2–BOB
Naximiyo Quddusga boradi
1 Shoh Artaxshas hukmronligining yigirmanchi yili , Nison oyi edi. Bir kuni shohga sharob keltirildi. Men sharobni olib kirib, unga uzatdim. Shoh qarshisida men hech qachon gʻamgin ahvolda boʻlmagandim. 2 Shuning uchun shoh mendan soʻradi:
— Nega gʻamgin koʻrinasan? Kasalga oʻxshamaysan–ku! Yuragingda biror darding boʻlsa kerak–a?
Men qattiq qoʻrqib ketdim, 3 shunga qaramay shohga dedim:
— Shoh hazratlarining umrlari uzoq boʻlsin. Ota–bobolarimning qabrlari joylashgan shahar tashlandiq boʻlib, oʻsha shaharning darvozalari yondirib yuborilsa–yu, nega gʻamgin boʻlmayin?! 4 — Shoh mendan:
— Tilaging nima? — deb soʻradi. Shunda men Samoviy Xudoga ibodat qilib, 5 shohga shunday javob berdim:
— Agar shoh hazratlari maʼqul topsalar, bu qulingiz shoh hazratlaridan marhamat topgan boʻlsa, meni Yahudo yurtiga — ota–bobolarimning qabrlari joylashgan shaharga yuborsalar, deb iltimos qilmoqchi edim, toki men u shaharni qaytadan qurayin.
6 Malika ham shohning yonida oʻtirgan edi. Shoh mendan:
— Qancha vaqt yoʻl yurasan? Qachon qaytib kelasan? — deb soʻradi. Men unga qachon qaytib kelishimni aytdim. Shoh menga marhamat qilib, ijozat berdi. 7 Soʻngra men shohga yana dedim:
— Agar shoh hazratlari maʼqul deb topsalar, Furot daryosining gʻarbidagi viloyat hokimlariga maktublar yozib berilsa, toki Yahudoga kirib borishim uchun ular menga ijozat berishsin. 8 Yana shoh hazratlari oʻrmon qorovuli Osifga ham maktub yozib, unga koʻrsatmalar bersalar, u menga daraxtlar kesib bersin. Maʼbad yonidagi qalʼa darvozalari uchun, shahar devori va oʻzim yashaydigan uy uchun kerak boʻladigan yogʻoch bilan u meni taʼminlasin.
Men nima soʻragan boʻlsam, shoh hammasiga ijozat berdi, chunki Xudoyimning marhamati menga yor edi.
9 Shoh bir necha lashkarboshisini va otliq sipohlarini menga hamroh qilib joʻnatdi. Men Furot daryosining gʻarbidagi viloyat hokimlari huzuriga borib, ularga shohning maktublarini berdim. 10 Bayt–Xoʻronlik Sanballat va Ommonlik malay Toʻviyo: “Isroil xalqining manfaati uchun jon kuydiradigan bittasi kelibdi” degan gapni eshitib, gʻoyat gʻazablandilar.
Naximiyo Quddus devorini koʻzdan kechiradi
11 Shunday qilib, men Quddusga yetib keldim. Oradan uch kun oʻtgach, 12 tunda oʻrnimdan turdim, yonimga bir nechta sheriklarimni olib, tashqariga chiqdim. Lekin Quddus haqidagi Xudo koʻnglimga solgan rejamni hech kimga aytmadim. Men mingan eshakdan boʻlak boshqa birorta hayvonni oʻzimiz bilan olmadik. 13 Men tunda Soylik darvozasi orqali shahardan chiqib, Ajdar bulogʻiga , u yerdan Goʻng darvozasiga bordim. Vayron boʻlib yotgan Quddus devorini, yonib ketgan darvozalarini koʻzdan kechirdim. 14 Soʻngra Buloq darvozasiga va Shoh hovuziga bordim. Lekin minib borayotgan eshagim vayronalar orasidan yoʻl topa olmadi. 15 Shu sababdan men Qidron soyligiga tushdim. Soylik boʻylab chiqib borib, oʻsha yerdan devorni koʻzdan kechirishda davom etdim. Soʻng ortimga qaytib, Soylik darvozasi orqali shaharga kirdim.
16 Qayerga borganimni, nima qilayotganimni shahar amaldorlari bilmasdilar. Men yahudiylarga, ruhoniylarga, yoʻlboshchilarga, amaldorlarga va ishda qatnashadigan boshqa odamlarga hali hech gap aytmagandim. 17 Nihoyat, endi ularga shunday dedim: “Qanchalar kulfatda qolganimizni oʻzlaringiz koʻrib turibsizlar! Quddus vayron boʻlib yotibdi, shaharning darvozalari yonib ketgan. Kelinglar, shahar devorini qaytadan quraylik, sharmandali ahvolimizdan qutulaylik.” 18 Xudoyimning marhamati menga yor boʻlganini va shohning menga aytgan gaplarini ularga aytib berdim. Ular: “Qurilishni boshlaylik”, deyishdi. Shunday qilib, ular ishni boshlashga tayyor boʻldilar.
19 Bayt–Xoʻronlik Sanballat, Ommonlik malay Toʻviyo va Arabistonlik Gashim buni eshitib, bizning ustimizdan kuldilar, nafrat bilan shunday dedilar:
— Bu qilayotganlaringiz nimasi?! Sizlar shohga qarshi isyon koʻtaryapsizlarmi?!
20 Men ularga shunday javob berdim:
— Samoviy Xudo ishimizning barorini beradi. Biz, Uning qullari, devorni qayta qurishni boshlaymiz. Ammo sizlar bizga gaplaringizni oʻtkaza olmaysizlar, qoʻlingizdan hech narsa kelmaydi. Sizlar bizning diniy marosimlarimizda ham qatnasha olmaysiz.
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. 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.
