Nehemiah · נְחֶמְיָה

Nehemiah 2:1

וַיְהִ֞י בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ נִיסָ֗ן שְׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֣ים לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ יַ֡יִן לְפָנָ֡יו וָאֶשָּׂ֡א אֶת הַיַּ֡יִן וָאֶתְּנָ֡ה לַמֶּ֡לֶךְ וְלֹ֡א הָיִ֡יתִי רַ֡ע לְפָנָ֡יו׃
vayhiy bḥodesh niysan shnat ʿeshriym lʾartaḥshastʾ hamelek yayin lpanayv vaʾeshaʾ ʾet hayayin vaʾetnah lamelek vloʾ hayiytiy raʿ lpanayv
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.

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