Nehemiah 6
1 Now it came to pass, when it came to the hearing of Sanballat, and Tobiyah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein, although up to that time I had not yet set up the doors in the gates.
A kad èu Sanavalat i Tovija i Gisem Arapin i ostali naši neprijatelji da sam sazidao zid i da nije ostalo u njemu ništa provaljeno, a do tada još ne bijah namjestio krila na vrata,
2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in Kephirim, in the plain of Ono. But they were thinking of doing me mischief.
Posla Sanavalat i Gisem k meni i poruèi: hodi da se sastanemo u kom selu u polju Ononskom. A oni mišljahu zlo po me.
3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it lying, and come down to you?
I poslah k njima glasnike i poruèih: u poslu sam velikom, zato ne mogu doæi. Jer bi stao posao kad bih ga ostavio da doðem k vama.
4 And they sent unto me after this manner four times; and I answered them after the same manner.
I slaše tako k meni èetiri puta; i ja im onako odgovorih.
5 Then sent Sanballat unto me in like manner the fifth time his young man with an open letter in his hand:
Tada Sanavalat posla k meni tako peti put slugu svojega s knjigom otvorenom u ruci.
6 Therein was written, It hath been heard among the nations, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think of rebelling; wherefore thou art building up the wall; and that thou art to be king unto them, according to these reports.
A u njoj pisaše: èuje se po narodima i Gasmuj kaže da se ti i Judejci mislite odmetnuti, zato zidaš zid, i hoæeš da im budeš car, kako se govori,
7 And that thou hast also set up prophets to proclaim concerning thee at Jerusalem, saying, He is king in Judah: and now there may be reported to the king something like these words. Now therefore come, and let us take counsel together.
I da si postavio proroke da razglašuju za tebe u Jerusalimu i govore: car je u Judeji. A to æe doæi do cara; nego hodi da se dogovorimo.
8 Then I sent unto him, saying, “There hath been done nothing like these reports of which thou speakest; but out of thy own heart thou inventest them.”
Tada poslah k njemu i poruèih: nije tako kako ti kažeš; nego si sam izmislio.
9 For they all wished to make us afraid, thinking, Their hands will be withdrawn from the work, so that it will not be done. Now therefore, [O God, ] strengthen my hands.
Jer oni svi šæahu nas uplašiti govoreæi: klonuæe ruke njihove od posla i neæe se svršiti. Zato, Bože, ukrijepi ruke moje.
10 And I came also into the house of Shema'yah the son of Delayah the son of Mehetabel, who had shut himself up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us lock the doors of the temple; for they are coming to slay thee: yea, in the night are they coming to slay thee.
Jošte otidoh u kuæu Semaji sinu Dalaje sina Metaveilova, koji se bješe zatvorio, i reèe mi: da otidemo zajedno u dom Božji usred crkve i da zakljuèamo vrata crkvi, jer æe doæi da te ubiju, doæi æe noæu da te ubiju.
11 And I said, Should a man like me flee? and who is there that is like me, that would go into the temple and live? I will not go in.
A ja rekoh: zar æe èovjek kakav sam ja bježati? ili ko bi ovaki kakav sam ja ušao u crkvu da ostane u životu? neæu iæi.
12 And I perceived that, lo, God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy over me, because Tobiyah and Sanballat had hired him.
I razumjeh da ga nije Bog poslao, nego to proroštvo kaza za me, jer ga Tovija i Sanavalat potkupiše.
13 Therefore was he hired, in order that I should become afraid, and do so, and sin, and that it might serve them for an evil report, so that they might cast reproach upon me.
Zato bješe potkupljen da me uplaši da onako uèinim i zgriješim da bih se osramotio da me mogu ružiti.
14 Think, O my God, of Tobiyah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also of No'adyah the prophetess, and the rest of the prophets, who wished to make me afraid.
Pomeni, Bože moj, Toviju i Sanavalata po ovijem djelima njihovijem, i Noadiju proroèicu i druge proroke koji me šæahu uplašiti.
15 And so was the wall finished on the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
I tako dovrši se zid dvadeset petoga dana mjeseca Elula za pedeset i dva dana.
16 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard this, and all the nations that were about us saw it, that they sank greatly in their own eyes; and they perceived that by the aid of our God had this work been wrought.
I kad èuše svi neprijatelji naši i vidješe svi narodi koji bijahu oko nas, uplašiše se vrlo, jer poznaše da je Bog naš uèinio to djelo.
17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah despatched frequently their letters unto Tobiyah, and those of Tobiyah came unto them.
I u one dane mnogi glavari Judejski slahu knjige Toviji, i od Tovije njima dolažahu knjige.
18 For many in Judah were sworn friends unto him; because he was the son-in-law of Shechanyah the son of Arach, and Jehochanan his son had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Bercehyah.
Jer mnogi Judejci bijahu mu se zakleli; jer bješe zet Sehaniji sinu Arahovu, i Joanan sin njegov bješe oženjen kæerju Mesulama sina Varahijina.
19 Also his good deeds were they reporting before me, and my words they used to carry out to him: also Tobiyah sent letters to make me afraid.
I govorahu preda mnom dobro o njemu, i rijeèi moje dokazivahu mu; i Tovija slaše knjige da me uplaši.
