Nehemias 13
1 Paa den samme Dag blev læst i Mose Bog for Folkets Øren; og der blev fundet skrevet i den, at en Ammonit og Moabit maatte ikke komme i Guds Forsamling indtil evig Tid,
One day when the Book of Moses was being read to the people, the section was found where it was written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be allowed into the assembly of God,
2 fordi de ikke kom Israels Børn i Møde med Brød og med Vand, men lejede Bileam imod dem til at forbande dem, enddog vor Gud vendte den Forbandelse til en Velsignelse.
because they hadn't brought food and water when they met the Israelites, but instead they had hired Balaam to put a curse on them—though our God turned that curse into a blessing!
3 Og det skete, der de hørte Loven, da fraskilte de alle de fremmede fra Israel.
When the people heard about this law, they separated out from Israel everyone who had foreign ancestry.
4 Og Eliasib, Præsten, som var sat over vor Guds Hus's Kamre, var tilforn bleven nær besvogret med Tobia.
Before all this, Eliashib the priest, who was related to Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the Temple of our God.
5 Og han gjorde ham et stort Kammer, hvor de tilforn lagde Madofferet, Virakken og Karrene og Tienden af Kornet, Mosten og Olien, som var befalet at give Leviterne og Sangerne og Portnerne, og Afgiften til Præsterne.
He had provided Tobiah with a large room which had previously been used to store the grain offerings, incense, and Temple items, as well as the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil allocated to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, in addition to the offerings for the priests.
6 Men under alt dette var jeg ikke i Jerusalem; thi i Artakserkses's, Kongen af Babels, to og tredivte Aar, kom jeg til Kongen, og efter at et Aars Tid var til Ende, begærede jeg igen Orlov af Kongen.
When all this happened I was not in Jerusalem because I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I requested permission from the king to go back.
7 Og jeg kom til Jerusalem, og jeg lagde Mærke til det onde, som Eliasib havde gjort for Tobias Skyld, at han havde gjort ham et Kammer i Guds Hus's Forgaarde.
When I arrived back in Jerusalem I discovered the dreadful thing Eliashib had done in providing Tobiah a room in the courtyard of God's Temple.
8 Og det gjorde mig meget ondt, og jeg kastede alt Tobias Bohave ud af Kammeret.
I was extremely upset, and I went and threw out everything that was in Tobiah's room.
9 Og jeg bød, saa rensede de Kamrene, og jeg bragte igen Guds Hus's Kar, Madofferet og Virakken derhen.
I ordered the rooms purified, and put back the Temple items, the grain offerings, and the incense.
10 Og jeg fik at vide, at Afgiften til Leviterne ikke blev dem given, saa at Leviterne og Sangerne, som skulde gøre Gerningen, vare bortflyede, hver til sin Ager.
I also found out that the food allowances for the Levites were not being provided, so the Levites had gone back to take care of their fields, along with the singers who led the worship services.
11 Da trættede jeg med Forstanderne og sagde: Hvorfor er Guds Hus forladt? Og jeg samlede dem og beskikkede dem paa deres Sted.
I went and confronted the leaders, asking, “Why is God's Temple being neglected?” I called the Levites back and made sure they were carrying out their responsibilities.
12 Da bragte al Juda Tiende af Kornet og Mosten og Olien til Forraadshusene.
Everyone in Judah then brought the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil into the storerooms.
13 Og jeg satte til Skatgemmere over Forraadshusene Selemia, Præsten, og Zadok, Skriveren, og Pedaja af Leviterne, og for at gaa dem til Haande Hanan, en Søn af Sakur, der var en Søn af Matthanja; thi de vare ansete for tro, og dem paalaa det at dele ud til deres Brødre.
I put Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah, one of the Levites, in charge of the storerooms with Hanan, son of Zakkur, son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered honest people. Their responsibility was to distribute the allowances to their fellow Levites.
14 Min Gud! kom mig i Hu for dette, og udslet ikke mine Kærlighedsgerninger, som jeg har gjort imod min Guds Hus og i hans Tjeneste!
My God, please remember me over this. Please don't forget my good deeds I have done for the Temple of my God and its services.
15 I de samme Dage saa jeg i Juda dem, som traadte Vinperser om Sabbaten og førte Neg ind og lagde dem paa Asener, ja og Vin, Druer og Figen og alle Haande Byrder og førte det til Jerusalem paa Sabbatens Dag, og jeg vidnede imod dem, paa den Dag, de solgte Spise.
Around that time I noticed people treading the winepress on Sabbath. I saw others collecting grain and loading it up on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, and bringing it all into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
16 I den boede og nogle Tyrier, som førte Fisk og alle Haande Varer ind, og de solgte dem paa Sabbaten til Judas Børn og i Jerusalem.
I told them off for selling their produce on that day.
17 Da trættede jeg med de ypperste i Juda, og jeg sagde til dem: Hvad er dette for en ond Ting, som I gøre, at vanhellige Sabbatens Dag?
Some people from Tyre who lived in Jerusalem were bringing in fish and all kinds of things and they were selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.
18 Gjorde ej eders Fædre saa, og vor Gud førte al denne Ulykke over os og over denne Stad? Og I føre mere Vrede over Israel ved at vanhellige Sabbaten.
I confronted the Jewish leaders, asking them, “Why are you are doing such an evil thing? You are violating the Sabbath day! Wasn't this what your forefathers did, bringing our God down on us, causing us and this city such disasters? Now you're bringing even more trouble on us by violating the Sabbath!”
19 Og det skete, saasnart det blev mørkt i Jerusalems Porte henimod Sabbaten, da bød jeg, saa bleve Portene lukkede, og jeg bød, at de ikke skulde oplade dem før efter Sabbaten, og jeg beskikkede nogle af mine Tjenere ved Portene, at ingen Byrde skulde komme ind paa Sabbatens Dag.
So I ordered Jerusalem's gates to be shut at sunset on the day before the Sabbath, and that were not to be opened until after the Sabbath had ended. I assigned some of my men to guard the gates to make sure no goods would be brought in on the Sabbath day.
20 Da bleve Kræmmerne og de, som solgte alle Haande Varer, om Natten uden for Jerusalem, en Gang eller to.
A couple of times merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside of Jerusalem.
21 Da vidnede jeg for dem og sagde til dem: Hvorfor bleve I om Natten tværs over for Muren? gøre I det anden Gang, da skal jeg lægge Haand paa eder; fra den Tid kom de ikke om Sabbaten.
I warned them, saying, “Why are you spending the night by the wall? If you do that again I'll have you arrested!” After that they didn't come on the Sabbath.
22 Og jeg sagde til Leviterne, at de skulde rense sig og komme at tage Vare paa Portene for at hellige Sabbatens Dag. Min Gud! kom mig og i Hu for dette, og spar mig efter din megen Miskundhed!
Then I told the Levites to purify themselves and to come and guard the gates to keep the Sabbath day holy. My God, please also remember me for doing this, and be merciful to me because of your trustworthy love.
23 Jeg saa ogsaa i de samme Dage, at Jøderne lode asdoditiske, ammonitiske, moabitiske Hustruer bo hos sig.
Around the same time I realized some Jews had married women from Ashdod, Moab, and Ammon.
24 Og Halvdelen af deres Børn talte Asdoditisk, og de forstode ikke at tale jødisk; men de talte efter hvert sit Folks Tungemaal.
Half their children could only speak the language of Ashdod or that of another people, and didn't know how to speak the language of Judah.
25 Og jeg trættede med dem og forbandede dem og slog nogle af dem og rev Haar af dem; og jeg tog en Ed af dem ved Gud: I skulle ikke give eders Døtre til deres Sønner og ej tage af deres Døtre til eders Sønner, eller til eder selv.
So I confronted them and told them they were cursed. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God, saying, “You must not allow your daughters to marry their sons, or allow your sons—or yourselves— to marry their daughters.
26 Har ikke Salomo, Israels Konge, syndet i disse Ting? enddog der ikke var en Konge som han iblandt de mange Folkeslag, og han var sin Gud kær, og Gud satte ham til Konge over al Israel; og dog kom de fremmede Kvinder ham til at synde.
Wasn't it marriages like these that made King Solomon of Israel sin? There wasn't a king in any nation like him. God loved him, and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was made to sin by foreign women.
27 Skulde vi da høre det om eder, at I gøre alt dette store Onde, saa at I forsynde eder imod vor Gud ved at lade fremmede Kvinder bo hos eder?
So do we have to hear about you committing this dreadful sin, how you are being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women?”
28 Og en blandt Sønnerne af Jojada, Eliasib, Ypperstepræstens Søn, var bleven Sanballats, Horonitens, Svigersøn; derfor drev jeg ham fra mig.
Even one of the sons of Jehoiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. So I expelled him.
29 Kom dem i Hu, min Gud! fordi de havde besmittet Præstedømmet, ja Præstedømmets og Leviternes Pagt.
My God, remember them and what they did, violating the priesthood and the solemn agreement of the priests and Levites.
30 Saa rensede jeg dem fra alt fremmed; og jeg beskikkede Præsternes og Leviternes Vagter, hver til sin Gerning,
I purified them from everything foreign, and I made sure the priests and Levites were carrying out their assigned responsibilities.
31 og til at sørge for Gaven af Veddet til bestemte Tider og for Førstegrøderne. Kom mig i Hu, min Gud! til det gode.
I also arranged for wood to be supplied for the altar at the specified times, and for the first part of the produce to be donated. My God, remember me favorably.
