Nehemiah 9

1 Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the sons of Israel came together in fasting and in sackcloth, and with soil upon them.

Potom dvadeset èetvrtoga dana toga mjeseca skupiše se sinovi Izrailjevi posteæi i u kostrijeti i posuvši se zemljom.

2 And the offspring of the sons of Israel were separated from all the sons of foreigners. And they stood up, and they confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

I odvoji se sjeme Izrailjevo od svijeh tuðinaca, i stadoše te ispovijedahu grijehe svoje i bezakonja otaca svojih.

3 And they arose to stand. And they read in the volume of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed. And they adored the Lord their God.

I stajahu na svom mjestu, te im se èitaše zakon Gospoda Boga njihova èetvrt dana, a drugu èetvrt ispovijedahu se i poklanjahu se Gospodu Bogu svojemu.

4 Then, upon the step of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, and Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani rose up. And they cried out in a great voice to the Lord their God.

A Isus i Vanije, Kadmilo, Sevanija, Vunije, Serevija, Vanije i Hananije popevši se na mjesto podignuto za Levite vapijahu glasom velikim ka Gospodu Bogu svojemu.

5 And the Levites, Jeshua and Kadmiel, Bunni, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said: “Rise up. Bless the Lord your God, from eternity even to eternity! And blessed be the exalted name of your glory, with all blessing and praise.

I rekoše Leviti Isus i Kadmilo, Vanije, Asavnija, Serevija, Odija, Sevanija i Petaja: ustanite, blagosiljajte Gospoda Boga svojega od vijeka do vijeka; i da se blagosilja ime tvoje slavno i uzvišeno svrh svakoga blagoslova i hvale.

6 You yourself alone, O Lord, made heaven, and the heaven of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all things that are in it, the seas and all things that are in them. And you gave life to all these things. And the host of heaven adores you.

Ti si sam Gospod; ti si stvorio nebo, nebesa nad nebesima i svu vojsku njihovu, zemlju i sve što je na njoj, mora i sve što je u njima, i ti oživljavaš sve to, i vojska nebeska tebi se klanja.

7 You yourself, O Lord God, are the One who chose Abram. And you led him away from the fire of the Chaldeans, and you gave him the name Abraham.

Ti si Gospod Bog, koji si izabrao Avrama i izveo iz Ura Haldejskoga i nadio mu ime Avraam;

8 And you found his heart to be faithful before you. And you formed a covenant with him, so that you might give to him the land of the Canaanite, of the Hittite, and of the Amorite, and of the Perizzite, and of the Jebusite, and of the Girgashite, so that you might give it to his offspring. And you have fulfilled your words, for you are just.

I našao si srce njegovo vjerno pred sobom, i uèinio si s njim zavjet da æeš dati zemlju Hanansku, Hetejsku, Amorejsku, Ferezejsku i Jevusejsku i Gergesejsku, da æeš dati sjemenu njegovu, i ispunio si rijeèi svoje, jer si pravedan.

9 And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt. And you heard their outcry beside the Red Sea.

Jer si pogledao na muku otaca naših u Misiru, i viku njihovu èuo si na Moru Crvenom;

10 And you gave signs and portents to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to the people of his land. For you knew that they acted arrogantly against them. And you made a name for yourself, just as it is in this day.

I uèinio si znake i èudesa na Faraonu i na svijem slugama njegovijem i na svem narodu zemlje njegove, jer si znao da su obijesno postupali s njima; i stekao si sebi ime, kao što se vidi danas.

11 And you divided the sea before them, and they crossed through the midst of the sea on dry land. But their pursuers you cast into the depths, like a stone into great waters.

I more si razdvojio pred njima, te prijeðoše posred mora suhim, i bacio si u dubine one koji ih gnahu kao kamen u vodu.

12 And in the pillar of cloud, you were their leader by day, and in the pillar of fire, by night, so that they might see the way along which they might advance.

I u stupu od oblaka vodio si ih danju a noæu u stupu ognjenom svijetleæi im putem kojim æe iæi.

13 You also descended to mount Sinai, and you spoke with them from heaven. And you gave them upright judgments, and the law of truth, and ceremonies, and good precepts.

I sišao si na goru Sinajsku i govorio s njima s neba, i dao im sudove prave i zakone istinite, uredbe i zapovijesti dobre.

14 You revealed to them your sanctified Sabbath, and you instructed them in commandments, and ceremonies, and the law, by the hand of Moses, your servant.

I obznanio si im subotu svoju svetu, i dao im zapovijesti i uredbe i zakon preko Mojsija sluge svojega.

15 You also gave them bread from heaven in their hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their thirst. And you said to them that they should enter and possess the land, over which you lifted up your hand so that you might give it to them.

I hljeb s neba dao si im u gladi njihovoj, i vodu iz kamena izveo si im u žeði njihovoj, i rekao si im da idu i naslijede zemlju za koju si podigao ruku svoju da æeš im je dati.

16 Yet truly, they and our fathers acted arrogantly, and they hardened their necks, and they did not listen to your commandments.

Ali oni i oci naši uzobijestiše se i otvrdnuše vratom svojim i ne slušaše zapovijesti tvojih.

17 And they were not willing to hear, and they did not remember, your miracles which you had accomplished for them. And they hardened their necks, and they offered their head, so that they would return to their servitude, as if in contention. But you, a forgiving God, lenient and merciful, longsuffering and full of compassion, did not abandon them.

Ne htješe slušati, i ne opominjaše se èudesa tvojih koja si im èinio, nego otvrdnuše vratom svojim, i u odmetu svom postavljaše sebi voða da se vrate u ropstvo svoje. Ali ti, Bože, koji opraštaš, koji si žalostiv i milostiv, koji dugo trpiš i velike si milosti, nijesi ih ostavio.

18 Indeed, even when they had made for themselves a molten calf, and they had said, ‘This is your God, who led you away from Egypt!’ and had committed great blasphemies,

I onda kad naèiniše sebi tele liveno i rekoše: ovo je tvoj Bog koji te je izveo iz Misira, i huliše veoma,

19 even so, in the multitude of your mercies, you did not send them away in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not withdraw from them by day, so that it might lead them on the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, so that it might show them the way along which they might advance.

Ni onda ih radi velike milosti svoje nijesi ostavio u pustinji; stup od oblaka nije otstupao od njih danju vodeæi ih putem, niti stup ognjeni noæu svijetleæi im putem kojim æe iæi.

20 And you gave them your good Spirit, so that he might teach them, and you did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and you gave them water in their thirst.

I dao si im dobri svoj duh da ih urazumljuje, i mane svoje nijesi ustegao od usta njihovijeh, i vode si im dao u žeði njihovoj.

21 For forty years, you fed them in the desert, and nothing was lacking to them; their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn down.

I èetrdeset godina hranio si ih u pustinji, ništa im nije nedostajalo: odijelo im ne ovetša i noge im ne otekoše.

22 And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, and you distributed to them by lot. And they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, the king of Bashan.

I dao si im carstva i narode, i podijelio si ih po krajevima, jer naslijediše zemlju Sionovu, zemlju cara Esevonskoga, i zemlju cara Vasanskoga;

23 And you multiplied their sons like the stars of heaven. And you led them into the land, about which you had said to their fathers that they would enter and possess it.

I umnožio si sinove njihove kao zvijezde nebeske, i uveo si ih u zemlju za koju si rekao ocima njihovijem da æe uæi u nju i naslijediti je.

24 And the sons arrived and possessed the land. And you humbled the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, before them. And you delivered them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, so that they might do with them just as it was pleasing to them.

I uðoše sinovi njihovi i naslijediše zemlju, i pokorio si im Hananeje stanovnike zemaljske i predao ih u njihove ruke, i careve njihove i narode zemaljske, da èine od njih što im je volja.

25 And so they seized fortified cities and fat soil. And they possessed houses filled with all kinds of goods, cisterns made by others, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. And they ate and were satisfied. And they were fattened, and they abounded with delights from your great goodness.

I tako uzeše tvrde gradove i zemlju rodnu, i naslijediše kuæe pune svakoga dobra, studence iskopane, vinograde, maslinike i voæke mnoge, i jedoše i nasitiše se i ugojiše se, i blagovahu po velikoj tvojoj dobroti.

26 But they provoked you to wrath, and they withdrew from you, and they cast your law behind their backs. And they killed your prophets, who contended with them so that they might return to you. And they committed great blasphemies.

Ali te razgnjeviše i odmetnuše se tebe: baciše zakon tvoj za leða i proroke tvoje pobiše, koji im svjedoèahu da bi ih obratili k tebi, i huliše veoma.

27 And so you gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation, they cried out to you, and from heaven you heard them. And in accord with your great compassion, you gave to them saviors, who might save them from the hand of their enemies.

Zato si ih davao u ruke neprijateljima njihovijem koji ih muèiše. A kad u nevolji svojoj vikaše k tebi, ti si ih uslišio s neba i po velikoj milosti svojoj davao si im izbavitelje, koji ih izbavljaše iz ruku neprijatelja njihovijeh.

28 But after they had rested, they turned back, so that they did evil in your sight. And you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, and they possessed them. And they converted, and they cried out to you. And from heaven you heeded them, and you freed them many times, by your mercies.

Ali èim otpoèinuše, opet èiniše zlo pred tobom, zato si ih ostavljao u ruku neprijatelja njihovijeh da vladaju njima; a kad se obraæaše i vikaše k tebi, ti si ih uslišio s neba i izbavljao ih po milosti svojoj mnogo puta.

29 And you contended with them, so that they might return to your law. Yet truly, they acted in arrogance, and they did not listen to your commandments, and they sinned against your judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they withdrew from offering their shoulder, and they hardened their neck; neither would they listen.

I opominjao si ih da bi ih obratio k zakonu svojemu, ali oni bijahu obijesni i ne slušaše zapovijesti tvojih i griješiše o tvoje zakone, koje ko vrši živ æe biti kroz njih; i izmièuæi ramena svoja otvrdnuše vratom svojim i ne slušaše.

30 And you continued to forbear them for many years. And you contended with them by your Spirit, through the hand of your prophets. And they did not listen, and so you delivered them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

I trpio si ih mnogo godina opominjuæi ih duhom svojim preko proroka svojih; ali ne slušaše; tada si ih dao u ruke narodima zemaljskim.

31 Yet in your very many mercies, you did not cause them to be consumed, nor did you abandon them. For you are a compassionate and lenient God.

Ali radi milosti svoje velike nijesi dao da sasvijem propadnu niti si ih ostavio, jer si Bog milostiv i žalostiv.

32 Now therefore, our great God, strong and terrible, who keeps covenant and mercy, may you not avert your face from all the hardship that has found us, we and our kings, and our leaders, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people, from the days of king Assur, even to this day.

Sada dakle, Bože naš, Bože veliki, silni i strašni, koji èuvaš zavjet i milost, nemoj da je malo pred tobom što nas snaðe sva ova muka, careve naše, knezove i sveštenike naše i proroke naše i oce naše i sav narod tvoj od vremena careva Asirskih do danas.

33 For you are just, concerning all things that have overwhelmed us. For you have done truth, but we have acted impiously.

Ti si pravedan u svemu što nas je snašlo, jer si ti pravo uèinio a mi smo bezbožno radili.

34 Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our fathers have not done your law, and they have not been attentive to your commandments and your testimonies, to which you have testified among them.

I carevi naši, knezovi naši i oci naši ne izvršivaše zakona tvojega niti mariše za zapovijesti tvoje i svjedoèanstva tvoja, kojima si im svjedoèio.

35 And they have not served you, in their kingdoms and with your many good things, which you gave to them, and in the very wide and fat land, which you delivered into their sight, nor did they return from their most wicked pursuits.

Jer u carstvu svom i u velikom dobru tvom koje si im èinio, i u zemlji prostranoj i rodnoj koju si im dao, ne služiše tebi niti se povratiše od zlijeh djela svojih.

36 Behold, we ourselves this day are servants. And the land, which you gave to our fathers so that they might eat its bread and have its good things, we ourselves are servants within it.

Evo, mi smo danas robovi; i još u zemlji, koju si dao ocima našim da jedu rod njezin i dobra njezina, evo mi smo robovi u njoj.

37 And its fruits are multiplied for the kings, whom you have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies, and over our cattle, according to their will. And we are in great tribulation.

I ona rod svoj obilati raða carevima koje si postavio nad nama za grijehe naše, i koji gospodare nad našim tjelesima i nad stokom našom po svojoj volji, te smo u velikoj tjeskobi.

38 Therefore, concerning all of these things, we ourselves are forming and writing a covenant, and our leaders, our Levites, and our priests are signing it.”

A radi svega toga èinimo tvrd zavjet i pišemo, a knezovi naši, Leviti naši, sveštenici naši peèate.