Nehemiah 5
1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
I stade velika vika ljudi i žena na braæu njihovu Judejce.
2 And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.
Jer neki govorahu: nas i sinova naših i kæeri naših ima mnogo; da dobavimo žita da jedemo i ostanemo živi.
3 And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.
Drugi opet govorahu: da založimo polja svoja i vinograde i kuæe da dobijemo žita u ovoj gladi.
4 And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;
Još drugi govorahu: da uzajmimo novaca na polja svoja i vinograde za danak carski.
5 yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and behold, we must bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]; neither is it in the power of our hand [to redeem them], for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
A tijelo je naše kao tijelo braæe naše, sinovi naši kao njihovi sinovi, i eto treba da damo sinove svoje i kæeri svoje u roblje, i neke kæeri naše veæ su robinje, a mi ne možemo ništa, jer polja naša i vinograde naše drže drugi.
6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
Zato se rasrdih vrlo kad èuh viku njihovu i te rijeèi.
7 And I consulted with myself; and I remonstrated with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother! And I set a great assembly against them.
I smislih u srcu svom i ukorih knezove i poglavare, i rekoh im: vi meæete bremena svaki na brata svojega. I sazvah veliki zbor njih radi.
8 And I said to them, We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the nations; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? And they were silent and found no answer.
I rekoh im: mi otkupismo koliko mogosmo braæu svoju Judejce što bjehu prodani narodima; a vi li æete prodavati braæu svoju ili æe se prodavati nama? A oni umukoše i ne naðoše što bi odgovorili.
9 And I said, The thing that ye do is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, so as not to be the reproach of the nations our enemies?
I rekoh: nije dobro što radite. Ne treba li vam hoditi u strahu Boga našega da nam se ne rugaju narodi, neprijatelji naši?
10 I also, my brethren and my servants, we might exact usury of them, money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
I ja i braæa moja i momci moji davali smo im novaca i žita; ali oprostimo im taj dug.
11 Restore, I pray you, to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive-gardens, and their houses, also the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, the wine and the oil, that ye have exacted of them.
Hajde vratite im danas polja njihova i vinograde i maslinike i kuæe i što im na stotinu uzimate od novca i žita i vina i ulja.
12 And they said, We will restore [them], and will require nothing of them; so will we do, as thou hast said. And I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
A oni odgovoriše: vratiæemo i neæemo iskati od njih; uèiniæemo kako veliš. Tada sazvah sveštenike, i zakleh ih da æe tako uèiniti.
13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house and from his earnings, that performeth not this promise: even thus be he shaken out and emptied! And all the congregation said, Amen! And they praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.
I istresoh njedra svoja i rekoh: ovako da istrese Bog svakoga iz kuæe njegove i iz truda njegova ko god ne ispuni ove rijeèi, i ovako da se istrese i bude prazan. I sav zbor reèe: amin. I hvališe Gospoda, i uèini narod po toj rijeèi.
14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
I otkad mi car zapovjedi da im budem upravitelj u zemlji Judinoj, od godine dvadesete do trideset druge godine cara Artakserksa, dvanaest godina, ja i braæa moja ne jedosmo hrane upraviteljske.
15 But the former governors that were before me had been chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver: even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.
A preðašnji upravitelji koji bijahu prije mene bijahu teški narodu uzimajuæi od njega hljeba i vina osim èetrdeset sikala srebra, i sluge njihove zapovijedahu po narodu; ali ja tako ne èinih bojeæi se Boga.
16 Yea, also I applied myself to this work of the wall, and we bought no fields; and all my servants were gathered thither for the work.
Nego i oko graðenja zida radih, i ne kupismo njive; i svi momci moji bijahu skupa ondje na poslu.
17 And there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers, besides those that came to us from among the nations that were about us.
I Judejaca i poglavara sto i pedeset ljudi i koji dolažahu k nama iz okolnijeh naroda bijahu za mojim stolom.
18 And that which was prepared daily was one ox [and] six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days all sorts of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor; for the service was heavy upon this people.
I gotovljaše se svaki dan po jedno goveèe, šest ovaca izabranijeh, i ptice gotovljahu mi se, i svakih deset dana davaše se svakojakoga vina izobila. I opet ne iskah hrane upraviteljske; jer služba bješe teška narodu.
19 Remember for me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
Pomeni me, Bože moj, na dobro za sve što sam èinio ovomu narodu.
