Nehemiáš 6

1 I stalo se, když uslyšel Sanballat a Tobiáš, a Gesem Arabský i jiní nepřátelé naši, že bych vystavěl zed, a že nezůstalo v ní mezery, ačkoli jsem ještě až do toho času nevstavil vrat do bran,

Now it happened that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem, an Arab, and our other enemies, had heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no interruption remaining in it, (even though, at that time, I had not set up the double doors at the gates, )

2 Že poslal Sanballat a Gesem ke mně, řka: Přiď, a rozmluvíme spolu ve vsi na rovinách Ono. Ale oni mé zlé obmýšleli.

Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying: “Come, and let us strike a pact together in the villages, on the plain of Ono.” But they were thinking that they would do me harm.

3 Takž jsem poslal k nim posly, řka: Dílo veliké dělám, protož nemohu odjíti. Což se má meškati dílo, když bych je opustě, k vám sjíti měl?

Therefore, I sent messengers to them, saying: “I am doing a great work, and I cannot descend, lest perhaps it may be neglected when I go out and descend to you.”

4 I posílali ke mně na týž způsob čtyřikrát, a odpověděl jsem jim týmiž slovy.

Then they sent to me, with this same word, four times. And I responded to them with the same word as before.

5 Potom poslal ke mně Sanballat na tentýž způsob po páté služebníka svého s listem otevřeným.

And Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time, with the former word, and he had a letter in his hand written in this manner:

6 V kterémž bylo psáno: Slyší se mezi národy, jakž Gasmu praví, že ty a Židé myslíte se zprotiviti, a že ty proto stavíš zed, abys králem jejich byl, jakž se to dokoná.

“It has been heard among the Gentiles, and Geshem has said it, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel, and because of this, you are building the wall and thinking to raise yourself as a king over them. For this reason,

7 Také žes i proroky postavil, aby hlásali o tobě v Jeruzalémě, řkouce: Král v Judstvu. Nyní tedy uslyší král ty věci. Protož přiď, a poradíme se spolu.

you also have stationed prophets, who preach about you in Jerusalem, saying: ‘There is a king in Judea!’ But the king will hear about these words. Therefore, come now, so that we may go to counsel together.”

8 Tedy poslal jsem k němu, řka: Neníť toho nic, což ty pravíš, ale sám sobě to vymýšlíš.

And I sent to them, saying: “There has been nothing done according to these words, which you have spoken. For you are inventing these things from your own heart.”

9 Nebo všickni ti nás ustrašiti se snažovali, myslíce: Oslábnou ruce jejich při díle, a nedokoná se to. Ale však ty, ó Bože, posilň rukou mých.

For all these men wished to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would cease. For this reason, I strengthened my hands all the more.

10 A když jsem všel do domu Semaiáše syna Delaiášova, syna Mehetabelova, kterýž se byl zavřel, řekl mi: Sejděme se do domu Božího, do vnitřku chrámu, a zavřeme dvéře chrámové; nebo přijdou, chtíc tě zamordovati. A to v noci přijdou, aby tě zamordovali.

And I entered into the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, in secret. And he said: “Let us consult together in the house of God, in the midst of the temple. And let us close the doors of the temple. For they will come to kill you, and they will arrive in the night to put you to death.”

11 Jemuž jsem řekl: Takový-liž by muž, jako jsem já, utíkati měl? Aneb kdo jest tak, jako jsem já, ješto by vejda do chrámu, živ byl? Nevejduť.

And I said: “How could anyone like me flee? And who like me should enter the temple, so that he may live? I will not enter.”

12 I poznal jsem, a aj, Bůh neposlal ho, ale proroctví to mluvil proti mně, že ho Tobiáš a Sanballat byli ze mzdy najali.

And I understood that God had not sent him, but he had spoken to me as if he were prophesying, and that Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

13 Proto pak ze mzdy byl najat, abych já ustrašen jsa, učinil to a zhřešil, aby mi to bylo u nich k zlé pověsti, čímž by mi utrhali.

For he had accepted money, so that I would be afraid, and would sin, and so that they would have some evil with which to rebuke me.

14 Budiž pamětliv, můj Bože, na Tobiáše a Sanballata, podlé těch skutků jejich, i na Noadii prorokyni, a na jiné proroky, kteříž strašili mne.

Remember me, O Lord, because of Tobiah and Sanballat, because of their works of this kind. Then, too, Noadiah, a prophetess, and the rest of the prophets, would have made me afraid.

15 A tak dodělána jest zed ta pětmecítmého dne měsíce Elul v padesáti a dvou dnech.

Now the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul, in fifty-two days.

16 To když uslyšeli všickni nepřátelé naši, a viděli všickni národové, kteříž byli vůkol nás, ulekli se velmi; nebo poznali, že od Boha našeho působeno bylo dílo to.

Then it happened that, when all our enemies had heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they were downcast within themselves. For they knew that this work had been accomplished by God.

17 Také v těch dnech i listy často posílali přednější Judští k Tobiášovi, tolikéž od Tobiáše docházely k nim.

But also, in those days, many letters were being sent by the nobles of the Jews to Tobiah, and were arriving from Tobiah to them.

18 Nebo mnozí v Judstvu měli s ním přísahu, proto že byl zetěm Sechaniáše syna Arachova, a Jochanan syn jeho pojal byl dceru Mesullama syna Berechiášova.

For there were many in Judea who had sworn an oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah, and because Jehohanan, his son, had married the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.

19 K tomu i dobré činy jeho vypravovali přede mnou, a řeči mé vynášeli k němu. Listy pak posílal Tobiáš, aby mne ustrašil.

Moreover, they praised him before me, and they reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters, so that he might make me afraid.