Nehemiah 1
1 The words of Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah. And it happened that, in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, I was in the capital city of Susa.
Реч Немије, сина Ахалијиног; месеца Хислева године двадесете кад бејах у Сусану граду,
2 And Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived, he and some men of Judah. And I questioned them about the Jews who had remained and were left behind from the captivity, and about Jerusalem.
Дође Ананије, један од браће моје с некима из Јудеје; и запитах их за Јудејце, за остатак што беше остао од ропства и за Јерусалим.
3 And they said to me: “Those who have remained and have been left behind from the captivity, there in the province, are in great affliction and in disgrace. And the wall of Jerusalem has been broken apart, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
А они ми рекоше: Остатак што оста од ропства онде у земљи, у великој је невољи и срамоти, и зид је јерусалимски разваљен и врата су му огњем попаљена.
4 And when I had heard this manner of words, I sat down, and I wept and mourned for many days. I fasted and prayed before the face of the God of heaven.
А кад чух те речи седох и плаках, и тужих неколико дана, и постих и молих се пред Богом небеским,
5 And I said: “I beg you, O Lord, God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love you and who keep your commandments:
И рекох: Ох Господе Боже небески, Боже велики и страшни, који чуваш завет и милост онима који Те љубе и држе Твоје заповести.
6 may your ears be attentive, and may your eyes be open, so that you may hear the prayer of your servant, which I am praying before you today, night and day, for the sons of Israel, your servants. And I am confessing the sins of the sons of Israel, which they have sinned against you. We have sinned, I and my father’s house.
Нека буде ухо Твоје пригнуто и очи Твоје отворене да чујеш молитву слуге свог којом се сада молим пред Тобом дан и ноћ за синове Израиљеве, слуге Твоје, и исповедам грехе синова Израиљевих којима Ти згрешисмо.
7 We have been seduced by vanity. And we have not kept your commandments and ceremonies and judgments, which you have instructed to your servant Moses.
Скривисмо Ти и не држасмо заповести ни уредбе ни законе које си заповедио преко Мојсија, слуге свог.
8 Remember the word which you commanded to your servant Moses, saying: ‘When you will have transgressed, I will disperse you among the nations.
Али се опомени речи коју си заповедио Мојсију слузи свом говорећи: Ви ћете згрешити и ја ћу вас расејати међу народе;
9 But if you will return to me, and keep my precepts, and do them, even if you will have been led away to the furthest reaches of the heavens, I will gather you from there, and I will lead you back to the place that I have chosen so that my name would dwell there.’
Али ако се обратите к мени и станете држати заповести моје и творити их, ако будете загнани и на крај света, сабраћу вас оданде и одвешћу вас на место које сам изабрао да онде настаним име своје.
10 And these same are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great strength and by your powerful hand.
А ово су слуге Твоје и народ Твој, који си искупио силом својом великом и руком својом крепком.
11 I beg you, O Lord, may your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who are willing to fear your name. And so, guide your servant today, and grant to him mercy before this man.” For I was the cupbearer of the king.
Ох Господе! Нека буде ухо Твоје пригнуто к молитви слуге Твог и к молитви слуга Твојих који су ради бојати се имена Твог, и дај данас срећу слузи свом и учини да нађе милост пред овим човеком. А ја бејах пехарник царев.
