Неемия 6
1 А Санавалат, Товия, арабинът Гисам, и останалите от неприятелите ни, като чуха, че съм бил заградил стената, и че не останало вече пролом в нея, ако и да не бях поставил врати на портите до онова време,
Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem, and our other enemies heard [a report] that we had finished rebuilding the wall, and that now there were no more (gaps/places where the wall was not finished) (although we had not yet put the doors in the gates).
2 Санавалат и Гисам пратиха до мене да кажат: Дойди, нека се срещнем в едно от селата на Оновото поле. Но те възнамеряваха да ми сторят зло.
So Sanballat and Geshem sent [a message] to me, in which they said “Come and talk with us at a place in Ono Plain [north of Jerusalem].” But [I knew that] really they wanted to harm me [if I went there].
3 И пратих им човеци да кажат: защо да се спира работата като я оставя и сляза при вас?
So I sent messengers to them, to tell them, “I am doing an important work, and I cannot go down [there]. (Why should I stop doing this work just to go down to [talk with] you?/I do not want to stop doing this work just to go down to [talk with] you.)” [RHQ]
4 И пращаха до мене четири пъти по същия начин: но аз им отговарях все така.
They sent me the same message four times, and each time when I replied to them I said the same thing.
5 Тогава за пети път Санавалат прати слугата си до мене по същия начин с отворено писмо в ръката му,
Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me, bringing a fifth message. This one was written, but it was not sealed. [He did that in order that others would read the message that the servant was carrying] in his hand.
6 в което бе писано: Слух се носи между народите, пък и Гисам казва, че ти и юдеите мислите да се подигнете, за която причина ти и градиш стената; и, според тия думи, ти искаш да им станеш цар.
This is what was written in the message: “Some people in the nearby countries have heard a report that you and the other Jews are rebuilding the wall [in order to be able to resist attacks], because you are planning to revolt [against the king of Babylon]. And the report also says that you are planning to become the king [of the Israelis]. Geshem says that what they have reported is true.
7 Назначил си още и пророци да разгласяват за тебе в Ерусалим, като казват: Цар има в Юда. И сега ще се извести на царя според тия думи. Дойди сега, прочее, и нека се съветваме заедно.
[People are also saying that] you have appointed some prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem that you, [Nehemiah, ] are now the king in Judea. King [Artaxerxes] will certainly hear these reports, [and then you will be in big trouble]. So I suggest that we should meet together to talk about this matter.”
8 Тогава пратих до него човеци да кажат: Няма такова нещо каквото ти казваш; но ти ги измислюваш от себе си.
[When I read that message, ] I sent [the messenger] back to Sanballat to say, “None of what you are saying is true. You have (made this up/concocted this) in your own head/mind.”
9 Защото те всички искаха да ни плашат, казвайки: Ръцете им ще ослабнат от работата, та няма да се свърши. А сега, о Боже, подкрепи Ти ръцете ми.
[I said that because I knew that] they were trying to cause us to be afraid, with the result that we would stop working [on the wall]. So I actually became more determined (OR, I prayed to God to help me) [to continue the work].
10 Тогава аз отидох в къщата на Самаия син на Делаия, Метавеиловия син, който бе затворен; и той ми каза: Нека се срещнем в Божия дом, всред храма, и нека затворим вратите на храма; защото тия идат да те убият, да! тая нощ ще дойдат да те убият.
[One day] I went to talk with Shemaiah, son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel. I went to talk with him in his house, because he was not able (OR, allowed) to leave his house. He said to me, “You and I must enter the very sacred place in the temple and lock the doors, because people are going to come to kill you at night.”
11 Но аз казах: Човек като мене бива ли да бяга? и кой човек като мене би влязъл в храма за да избави живота си? Не ща да вляза.
I replied, “I (am not that kind of person/do not do things like that) [RHQ]! I would not run and hide in the temple to save my life! No, I will not do that!”
12 И познах, че, ето, Бог не бе го пратил; но той от себе си произнесе това пророчество против мене, и Товия и Санавалат бяха го подкрепили.
When I thought [about what he had said], I realized that God had not told Shemaiah to say that to me. I realized that Tobiah and Sanballat had bribed him [to say that to me].
13 С тая цел бе подкупен, да се уплаша та да направя така, и да съгреша, и те да имат причина, да злословят, за да ме укорят.
They had bribed him to cause me to be afraid. They wanted me to [disobey God’s commands and] sin [by hiding in the temple]. If I did that, they would be able to ruin my reputation [MTY] and discredit me.
14 Спомни си, Боже мой, за Товия и Санавалат според тия техни дела, още и за пророчицата Ноадия и за други пророци, които искаха да ме плашат.
[So I prayed, ] “My God, do not forget what Tobiah and Sanballat have done. Punish them. And do not forget that the female prophet Noadiah and some of the other prophets have also tried to cause me to be afraid.”
15 Така се свърши стената на двадест и петия ден от месец Елул, за петдесет и два дни.
On October 2 we finished rebuilding the wall. We did it all in 52 days.
16 И когато чуха това всичките ни неприятели, тогова всичките езичници около нас се уплашиха, и много се снишиха пред своите очи, защото познаха, че това дело стана от нашия Бог.
When our enemies in the nearby countries heard about that, they realized that they had been humiliated, because everyone knew that it was because God helped us that we had been able to do this work [and that they had not been able to force us to quit].
17 При това, в ония дни Юдовите благородни пращаха често писма до Товия, и писма от Товия дохождаха до тях.
During this time, the Jewish leaders had been sending many messages/letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah had been sending messages back to them.
18 Защото в Юда имаше мнозина, които се бяха заклели да му бъдат привързани, понеже бе зет на Сехания Араховия син, и син му Иоанан бе взел за жена дъщеря на Месулама Варахиевия син.
Many people in Judea were closely associated with Tobiah, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah. Furthermore, Tobiah’s son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berekiah.
19 Още и приказваха пред мене за неговите благодеяния, а моите думи носеха нему. И Товия пращаше писма за да уплаши.
People often talked in my presence about all the good things that Tobiah had done, and then they would tell him everything that I said. So Tobiah sent many letters to me to try to cause me to become afraid.
