Nehemias 6

1 Da det nu kom Sanballat, Araberen Gesjem og vore andre Fjender for Øre, at jeg havde bygget Muren, og at der ikke var flere Huller i den — dog havde jeg paa den Tid ikke sat Fløje i Portene —

Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways);

2 sendte Sanballat og Gesjem Bud og opfordrede mig til en Sammenkomst i Kefirim i Onodalen. Men de havde ondt i Sinde imod mig.

Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.

3 Derfor sendte jeg Bud til dem og lod sige: »Jeg har et stort Arbejde for og kan derfor ikke komme derned; hvorfor skulde Arbejdet standse? Og det vilde ske, hvis jeg lod det ligge for at komme ned til eder.

And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you?

4 Fire Gange sendte de mig samme Bud, og hver Gang gav jeg dem samme Svar.

And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer.

5 Da sendte Sanballat for femte Gang sin Tjener til mig med samme Bud, og han havde et aabent Brev med,

Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

6 i hvilket der stod: Det hedder sig blandt Folkene, og Gasjmu bekræfter det, at du og Jøderne pønser paa Oprør; derfor er det, du bygger Muren, og at du vil være deres Konge.

And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king;

7 Og du skal endog have faaet Profeter til i Jerusalem at udraabe dig til Konge i Juda. Dette Rygte vil nu komme Kongen for Øre; kom derfor og lad os tales ved!

And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.

8 Men jeg sendte ham det Bud: Slige Ting, som du omtaler, er slet ikke sket; det er dit eget Paafund!

Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself.

9 Thi de havde alle til Hensigt at indjage os Skræk, idet de tænkte, at vi skulde lade Hænderne synke, saa Arbejdet ikke blev til noget. Men styrk du nu mine Hænder!

For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.

10 Og da jeg gik ind i Sjemajas, Mehetab'els Søn Delajas Søns, Hus, som ved den Tid maatte holde sig inde, sagde han: Lad os tales ved i Guds Hus, i Helligdommens Indre, og stænge Dørene, thi der kommer nogle Folk, som vil dræbe dig; de kommer i Nat for at dræbe dig!«

And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the night they will come to put you to death.

11 Men jeg svarede: Skulde en Mand som jeg flygte? Og hvorledes skulde en Mand som jeg kunne betræde Helligdommen og blive i Live? Jeg gaar ikke derind!

And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.

12 Thi jeg skønnede, at det ikke var Gud, som havde sendt ham, men at han var kommet med det Udsagn om mig, fordi Tobija og Sanballat havde lejet ham dertil,

Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so.

13 for at jeg skulde blive bange og forsynde mig ved slig Adfærd og de faa Anledning til ilde Omtale, saa de kunde bagvaske mig.

For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.

14 Kom Tobija og Sanballat i Hu, min Gud, efter deres Gerninger, ligeledes Profetinden Noadja og de andre Profeter, der vilde gøre mig bange!

Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.

15 Saaledes blev Muren færdig den fem og tyvende Dag i Elul Maaned efter to og halvtredsindstyve Dages Forløb.

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

16 Og da alle vore Fjender hørte det, blev alle Hedningerne rundt om os bange og saare nedslaaede, idet de skønnede, at dette Værk var udført med vor Guds Hjælp.

And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.

17 Men der gik ogsaa i de Dage en Mængde Breve frem og tilbage mellem Tobija og de store i Juda;

And further, in those days the chiefs of Judah sent a number of letters to Tobiah, and his letters came to them.

18 thi mange i Juda stod i Edsforbund med ham, da han var Svigersøn af Sjekanja, Aras Søn, og hans Søn Johanan var gift med en Datter af Mesjullam, Berekjas Søn.

For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.

19 Ogsaa plejede de baade at tale godt om ham til mig og at forebringe ham mine Ord; Tobija sendte ogsaa Breve for at gøre mig bange.

And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.