Nehemiah 2:3
I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”Nehemiah 2:3 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — નહેમ્યા ૨:૩
- મેં રાજાને જવાબ આપ્યો, “રાજા, ચિરંજીવ રહો; કારણ કે જે નગરમાં મારા પિતૃઓને દફનાવવામાં આવ્યા છે તે ખંડિયર થઈ ગયું છે અને તેના દરવાજા અગ્નિથી બળીને ભસ્મ થઈ ગયા છે. એટલે હું ઉદાસ થયેલો છું.”
- हिन्दी — नहेम्याह २:३
- मैंने राजा से कहा, “राजा सदा जीवित रहे! जब वह नगर जिसमें मेरे पुरखाओं की कब्रें हैं, उजाड़ पड़ा है और उसके फाटक जले हुए हैं, तो मेरा मुँह क्यों न उतरे?”
In context
1In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.
2The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.
3I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”
4Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
5I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.”
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