Nehemiah 5
1 Then the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their fellow Jews.
И стаде велика вика људи и жена на браћу њихову Јудејце.
2 For there were some who said, “With our sons and daughters we are many. So let us get grain that we may eat and stay alive.”
Јер неки говораху: Нас и синова наших и кћери наших има много; да добавимо жита да једемо и останемо живи.
3 There were also some who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain during the famine.”
Други опет говораху: Да заложимо поља своја и винограде и куће да добијемо жита у овој глади.
4 Some also said, “We have borrowed money to pay the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards.
Још други говораху, да узајмимо новаца на поља своја и винограде за данак царски.
5 Yet now our flesh and blood is the same as our brothers, and our children are the same as their children. We are forced to sell our sons and our daughters to become slaves. Some of our daughters have already been enslaved. But it is not in our power to help it because other men now own our fields and our vineyards.”
А тело је наше као тело браће наше, синови наши као њихови синови и ето треба да дамо синове своје и кћери своје у робље, и неке кћери наше већ су робиње, а ми не можемо ништа, јер поља наша и винограде наше држе други.
6 I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.
Зато се расрдих врло кад чух вику њихову и те речи.
7 Then I thought about this, and brought charges against the nobles and officials. I said to them, “You are exacting interest, each from his own brother.” I held a great assembly against them
И смислих у срцу свом и укорих кнезове и поглаваре, и рекох им: Ви мећете бремена сваки на брата свог. И сазвах велики збор њих ради.
8 and said to them, “We, as much as we are able, have bought back from slavery our Jewish brothers who had been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers and sisters that they may be sold back to us!” They were silent and never found a word to say.
И рекох им: Ми откуписмо колико могасмо браћу своју Јудејце што беху продани народима; а ви ли ћете продавати браћу своју или ћете се продавати нама? А они умукоше и не нађоше шта би одговорили.
9 Also I said, “What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts of the nations that are our enemies?
И рекох: Није добро шта радите. Не треба ли вам ходити у страху Бога нашег да нам се не ругају народи, непријатељи наши?
10 I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. But we must stop charging interest on these loans.
И ја и браћа моја и момци моји давали смо им новаца и жита; али опростимо им тај дуг.
11 Return to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses and the percentage of the money, the grain, the new wine, and the oil that you exacted from them.”
Хајде вратите им данас поља њихова и винограде и маслинике и куће и што им на стотину узимасте од новца и жита и вина и уља.
12 Then they said, “We will return what we took from them, and will require nothing from them. We will do as you say.” Then I called the priests, and made them swear to do as they had promised.
А они одговорише: Вратићемо и нећемо искати од њих; учинићемо како велиш. Тада сазвах свештенике, и заклех их да ће тако учинити.
13 I shook out the fold of my robe and said, “So may God shake out of his house and possessions every man who does not keep his promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied.” All the assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised Yahweh and the people did as they had promised.
И истресох недра своја и рекох: Овако да истресе Бог сваког из куће његове и из труда његовог ко год не испуни ове речи, и овако да се истресе и буде празан. И сав збор рече: Амин. И хвалише Господа, и учини народ по тој речи.
14 So from the time I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food provided for the governor.
И откад ми цар заповеди да им будем управитељ у земљи Јудиној, од године двадесете до тридесет друге године цара Артаксеркса, дванаест година, ја и браћа моја не једосмо хране управитељске.
15 But the former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people, and took from them forty shekels of silver for their daily food and wine. Even their servants oppressed the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God.
А пређашњи управитељи који беху пре мене беху тешки народу узимајући од њега хлеб и вино осим четрдесет сикала сребра, и слуге њихове заповедаху по народу. Али ја тако не чиних бојећи се Бога.
16 I also continued to work on the wall, and we bought no land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.
Него и око грађења зида радих, и не куписмо њиве; и сви момци моји беху скупа онде на послу.
17 At my table were the Jews and the officials, 150 men, besides those who came to us from among the nations who were around us.
И Јудејаца и поглавара сто и педесет људи и који долажаху к нама из околних народа беху за мојим столом.
18 Now what was prepared each day was one ox, six choice sheep, and also birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance, yet for all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the demands were too heavy on the people.
И готовљаше се сваки дан по једно говече, шест оваца, избраних, и птице готовљаху ми се, и сваких десет дана даваше се свакојаког вина изобила. И опет не исках хране управитељске; јер служба беше тешка народу.
19 Call me to mind, my God, for good, because of all that I have done for this people.
Помени ме Боже мој на добро за све што сам чинио овом народу.
