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 på den Tid ikke sat Fløje i Portene -
And it comes to pass, when it has been heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian, and by the rest of our enemies, that I have built the wall, and there has not been left in it a breach (also, until 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.
that Sanballat sends, also Geshem, to me, saying, “Come and we meet together in the villages, in the Valley of Ono”; and they are thinking to do to 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 send to them messengers, saying, “A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why does the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down to you?”
4 Fire Gange sendte de mig samme Bud, og hver Gang gav jeg dem samme Svar.
And they send to me, according to this word, four times, and I return them [word] according to this word.
5 Da sendte Sanballat for femte Gang sin Tjener til mig med samme Bud, og han havde et åbent Brev med,
And Sanballat sends to me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand;
6 i hvilket der stod: Det hedder sig blandt Folkene, og Gasjmut bekræfter det, at du og Jøderne pønser på Oprør; derfor er det, du bygger Muren, og at du vil være deres Konge.
it is written in it, “Among the nations it has been heard, and Gashmu is saying: You and the Jews are thinking to rebel, therefore you are building the wall, and you have been to them for a king—according to these words!
7 Og du skal endog have fået Profeter til i Jerusalem at udråbe dig til Konge i Juda. Dette Rygte vil nu komme Kongen for Øre; kom derfor og lad os tales ved!
And also, you have appointed prophets to call for you in Jerusalem, saying, A king [is] in Judah, and now it is heard by the king according to these words; and now come, and we take counsel together.”
8 Men jeg sendte ham det Bud: Slige Ting, som du omtaler, er slet ikke sket; det er dit eget Påfund!
And I send to him, saying, “It has not been according to these words that you are saying, for from your own heart you are devising them”;
9 Thi de havde alle til Hensigt at indjage os Skræk, idet de tænkte, at vi skulde lade Hænderne synke, så Arbejdet ikke blev til noget. Men styrk du nu mine Hænder!
for all of them are making us afraid, saying, “Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done”; and now, strengthen my hands.
10 Og da jeg gik ind i Sjemajas, Mehetab'els Søn Delajas Søns, Hus, som ved den Tid måtte 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 have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel—and he is restrained—and he says, “Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming to slay you—indeed, by night they are coming to slay 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 går ikke derind!
And I say, “A man such as I—does he flee? And who as I, that goes into the temple, and lives? I do 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,
And I discern, and behold, God has not sent him, for in the prophecy he has spoken to me both Tobiah and Sanballat hired him,
13 for at jeg skulde blive bange og forsynde mig ved slig Adfærd og de få Anledning til ilde Omtale, så de kunde bagvaske mig.
so that he [is] a hired worker, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may 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!
Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid.
15 Således blev Muren færdig den fem og tyvende Dag i Elul Måned efter to og halvtredsindstyve Dages Forløb.
And the wall is completed in the twenty-fifth of Elul, on the fifty-second day;
16 Og da alle vore Fjender hørte det, blev alle Hedningerne rundt om os bange og såre nedslåede, idet de skønnede, at dette Værk var udført med vor Guds Hjælp.
and it comes to pass, when all our enemies have heard, and all the nations who are all around us see, that they fall greatly in their own eyes, and know that by our God has this work been done.
17 Men der gik også i de Dage en Mængde Breve frem og tilbage mellem Tobija og de store i Juda;
Also, in those days the nobles of Judah are multiplying their letters going to Tobiah, and those of Tobiah are coming 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 many in Judah are sworn to him, for he [is] son-in-law to Shechaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan has taken the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah;
19 Også plejede de både at tale godt om ham til mig og at forebringe ham mine Ord; Tobija sendte også Breve for at gøre mig bange.
also, they have been speaking of his good deeds before me, and they have been taking my words out to him; Tobiah has sent letters to make me afraid.
