Papa Im Hand Send Nehemiah
The king notice the cupbearer sad face, and with im Papa good hand on top am, Nehemiah ask the king for timber and safe passage to rebuild im ancestors city wey don scatter. E ride round Jerusalem ruins alone for night before e tell anybody, then e gather builders while Sanballat and Tobiah dey laugh am.
2 1For di month of Nisan, for di twentieth year wey King Artaxerxes dey reign, wine dey im front; I take am give di king—before-before I neva ever dey sad for im presence. a a v1 Nisan na di first month for di Hebrew year, wey dey fall for early spring (around March–April). 2Di king ask, "Wetin make your face sad so, wey you no even sick? Na only sad heart fit cause dis kind thing." Na im I come fear well well.
3I tell di king, "Make di king live forever! How my face no go sad, wey di city, di place wey dem bury my papa-papa dem, don turn rubbish, and fire don burn im gate dem?"
4Di king ask me, "Wetin you wan make I do for you?" Na im I pray to our Papa wey dey for heaven, 5and I tell di king, "If e good for di king, and if your servant don find favour for your eye, send me go Judah, go di city wey dem bury my papa-papa dem, make I go build am back."
6Di king, wey di queen sidon near am, ask me, "How long your journey go take, and wetin time you go come back?" E sweet am to send me, so I give am di time.
7I still tell di king, "If e good for di king, give me letter go di governor dem for di province wey dey For-Di-Other-Side-of-Di-River, so dem go let me pass reach Judah. 8Give me letter go Asaph too, di man wey dey keep di king im forest, make e fit give me wood for di beam dem for di fortress gate wey dey near di temple, and for di city wall, and for di house wey I go stay." Di king gree do wetin I ask am, because my Papa im good hand dey on top me.
9So I go meet di governor dem for di province wey dey For-Di-Other-Side-of-Di-River, and I give dem di king im letter dem. Di king don also send army officer dem and men wey dey ride horse follow me. 10Wen Sanballat di Horonite man and Tobiah di Ammonite official hear dis thing, e vex dem well well say person don come find di good of Israel im people.
To Waka Round Di Wall Wey Don Break for Night
11So I reach Jerusalem and I stay there for three days. 12I wake for night with small men. I no tell anybody wetin my Papa put for my heart make I do for Jerusalem. No animal dey with me except di one wey I dey ride. 13For night I comot pass di Valley Gate, go di side of di Jackal Well, reach di Dung Gate, and I dey check Jerusalem im wall dem wey don break and im gate dem wey fire don burn. 14I move go di Fountain Gate and di King Pool, but road no dey for di animal wey I dey ride to pass. 15For night I climb go up di valley, dey check di wall, den I turn back, enter di Valley Gate, and I come back. 16Di officials no sabi where I go or wetin I dey do; I neva tell di Jews, or di priest dem, or di big men, or di officials, or di rest wey go do di work. 17Na im I tell dem, "Una see di trouble wey we dey inside: Jerusalem don turn rubbish, fire don burn im gate dem. Make we come build Jerusalem im wall back, so we no go be shame again." 18I tell dem how my Papa im good hand dey on top me, and wetin di king don talk. Dem answer, "Make we rise up build." So dem strong dem hand for di good work.
19Wen Sanballat di Horonite man, and Tobiah di Ammonite official, and Geshem di Arab man hear, dem laugh us to scorn and look us down, dem talk, "Wetin be dis wey una dey do? Una wan rebel against di king?"
20I answer dem: "Our Papa wey dey for heaven go make us succeed. We, im servant dem, go start to build back, but una no get any share, or right, or claim for Jerusalem."
