Nehemiah 2
1 Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
A mjeseca Nisana godine dvadesete Artakserksa cara bijaše vino pred njim, i ja uzev vino dadoh ga caru. A preðe ne bijah neveseo pred njim.
2 so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
I reèe mi car: što si lica nevesela, kad nijesi bolestan? nije drugo nego tuga u srcu. A ja se uplaših vrlo.
3 and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
I rekoh caru: da je živ car dovijeka! kako ne bih bio lica nevesela, kad je grad gdje su grobovi mojih otaca opustio i vrata mu ognjem spaljena?
4 “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
A car mi reèe: šta hoæeš? Tada se pomolih Bogu nebeskomu,
5 and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”
I rekoh caru: ako je ugodno caru i ako ti je mio sluga tvoj, pošlji me u Judeju u grad gdje su grobovi otaca mojih da ga sagradim.
6 Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.
A car mi reèe, a žena njegova sjeðaše do njega: koliko ti vremena treba na put, i kad æeš se vratiti? I bi ugodno caru, i pusti me kad mu kazah vrijeme.
7 I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
Potom rekoh caru: ako je ugodno caru, da mi se da knjiga na knezove preko rijeke da me prate dokle ne doðem u Judeju,
8 And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
I knjiga na Asafa èuvara šume careve da mi da drva za brvna na vrata od dvora uz dom Božji i za zid gradski i za kuæu u koju æu uæi. I dade mi car, jer dobra ruka Boga mojega bješe nada mnom.
9 Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.
I tako doðoh ka knezovima preko rijeke, i dadoh im knjige careve. A car posla sa mnom vojvode i konjike.
10 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
A kad to èu Sanavalat Oronjanin i Tovija sluga Amonac, bi im vrlo mrsko što doðe èovjek da se postara za dobro sinovima Izrailjevijem.
11 After I had arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,
Potom doðoh u Jerusalim, i bih ondje tri dana.
12 I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.
Pa ustah noæu s nekoliko ljudi, a nikomu ne kazah što mi je Bog moj dao u srce da uèinim u Jerusalimu; i ne imah kljuseta sa sobom osim onoga na kom jahah.
13 So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
I izidoh noæu na vrata od doline, na izvor zmajevski, i na vrata gnojna, i razgledah zidove Jerusalimske kako bjehu razvaljeni i kako mu vrata bjehu ognjem popaljena.
14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;
Otuda proðoh na izvorska vrata i na carsko jezero, a ondje ne bješe mjesta da kljuse poda mnom prijeðe.
15 so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.
Zato jahah uz potok po noæi i razgledah zid, pa se vratih na vrata od doline, i tako doðoh natrag.
16 The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.
Ali poglavari ne znadijahu kuda sam išao ni šta sam radio, jer do tada ne bijah ništa rekao ni Judejcima ni sveštenicima ni knezovima ni poglavarima ni drugima koji upravljahu poslom.
17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
Zato im rekoh: vidite u kakvom smo zlu, Jerusalim pust i vrata mu popaljena ognjem; dajte da zidamo zidove Jerusalimske, da više ne budemo rug.
18 I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.
I kazah im kako je dobra ruka Boga mojega nada mnom i rijeèi careve koje mi je rekao. Tada rekoše: ustanimo i zidajmo. I ukrijepiše im se ruke na dobro.
19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
A kad to èu Sanavalat Oronjanin i Tovija sluga Amonac i Gisem Arapin, potsmijevaše nam se i rugaše nam se govoreæi: šta to radite? da se neæete odmetnuti caru?
20 So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”
A ja im odgovorih i rekoh: Bog nebeski daæe nam sreæu, a mi sluge njegove ustasmo i zidamo; ali vi nemate dijela ni prava ni spomena u Jerusalimu.
