Nehemiah 6
1 Now it happened that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem, an Arab, and our other enemies, had heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no interruption remaining in it, (even though, at that time, I had not set up the double doors at the gates, )
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, and let us strike a pact together in the villages, on the plain of Ono.” But they were thinking that they would do me harm.
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 Therefore, I sent messengers to them, saying: “I am doing a great work, and I cannot descend, lest perhaps it may be neglected when I go out and descend 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 Then they sent to me, with this same word, four times. And I responded to them with the same word as before.
Fire ganger sendte de det samme bud til mig, og jeg gav dem samme svar.
5 And Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time, with the former word, and he had a letter in his hand written in this manner:
Femte gang sendte Sanballat sin tjener til mig med det samme bud, og han hadde et åpent brev med sig.
6 “It has been heard among the Gentiles, and Geshem has said it, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel, and because of this, you are building the wall and thinking to raise yourself as a king over them. For this reason,
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 you also have stationed prophets, who preach about you in Jerusalem, saying: ‘There is a king in Judea!’ But the king will hear about these words. Therefore, come now, so that we may go to counsel together.”
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 And I sent to them, saying: “There has been nothing done according to these words, which you have spoken. For you are inventing these things from your own heart.”
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 all these men wished to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would cease. For this reason, I strengthened my hands all the more.
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 entered into the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, in secret. And he said: “Let us consult together in the house of God, in the midst of the temple. And let us close the doors of the temple. For they will come to kill you, and they will arrive in the night 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: “How could anyone like me flee? And who like me should enter the temple, so that he may live? I will not enter.”
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 And I understood that God had not sent him, but he had spoken to me as if he were prophesying, and that Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
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 he had accepted money, so that I would be afraid, and would sin, and so that they would have some evil with which to rebuke 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 Remember me, O Lord, because of Tobiah and Sanballat, because of their works of this kind. Then, too, Noadiah, a prophetess, and the rest of the prophets, would have made me afraid.
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 Now the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul, in fifty-two days.
Muren blev ferdig på to og femti dager - den fem og tyvende dag i måneden elul.
16 Then it happened that, when all our enemies had heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they were downcast within themselves. For they knew that this work had been accomplished by 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 But also, in those days, many letters were being sent by the nobles of the Jews to Tobiah, and were arriving from Tobiah 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 there were many in Judea who had sworn an oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah, and because Jehohanan, his son, had married 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 Moreover, they praised him before me, and they reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters, so that he might make me afraid.
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.
