Nehemiah 1
1 The history of Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah. Now it came about, in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, when I was in Shushan, the king's town,
Rijeèi Nemije sina Ahalijina. Mjeseca Hisleva godine dvadesete kad bijah u Susanu gradu,
2 That Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah; and in answer to my request for news of the Jews who had been prisoners and had got away, and of Jerusalem,
Doðe Ananije jedan od braæe moje s nekima iz Judeje; i zapitah ih za Judejce, za ostatak što bješe ostao od ropstva, i za Jerusalim.
3 They said to me, The small band of Jews now living there in the land are in great trouble and shame: the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.
A oni mi rekoše: ostatak što osta od ropstva ondje u zemlji, u velikoj je nevolji i sramoti, i zid je Jerusalimski razvaljen i vrata su mu ognjem popaljena.
4 Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,
A kad èuh te rijeèi, sjedoh i plakah, i tužih nekoliko dana, i postih i molih se pred Bogom nebeskim,
5 And said, O Lord, the God of heaven, the great God, greatly to be feared, keeping faith and mercy with those who have love for him and are true to his laws:
I rekoh: oh Gospode Bože nebeski, Bože veliki i strašni, koji èuvaš zavjet i milost onima koji te ljube i drže tvoje zapovijesti.
6 Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children of Israel, which we have done against you: truly, I and my father's people are sinners.
Neka bude uho tvoje prignuto i oèi tvoje otvorene da èuješ molitvu sluge svojega kojom se sada molim pred tobom dan i noæ za sinove Izrailjeve, sluge tvoje, i ispovijedam grijehe sinova Izrailjevijeh kojima ti zgriješismo.
7 We have done great wrong against you, and have not kept the orders, the rules, and the decisions, which you gave to your servant Moses.
Skrivismo ti i ne držasmo zapovijesti ni uredaba ni zakona koje si zapovjedio preko Mojsija sluge svojega.
8 Keep in mind, O Lord, the order you gave your servant Moses, saying, If you do wrong I will send you wandering among the peoples:
Ali se opomeni rijeèi koju si zapovjedio Mojsiju sluzi svojemu govoreæi: vi æete zgriješiti i ja æu vas rasijati meðu narode;
9 But if you come back to me and keep my orders and do them, even if those of you who have been forced out are living in the farthest parts of heaven, I will get them from there, and take them back to the place marked out by me for the resting-place of my name.
Ali ako se obratite k meni i stanete držati zapovijesti moje i tvoriti ih, ako budete zagnani i na kraj svijeta, sabraæu vas odande i odvešæu vas na mjesto koje sam izabrao da ondje nastanim ime svoje.
10 Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have made yours by your great power and by your strong hand.
A ovo su sluge tvoje i narod tvoj, koji si iskupio silom svojom velikom i rukom svojom krjepkom.
11 O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. (Now I was the king's wine-servant.)
Oh Gospode! neka bude uho tvoje prignuto k molitvi sluge tvojega i k molitvi sluga tvojih, koji su radi bojati se imena tvojega, i daj danas sreæu sluzi svojemu i uèini da naðe milost pred ovijem èovjekom. A ja bijah peharnik carev.
