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 it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
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’s meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to harm me.
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.
I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”
4 Fire Gange sendte de mig samme Bud, og hver Gang gav jeg dem samme Svar.
They sent to me four times like this; and I answered them the same way.
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 the same way the 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.
in which was written, “It is reported amongst the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.
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!
You have also appointed prophets to proclaim of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let’s take counsel together.”
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, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.”
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 all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.
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!«
I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let’s shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you. Yes, in the night they will come to kill you.”
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!
I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? 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,
I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him, but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
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.
He was hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach 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!
“Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear.”
15 Saaledes blev Muren færdig den fem og tyvende Dag i Elul Maaned efter to og halvtredsindstyve Dages Forløb.
So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of 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.
When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was 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;
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s 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 there were many in Judah sworn to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife.
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.
Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
