Nehemiáš 5
1 Byl pak pokřik veliký lidu i žen jejich na bratří jich Židy.
And there occurred a great outcry of the people and their wives against their brothers, the Jews.
2 Nebo někteří pravili: Synů a dcer máme tak mnoho, že za ně obilé jednáme, abychom jísti a živi býti mohli.
And there were those who were saying: “Our sons and our daughters are very many. Let us receive grain as a price for them, and then we may eat and live.”
3 Jiní opět pravili: Pole svá i vinice své, a domy své zzastavovati musíme, abychom obilé jednati mohli v hladu tomto.
And there were those who were saying: “Let us offer up our fields and vineyards, and our houses, and then we may receive grain during the famine.”
4 Jiní ještě pravili: Musíme vypůjčiti peněz, abychom dali plat králi, na svá pole i vinice své,
And others were saying: “Let us borrow money for the tribute of the king, and let us surrender our fields and vineyards.”
5 Ješto aj, jakož tělo bratří našich, tak těla naše, jakož synové jejich, tak i synové naši. A však my musíme podrobovati syny své a dcery své v službu, a některé již ze dcer našich podrobeny jsou, a nemůžeme s nic býti, poněvadž pole naše a vinice naše drží jiní.
“And now, as is the flesh of our brothers, so is our flesh; and as are their sons, so also are our sons. Behold, we have subjugated our sons and our daughters into servitude, and some of our daughters are slaves, nor do we have the ability to redeem them, for others possess our fields and our vineyards.”
6 Protož rozhněval jsem se velmi, když jsem slyšel křik jejich a slova taková.
And when I had heard their outcry in these words, I was exceedingly angry.
7 I uložil jsem v srdci svém, abych domlouval přednějším a knížatům, řka jim: Vy jste ti, jenž obtěžujete jeden každý bratra svého. I svolal jsem proti nim shromáždění veliké.
And my heart considered within me. And I rebuked the nobles and the magistrates, and I said to them, “Have you each been exacting usury from your brothers?” And I gathered together a great assembly against them.
8 A řekl jsem jim: My vyplacujeme bratří své Židy, kteříž prodáni byli pohanům, podlé možnosti naší. Což vy zase prodávati máte bratří vaše, anobrž což je sobě prodávati budete? Kteřížto umlkli a nenalezli odpovědi.
And I said to them: “As you know, in accord with what was possible for us, we have redeemed our brothers, the Jews, who had been sold to the Gentiles. And yet you now sell your brothers, and we must redeem them?” And they were silent, nor did they find anything to answer.
9 Řekl jsem dále: Není to dobře, což děláte. Zdali v bázni Boha našeho nemáte choditi raději než v pohanění pohanů, nepřátel našich?
And I said to them: “The thing that you are doing is not good. Why are you not walking in the fear of our God, so that there may be no reproach against us from our enemies, the Gentiles?
10 I já také s bratřími svými a s služebníky svými mohl bych bráti od nich peníze aneb obilé, a však odpusťme jim medle ten dluh.
Both I and my brothers, with my servants, have lent money and grain to many. Let us agree not to ask for its return. Let us forgive the other money that is owed to us.
11 Navraťte jim, prosím, ještě dnes pole jejich, vinice jejich, zahrady olivové jejich i domy jejich, i ten stý díl peněz, obilé, vína i oleje, kterýž od nich béřete.
On this day, restore their fields, and their vineyards, and their olive groves, and their houses to them. Then, too, the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, wine, and oil, which you usually exact from them, give it to them.”
12 Odpověděli: Navrátíme, aniž čeho od nich vyhledávati budeme; tak učiníme, jakž ty pravíš. Tedy svolav kněží, zavázal jsem je přísahou, aby tak učinili.
And they said: “We will restore it, and we will require nothing from them. And we will do just as you say.” And I called the priests, and I had them swear an oath, so that they would act in accord with what I had said.
13 Vytřásl jsem také podolek svůj, a řekl jsem: Tak vytřes Bůh každého muže, kdož by nenaplnil slova tohoto, z domu jeho, z úsilí jeho, a tak buď vytřesený a prázdný. I řeklo všecko shromáždění: Amen, a chválili Hospodina. I učinil lid tak.
Moreover, I shook out my lap, and I said: “So may God shake out every man, who does not fulfill this word. From his house and from his labors, so may he be shaken out and become empty.” And the entire multitude said, “Amen.” And they praised God. Therefore, the people acted in accord with what was said.
14 Anobrž také ode dne, v němž jsem postaven, abych byl vývodou jejich v zemi Judské, od léta dvadcátého až do léta třidcátého druhého Artaxerxa krále, za dvanácte let, ani já ani bratří moji pokrmu knížecího jsme nejedli,
Now from that day, on which the king had ordered me to be governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of king Artaxerxes, for twelve years, I and my brothers did not eat the yearly allowance that was owed to the governors.
15 Ješto vývodové prvnější, kteříž byli přede mnou, obtěžovali lid, berouce od nich chléb a víno mimo čtyřidceti lotů stříbra. Nadto i služebníci jejich ssužovali lid, čehož jsem já nečinil, boje se Boha.
But the former governors, the ones who had been before me, were a burden to the people, and they took from them bread and wine, and forty shekels of money each day. And their officials also oppressed the people. But I did not do so, out of fear of God.
16 Alebrž také i při opravování zdi pracoval jsem, aniž jsme skupovali rolí, ano i všickni služebníci moji byli tu shromážděni k dílu.
In fact, I preferred to build in the work of the wall, and I bought no land, and all my servants were gathered to do the work.
17 Přesto Židé a knížat půl druhého sta osob, a kteříž přicházeli k nám z národů okolních, jídali u stolu mého.
Likewise, the Jews and the magistrates, one hundred and fifty men, were at my table, with those who came to us from among the Gentiles that are around us.
18 Pročež strojívalo se toho na každý den jeden vůl, šest ovec výborných, též i ptáci byli mi strojeni, a v jednom z desíti dnů všelijakého vína dávalo se dosti. Však s tím se vším pokrmu knížecího nežádal jsem, nebo těžká poroba vzložena byla na lid ten.
Now there was prepared for me, on each day, one ox and six choice rams, along with poultry. And once every ten days, I distributed diverse wines and many other things. Yet I did not require my yearly allowance as governor. For the people were greatly impoverished.
19 Budiž pamětliv na mne, Bože můj, k dobrému, což jsem pak koli činil při lidu tomto.
Remember me, O my God, for good, in accord with all that I have done for this people.
