Nehemiah 6
1 Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem, and our other enemies heard [a report] that we had finished rebuilding the wall, and that now there were no more (gaps/places where the wall was not finished) (although we had not yet put the doors in the gates).
Og det skete, der det hørtes af Sanballat og Tobia og Gesem, Araberen, og vore øvrige Fjender, at jeg havde bygget Muren, og at der var intet Brud blevet tilbage paa den, enddog jeg ikke til den Tid havde indsat Døre i Portene,
2 So Sanballat and Geshem sent [a message] to me, in which they said “Come and talk with us at a place in Ono Plain [north of Jerusalem].” But [I knew that] really they wanted to harm me [if I went there].
da sendte Sanballat og Gesem til mig at lade sige: Gak med og lader os samles med hverandre i Landsbyerne i Dalen Ono; men de tænkte at gøre mig ondt.
3 So I sent messengers to them, to tell them, “I am doing an important work, and I cannot go down [there]. (Why should I stop doing this work just to go down to [talk with] you?/I do not want to stop doing this work just to go down to [talk with] you.)” [RHQ]
Og jeg sendte Bud til dem og lod sige: Jeg har et stort Arbejde at udrette og kan ikke komme ned; hvorfor skulde Arbejdet holde op? som om jeg skulde lade af fra det og drage ned til eder!
4 They sent me the same message four times, and each time when I replied to them I said the same thing.
Og de sendte fire Gange Bud til mig paa denne Maade, og jeg gav dem Svar igen paa denne Maade.
5 Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me, bringing a fifth message. This one was written, but it was not sealed. [He did that in order that others would read the message that the servant was carrying] in his hand.
Da sendte Sanballat paa samme Maade femte Gang sin Tjener til mig med et aabent Brev i hans Haand.
6 This is what was written in the message: “Some people in the nearby countries have heard a report that you and the other Jews are rebuilding the wall [in order to be able to resist attacks], because you are planning to revolt [against the king of Babylon]. And the report also says that you are planning to become the king [of the Israelis]. Geshem says that what they have reported is true.
Deri var skrevet: Det er hørt iblandt Hedningerne, og Gasmu har sagt det, at du og Jøderne tænke paa at falde fra, og at du derfor bygger Muren, og du vil være deres Konge efter dette Rygte,
7 [People are also saying that] you have appointed some prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem that you, [Nehemiah, ] are now the king in Judea. King [Artaxerxes] will certainly hear these reports, [and then you will be in big trouble]. So I suggest that we should meet together to talk about this matter.”
og at du ogsaa har bestilt Profeter, som skulle udraabe om dig i Jerusalem og sige: Han er Konge i Juda; og nu maatte det høres for Kongen efter dette Rygte; derfor kom nu og lader os raadslaa sammen!
8 [When I read that message, ] I sent [the messenger] back to Sanballat to say, “None of what you are saying is true. You have (made this up/concocted this) in your own head/mind.”
Men jeg sendte til ham at lade sige: Der er ikke sket noget af disse Ting, som du siger, men du har optænkt dem af dit eget Hjerte.
9 [I said that because I knew that] they were trying to cause us to be afraid, with the result that we would stop working [on the wall]. So I actually became more determined (OR, I prayed to God to help me) [to continue the work].
Thi de vilde alle sammen gøre os frygtagtige og sagde: Deres Hænder skulle drage sig tilbage fra Arbejdet, at det ikke fuldføres; men nu, styrk mine Hænder!
10 [One day] I went to talk with Shemaiah, son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel. I went to talk with him in his house, because he was not able (OR, allowed) to leave his house. He said to me, “You and I must enter the very sacred place in the temple and lock the doors, because people are going to come to kill you at night.”
Der jeg kom i Huset hos Semaja, en Søn af Delaja, Mehetabeels Søn, medens han holdt sig indelukket, da sagde han: Lader os samles i Guds Hus, midt i Templet, og lukke Templets Døre; thi de ville komme for at slaa dig ihjel, ja de ville komme i Nat for at slaa dig ihjel.
11 I replied, “I (am not that kind of person/do not do things like that) [RHQ]! I would not run and hide in the temple to save my life! No, I will not do that!”
Men jeg sagde: Skulde en Mand som jeg flygte? og hvilken Mand, der var som jeg, skulde gaa ind i Templet og leve? jeg vil ikke gaa derind.
12 When I thought [about what he had said], I realized that God had not told Shemaiah to say that to me. I realized that Tobiah and Sanballat had bribed him [to say that to me].
Thi jeg mærkede godt, at Gud ikke havde sendt ham; men han talte den Spaadom om mig, fordi Tobia og Sanballat havde lejet ham dertil.
13 They had bribed him to cause me to be afraid. They wanted me to [disobey God’s commands and] sin [by hiding in the temple]. If I did that, they would be able to ruin my reputation [MTY] and discredit me.
Derfor var han lejet, at jeg skulde have frygtet og gjort saa og syndet, at det kunde have været dem til et ondt Rygte om mig, for at de kunde forhaane mig.
14 [So I prayed, ] “My God, do not forget what Tobiah and Sanballat have done. Punish them. And do not forget that the female prophet Noadiah and some of the other prophets have also tried to cause me to be afraid.”
Min Gud! kom Tobia og Sanballat i Hu efter disse hans Gerninger, ja ogsaa den Profetinde Noadja og de øvrige Profeter, som vilde gøre mig frygtsom.
15 On October 2 we finished rebuilding the wall. We did it all in 52 days.
Og Muren blev færdig paa den fem og tyvende Dag i Elul Maaned, udi to og halvtredsindstyve Dage.
16 When our enemies in the nearby countries heard about that, they realized that they had been humiliated, because everyone knew that it was because God helped us that we had been able to do this work [and that they had not been able to force us to quit].
Og det skete, der alle vore Fjender havde hørt det, da frygtede alle Hedningerne, som vare trindt omkring os, og Modet syntes saare at falde paa dem; thi de kendte, at denne Gerning var gjort af vor Gud.
17 During this time, the Jewish leaders had been sending many messages/letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah had been sending messages back to them.
Ogsaa i de samme Dage skreve de ypperste af Juda deres mange Breve, som gik til Tobia, og Breve fra Tobia kom til dem.
18 Many people in Judea were closely associated with Tobiah, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah. Furthermore, Tobiah’s son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berekiah.
Thi der var mange i Juda, som vare med Ed forbundne med ham; thi han var besvogret med Sekania, Aras Søn, og hans Søn, Johanan, havde taget Mesullams, Berekias Søns, Datter.
19 People often talked in my presence about all the good things that Tobiah had done, and then they would tell him everything that I said. So Tobiah sent many letters to me to try to cause me to become afraid.
De talte ogsaa om hans mange gode Egenskaber for mig og bragte mine Ord til ham; saa sendte Tobia Breve for at gøre mig frygtsom.
