Nehemiah 4
1 When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the city wall, he was very angry. He was enraged/furious. He made fun of us Jews.
А Санавалат, когато чу, че ние сме градили стената, разгневи се, много възнегодува, и присмя се на юдеите.
2 While his colleagues and officials of the army troops who had come from Samaria were listening, he said, “What do these feeble/pathetic Jews [think they] are doing? Do they think that if they offer enough/many sacrifices, [their gods will hear them and enable] them to finish building the wall in one day? The stones [that were in the wall previously have been weakened by] being burned in a fire. Those stones that they are pulling out of the rubbish/garbage heaps—do they think that they can make them strong again?” [RHQ]
И говори пред братята си и пред самарийската войска, казвайки: Що правят тия окаяни юдеи? ще се закрепят ли? ще жертвуват ли? ще свършат ли в един ден? ще съживят ли камъните от купищата пръст, като са изгорели?
3 Tobiah was [standing] beside Sanballat. He said, “That stone wall [that they are building] is very weak; so if even a fox climbed up on it, the wall would fall down!”
А амонецът Товия, който бе при него, рече: Даже това що градят, лисица ако се покачи по него, ще събори каменната им стена.
4 Then I prayed. I said, “Our God, hear us, because they are ridiculing us! Cause the words of their insults to fall back on them! Allow their enemies to come and capture them and force them to go to a foreign land!
Чуй, Боже наш, защото сме презрени, обърни укора им върху собствените им глави, и предай ги на разграбване в земя гдето ще са пленници.
5 They are guilty; they have [said things that] caused you to be angry while the people here who are building the wall are listening; so punish them!”
Не покривай беззаконието им, и грехът им да се не изличи пред Тебе; защото Те разгневиха пред градящите.
6 But after some time, we finished building the wall around the whole city, up to half as high as the first wall had been. We were able to do that because we worked very hard.
Така съградихме стената; и стената се свърза цяла до половината от височината си; защото людете имаха присърце работата.
7 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the men from Arabia, the people from the Ammon [people-group] and from Ashdod [city] heard that the work on the wall was continuing and that we were filling in the gaps in the wall, they became very angry.
Но когато Санавалат, Товия, арабите, амонците и азотците чуха, че поправянето на ерусалимските стени напредвало, и че проломите почнали да се затварят, разгневиха се много;
8 They all planned to come and fight against the people of Jerusalem [MTY] and to cause trouble.
и всичките заедно се сговориха да дойдат и да воюват против Ерусалим и да му напакостят.
9 But we prayed to our God [to protect us], and we put men [around the walls] to guard [the city] day and night.
А ние се помолихме на своя Бог, и поставихме стражи да пазят против тях денем и нощем, понеже се бояхме от тях.
10 Then the people of [MTY] Judah started to say, “The men who are working [on the wall] are becoming very tired. There is a lot of [heavy] rubble that we must remove; we ourselves cannot finish the work.
Но Юда рече: Силата на бременосците вече ослабна, а пръстта е много; ние не можем да градим стената.
11 “Besides, our enemies are saying, ‘Before the Jews see us, we will swoop down on them and kill them and stop their work [on the wall]!’”
А неприятелите ни рекоха: Няма да усетят, нито да видят докле дойдем всред тях, та ги избием и спрем работата.
12 The Jews who were living near our enemies came and told us many times, “You should leave the city and go to other places, in order that your enemies will not attack you!”
И като дойдоха юдеите, които живееха при тях, рекоха ни десет пъти: Към която страна и да се обърнете, от там ще дойдат върху нас.
13 So I put guards at the places where the wall was not very high yet and at places where there were gaps in the wall. I put guards to protect each of their family groups. I gave the guards daggers, spears, and bows [and arrows].
Затова поставих зад по-ниските места в стената, зад по-изложените места - поставих людете по семействата им с мечовете им, с копията им и с лъковете им.
14 Then after I inspected everything, I summoned the leaders and [other] officials and [many of] the other people, and I said to them, “Do not be afraid of our enemies! Think about [what] Yahweh, who is great and glorious, [can do]! And fight to protect your friends, your families, and your homes!”
И като разгледах, станах та рекох на благородните, на по-първите човеци и на другите люде: Не се бойте от тях; помнете великия и страшния Господ, и бийте се за братята си, за синовете си и дъщерите си, за жените си и за домовете си.
15 Our enemies heard that we knew what they were planning to do and that God had (spoiled their plans/prevented them from doing what they planned). [But we were sure that God would defend us, ] so we all started to work on the wall again.
А когато неприятелите ни чуха, че намерението им било известно нам, и че Бог осуетил проекта им, ние всинца се върнахме на стената, всеки на работата си.
16 But after that, only half of the men who were working for me worked on the wall. The others stood there on guard, holding their spears, shields, bows [and arrows], and [wearing their] coats made of metal plates. [To encourage the people] were building the wall, their leaders stood behind them.
И от това време нататък, половината от слугуващите ми бяха на работата, а половината от тях държаха копията, щитчетата, лъковете и броните; и началниците насърчаваха целия Юдов дом.
17 Those who carried [baskets of supplies on their heads/shoulders] and those who built the wall did their work with one hand, and held a weapon with the other hand.
Всеки един от ония, които градяха стената, и които носеха товарите, и които товареха, работеше работата си с едната си ръка, а с другата държеше оръжието;
18 All those who were building [the wall] had a dagger fastened to their side. The man who would blow the trumpet [if our enemies attacked] was standing at my side.
и всеки от зидарите имаше меча си опасан на кръста си и така градеше. А тоя, който свиреше с тръбата беше до мене.
19 Then I said to the officials, the other important men, and the other people, “This wall is very long, and we are far apart from each other along the wall.
И рекох на благородните, на по-първите човеци и на другите люде: Работата е по-голяма и обширна, а ние сме пръснати по стената далеч един от други;
20 If you hear the man blowing the trumpet, gather around us at that place. [Remember that] our God will fight for us!”
затова, гдето чуете гласа на тръбата, там се стичайте при нас; нашият Бог воюва за нас.
21 So we continued to work. Half of the men continued to hold their spears all day, from when the sun rose [in the morning] until the stars appeared [at night].
Така карахме работата; половината от тях държаха копията от зазоряването до появяването на звездите.
22 At that time, I also said to the people, “Tell every worker and his helper that they must stay inside Jerusalem at night. By doing that, they can guard us at night, and they can work [on the wall] during the daytime.”
И в същото време казах на людете: Всеки със слугата си нека нощува всред Ерусалим, за да ни бъдат стражи нощем, а да работят денем.
23 During that time, none of us ever took off our clothes (OR, we wore our clothes all the time)—I and my relatives and my workers and the guards who were with me. And we had our weapons with us, in our hands.
И тъй, нито аз, нито мъжете от стражата, които ме следваха, - никой от нас не събличаше дрехите си; всеки държеше оръжието си даже, когато отиваше на водата да се мие.
