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,
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 Že poslal Sanballat a Gesem ke mně, řka: Přiď, a rozmluvíme spolu ve vsi na rovinách Ono. Ale oni mé zlé obmýšleli.
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 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?
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 I posílali ke mně na týž způsob čtyřikrát, a odpověděl jsem jim týmiž slovy.
They sent me the same message four times, and each time when I replied to them I said the same thing.
5 Potom poslal ke mně Sanballat na tentýž způsob po páté služebníka svého s listem otevřeným.
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 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.
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 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.
[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 Tedy poslal jsem k němu, řka: Neníť toho nic, což ty pravíš, ale sám sobě to vymýšlíš.
[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 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.
[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 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.
[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 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.
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 I poznal jsem, a aj, Bůh neposlal ho, ale proroctví to mluvil proti mně, že ho Tobiáš a Sanballat byli ze mzdy najali.
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 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.
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 Budiž pamětliv, můj Bože, na Tobiáše a Sanballata, podlé těch skutků jejich, i na Noadii prorokyni, a na jiné proroky, kteříž strašili mne.
[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 A tak dodělána jest zed ta pětmecítmého dne měsíce Elul v padesáti a dvou dnech.
On October 2 we finished rebuilding the wall. We did it all in 52 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.
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 Také v těch dnech i listy často posílali přednější Judští k Tobiášovi, tolikéž od Tobiáše docházely k nim.
During this time, the Jewish leaders had been sending many messages/letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah had been sending messages back 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.
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 K tomu i dobré činy jeho vypravovali přede mnou, a řeči mé vynášeli k němu. Listy pak posílal Tobiáš, aby mne ustrašil.
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.
