Nehemiah 4
1 Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews.
Toda pripetilo se je, da ko je Sanbalát slišal, da smo gradili zid, da je bil besen in polastilo se ga je veliko ogorčenje in zasmehoval je Jude.
2 And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned come again out of the dust?
Pred svojimi brati in vojsko Samarije je spregovoril ter rekel: »Kaj počno ti slabotni Judje? Mar se bodo utrdili? Mar bodo žrtvovali? Mar bodo končali v [enem] dnevu? Mar bodo oživili kamne iz kupov smeti, ki so požgane?«
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.
Torej Amónec Tobija je bil ob njem in rekel: »Celo to, kar so zgradili, če gre gor lisjak, bo torej porušil njihov kamniti zid.«
4 Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:
Prisluhni, oh naš Bog, kajti mi smo prezirani. Obrni njihovo grajo na njihovo lastno glavo in jih daj za plen v deželi ujetništva
5 Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.
in ne pokrij njihove krivičnosti in naj njihov greh ne bo izbrisan izpred tebe, kajti do jeze so te izzivali pred graditelji.
6 So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard.
Tako smo gradili obzidje in vse obzidje je bilo združeno skupaj do njegove polovice, kajti ljudstvo je imelo um, da dela.
7 But when it came to the ears of Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites, that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the broken places were being made good, they were full of wrath;
Toda pripetilo se je, da ko so Sanbalát, Tobija, Arabci, Amónci in Ašdódčani slišali, da so bili zidovi Jeruzalema postavljeni in da so se vrzeli začele zapolnjevati, potem so bili zelo besni
8 And they made designs, all of them together, to come and make an attack on Jerusalem, causing trouble there.
in vsi skupaj so skovali zaroto, da pridejo in se borijo zoper Jeruzalem in da to ovirajo.
9 But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.
Kljub temu smo naredili svojo molitev k svojemu Bogu in podnevi ter ponoči zaradi njih postavili stražo.
10 And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall.
Juda je rekel: »Moč nosilcev bremen je oslabela in tam je veliko smeti, tako, da nismo zmožni graditi obzidja.«
11 And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.
Naši nasprotniki pa so rekli: »Ne bodo vedeli niti videli, dokler ne pridemo v sredo mednje in jih pobijemo in povzročimo, da delo preneha.«
12 And it came about that when the Jews who were living near them came, they said to us ten times, From all directions they are coming against us.
Pripetilo pa se je, ko so prišli Judje, ki so prebivali poleg njih, da so nam desetkrat rekli: »Iz vseh krajev, od koder se boste vrnili k nam, bodo oni nad vami.«
13 So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Zato sem postavil na nižjih mestih za obzidjem in na višjih mestih, sem celo postavil ljudstvo po njihovih družinah, z njihovimi meči, njihovimi sulicami in njihovimi loki.
14 And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.
Pogledal sem, vstal in rekel plemičem, vladarjem in ostalemu ljudstvu: »Ne bojte se jih. Spominjajte se Gospoda, ki je velik in strašen in borite se za svoje brate, svoje sinove in svoje hčere, svoje žene in svoje hiše.«
15 And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work
Pripetilo se je, ko so naši sovražniki slišali, da nam je bilo to znano in je Bog njihovo namero privedel v nič, da smo se vsi izmed nas vrnili k obzidju, vsak k svojemu delu.
16 And from that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal war-dresses; and the chiefs were at the back of the men of Judah.
Pripetilo se je od tega časa naprej, da je polovica mojih služabnikov delala na delu, druga polovica pa je držala sulice, ščite, loke in brezrokavne verižne srajce in vladarji so bili zadaj za vso Judovo hišo.
17 Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;
Tisti, ki so gradili na obzidju in tisti, ki so nosili bremena, s tistimi, ki so prenašali, vsak je z eno roko opravljal delo, z drugo roko pa je držal orožje.
18 Every builder was working with his sword at his side. And by my side was a man for sounding the horn.
Kajti graditelji so gradili tako, da je imel vsakdo svoj meč opasan ob svoji strani. Tisti, ki je trobil na šofar, pa je bil poleg mene.
19 And I said to the great ones and the chiefs and the rest of the people, The work is great and widely spaced and we are far away from one another on the wall:
Rekel sem plemičem, vladarjem in ostalemu ljudstvu: »Delo je veliko in obsežno, mi pa smo na obzidju ločeni, eden daleč od drugega.
20 Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.
Na katerem mestu torej zaslišite glas šofarja, krenite tja k nam. Naš Bog se bo boril za nas.«
21 So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.
Tako smo se trudili na delu. Polovica izmed njih je sulice držala od jutranjega vzhoda do pojavitve zvezd.
22 And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.
Prav tako sem ljudstvu istočasno rekel: »Naj vsak s svojim služabnikom prenočuje znotraj Jeruzalema, da nam bodo ponoči lahko straža in se trudili podnevi.«
23 So not one of us, I or my brothers or my servants or the watchmen who were with me, took off his clothing, everyone went armed to the water.
Tako niti jaz, niti moji bratje, niti moji služabniki, niti ljudje na straži, ki so mi sledili, nihče izmed nas ni odložil svojih oblačil, razen, da jih je vsak slekel za pranje.
