
the
wall
of
the
city,
and
for
the
house
into
which
I
enter;'
and
the
king
giveth
to
me,
according
to
the
good
hand
of
my
God
upon
me.
2:9 And
I
come
in
unto
the
governors
beyond
the
River,
and
give
to
them
the
letters
of
the
king;
and
the
king
sendeth
with
me
heads
of
a
force,
and
horsemen;
2:10 and
Sanballat
the
Horonite
heareth,
and
Tobiah
the
servant,
the
Ammonite,
and
it
is
evil
to
them--a
great
evil--that
a
man
hath
come
in
to
seek
good
for
the
sons
of
Israel.
2:11 And
I
come
in
unto
Jerusalem,
and
I
am
there
three
days,
2:12 and
I
rise
by
night,
I
and
a
few
men
with
me,
and
have
not
declared
to
a
man
what
my
God
is
giving
unto
my
heart
to
do
for
Jerusalem,
and
there
is
no
beast
with
me
except
the
beast
on
which
I
am
riding.
2:13 And
I
go
out
through
the
gate
of
the
valley
by
night,
and
unto
the
front
of
the
fountain
of
the
dragon,
and
unto
the
gate
of
the
dunghill,
and
I
am
measuring
about
the
walls
of
Jerusalem,
that
are
broken
down,
and
its
gates
consumed
with
fire.
2:14 And
I
pass
over
unto
the
gate
of
the
fountain,
and
unto
the
pool
of
the
king,
and
there
is
no
place
for
the
beast
under
me
to
pass
over,
2:15 and
I
am
going
up
through
the
brook
by
night,
and
am
measuring
about
the
wall,
and
turn
back,
and
come
in
through
the
gate
of
the
valley,
and
turn
back.
2:16 And
the
prefects
have
not
known
whither
I
have
gone,
and
what
I
am
doing;
and
to
the
Jews,
and
to
the
priests,
and
to
the
freemen,
and
to
the
prefects,
and
to
the
rest
of
those
doing
the
work,
hitherto
I
have
not
declared
[it]
;
2:17 and
I
say
unto
them,
`Ye
are
seeing
the
evil
that
we
are
in,
in
that
Jerusalem
[is]
waste,
and
its
gates
have
been
burnt
with
fire;
come
and
we
build
the
wall
of
Jerusalem,
and
we
are
not
any
more
a
reproach.'
2:18 And
I
declare
to
them
the
hand
of
my
God
that
is
good
upon
me,
and
also
the
words
of
the
king
that
he
said
to
me,
and
they
say,
`Let
us
rise,
and
we
have
built;'
and
they
strengthen
their
hands
for
good.
2:19 And
Sanballat
the
Horonite
heareth,
and
Tobiah
the
servant,
the
Ammonite,
and
Geshem
the
Arabian,
and
they
mock
at
us,
and
despise
us,
and
say,
`What
[is]
this
thing
that
ye
are
doing
against
the
king
are
ye
rebelling'
2:20 And
I
return
them
word,
and
say
to
them,
`The
God
of
the
heavens--He
doth
give
prosperity
to
us,
and
we
His
servants
rise
and
have
built;
and
to
you
there
is
no
portion,
and
right,
and
memorial
in
Jerusalem.'
