Nehemiah 4
1 And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
Toda pripetilo se je, da ko je Sanbalát slišal, da smo gradili zid, da je bil besen in polastilo se ga je veliko ogorčenje in zasmehoval je Jude.
2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? shall they be permitted to go on? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, when they are burned?
Pred svojimi brati in vojsko Samarije je spregovoril ter rekel: »Kaj počno ti slabotni Judje? Mar se bodo utrdili? Mar bodo žrtvovali? Mar bodo končali v [enem] dnevu? Mar bodo oživili kamne iz kupov smeti, ki so požgane?«
3 And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox went up, it would break down their stone wall. —
Torej Amónec Tobija je bil ob njem in rekel: »Celo to, kar so zgradili, če gre gor lisjak, bo torej porušil njihov kamniti zid.«
4 Hear, our God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in a land of captivity!
Prisluhni, oh naš Bog, kajti mi smo prezirani. Obrni njihovo grajo na njihovo lastno glavo in jih daj za plen v deželi ujetništva
5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.
in ne pokrij njihove krivičnosti in naj njihov greh ne bo izbrisan izpred tebe, kajti do jeze so te izzivali pred graditelji.
6 But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.
Tako smo gradili obzidje in vse obzidje je bilo združeno skupaj do njegove polovice, kajti ljudstvo je imelo um, da dela.
7 And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being repaired, that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Toda pripetilo se je, da ko so Sanbalát, Tobija, Arabci, Amónci in Ašdódčani slišali, da so bili zidovi Jeruzalema postavljeni in da so se vrzeli začele zapolnjevati, potem so bili zelo besni
8 and conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
in vsi skupaj so skovali zaroto, da pridejo in se borijo zoper Jeruzalem in da to ovirajo.
9 Then we prayed to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Kljub temu smo naredili svojo molitev k svojemu Bogu in podnevi ter ponoči zaradi njih postavili stražo.
10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens faileth, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build at the wall.
Juda je rekel: »Moč nosilcev bremen je oslabela in tam je veliko smeti, tako, da nismo zmožni graditi obzidja.«
11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.
Naši nasprotniki pa so rekli: »Ne bodo vedeli niti videli, dokler ne pridemo v sredo mednje in jih pobijemo in povzročimo, da delo preneha.«
12 And it came to pass that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us so ten times, from all the places whence they returned to us,
Pripetilo pa se je, ko so prišli Judje, ki so prebivali poleg njih, da so nam desetkrat rekli: »Iz vseh krajev, od koder se boste vrnili k nam, bodo oni nad vami.«
13 I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.
Zato sem postavil na nižjih mestih za obzidjem in na višjih mestih, sem celo postavil ljudstvo po njihovih družinah, z njihovimi meči, njihovimi sulicami in njihovimi loki.
14 And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.
Pogledal sem, vstal in rekel plemičem, vladarjem in ostalemu ljudstvu: »Ne bojte se jih. Spominjajte se Gospoda, ki je velik in strašen in borite se za svoje brate, svoje sinove in svoje hčere, svoje žene in svoje hiše.«
15 And it came to pass that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had defeated their counsel, we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.
Pripetilo se je, ko so naši sovražniki slišali, da nam je bilo to znano in je Bog njihovo namero privedel v nič, da smo se vsi izmed nas vrnili k obzidju, vsak k svojemu delu.
16 And from that time forth the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held the spears, and the shields, and the bows, and the corslets; and the captains were behind all the house of Judah.
Pripetilo se je od tega časa naprej, da je polovica mojih služabnikov delala na delu, druga polovica pa je držala sulice, ščite, loke in brezrokavne verižne srajce in vladarji so bili zadaj za vso Judovo hišo.
17 They that built on the wall, and they that bore burdens, with those that loaded, wrought in the work with one hand, and with the other they held a weapon.
Tisti, ki so gradili na obzidju in tisti, ki so nosili bremena, s tistimi, ki so prenašali, vsak je z eno roko opravljal delo, z drugo roko pa je držal orožje.
18 And the builders had every one his sword girded by his side, and built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
Kajti graditelji so gradili tako, da je imel vsakdo svoj meč opasan ob svoji strani. Tisti, ki je trobil na šofar, pa je bil poleg mene.
19 And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and extended, and we are scattered upon the wall, one far from another:
Rekel sem plemičem, vladarjem in ostalemu ljudstvu: »Delo je veliko in obsežno, mi pa smo na obzidju ločeni, eden daleč od drugega.
20 in what place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, thither shall ye assemble to us; our God will fight for us.
Na katerem mestu torej zaslišite glas šofarja, krenite tja k nam. Naš Bog se bo boril za nas.«
21 And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared.
Tako smo se trudili na delu. Polovica izmed njih je sulice držala od jutranjega vzhoda do pojavitve zvezd.
22 Likewise at the same time I said to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and [be for] labour in the day.
Prav tako sem ljudstvu istočasno rekel: »Naj vsak s svojim služabnikom prenočuje znotraj Jeruzalema, da nam bodo ponoči lahko straža in se trudili podnevi.«
23 And neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our garments: every one had his weapon on his right side.
Tako niti jaz, niti moji bratje, niti moji služabniki, niti ljudje na straži, ki so mi sledili, nihče izmed nas ni odložil svojih oblačil, razen, da jih je vsak slekel za pranje.
