Brenton's Septuagint (LXX) - Holy Name KJV

 2:1 ¶ And it came to pass in the month Nisan of the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes{gr.Arthasastha}, that the wine was before me: and I took the wine, and gave [it] to the king: and there was not another before him.

 2:1 ¶ And it came to passº in the monthº Nisan,º in the twentiethº yearº of Artaxerxesº the king,º [that] wineº [was] beforeº him: and I took upººº the wine,º and gaveºº [it] unto the king.º Now I had notº beenº [beforetime] sadº in his presence.º

 2:2 And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, and dost thou not control thyself? and now this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much alarmed,

 2:2 Wherefore the kingº saidºº unto me, Whyº [is] thy countenanceº sad,º seeing thouº [art] notº sick?ºº thisº [is] nothingº [else] butºº sorrowº of heart.º Then I was veryº soreºº afraid,ºº

 2:3 and I said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be said, forasmuch as the city, even the home of the sepulchres of my fathers, has been laid waste, and her gates have been devoured with fire?

 2:3 And saidºº unto the king,º Let the kingº liveºº for ever:º whyº should notº my countenanceº be sad,ººº whenº the city,º the placeº of my fathers'º sepulchres,º [lieth] waste,º and the gatesº thereof are consumedºº with fire?º

 2:4 And the king said to me, For what dost thou ask thus? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

 2:4 Then the kingº saidºº unto me, Forº whatºº dost thouº make request?ºº So I prayedºº toº the Elohimº of heaven.º

 2:5 And I said to the king, If [it seem] good to the king, and if thy servant shall have found favour in thy sight, [I ask] that [thou] wouldest send him into Judah{gr.Juda}, to the city of the sepulchres of my fathers; then will I rebuild it.

 2:5 And I saidºº unto the king,º Ifº it pleaseººº the king,º and ifº thy servantº have found favourºº in thy sight,º thatº thou wouldest sendºº me untoº Judah,º untoº the cityº of my fathers'º sepulchres,º that I may buildºº it.

 2:6 And the king, and his concubine that sat next to him, said to me, For how long will thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? and [the proposal] was pleasing before the king, and he sent me away, and I appointed him a time.

 2:6 And the kingº saidºº unto me, (the queenº also sittingºº byº him,)º Forº how longº shall thy journeyº be?º and whenº wilt thou return?ºº So it pleasedººº the kingº to sendºº me; and I setºº him a time.º

 2:7 And I said to the king, If [it seem] good to the king, let him give me letters to the governors beyond the river, so as to forward me till I come to Judah{gr.Juda};

 2:7 Moreover I saidºº unto the king,º Ifº it pleaseººº the king,º let lettersº be givenºº me toº the governorsº beyondº the river,º thatº they may convey me overºº tillºº I comeºº intoº Judah;º

 2:8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the garden which belongs to the king, that he may give me timber to cover the gates, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I shall enter. And the king gave to me, according as the good hand of God [was upon me].

 2:8 And a letterº untoº Asaphº the keeperºº of the king'sº forest,º thatº he may giveºº me timberº to make beamsºº forº the gatesº of the palaceº whichº [appertained] to the house,º and for the wallº of the city,º and for the houseº thatº I shall enterº into.ººº And the kingº grantedºº me, according to the goodº handº of my Elohimº uponº me.

 2:9 ¶ And I came to the governors beyond the river, and I gave them the king's letters. (Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.)

 2:9 ¶ Then I cameºº toº the governorsº beyondº the river,º and gaveºº themº the king'sº letters.º Now the kingº had sentºº captainsº of the armyº and horsemenº withº me.

 2:10 And Sanballat{gr.Sanaballat} the Aronite heard [it], and Tobiah{gr.Tobia} the servant, the Ammonite, and it was grievous to them that a man was come to seek good for the children of Israel.

 2:10 When Sanballatº the Horonite,º and Tobiahº the servant,º the Ammonite,º heardºº [of it], it grievedººº them exceedinglyºº thatº there was comeºº a manº to seekºº the welfareº of the childrenº of Israel.º

 2:11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

 2:11 So I cameºº toº Jerusalem,º and wasº thereº threeº days.º

 2:12 ¶ And I rose up by night, I and a few men with me; and I told no man what God put into my heart to do with Israel; and there was no beast with me, except the beast which I rode upon.

 2:12 ¶ And I aroseºº in the night,º Iº and someº fewº menºº withº me; neitherº toldºº I [any] manº whatº my Elohimº had putºº inº my heartº to doºº at Jerusalem:º neitherº [was there any] beastº withº me, saveºº the beastº thatº Iº rodeº upon.ºº

 2:13 And I went forth by the gate of the valley by night, and to the mouth of the well of fig trees, and to the dung-gate: and I mourned over the wall of Jerusalem which they were destroying, and her gates were devoured with fire.

 2:13 And I went outºº by nightº by the gateº of the valley,º even beforeºº the dragonº well,ººº and toº the dungº port,º and viewedºººººº the wallsº of Jerusalem,º whichº were broken down,ºº and the gatesº thereof were consumedºº with fire.º

 2:14 And I passed on to the fountain gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no room for the beast to pass under me.

 2:14 Then I went onºº toº the gateº of the fountain,º and toº the king'sº pool:º but [there was] noº placeº for the beastº [that was] underº me to pass.ºº

 2:15 And I went up by the wall of the brook by night, and mourned over the wall, and passed through the gate of the valley, and returned.

 2:15 Then went I upººº in the nightº by the brook,º and viewedºººººº the wall,º and turned back,ºº and enteredºº by the gateº of the valley,º and [so] returned.ºº

 2:16 And the sentinels knew not why I went, nor what I was doing; and until that time I told [it] not to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the captains, or to the rest [of the men] who wrought the works.

 2:16 And the rulersº knewºº notº whitherº I went,ºº or whatº Iº did;ºº neitherº had I asº yetº toldºº [it] to the Jews,º nor to the priests,º nor to the nobles,º nor to the rulers,º nor to the restº that didºº the work.º

 2:17 ¶ Then I said to them, Ye see this evil, in which we are, how Jerusalem is desolate, and her gates have been set on fire: come, and let us build throughout the wall of Jerusalem, and we shall be no longer a reproach.

 2:17 ¶ Then saidºº I untoº them, Yeº seeºº the distressº thatº weº [are] in, howº Jerusalemº [lieth] waste,º and the gatesº thereof are burnedºº with fire:º come,ººº and let us build upººº the wallº of Jerusalem,º that we beº noº moreº a reproach.º

 2:18 And I told them of the hand of God which was good upon me, also about the words of the king which he spoke to me: and I said, Let us arise and build. And their hands were strengthened for the good [work].

 2:18 Then I toldºº them ofº the handº of my Elohimº whichºº was goodº uponº me; as alsoº the king'sº wordsº thatº he had spokenºº unto me. And they said,ºº Let us rise upºº and build.ºº So they strengthenedºº their handsº for [this] goodº [work].

 2:19 And Sanballat{gr.Sanaballat} the Aronite, and Tobiah{gr.Tobia} the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem{gr.Gesam} the Arabian, heard [it], and they laughed us to scorn, and came to us, and said, What [is] this thing that ye are doing? are ye revolting against the king?

 2:19 But when Sanballatº the Horonite,º and Tobiahº the servant,º the Ammonite,º and Geshemº the Arabian,º heardºº [it], they laughed us to scorn,ºº and despisedººº us, and said,ºº Whatº [is] thisº thingº thatº yeº do?ºº will yeº rebelºº againstº the king?º

 2:20 And I answered them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he shall prosper us, and we his servants are pure, and we will build: but ye have no part, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

 2:20 Then answeredººº I them, and saidºº unto them, The Elohimº of heaven,º heº will prosperºº us; therefore weº his servantsº will ariseºº and build:ºº but ye have noº portion,º nor right,º nor memorial,º in Jerusalem.º