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.
I stalo se, když uslyšel Sanballat, že stavíme zed, rozpálil se hněvem, a rozzlobiv se velmi, posmíval se Židům.
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]
Nebo mluvil před bratřími svými a před vojskem Samařským, řka: Co ti bídní Židé berou před sebe? Tak-liž mají býti zanecháni? Což budou obětovati? Za jeden-liž den to dodělati mají? Také-liž i kamení z hromad rumu křísiti budou, kteréž spáleno jest?
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!”
Tobiáš pak Ammonitský podlé něho řekl: Nechať stavějí, však liška přiběhna, prorazí zed jejich kamennou.
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!
Slyš, ó Bože náš, že jsme v pohrdání, a obrať pohanění jejich na hlavu jejich, a dej je v loupež v zemi, do níž by zajati byli.
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!”
A nepřikrývej nepravosti jejich, a hřích jejich od tváři tvé ať není shlazen, proto že jsou tě popouzeli v stavitelích.
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.
A tak stavěli jsme tu zed, a spojili všecku až do polu, a měl lid srdce k tomu dílu.
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.
Což když uslyšel Sanballat, a Tobiáš a Arabští, Ammonitští i Azotští, že by na dýl přibývalo zdi Jeruzalémské, a že se již byly počaly mezery zavírati, rozpálili se hněvem velice.
8 They all planned to come and fight against the people of Jerusalem [MTY] and to cause trouble.
Protož spuntovali se všickni společně, aby táhli k boji proti Jeruzalému a aby jemu překážku učinili.
9 But we prayed to our God [to protect us], and we put men [around the walls] to guard [the city] day and night.
(My pak modlili jsem se Bohu svému, a postavili jsme stráž proti nim ve dne i v noci, bojíce se jich.
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.
Nebo řekli Judští: Zemdlelať jest síla nosičů, a rumu ještě mnoho jest, neodolaliť bychom jim, stavějíce zed.)
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]!’”
Anobrž i řekli nepřátelé naši: Nezvědíť, ani spatří, až vpadneme mezi ně, a pomordujeme je, aneb zastavíme to dílo.
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!”
Když pak přišli Židé, kteříž s nimi bydlili, a pravili nám na desetkrát: Mějte pozor na všecka místa, kudyž se chodí k nám:
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].
Tedy postavil jsem na dolních místech za zdí, i na místech příkrých, a osadil jsem lidem po čeledech s meči, s kopími a lučišti jejich.
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!”
A když jsem to spatřil, vstana, řekl jsem k přednějším a knížatům i k jinému lidu: Nebojte se jich, ale na Pána velikého a hrozného pamatujte, a bojujte za bratří své, za syny své a dcery své, za manželky své a domy své.
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.
I stalo se, když uslyšeli nepřátelé naši, že jest nám to oznámeno, tožť Bůh rozptýlil radu jejich, a my navrátili jsme se všickni ke zdem, každý k dílu svému.
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.
Ale však od toho dne polovice služebníků mých dělali, a polovice jich držela kopí, pavézy a lučiště, a pancíře, a knížata stála za vší čeledí Judskou.
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.
Ti také, kteříž dělali na zdi, i nosiči břemen, i nakladači, každý jednou rukou dělal, a v druhé držel braň.
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.
Z těch pak, kteříž stavěli, měl jeden každý meč svůj připásaný na bedrách svých, a tak stavěli, a trubač stál podlé mne.
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.
Nebo jsem řekl k přednějším a knížatům i k jinému lidu: Dílo veliké a široké jest, a my porůznu jsme na zdi, podál jeden od druhého.
20 If you hear the man blowing the trumpet, gather around us at that place. [Remember that] our God will fight for us!”
Na kterém byste koli místě uslyšeli hlas trouby, tu se shromažďte k nám. Bůh náš bude bojovati za nás.
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].
A tak my dělali jsme dílo, a polovice jich držela kopí od svitání až do soumraku.
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.”
Tehdáž také řekl jsem lidu: Každý s služebníkem svým nocuj u prostřed Jeruzaléma, ať je máme k stráži v noci, a ve dne k dílu.
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.
Pročež i já, i bratří moji, i služebníci moji, i strážní, kteříž chodí za mnou, nebudeme svláčeti oděvu svého. Žádný ho nesloží, leč u vody.
