Nehemiah 2
1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been [beforetime] sad in his presence.
Mjeseca Nisana, dvadesete godine kraljevanja Artakserksova, stajalo je vino pred kraljem. Uzeh ga i ponudih kralju. Nikada pred njim nisam bio tužan.
2 And the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid.
Tada mi kralj reče: “Što ti je tužno lice? Nisi li možda bolestan? Nije drugo nego je tuga u tvome srcu!” Ja se veoma uplaših
3 And I said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
i rekoh kralju: “Neka uvijek živi kralj! Kako mi lice ne bi bilo tužno kad je grad gdje su grobovi mojih otaca razoren, a vrata mu ognjem spaljena?”
4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Kralj me upita: “Što, dakle, želiš?” Zazvah Boga nebeskoga
5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it.
i odgovorih kralju: “Ako je kralju po volji i ako ti je mio sluga tvoj, pusti me da odem u Judeju, u grad grobova mojih otaca, da ga obnovim.”
6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him, ) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
Kralj me upita pred kraljicom, koja je sjedila kraj njega: “Koliko bi trajao tvoj put? Kada ćeš se vratiti?” Pošto sam utvrdio vrijeme koje je odgovaralo kralju, pusti me da odem.
7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may let me pass through till I come unto Judah;
Još rekoh kralju: “Ako je kralju po volji, mogao bih ponijeti pisma upraviteljima s onu stranu Rijeke da me propuste do Judeje;
8 and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
i pismo Asafu, nadgledniku kraljeve šume, da mi dadne drva za gradnju vrata na tvrđi Hrama, za gradski bedem i za kuću u kojoj ću se nastaniti.” I dade mi kralj, jer dobrostiva ruka Boga moga bijaše nada mnom.
9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.
I dođoh tako k upraviteljima s onu stranu Rijeke i dadoh im kraljeva pisma. A kralj posla sa mnom časnike i konjanike.
10 And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, for that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Kad to ču Sanbalat, Horonac, i sluga Tobija, Amonac, bi im vrlo mrsko što je došao čovjek da se zauzme za dobro Izraelaca.
11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
Stigavši u Jeruzalem, ostadoh ondje tri dana.
12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
Zatim ustah noću, u pratnji nekoliko ljudi, nikomu ne povjerivši što mi je Bog moj nadahnuo da učinim za Jeruzalem; a nisam imao druge životinje osim kljuseta na kojem sam jahao.
13 And I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the dragon’s well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
Iziđoh, dakle, noću na Dolinska vrata i uputih se Zmajevskom izvoru, a zatim prema Smetlišnim vratima: razgledao sam jeruzalemski zid gdje je bio razoren i vrata koja su bila spaljena.
14 Then I went on to the fountain gate and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
Nastavio sam put prema Izvorskim vratima i Kraljevskom ribnjaku, ali nisam našao prolaza za životinju na kojoj sam jahao.
15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.
Uspeo sam se zato noću uz Potok, i dalje razgledajući zid, i ponovo sam ušao na Dolinska vrata. Tako sam se vratio,
16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
a da savjetnici nisu primijetili kamo sam otišao i što sam učinio. Sve do sada nisam ništa rekao Židovima: ni svećenicima, ni velikašima, ni savjetnicima, ni drugima nadstojnicima.
17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Tada im rekoh: “Vidite u kakvoj smo nevolji: Jeruzalem je u ruševinama, a vrata mu spaljena. Hajte, sagradimo jeruzalemski zid da više ne budemo izloženi ruglu.”
18 And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also of the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good [work].
I objasnih im kako je dobrostiva ruka Boga moga bila nada mnom, a saopćih im i riječi koje mi kralj bijaše rekao. “Ustanimo”, povikaše oni, “i gradimo!” I ukrijepiše im se ruke na dobro djelo.
19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
Na te vijesti počeše nam se rugati Sanbalat, Horonac, i sluga Tobija, Amonac, i Gešem, Arapin. Prezirno su nam govorili: “Što radite ovdje? Hoćete li se pobuniti protiv kralja?”
20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem.
Ali im ja odgovorih ovim riječima: “Nebeski će nam Bog dati da uspijemo. Mi, sluge njegove, ustasmo da gradimo. A vi nemate ni dijela, ni prava, ni spomena u Jeruzalemu.”
