Nehemiáš 2
1 Tedy stalo se měsíce Nísan léta dvadcátého Artaxerxa krále, když víno stálo před ním, že vzav víno, podal jsem ho králi. Nebýval jsem pak smuten před ním.
After King Artaxerxes [had been ruling the Persian Empire] for almost 20 years, (during the spring/before the hot season) of that year, when it was time to serve wine to him [during a feast], I took the wine and gave it to him. I had never looked sad when I was in front of him before, [but on that day he saw that I looked very sad].
2 Pročež mi řekl král: Proč oblíčej tvůj smutný jest, poněvadž nestůněš? Jiného není, než sevření srdce. Pročež ulekl jsem se velmi velice.
So he asked me, “Why are you sad? [I know that] you are not sick. It must be that you are troubled about something.” Then I was very afraid, [because it was not proper to be sad when I came to the king] (OR, [because I was worried what the king would do to me if he refused to do what I was about to request him to do]).
3 A řekl jsem králi: Král na věky buď živ. Kterak nemá býti smutný oblíčej můj, když město to, kdež jsou hrobové otců mých, zpuštěno jest, a brány jeho ohněm zkaženy?
I replied, “Your majesty, I hope you will live a very long time! But (how can I prevent myself from being sad, because the city where my ancestors are buried [has been destroyed] and is in ruins?/I cannot keep myself from looking sad, because the city where my ancestors are buried [has been destroyed and] is in ruins.) [RHQ] [Even] the city gates have been completely burned.”
4 Opět mi řekl král: Èeho žádáš? Mezi tím modlil jsem se Bohu nebeskému.
The king replied, “What do you want me to do [for you]?” I prayed [silently] to our God [who is/rules] in heaven.
5 Potom řekl jsem králi: Zdá-liť se za dobré králi, a jestliže má lásku služebník tvůj u tebe, žádám, abys mne poslal do Judstva, do města, kdež jsou hrobové otců mých, abych je zase vystavěl.
Then I replied, “If you are willing [to do it], and if I have pleased you, send me to the city [of Jerusalem] in Judah [province] where my ancestors are buried, in order that I may [help people to] rebuild the city.”
6 Ještě mi řekl král (královna pak seděla podlé něho): Dlouho-li budeš na té cestě, a kdy se zas navrátíš? I líbilo se to králi, a propustil mne, hned jakž jsem mu oznámil jistý čas.
While the queen was sitting beside the king, he asked, [“If I allow you to go, ] how long will you be gone? When will you return?” [I told the king how long I would be gone, and] the king gave me permission to go, and I told him what day [I wanted to leave].
7 Zatím řekl jsem králi: Vidí-li se za dobré králi, nechť mi dadí listy k vývodám za řekou, aby mne provedli, až bych přišel do Judstva,
I also said to the king, “If you are willing to do it, write letters for me to take to the governors of the province west of the [Euphrates] River. Tell them to allow me to travel safely [through their province] until I arrive in Judah.
8 Tolikéž psání k Azafovi, vládaři lesu královského, aby mi dal dříví na trámy, k branám paláce, při domě Božím, a ke zdem městským, a k domu, do něhož bych vjíti mohl. I dal mi král vedlé štědré ruky Boha mého ke mně.
Also, [please write] a letter to Asaph, the man who takes care of your forest [in that area], telling him to give me timber to make the beams to support the gates of the fortress that is near the temple, and timber for making the walls of the city, and for building the house in which I [will live].” The king did what I requested him to do, because my God was graciously/kindly (helping/acting for) me.
9 Tedy přišed k vývodám za řekou, dal jsem jim psání královské. Poslal pak byl se mnou král hejtmany vojska a jezdce.
[After I got ready, I left to travel to Judah]. The king sent some army officers and soldiers riding on horses to accompany me, [to protect me]. When I came to where the governors of the provinces west of the [Euphrates] River lived, I gave them the letters that the king had written.
10 To když uslyšel Sanballat Choronský, a Tobiáš služebník Ammonitský, velmi je to mrzelo, že přišel člověk, kterýž by obmýšlel dobré synů Izraelských.
But when [two government officials, ] Sanballat from [a village near] Horon and Tobiah from the Ammon [people-group], heard that I had arrived, they were very angry that someone had come to help the Israeli people.
11 A tak přišed do Jeruzaléma, pobyl jsem tam za tři dni.
When I arrived in Jerusalem, I did not tell anyone what thoughts God had given to me about what I should do there. Three days after I arrived in Jerusalem, I went out of the city in the evening, taking a few other men with me. I was riding a donkey; we had no other animals with us.
12 V noci pak vstal jsem, a kolikosi mužů se mnou, a neoznámil jsem žádnému, co mi dal Bůh můj v srdce, abych činil v Jeruzalémě, aniž jsem měl hovada jakého s sebou, kromě hovádka, na němž jsem jel.
13 I vyjel jsem branou při údolí v noci k studnici drakové a k bráně hnojné, a ohledoval jsem zdí Jeruzalémských, kteréž byly pobořené, a bran jeho zkažených ohněm.
We left the city, going out through the Valley Gate, then past the well called the Jackal (OR, Dragon’s) Well, and then past the gate called the Rubbish/Garbage Gate. We inspected all the walls that had been broken down and all the gates that had been burned down.
14 Odtud jsem jel k bráně studničné, a k rybníku královskému, kdež nebylo brodu hovádku, na němž jsem jel, aby přejíti mohlo.
Then we went to the Fountain Gate and to the pool called the King’s Pool, but my donkey could not get through [the narrow opening] (OR, [the rubble]).
15 Pročež bral jsem se zhůru podlé potoka v noci, a ohledoval jsem zdi. Odkudž vraceje se, vjel jsem branou při údolí, a tak jsem se navrátil.
So we turned back and went along the [Kidron] Valley. We inspected the wall there before we turned back/around and entered the city again at the Valley Gate.
16 Ale knížata nic nevěděli, kam jsem jezdil, a co jsem činil; nebo jsem Židům, ani kněžím, ani přednějším, ani knížatům, ani jiným úředníkům až do té chvíle neoznámil.
The [city] officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, because I had not told anyone about what I planned to do. I had not said anything about it to the Jewish leaders or the officials or the priests or any of the others who would be helping me in the work [that I wanted to do].
17 Protož řekl jsem jim: Vy vidíte, v jakém jsme zlém, a Jeruzalém zpuštěný, a brány jeho ohněm zkaženy. Poďtež, a stavějme zed Jeruzalémskou, abychom nebyli více v pohanění.
But now I said to them, “You all know very well the terrible things [that have happened to] our city. The city is ruined; even the gates are burned down. So we should rebuild the city wall. If we do that, we will no longer feel humiliated/disgraced.”
18 A když jsem jim oznámil, že pomoc Boha mého jest se mnou, ano i slova králova, kteráž ke mně mluvil, teprv řekli: Přičiňmež se a stavějme. I posilnili rukou svých k dobrému.
Then I told them about how God had kindly/graciously helped me [when I talked to the king], and what the king had said to me. They immediately replied, “Let’s start rebuilding!” So they started to do this good work.
19 Což když uslyšel Sanballat Choronský, a Tobiáš služebník Ammonitský, a Gesem Arabský, posmívali se, a utrhali nám, pravíce: Což to děláte? Co se králi protivíte?
But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Gershom the Arab [king of the Kedar region] heard about what we planned to do, they made fun of us and ridiculed us. They said, “What is this work that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king [again]?” [RHQ]
20 Jimž odpovídaje, řekl jsem: Bůh nebeský, tenť nám dá prospěch, a my služebníci jeho přičiníce se, stavěti budeme, vy pak nemáte žádného dílu, ani práva, ani památky v Jeruzalémě.
But I replied, “Our God [who is/rules] in heaven will help our plans to succeed. But as for you, you have no right to decide anything about this city, because you have not participated in what has happened in this city in previous years.”
