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 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.°

 2:2 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 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,°°

 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 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?°

 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 king° said°° unto me, For° what°° dost thou° make request?°° So I prayed°° to° the Elohim° of heaven.°

 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 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.

 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 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.°

 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 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;°

 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 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 Elohim° upon° 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 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.

 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 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.°

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

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

 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 arose°° in the night,° I° and some° few° men°° with° me; neither° told°° I [any] man° what° my Elohim° had put°° in° my heart° to do°° at Jerusalem:° neither° [was there any] beast° with° me, save°° the beast° that° I° rode° upon.°°

 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 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.°

 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 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.°°

 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 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.°°

 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 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.°

 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 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.°

 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 told°° them of° the hand° of my Elohim° 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].

 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 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?°

 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 answered°°° I them, and said°° unto them, The Elohim° 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.°