Nehemiah 4
1 Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall, that it was grievous to him, and he was very angry, and railed against the Jews.
A kad èu Sanavalat da zidamo zid, razgnjevi se i rasrdi se vrlo, i rugaše se Jevrejima,
2 And he said before his brethren (that [is] the army of the Samaritans) [Is it true] that these Jews are building their city? do they indeed offer sacrifices? will they prevail? and will they this day restore the stones, after they have been burnt and made a heap of rubbish?
I govoraše pred braæom svojom i vojnicima Samarijskim: šta rade ti nemoæni Judejci? hoæemo li ih ostaviti? hoæe li prinositi žrtve? hoæe li sada svršiti? eda li æe u život povratiti iz praha kamenje spaljeno?
3 And Tobias the Ammanite came near to him, and said to them, Do they sacrifice or eat in their place? shall not a fox go up and pull down their wall of stones?
A Tovija Amonac koji bijaše uza nj reèe: neka zidaju; da lisica doðe, provaliæe kameni zid njihov.
4 Hear, O our God, for we have become a scorn; and return you their reproach upon their head, and make them a scorn in a land of captivity,
Èuj, Bože naš, kako nas preziru; obrati rug njihov na njihovu glavu, i daj da budu grabež u zemlji gdje bi robovali.
5 and do not cover [their] iniquity.
I ne pokrivaj bezakonja njihova, i grijeh njihov da se ne izbriše pred tobom, jer te dražiše za one koji zidaju.
I tako zidasmo zid, i sav se zid sastavi do polovine, i narod imaše volju da radi.
7 But it came to pass, when Sanaballat and Tobia, and the Arabians, and the Ammanites, heard that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was advancing, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, that it appeared very grievous to them.
A kad èu Sanavalat i Tovija i Arapi i Amonci i Azoæani da se opravlja zid Jerusalimski i da se poèelo zatvorati što je provaljeno, razgnjeviše se vrlo;
8 And all of them assembled together, to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to destroy it utterly.
I složiše se svi zajedno da doðu i da udare na Jerusalim i da smetu.
9 So we prayed to our God and set watchmen against them day and night, because of them.
A mi se molismo Bogu svojemu i postavljasmo stražu prema njima dan i noæ od straha njihova.
10 And Juda said, The strength of the enemies is broken, yet [there is] much rubbish, and we shall not be able to build the wall.
A Judejci rekoše: klonula je snaga nosiocima, a praha ima mnogo, ne možemo zidati zida.
11 And they that afflicted us said, They shall not know, and they shall not see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
A naši neprijatelji rekoše: da ne doznadu i ne opaze dokle ne doðemo usred njih, pa æemo ih pobiti i prekinuti posao.
12 And it came to pass, when the Jews who lived near them came, that they said to us, They are coming up against us from every quarter.
Ali doðoše Judejci koji kod njih življahu, i kazaše nam deset puta: èuvajte sva mjesta kuda se ide k nama.
13 So I set [men] in the lowest part of the place behind the wall in the lurking-places, I even set the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Tada namjestih narod u nizima iza zida i na strmenima, postavih narod po porodicama s maèevima i kopljima i lukovima.
14 And I looked, and arose, and said to the nobles, and to the captains, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember our great and terrible God, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
I razgledavši ustah i rekoh starješinama i glavarima i ostalom narodu: ne bojte ih se. Pomenite Gospoda velikoga i strašnoga, i bijte se za braæu svoju, za sinove svoje i kæeri svoje, za žene svoje i kuæe svoje.
15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was made known to us, and God had frustrated their counsel, that we all returned to the wall, [every] man to his work.
A kad èuše neprijatelji naši da smo doznali, razbi Gospod njihovu namjeru, i mi se vratismo svi k zidu, svaki na svoj posao.
16 And it came to pass from that day [that] half of them that had been driven forth, wrought the work, and half of them kept guard; and [there were] spears, and shields, and bows, and breastplates, and rulers behind the whole house of Juda,
I od tada polovina mojih momaka poslovaše, a druga polovina držaše koplja i štitove i lukove i oklope, i knezovi stajahu iza svega doma Judina.
17 even of them that were building the wall: —and those who carried the burdens [were] under arms: [each] with one hand wrought his work, and with the other held his dart.
I koji zidahu i koji nošahu teret i koji tovarahu, svaki jednom rukom raðaše a u drugoj držaše koplje.
18 And the builders [wrought] each man having his sword girded upon his loins, and so they built: and the trumpeter with his trumpet next to him.
A koji zidahu, svaki imahu maè pripasan uz bedricu, i tako zidahu. A trubaè stajaše kod mene.
19 And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work [is] great and abundant, and we are dispersed upon the wall, each at a great distance from his brother.
Jer rekoh starješinama i glavarima i ostalom narodu: posao je velik i dug, i mi smo se rasuli po zidu daleko jedan od drugoga.
20 In whatever place you shall hear the sound of the cornet, there gather yourselves together to us; and our God shall fight for us.
Gdje èujete trubu da trubi, onamo trèite k nama; Bog naš vojevaæe za nas.
21 So we [continued] labouring at the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
Tako raðasmo posao, i polovina ih držaše koplja od zore pa dokle zvijezde ne izidu.
22 And at that time I said to the people, Lodge you every man with his servant in the midst of Jerusalem, and let the night be a watch-time to you, and the day a work-time.
U to vrijeme još rekoh narodu: svaki s momkom svojim neka noæuje u Jerusalimu da bi nam noæu stražili a danju radili.
23 And I was [there], and the watchmen behind me, and there was not a man of us that put off his garments.
A ja i moja braæa i momci moji i stražari što idu za mnom neæemo svlaèiti sa sebe haljina; u svakoga da je maè i voda.
