Nehemiah 13
1 On that day, when someone read to the people parts of the laws [that God gave] to Moses, they read where it was written that no one from the Ammon people-group or the Moab people-group was ever to be allowed to be with God’s people while they were gathered together [to worship].
På den tidi las dei upp for folket or Moseboki, og dei fann det skrive der at ingen ammonit eller moabit nokon sinn måtte vera med i Guds lyd,
2 The reason for that was that the people of Ammon and the people of Moab did not give/sell any food or water to the Israelis [while the Israelis were going through their areas after they left Egypt]. Instead, the people of Ammon and Moab paid money to Balaam in order that he would curse the Israelis. But God commanded Balaam to bless the people, not to curse them.
for di dei ikkje hadde kome imot Israels-borni med brød og vatn, og for di dei hadde leigt imot deim Bileam til å lysa våbøn yver deim; endå vår Gud vende våbøni um til velsigning.
3 So when the people heard these laws [being read to them], they sent away all the people whose ancestors had come from other countries.
Då dei høyrde lovi, skilde dei ut frå Israel allslag framandfolk.
4 Previously, Eliashib the priest had been appointed to be in charge of the storerooms in the temple. He was a relative of [our enemy] Tobiah.
Men fyrr dette hende, hadde presten Eljasib, som stod i skyldskap til Tobia, fenge tilsynet med kovarne i Guds hus.
5 He allowed Tobiah to use a large room in which they had previously stored the grain offerings and the incense, the equipment that is used in the temple, the offerings [that the people had brought] for the priests, and the tithes of grain and wine and [olive] oil that [God] had commanded the people to bring to the [other] descendants of Levi, and to the temple musicians, and to the temple guards.
Og han hadde innreidt ein stor kove åt honom der dei fyrr hadde gøymt grjonofferet, røykjelsen, kjeraldi, tiendi, korn, druvesaft og olje, dei lovheimla avgifterne til levitarne og songarane og portvaktarane, og prestereidorne.
6 While [Tobias was using that room], I was not in Jerusalem, because in the 32nd year that Artaxerxes was the king of Babylonia, I went back there to report to him. After a while I requested the king to allow me to return to Jerusalem, [and he allowed me to go].
Då alt dette gjekk fyre seg, var ikkje eg i Jerusalem; i det tvo og trettiande styringsåret åt Babel-kongen Artahsasta var eg attkomen til kongen. Men då ei tid var lidi, bad eg kongen um heimlov.
7 When I arrived in Jerusalem, I found out that Eliashib had done an evil thing by allowing Tobiah to use a room in God’s temple.
Då eg so kom til Jerusalem, gådde eg det vonde Eljasib hadde gjort, med å reida inn åt Tobia ein kove i tuni ved Guds hus.
8 I became very angry, and I threw out of that room everything that belonged to Tobiah.
Eg tykte fælt ille um det, og eg kasta ut or koven all husbunaden hans Tobia.
9 Then I commanded [that they perform a ritual] to make the rooms (pure/acceptable to God) again. And I also ordered that all the equipment used in the temple and all the grain offerings and incense should be put in that room again.
Eg baud at dei skulde reinsa kovarne. Og so fekk eg inn att gognerne til Guds hus, grjonofferet og røykjelsen.
10 I also found out that the temple musicians and [other] descendants of Levi had left Jerusalem and returned to their fields/farms, because the Israeli people had not been bringing to them the food [that they needed].
Framleides fekk eg greida på at levitarne ikkje fekk avgifterne sine, og at difor levitarne og songarane hadde flutt ut på landet til kvar sin eigedom, i staden for å gjera tempeltenesta.
11 So I rebuked the officials, saying to them, “(Why have you not taken care of the work in the temple?/It is disgraceful that you have not taken care of the work in the temple.)” [RHQ] So I brought the descendants of Levi and the musicians back to the temple, and told them to do their work there again.
Då skjemde eg på formennerne og sagde: «Kvifor hev Guds hus vorte gløymt?» Eg stemnde deim saman og sette deim inn att kvar på sin stad.
12 Then all the people of Judah again started to bring to the temple storerooms their tithes of grain, wine, and [olive] oil.
Og heile Juda førde fram til upplagsromi tiendi av korn og druvesaft og olje.
13 I appointed these men to be in charge of the storerooms: Shelemiah, who was a priest; Zadok, who knew the Jewish laws very well; and Pedaiah, a descendant of Levi. I appointed Hanan, who is the son of Zaccur and grandson of Mattaniah, to assist them. I knew that I could trust these men while they distributed those offerings to their fellow workers.
Tilsynet med upplagsromi gav eg til presten Selemja og den skriftlærde Sadok og ein levit, Pedaja; til hjelpesmann gav eg deim Hanan, son åt Zakkur Mattanjason; for dei vart haldne for pålitande. Til deim låg det no å skifta ut til brørne sine.
14 My God, do not forget all these good things that I have faithfully done for your temple and for the work that is done there!
Kom meg i hug for dette, min Gud, og lat ikkje dei kjærleiksgjerningar verta gløymde som eg hev gjort for min Guds hus og tenesta der!
15 During that time, I saw some people in Judea [who were working] on the Sabbath day. [Some were] pressing grapes [to make wine]. Others were putting grain, [bags of] wine, [baskets of] grapes, figs, and many [HYP] other things, on their donkeys and taking them into Jerusalem. I warned them that they should not sell things to the people of Judea on Sabbath days.
Samstundes såg eg i Juda kor dei trødde vinpersa um kviledagen, kor dei bar heim kornbandi og klyvja deim på asni, like eins vin, druvor, fikor og allslags varor, og førde til Jerusalem um kviledagen. Eg vara deim åt den dagen dei selde desse matvaror.
16 I also saw some people from Tyre [city] who were living there in Jerusalem who were bringing fish and other things [into Jerusalem] to sell to the people of Judea on the Sabbath day.
Tyrus-folk som hadde busett seg der, kom ogso med fisk og allslag varor og selde til jødarne um kviledagen, og det i Jerusalem.
17 So I rebuked the Jewish leaders and told them, “This is [RHQ] a very evil thing that you are doing! You are causing the Sabbath days to be unholy.
Då skjemde eg på adelsmennerne i Juda, og sagde til deim: «Korleis kann de fara so ille og vanhelga kviledagen?
18 Your ancestors did [RHQ] things like that, so God punished them, and as a result, this city was destroyed! And now by causing the Sabbath day to be unholy, you are going to cause God to be angry with us Israeli people [and punish us] more!”
Var det ikkje av di federne dykkar for åt like eins, at vår Gud førde all denne ulukka yver oss og yver denne byen? Og no aukar de endå meir harmen hans mot Israel, med å vanhelga kviledagen!»
19 So I ordered that at (the beginning of every Sabbath day/every Friday evening) they should shut the gates of the city before it became dark. I also ordered that they should not open the gates until (the Sabbath day was ended [the next day]/Saturday evening). Then [each Sabbath day] I put some of my men at the gates, so they would make sure that nothing to sell was brought into the city on that day.
So snart det tok til å myrkna i portarne i Jerusalem fyre kviledagen, gav eg bod um å læsa portarne, og ikkje opna deim att fyrr kviledagen var liden. Eg sette nokre av drengjerne mine på vakt ved portarne, so ingen skulde føra inn nokor byrd um kviledagen.
20 One or two times merchants [DOU] stayed outside of the city on (Friday night/[the night before the Sabbath day]).
Kjøpmenner og handlarar med allslags torgvaror natta utanfor Jerusalem både ein og tvo gonger.
21 I warned them, “It is useless [RHQ] for you to stay here outside the walls [on Friday night]! If you do this again, I will tell my men to arrest you!” So after that, they did not come on Sabbath days.
Men eg vara deim åt og sagde: «Kva skal det vera til at de nattar utanfor muren? Gjer de det ein gong til, so skal de få kjenna neven min.» Frå den tidi kom dei ikkje meir um kviledagen.
22 I also commanded the descendants of Levi to [perform the ritual to] purify themselves and to guard the city gates, to make sure that the Sabbath was kept holy [by not allowing merchants to enter it on Sabbath days]. My God, do not forget this also that I [have done for you]! And because of your faithfully loving me, allow me to continue to live [many more years]!
Eg baud levitarne reinsa seg og so koma og halda vakt ved portarne, so kviledagen kunde haldast heilag. Ogso for dette må du koma meg i hug, min Gud, og miskunna meg etter din store nåde.
23 During that time, I also found out that many of the Jewish men had married women from Ashdod [city], and from [the] Ammon and Moab [people-groups].
Samstundes såg eg kor jødarne hadde gift seg med asdoditiske, ammonitiske og moabitiske kvinnor.
24 The result was that half of their children spoke the language that people in Ashdod speak or some other language, and they didn’t know how to speak our language.
Helvti av borni deira tala Asdod-mål eller tungemålet til dei andre folki, og kunde ikkje tala jødisk.
25 So I rebuked those men, and I [asked God to] curse them, and I beat them and pulled out [some of] their hair. Then I forced them to solemnly promise, knowing that God [MTY] was [listening], that they would never again marry foreigners, and never allow their children to marry foreigners.
Eg skjemde på deim og banna deim, ja, eg slog og lugga sume av deim. Og eg tok deim i eid ved Gud og sagde: «Ikkje må det gifta døtterne dykkar med sønerne deira og ikkje taka døtterne deira til konor åt sønerne dykkar eller åt dykk sjølve.
26 [I said to them], “Solomon, the king of Israel, sinned [RHQ] as a result of [marrying] foreign women. He was greater than any of the kings of other nations. God loved him, and caused him to become the king of all the Israeli people, but his foreign wives caused even him to sin.
Var det ikkje for deira skuld at Salomo, Israels konge, synda? Det fanst ikkje makan til konge millom dei mange folki. Hans Gud elska honom, og Gud sette honom til konge yver heile Israel. Jamvel honom fekk dei framande kvinnorne til å synda.
27 [Do you think that] we should do what you have done, and disobey our God by marrying foreign women [who worship idols]? [RHQ]”
Skal det verkeleg verta spurt at de hev gjort all denne store vondskap og vore utrue mot vår Gud og gift dykk med framande kvinnor?»
28 One of the sons of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib the Supreme Priest, had married the daughter of [our enemy] Sanballat, from Beth-Horon [town]. So I forced Jehoiada’s son to leave Jerusalem.
Ein av sønerne åt Jojada, son åt øvstepresten Eljasib, var mågen åt horoniten Sanballat; honom jaga eg burt frå meg.
29 My God, do not forget that those people [who have married foreign women] have caused it to be a shame/disgrace to be a priest, and have caused people to despise the agreement that you made with the priests and with the [other] descendants of Levi [who help the priests])!
Kom deim i hug, min Gud, for di dei hev sulka til prestedømet og pakti um prestarne og levitarne!
30 I did all that to make sure that there were no more foreign people among the [Israeli] people [who would encourage them to worship idols]. I also established regulations for the priests and [other] descendants of Levi, in order that they would know what work they should do.
Soleis reinsa eg deim for alt framandt. Eg fastsette tenestorne for prestarne og levitarne, det kvar skulde ha umsut med i sitt arbeid,
31 I also arranged for people to bring the firewood [that was needed to burn on the altar, as Moses had declared] that we should [do]. I also arranged for the people to bring the first part of what they harvested [each year]. My God, do not forget [that] I [have done all these things], and bless me [for doing them]!
og korleis det skulde vera med vedofferet til visse tider og med fyrstegrøda. Kom meg i hug for dette, min Gud, og rekna meg det til godes!
