Nehemiah 6
1 And it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and there was left therein no breach, —though, up to that time, the doors, had I not set up in the gates,
Kad su Sanbalat, Tobija, Gešem Arapin i ostali naši neprijatelji dočuli da sam obnovio zid i da nije u njemu ostalo pukotine - do toga vremena nisam zapravo bio namjestio krila na vratima -
2 that Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come! and let us meet together in the villages, in the valley of Ono, —But, they, were plotting to do me harm.
poručiše mi Sanbalat i Gešem: “Dođi da se sastanemo u Kefiri, u Dolini ononskoj.” Ali su mi oni zlo mislili.
3 So I sent unto them messengers, saying, A great work, am, I, doing, and cannot come down, —wherefore should the work cease whilst I leave it, and come down unto you?
Zato sam im poslao glasnike s ovim odgovorom: “Zauzet sam velikim poslom i ne mogu sići: posao bi zastao kad bih ga ostavio da dođem k vama!”
4 Yet they sent unto me, according to this message, four times, —and I replied to them according to this answer.
Četiri su mi puta slali isti poziv i ja sam im odvraćao isti odgovor.
5 Then Sanballat sent unto me, according to this message, a fifth time, by his young man, —with an open letter, in his hand:
Tada, peti put, s istom nakanom, posla mi Sanbalat svoga slugu s otvorenim pismom.
6 wherein was written—Among the nations, it is reported, and, Gashmu, saith it, that, thou and the Jews, are plotting to rebel, for which cause, thou art building the wall, —and, thou, art to become their king, according to these words.
U njemu je pisalo: “Čuje se u narodima - a Gašmu potvrđuje - da se ti i Židovi spremate na bunu; zato da i gradiš zid i da želiš postati njihovim kraljem, kako vele.
7 Moreover also, prophets, hast thou set up to make proclamation concerning thee in Jerusalem, saying, He hath become king in Judah! Now, therefore, will it he reported to the king, according to these words. Now, therefore, come, and let us take counsel together.
I da si postavio proroke da proglase tvoj uspjeh u Jeruzalemu i da kažu: Judeja ima kralja! Sada će ti glasovi stići kralju do ušiju: zato dođi da se posavjetujemo.”
8 Then sent I unto him, saying, Nothing hath been done, according to these words, which thou art saying, —but, out of thine own heart, art thou feigning them.
Ali sam mu ja odgovorio: “Ništa nije tako kao što tvrdiš; sve je to samo izmišljotina tvoga srca.”
9 For, they all, were seeking to put us in fear, saying, Their hands will slacken from the work, and it will not be accomplished. Now, therefore, strengthen thou my hands!
Jer su nas oni htjeli uplašiti govoreći: “Klonut će im ruke od posla i neće ga završiti nikada.” A ja sam, naprotiv, ukrijepio ruke svoje!
10 When, I, came into the house of Shemaiah, son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, he, being shut in, he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, in the midst of the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to slay thee, yea, by night, are they coming to slay thee.
Pošao sam Šemaji, sinu Delaje, sina Mehetabelova, koji se bijaše zatvorio u svojoj kući. On mi objavi: “Nađimo se u Domu Božjemu, usred Hekala, i zatvorimo vrata Hekala jer će doći da te ubiju. Jest, još noćas doći će da te ubiju!”
11 Then said I, Should, such a man as I, flee? Who then, being such as I, would enter the temple to save his life? I will not enter.
A ja odgovorih: “Zar da bježi čovjek kao što sam ja? Koji čovjek, meni sličan, može ući u Hekal i ostati živ? Ne, ja ne idem.”
12 Then perceived I, that lo! it was, not God, who had sent him, —though, a prophecy, he had spoken concerning me, but, Tobiah and Sanballat, had hired him:
I tada razabrah: nije ga poslao Bog, nego mi je objavio proroštvo, jer su ga Tobija i Sanbalat podmitili,
13 to this end, hired, he was, to the end that I might be afraid and do so, and might sin, —and it might serve them for an evil report, to the end they might bring reproach upon me.
da bih, uplašen, učinio onako te sagriješio. To bi im poslužilo da me ozloglase i da mi se rugaju!
14 Have remembrance, O my God, of Tobiah and of Sanballat, according to these their doings, —moreover also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets, who would have put me in fear.
Sjeti se, Bože moj, Tobije i Sanbalata prema ovim njihovim djelima, a i proročice Noadje i ostalih proroka što me htjedoše uplašiti.
15 So the wall was finished, on the twenty-fifth of Elul, —in fifty-two days.
Zid je završen dvadeset i petog Elula, za pedeset i dva dana.
16 And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard, and all the nations that were round about us saw, that they fell greatly in their own eyes, and took knowledge that, from God, had this work been wrought.
A kad su čuli svi naši neprijatelji i vidjeli svi pogani oko nas, bilo je to čudo u očima njihovim, jer su shvatili da je Bog naš učinio to djelo.
17 Moreover, in those days, were the nobles of Judah busy with their letters which were going unto Tobiah, —and those of Tobiah were coming unto them;
A onih dana mnogi su židovski velikaši često slali svoja pisma Tobiji i mnoga su primali od Tobije.
18 for, many in Judah, had taken an oath to him, because he was in marriage affinity with Shecaniah son of Arah, —and, Jehohanan his son, had taken the daughter of Meshullam, son of Berechiah.
Jer u Judeji bijahu mnogi s njime zakletvom povezani: tÓa bio je u rodu sa Šekanijom, sinom Arahovim, i sinom njegovim Johananom, koji je uzeo za ženu kćer Mešulama, sina Berekjina.
19 Moreover, his good deeds, were they telling before me, and, my affairs, were they carrying out to him, —letters, did Tobiah send to put me in fear.
I veličali su preda mnom njegova djela, a njemu prenosili moje riječi. Zato je Tobija i slao pisma da me uplaši.
