Nehemias 4
1 Og det skete, der Sanballat hørte, at vi byggede Muren, da optændtes hans Vrede, og han blev meget fortørnet, og han bespottede Jøderne.
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
2 Og han sagde i Paahør af sine Brødre og af Hæren i Samaria, han sagde: Hvad gøre de afmægtige Jøder? skulde man lade dem være? skulde de ofre? skulde de fuldende det paa denne Dag? skulde de lade Stenene leve op af Grusdyngerne, da de ere forbrændte?
And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
3 Og Ammoniten Tobia var Jios ham, og han sagde: Om de end bygge, vil dog en Ræv, om den sprang op, nedrive deres Stenmur.
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
4 Hør, vor Gud! at vi ere foragtede, og lad deres Forsmædelse vende tilbage paa deres Hoved, og giv dem hen til Bytte i Fangenskabs Land;
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach on their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
5 og skjul ikke deres Misgerning, og lad deres Synd ikke udslettes fra dit Ansigt; thi de have opirret dig lige over for dem, som byggede.
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before you: for they have provoked you to anger before the builders.
6 Men vi byggede Muren, saa at den ganske Mur blev sammenføjet indtil dens halvs Højde; thi Folket havde Hjerte til at gøre det.
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
7 Og det skete, der Sanballat og Tobia og Araberne og Ammoniterne og Asdoditerne hørte, at Udbedringen havde taget til paa Murene i Jerusalem, og at Revnerne begyndte at lukkes til, da optændtes deres Vrede saare.
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
8 Og de gjorde alle et Forbund med hverandre om at komme at stride imod Jerusalem og at gøre en Forstyrrelse deri.
And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
9 Men vi bade til vor Gud; og vi stillede Vagt imod dem Dag og Nat over for dem.
Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
10 Da sagde Juda: Lastdragernes Kraft er skrøbelig, og Gruset er meget, og vi kunne ikke bygge paa Muren.
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
11 Og vore Modstandere sagde: De skulle ikke vide og ikke se det, førend vi komme midt iblandt dem og slaa dem ihjel; og vi ville gøre, at Gerningen skal holde op.
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the middle among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
12 Og det skete, der Jøderne, som boede hos dem, kom og sagde vel ti Gange til os: I, som ere komne fra alle Steder, vender tilbage til os!
And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelled by them came, they said to us ten times, From all places from where you shall return to us they will be on you.
13 da stillede jeg Folket neden for Stedet, bag om Muren, paa de frie Pladser; og jeg stillede Folket efter Slægter med deres Sværd, deres Spyd og deres Buer.
Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 Og jeg saa til og rejste mig og sagde til de ypperste og til Forstanderne og til det øvrige Folk: Frygter ikke for deres Ansigt, tænker paa den store og forfærdelige Herre og strider før eders Brødre, eders Sønner og eders Døtre, eders Hustruer og eders Huse!
And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not you afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15 Og det skete, der vore Fjender hørte, at det var os tilkendegivet, og at Gud havde gjort deres Raad til intet, da vendte vi os alle til Muren igen, hver til sin Gerning.
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.
16 Og det skete fra den samme Dag af, at Halvdelen af mine unge Karle udførte Arbejdet, og den anden halve Del af dem holdt baade Spydene, Skjoldene og Buerne og Panserne, og Øversterne stode bag det ganske Judas Hus.
And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants worked in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
17 De, som byggede paa Muren, og Lastdragerne og de, som læssede paa, udførte med, deres ene Haand Arbejdet, og med den anden holdt de Vaabnet.
They which built on the wall, and they that bore burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
18 Og de, som byggede, havde hver sit Sværd bundet ved sine Lænder og byggede saa; og den, som blæste i Trompeten, var hos mig.
For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
19 Og jeg sagde til de ypperste og til Forstanderne og til det øvrige Folk: Arbejdet er stort og vidtløftigt; men vi ere adspredte paa Murene, den ene langt fra den anden.
And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another.
20 Paa hvilket Sted I høre Trompetens Lyd, samler eder derhen til os; vor Gud skal stride for os.
In what place therefore you hear the sound of the trumpet, resort you thither to us: our God shall fight for us.
21 Saa udførte vi Arbejdet, medens Halvdelen af dem holdt paa Spydene, fra Morgenrøden gik op, indtil Stjernerne kom frem.
So we labored in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22 Ogsaa sagde jeg paa samme Tid til Folket: Hver blive med sin Tjener Natten over midt i Jerusalem, at vi maa have dem om Natten til Vagt og om Dagen til Gerningen.
Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labor on the day.
23 Men hverken jeg eller mine Brødre eller mine Tjenere eller de Mænd paa Vagten, som vare bag mig, førte os af vore Klæder; hver havde sit Vaaben hos sig og Vand.
So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
