Księga Nehemiasza 2:1

Biblia Gdańska

I stało się miesiąca Nisan roku dwudziestego Artakserksesa króla, gdy było wino przed nim, że wziąwszy wino, podałem je królowi, a nie bywałem przedtem tak smutny przed nim.

Parallel Translations

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
I przydało się miesiąca Nisan, roku dwudziestego za panowania Artakserksesa króla, iż przed nim wino stało. Tedym ja je wziąwszy, podał królowi, a nie widział mię nigdy tak smętnego.

Nowe Przymierze Zaremba
Gdy w dwudziestym roku panowania króla Artakserksesa, w miesiącu Nisan, podczas uczty, podawałem królowi wino, na mojej twarzy, jak nigdy wcześniej, musiało malować się wielkie przygnębienie.

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
A dwudziestego roku króla Artakserksesa, w miesiącu Nissan, gdy stało przed nim wino, wydarzyło się, że wziąłem wino oraz podałem je królowi; a nie bywałem przed nim smutny.

Biblia Tysiąclecia
I stało się miesiąca Nisan roku dwudziestego Artakserksesa króla, gdy było wino przed nim, że wziąwszy wino, podałem je królowi, a nie bywałem przedtem tak smutny przed nim.

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
I oto zdarzyło się w miesiącu Nisan, w dwudziestym roku króla Artakserksesa, gdy stało przed nim wino, że wziąłem je i podałem królowi, a nigdy przedtem nie byłem taki smutny w jego obecności.

Biblia Warszawska
W miesiącu Nisan, w dwudziestym roku panowania króla Artakserksesa, usługując mu jako podczaszy, wziąłem wino i podałem królowi, a nigdy przedtem tak źle nie wyglądałem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Nisan: Esther 3:7

the twentieth: Nehemiah 1:1, Ezra 7:1, Ezra 7:7

I took up: Nehemiah 1:11, Genesis 40:11, Genesis 40:21

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 5:14 - from the twentieth Nehemiah 13:6 - the two Psalms 102:17 - He will Proverbs 12:25 - Heaviness Daniel 9:25 - from

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass in the month Nisan; in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes,.... It was still but in the twentieth year of his reign; for though Nisan or March was the first month of the year with the Jews, and from whence the reigns of their kings were dated l; yet, with other nations, Tisri or September was the beginning of the reigns of their kings m; so that Chisleu or November being since, see Nehemiah 1:1, it was no more in Nisan or March than the twentieth of the said king's reign, and was three or four months after Nehemiah had first heard of the distress of his people; which time he either purposely spent in fasting and prayer on that account, or until now his turn did not come about to exercise his office, in waiting upon the king as his cupbearer: but now it was

that wine was before him; the king; it was brought and set in a proper place, from whence it might be taken for his use:

and I took up the wine, and gave it to the king; according to Xenophon n, the cupbearer with the Persians and Medes used to take the wine out of the vessels into the cup, and pour some of it into their left hand, and sup it up, that, if there was any poison in it, the king might not be harmed, and then he delivered it to him upon three fingers o:

now I had not been before time sad in his presence; but always pleasant and cheerful, so that the sadness of his countenance was the more taken notice of.

l Misn. Roshhashanah, c. 1. sect. 3. m T. Bab. Rashhashanah, fol. 3. 1. n Cyropaedia, l. 1. c. 11. o Vid. Heliodor. Ethiopic. l. 7. c. 27.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nisan was the name given by the Persian Jews to the month previously called “Abib,” the first month of the Jewish year, or that which followed the vernal equinox. It fell four months after Chisleu Nehemiah 1:1.

The twentieth year - As Artaxerxes ascended the throne in 465 B.C., his 20th year would correspond to 445-444 B.C.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER II

Artaxerxes, observing the sorrow of Nehemiah, inquires into the

cause, 1, 2.

Nehemiah shows him the cause, and requests permission to go and

rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, 3-6.

The king grants it, and gives him letters to the governors beyond

the river, 7, 8.

He sets out on his journey, 9.

Sanballat and Tobiah are grieved to find he had got such a

commission, 10.

He comes to Jerusalem; and, without informing any person of his

business, examines by night the state of the city, 11-16.

He informs the priests, nobles, and rulers, of his design and

commission, 17, 18.

The design is turned into contempt by Sanballat, Tobiah, and

Geshem, 19.

Nehemiah gives them a suitable answer, 20.

NOTES ON CHAP. II

Verse Nehemiah 2:1. Month Nisan — Answering to a part of our March and April.

I took up the wine — It is supposed that the kings of Persia had a different cup-bearer for each quarter of the year, and that it had just now come to Nehemiah's turn.