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].
U to vrijeme èita se knjiga Mojsijeva narodu, i u njoj se naðe napisano da ne ulazi Amonac ni Moavac u sabor Božji dovijeka;
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.
Jer ne sretoše sinova Izrailjevijeh s hljebom i vodom, nego najmiše na njih Valama da ih prokune, ali Bog naš obrati onu kletvu u blagoslov.
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.
A kad èuše taj zakon, odluèiše od Izrailja sve tuðince.
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.
A prije toga Elijasiv sveštenik, koji bješe nad klijetima doma Boga našega, oprijatelji se s Tovijom,
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.
I naèini mu veliku klijet, gdje se prije ostavljahu dari i kad i sudovi i desetak od žita, vina i ulja, odreðeni Levitima i pjevaèima i vratarima, i prinosi za sveštenike.
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].
A kad to sve bivaše, ne bjeh u Jerusalimu, jer trideset druge godine Artakserksa cara Vavilonskoga vratih se k caru, i poslije nekoliko godina izmolih se opet u cara.
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.
I kad doðoh u Jerusalim, vidjeh zlo što uèini Elijasiv radi Tovije naèinivši mu klijet u trijemu doma Božijega.
8 I became very angry, and I threw out of that room everything that belonged to Tobiah.
I bi mi vrlo mrsko, te izbacih sve pokuæstvo Tovijino napolje iz klijeti.
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.
I zapovjedih, te oèistiše klijeti; i unesoh u njih opet posuðe doma Božijega, dare i kad.
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].
Potom doznah da se Levitima nijesu davali dijelovi, te su se razbjegli svaki na svoju njivu i Leviti i pjevaèi, koji raðahu posao.
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.
I ukorih starješine i rekoh: zašto je ostavljen dom Božji? I sabrah ih opet i postavih na njihovo mjesto.
12 Then all the people of Judah again started to bring to the temple storerooms their tithes of grain, wine, and [olive] oil.
I svi Judejci donosiše desetke od žita i vina i ulja u spreme.
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.
I postavih nastojnike nad spremama, Selemiju sveštenika i Sadoka književnika, i izmeðu Levita Fedaju, i uz njih Anana sina Zahura sina Matanijina, jer se za vjerne držahu; i bijaše im posao dijeliti braæi svojoj.
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!
Pomeni me, Bože moj, za to, i nemoj izbrisati dobara mojih koja uèinih domu Boga svojega i službi njegovoj.
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.
U to vrijeme vidjeh u Judeji gdje gaze u kacama u subotu i nose snopove natovarivši na magarce, i vino, grožðe i smokve i svakojake tovare, i nose u Jerusalim u subotu, i prekorih ih onaj dan kad prodavahu žitak.
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.
I Tirci koji življahu u Jerusalimu donošahu ribu i svakojaki trg i prodavahu u subotu sinovima Judinijem u Jerusalimu.
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.
Zato prekorih glavare Judejske i rekoh im: kako je to zlo što èinite te skvrnite subotu?
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!”
Nijesu li tako èinili oci vaši, te Bog naš pusti na nas i na ovaj grad sve ovo zlo? I vi još umnožavate gnjev na Izrailja skvrneæi subotu.
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.
I kad doðe sjen na vrata Jerusalimska uoèi subote, zapovjedih te zatvoriše vrata, i zapovjedih da ih ne otvoraju do poslije subote; i postavih nekoliko svojih momaka na vratima da se ne unosi nikakav tovar u subotu.
20 One or two times merchants [DOU] stayed outside of the city on (Friday night/[the night before the Sabbath day]).
I prenoæiše trgovci i koji prodavahu svakojaki trg iza Jerusalima jednom i drugom.
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.
I opomenuh ih i rekoh im: zašto noæujete oko zida? Ako još jednom to uèinite, uložiæu na vas. Od tada ne dolaziše u subotu.
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]!
A Levitima zapovjedih da se oèiste i da doðu i èuvaju vrata da bude svet dan subotni. I za ovo pomeni me, Bože moj, i oprosti mi po velikoj milosti svojoj.
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].
Još vidjeh u to vrijeme Judejce koji se bijahu oženili Azoæankama, Amonkama i Moavkama.
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.
I sinovi njihovi govorahu pola Azotski, i ne umijahu govoriti Judejski nego jezikom i jednoga i drugoga naroda.
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.
Zato ih karah i psovah, i neke izmeðu njih bih i èupah, i zakleh ih Bogom da ne daju kæeri svojih sinovima njihovijem niti da uzimaju kæeri njihovijeh za sinove svoje ili za sebe.
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.
Nije li tijem zgriješio Solomun car Izrailjev, ako i ne bješe u mnogim narodima cara njemu ravna i mio bješe Bogu svojemu i Bog ga bješe postavio carem nad svijem Izrailjem? pa opet ga navratiše na grijeh žene tuðinke.
27 [Do you think that] we should do what you have done, and disobey our God by marrying foreign women [who worship idols]? [RHQ]”
A vama li æemo dopustiti da èinite to sve veliko zlo i griješite Bogu našemu uzimajuæi žene tuðinke?
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.
I od sinova Jojade sina Elijasiva poglavara sveštenièkoga jedan bješe zet Sanavalatu Oronjaninu, kojega otjerah od sebe.
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])!
Pomeni ih, Bože moj, što oskvrniše sveštenstvo i zavjet sveštenièki i Levitski.
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.
I tako ih oèistih od svijeh tuðinaca, i opet postavih redove sveštenièke i Levitske, svakoga na posao njegov,
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]!
I da se donose drva za žrtve na rokove, i prvine. Pomeni me, Bože moj, na dobro.
