< Nehemiah 4 >

1 And it comes to pass, when Sanballat has heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing to him, and he is very angry and mocks at the Jews,
Kad nu Sanbalats dzirdēja, ka mēs to mūri uzceļam, tad viņš apskaitās un palika varen dusmīgs un apsmēja Jūdus.
2 and says before his brothers and the force of Samaria, indeed, he says, “What [are] the weak Jews doing? Are they left to themselves? Do they sacrifice? Do they complete in a day? Do they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish—and they are burned?”
Un tas sacīja savu brāļu un Samarijas karaspēka priekšā: ko tie nespēcīgie Jūdi dara? Vai tiem būs dot tādu vaļu? Vai tie upurēs? Vai viņi vienā dienā to pabeigs? Vai viņi tos sadedzinātos akmeņus no pelnu čupām darīs dzīvus?
3 And Tobiah the Ammonite [is] by him and says, “Also, that which they are building—if a fox goes up, then it has broken down their stone wall.”
Un Tobija, tas Amonietis, stāvēja viņam blakām un sacīja: lai tik taisa! Kad tur lapsa uzlēks, tad tā viņu akmeņu mūri nogāzīs!
4 Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and return their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;
Klausi, ak mūsu Dievs, kā mēs esam nievāti, un atgriez viņu nievāšanu uz viņu galvu un nodod tos par apsmieklu cietuma zemē,
5 and do not cover over their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You, for they have provoked [You] to anger in front of those building.
Un neapklāj viņu noziegumu, un viņu grēki lai netop izdzēsti Tavā priekšā, jo tie (Tevi) kaitinājuši to strādnieku priekšā.
6 And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined—to its half, and the people have a heart to work.
Bet mēs cēlām to mūri un tas mūris tapa uzcelts līdz pusei, tad tie ļaudis jo priecīgi sāka strādāt.
7 And it comes to pass, when Sanballat has heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, that lengthening has gone up to the walls of Jerusalem, that the breeches have begun to be stopped, then it is very displeasing to them,
Kad nu Sanbalats un Tobija un tie Arābi un Amonieši un Ašdodieši dzirdēja, ka Jeruzālemes mūri gana augsti bija celti, ka tās starpas jau taisījās cieti, tad tie ļoti apskaitās.
8 and they conspire, all of them together, to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it injury.
Un tie sametās visi uz vienu roku, nākt un karot pret Jeruzālemi un viņu postīt.
9 And we pray to our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.
Bet mēs pielūdzām savu Dievu un likām vakti viņu dēļ dienām naktīm viņiem pretī.
10 And Judah says, “The power of the burden-bearers has become feeble, and the rubbish [is] abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.”
Tad Jūda sacīja: nesēju spēks ir noguris un daudz ir gruvešu, tā ka mēs pie mūra nevaram strādāt.
11 And our adversaries say, “They do not know, nor see, until we come into their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.”
Bet mūsu ienaidnieki sacīja: tiem nemanot un neredzot mēs nāksim viņu vidū un tos nokausim un tam darbam darīsim galu.
12 And it comes to pass, when the Jews have come who are dwelling near them, that they say to us ten times from all the places to where you return—[they are] against us.
Un notikās, kad tie Jūdi, kas viņiem sānis dzīvoja, nāca un mums gan desmit reiz sacīja no visām vietām: griežaties atpakaļ pie mums!
13 And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, indeed, I appoint the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Tad es tais lejas vietās aiz tā mūra un uz tiem kalniem nostādīju tos ļaudis pēc viņu radiem ar viņu zobeniem, viņu šķēpiem un viņu stopiem.
14 And I see, and rise up, and say to the nobles, and to the prefects, and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them; remember the Lord, the great and the fearful, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
Un es lūkoju un cēlos un sacīju uz tiem virsniekiem un priekšniekiem un tiem citiem ļaudīm: nebīstaties no viņiem; pieminiet to lielo bijājamo Kungu un karojiet par saviem brāļiem, saviem dēliem un savām meitām, savām sievām un saviem namiem.
15 And it comes to pass, when our enemies have heard that it has been known to us, and God frustrates their counsel, and we return, all of us, to the wall, each to his work;
Un notikās, kad mūsu ienaidnieki bija dzirdējuši, ka tas mums tapis zināms, un ka Dievs viņu padomu bija iznīcinājis, tad mēs visi griezāmies atpakaļ pie mūra, ikkatrs pie sava darba.
16 indeed, it comes to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the heads [are] behind all the house of Judah.
Un no tās dienas manu jaunekļu viena daļa darīja to darbu, un otra daļa turēja šķēpus un priekšturamās bruņas un stopus un krūšu bruņas, un tie virsnieki stāvēja aiz visa Jūda nama.
17 The builders on the wall, and the bearers of the burden, those loading, [each] with one of his hands is working in the business, and one is laying hold of the missile.
Kas mūri cēla un kas nastu nesa un kas uzkrāva, tie visi ar vienu roku darīja darbu un ar otru tie turēja kara ieročus.
18 And the builders [are] each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a horn [is] beside me.
Un tie strādnieki bija jozuši ikviens savu zobenu ap saviem gurniem un tā tie strādāja, bet kas bazūni pūta, tas bija man blakām.
19 And I say to the nobles, and to the prefects, and to the rest of the people, “The work is abundant, and large, and we are separated on the wall, far off from one another;
Un es sacīju uz tiem virsniekiem un uz tiem valdniekiem un uz tiem citiem ļaudīm: tas darbs ir liels un garš, un mēs esam atšķirti tālu cits no cita.
20 in the place that you hear the voice of the horn there you are gathered to us; our God fights for us.”
Tai vietā, kur jūs dzirdēsiet bazūnes skaņu, tur jums pie mums būs sapulcēties; mūsu Dievs priekš mums karos.
21 And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn until the coming forth of the stars.
Tā mēs darījām to darbu. Un viena puse no tiem turēja šķēpus no rīta gaismas, līdz kamēr zvaigznes sāka spīdēt.
22 Also, at that time I said to the people, “Let each lodge with his servant in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been a watch for us by night, and [for] the work by day”:
Tanī laikā es arī sacīju uz tiem ļaudīm: lai ikviens ar savu puisi pa nakti paliek Jeruzālemē, ka tie mums naktī ir par sargiem un dienā palīdz pie darba.
23 and there are none—I, and my brothers, and my servants, the men of the watch who [are] after me—there are none of us putting off our garments, each [has] his vessel of water.
Un ne es, ne mani brāļi, ne mani jaunekļi, ne tie sargi, kas aiz manis stāvēja, mēs nenovilkām savas drēbes un ikkatram bija savas bruņas pie rokas.

< Nehemiah 4 >