Nehemiah 6
1 Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways);
Da det nu kom Sanballat og Tobias og araberen Gesem og våre andre fiender for øre at jeg hadde bygget op muren, og at det ikke mere fantes nogen revne i den, enda jeg til den tid ikke hadde satt inn dører i portene,
2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.
da sendte Sanballat og Gesem bud til mig og lot si: Kom, la oss møtes i en av landsbyene i Ono-dalen! Men de tenkte å gjøre mig ondt.
3 And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you?
Jeg sendte bud tilbake til dem og svarte: Jeg holder på med et stort arbeid og kan ikke komme ned; skulde kanskje arbeidet hvile fordi jeg lot det ligge og drog ned til eder?
4 And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer.
Fire ganger sendte de det samme bud til mig, og jeg gav dem samme svar.
5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
Femte gang sendte Sanballat sin tjener til mig med det samme bud, og han hadde et åpent brev med sig.
6 And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king;
I det stod det: Der går det ord blandt folkene, og Gasmu sier også at du og jødene tenker på å gjøre oprør; derfor er det du bygger op muren, og efter det samme rykte skal du være deres konge;
7 And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.
du har også satt profeter til å utrope om dig i Jerusalem at du er konge i Juda. Nu vil dette rykte komme kongen for øre; så kom nu og la oss rådslå sammen!
8 Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself.
Men jeg sendte bud til ham og lot svare: Noget sådant som det du taler om, har ikke gått for sig; det er noget du selv har funnet på.
9 For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.
For de søkte alle sammen å skremme oss, idet de tenkte at vi da skulde bli trette og holde op med arbeidet, så det ikke blev utført. Men styrk nu du mine hender!
10 And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the night they will come to put you to death.
Da jeg engang kom inn til Semaja, sønn av Delaja, Mehetabels sønn, i hans hus, hvor han holdt sig innelukket, sa han: La oss gå sammen inn i Guds hus, i det indre av templet og la oss stenge templets dører! For de kommer og vil drepe dig, ja, de kommer og vil drepe dig inatt.
11 And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.
Men jeg svarte: Skulde en mann som jeg flykte? Og hvorledes skulde en mann som jeg kunne gå inn i templet og enda bli i live? Jeg går ikke inn der.
12 Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so.
For jeg forstod grant at det ikke var Gud som hadde sendt ham, men at han uttalte denne spådom over mig fordi Tobias og Sanballat hadde leid ham til det.
13 For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.
Han var leid forat jeg skulde bli redd og gjøre som han sa og forsynde mig, og de således få satt ut et ondt rykte om mig, så de kunde håne mig.
14 Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.
Kom Tobias og likeså Sanballat i hu, min Gud, for disse hans gjerninger og dessuten profetinnen Noadja og de andre profeter som søkte å skremme mig!
15 So the wall was complete on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.
Muren blev ferdig på to og femti dager - den fem og tyvende dag i måneden elul.
16 And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.
Da alle våre fiender hørte dette, og alle folkene rundt om oss så det, da sank de meget i sine egne øine, og de forstod at det var med vår Guds hjelp dette verk var utført.
17 And further, in those days the chiefs of Judah sent a number of letters to Tobiah, and his letters came to them.
I de dager sendte også de fornemste i Juda mange brev til Tobias, og fra Tobias kom det brev til dem igjen.
18 For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.
For mange i Juda var forbundet med ham ved ed; for han var svigersønn til Sekanja, Arahs sønn, og hans sønn Johanan hadde ektet en datter av Mesullam, Berekjas sønn.
19 And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.
De pleide også å tale til mig om hans gode egenskaper og å bære mine ord frem til ham. Tobias sendte også brev for å skremme mig.
