Nehemias 6
1 Og det skete, der det hørtes af Sanballat og Tobia og Gesem, Araberen, og vore øvrige Fjender, at jeg havde bygget Muren, og at der var intet Brud blevet tilbage paa den, enddog jeg ikke til den Tid havde indsat Døre i Portene,
When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and our other enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and there were no gaps left—though at that time I still had not put the doors into the gates—
2 da sendte Sanballat og Gesem til mig at lade sige: Gak med og lader os samles med hverandre i Landsbyerne i Dalen Ono; men de tænkte at gøre mig ondt.
they sent a message to me, saying, “Come on, let's meet in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they intended to kill me.
3 Og jeg sendte Bud til dem og lod sige: Jeg har et stort Arbejde at udrette og kan ikke komme ned; hvorfor skulde Arbejdet holde op? som om jeg skulde lade af fra det og drage ned til eder!
So I sent messengers to tell them, “I'm busy with important work and I can't come down. Why should I stop what I'm doing and leave it to come and see you?”
4 Og de sendte fire Gange Bud til mig paa denne Maade, og jeg gav dem Svar igen paa denne Maade.
They sent me the same message four times, and every time my reply was the same.
5 Da sendte Sanballat paa samme Maade femte Gang sin Tjener til mig med et aabent Brev i hans Haand.
Sanballat sent me the same message the fifth time by his servant, who brought in his hand an open letter.
6 Deri var skrevet: Det er hørt iblandt Hedningerne, og Gasmu har sagt det, at du og Jøderne tænke paa at falde fra, og at du derfor bygger Muren, og du vil være deres Konge efter dette Rygte,
The letter read: “People around are saying, and Geshem confirms it, that you and the Jews are planning a rebellion, and that's why you're building the wall. You also plan to become their king, so they say,
7 og at du ogsaa har bestilt Profeter, som skulle udraabe om dig i Jerusalem og sige: Han er Konge i Juda; og nu maatte det høres for Kongen efter dette Rygte; derfor kom nu og lader os raadslaa sammen!
and you have even arranged for prophets in Jerusalem to announce for you, ‘There is a king in Judah.’ The king will soon get to hear about this. So come, and let's talk this over.”
8 Men jeg sendte til ham at lade sige: Der er ikke sket noget af disse Ting, som du siger, men du har optænkt dem af dit eget Hjerte.
I replied, telling him, “Nothing's happening like you're saying! In fact you're just making it all up!”
9 Thi de vilde alle sammen gøre os frygtagtige og sagde: Deres Hænder skulle drage sig tilbage fra Arbejdet, at det ikke fuldføres; men nu, styrk mine Hænder!
They were all just trying to scare us, telling themselves, “They won't have the strength to work so it won't ever get finished.” But I prayed, now make me strong!
10 Der jeg kom i Huset hos Semaja, en Søn af Delaja, Mehetabeels Søn, medens han holdt sig indelukket, da sagde han: Lader os samles i Guds Hus, midt i Templet, og lukke Templets Døre; thi de ville komme for at slaa dig ihjel, ja de ville komme i Nat for at slaa dig ihjel.
Later on, I went to Shemaiah's house (he was the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel) who had shut himself in his house. He said: “Come and meet me at the house of God inside the Temple. Then we can bolt the Temple doors shut because they are coming to kill you! They're coming to kill you tonight!”
11 Men jeg sagde: Skulde en Mand som jeg flygte? og hvilken Mand, der var som jeg, skulde gaa ind i Templet og leve? jeg vil ikke gaa derind.
I replied, “Should someone like me run away? Should someone like me go and hide in the Temple so I can survive? I'm not going!”
12 Thi jeg mærkede godt, at Gud ikke havde sendt ham; men han talte den Spaadom om mig, fordi Tobia og Sanballat havde lejet ham dertil.
I thought about it and saw that God hadn't sent him, but that he had spoken this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13 Derfor var han lejet, at jeg skulde have frygtet og gjort saa og syndet, at det kunde have været dem til et ondt Rygte om mig, for at de kunde forhaane mig.
They'd hired him thinking I'd be scared into doing something wrong. Then they'd be able to point the finger and ruin my reputation.
14 Min Gud! kom Tobia og Sanballat i Hu efter disse hans Gerninger, ja ogsaa den Profetinde Noadja og de øvrige Profeter, som vilde gøre mig frygtsom.
My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for doing this, and Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets too who tried to frighten me.
15 Og Muren blev færdig paa den fem og tyvende Dag i Elul Maaned, udi to og halvtredsindstyve Dage.
The wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul. It took fifty-two days.
16 Og det skete, der alle vore Fjender havde hørt det, da frygtede alle Hedningerne, som vare trindt omkring os, og Modet syntes saare at falde paa dem; thi de kendte, at denne Gerning var gjort af vor Gud.
When all our enemies found out they were frightened; all the nations around were very discouraged, for they recognized that this had been done by our God.
17 Ogsaa i de samme Dage skreve de ypperste af Juda deres mange Breve, som gik til Tobia, og Breve fra Tobia kom til dem.
At that time the nobles of Judah were exchanging many letters with Tobiah,
18 Thi der var mange i Juda, som vare med Ed forbundne med ham; thi han var besvogret med Sekania, Aras Søn, og hans Søn, Johanan, havde taget Mesullams, Berekias Søns, Datter.
because many people in Judah had sworn an oath of loyalty to him as he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah, son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan was married to the daughter of Meshullam, son of Berechiah.
19 De talte ogsaa om hans mange gode Egenskaber for mig og bragte mine Ord til ham; saa sendte Tobia Breve for at gøre mig frygtsom.
They kept on telling me all the good things Tobiah was doing, and they reported to him what I said. Tobiah also sent letters to try and scare me.
