Nehemiah 4
1 But it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
Toda pripetilo se je, da ko je Sanbalát slišal, da smo gradili zid, da je bil besen in polastilo se ga je veliko ogorčenje in zasmehoval je Jude.
2 And he spoke before his brethren, and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
Pred svojimi brati in vojsko Samarije je spregovoril ter rekel: »Kaj počno ti slabotni Judje? Mar se bodo utrdili? Mar bodo žrtvovali? Mar bodo končali v [enem] dnevu? Mar bodo oživili kamne iz kupov smeti, ki so požgane?«
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite [was] by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox should go up, he would even break down their stone wall.
Torej Amónec Tobija je bil ob njem in rekel: »Celo to, kar so zgradili, če gre gor lisjak, bo torej porušil njihov kamniti zid.«
4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
Prisluhni, oh naš Bog, kajti mi smo prezirani. Obrni njihovo grajo na njihovo lastno glavo in jih daj za plen v deželi ujetništva
5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.
in ne pokrij njihove krivičnosti in naj njihov greh ne bo izbrisan izpred tebe, kajti do jeze so te izzivali pred graditelji.
6 So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half of it, for the people had a mind to work.
Tako smo gradili obzidje in vse obzidje je bilo združeno skupaj do njegove polovice, kajti ljudstvo je imelo um, da dela.
7 But it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were set up, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Toda pripetilo se je, da ko so Sanbalát, Tobija, Arabci, Amónci in Ašdódčani slišali, da so bili zidovi Jeruzalema postavljeni in da so se vrzeli začele zapolnjevati, potem so bili zelo besni
8 And conspired all of them together to come [and] to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
in vsi skupaj so skovali zaroto, da pridejo in se borijo zoper Jeruzalem in da to ovirajo.
9 Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Kljub temu smo naredili svojo molitev k svojemu Bogu in podnevi ter ponoči zaradi njih postavili stražo.
10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and [there is] much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
Juda je rekel: »Moč nosilcev bremen je oslabela in tam je veliko smeti, tako, da nismo zmožni graditi obzidja.«
11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
Naši nasprotniki pa so rekli: »Ne bodo vedeli niti videli, dokler ne pridemo v sredo mednje in jih pobijemo in povzročimo, da delo preneha.«
12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews who dwelt by them came, they said to us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return to us [they will be upon you].
Pripetilo pa se je, ko so prišli Judje, ki so prebivali poleg njih, da so nam desetkrat rekli: »Iz vseh krajev, od koder se boste vrnili k nam, bodo oni nad vami.«
13 Therefore I set in the lower places behind the wall, [and] on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Zato sem postavil na nižjih mestih za obzidjem in na višjih mestih, sem celo postavil ljudstvo po njihovih družinah, z njihovimi meči, njihovimi sulicami in njihovimi loki.
14 And I looked, and arose, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be ye not afraid of them: remember the LORD [who is] great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Pogledal sem, vstal in rekel plemičem, vladarjem in ostalemu ljudstvu: »Ne bojte se jih. Spominjajte se Gospoda, ki je velik in strašen in borite se za svoje brate, svoje sinove in svoje hčere, svoje žene in svoje hiše.«
15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to naught, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.
Pripetilo se je, ko so naši sovražniki slišali, da nam je bilo to znano in je Bog njihovo namero privedel v nič, da smo se vsi izmed nas vrnili k obzidju, vsak k svojemu delu.
16 And it came to pass, from that time forth, [that] the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers [were] behind all the house of Judah.
Pripetilo se je od tega časa naprej, da je polovica mojih služabnikov delala na delu, druga polovica pa je držala sulice, ščite, loke in brezrokavne verižne srajce in vladarji so bili zadaj za vso Judovo hišo.
17 They who built on the wall, and they that bore burdens, with those that laded, [every one] with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other [hand] held a weapon.
Tisti, ki so gradili na obzidju in tisti, ki so nosili bremena, s tistimi, ki so prenašali, vsak je z eno roko opravljal delo, z drugo roko pa je držal orožje.
18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and [so] built. And he that sounded the trumpet [was] by me.
Kajti graditelji so gradili tako, da je imel vsakdo svoj meč opasan ob svoji strani. Tisti, ki je trobil na šofar, pa je bil poleg mene.
19 And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work [is] great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
Rekel sem plemičem, vladarjem in ostalemu ljudstvu: »Delo je veliko in obsežno, mi pa smo na obzidju ločeni, eden daleč od drugega.
20 In what place [therefore] ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither to us: our God will fight for us.
Na katerem mestu torej zaslišite glas šofarja, krenite tja k nam. Naš Bog se bo boril za nas.«
21 So we labored in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
Tako smo se trudili na delu. Polovica izmed njih je sulice držala od jutranjega vzhoda do pojavitve zvezd.
22 Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labor in the day.
Prav tako sem ljudstvu istočasno rekel: »Naj vsak s svojim služabnikom prenočuje znotraj Jeruzalema, da nam bodo ponoči lahko straža in se trudili podnevi.«
23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes, [saving that] every one put them off for washing.
Tako niti jaz, niti moji bratje, niti moji služabniki, niti ljudje na straži, ki so mi sledili, nihče izmed nas ni odložil svojih oblačil, razen, da jih je vsak slekel za pranje.
