Nehemiah 9
1 Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, with sackcloth, and dirt on them.
Torej na štiriindvajseti dan tega meseca so se Izraelovi otroci zbrali s postom in z vrečevinami in prstjo na sebi.
2 The offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Izraelovo seme se je ločilo od vseh tujcev in stali so ter priznavali svoje grehe in krivičnosti svojih očetov.
3 They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed and worshipped the LORD their God.
Vstali so na svojem kraju in brali v knjigi postave Gospoda, svojega Boga, eno četrtino dneva. Drugo četrtino pa so priznavali in oboževali Gospoda, svojega Boga.
4 Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani of the Levites stood up on the stairs, and cried with a loud voice to the LORD their God.
Tedaj so vstali na stopnicah izmed Lévijevcev: Ješúa, Baní, Kadmiél, Šebanjá, Buní, Šerebjá, Baní in Kenáni in z močnim glasom vpili h Gospodu, svojemu Bogu.
5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting! Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!
Potem so Lévijevci Ješúa, Kadmiél, Baní, Hašabnejá, Šerebjá, Hodijá, Šebanjá in Petahjá rekli: »Vstanite in blagoslavljajte Gospoda, svojega Boga, na veke vekov in blagoslovljeno bodi tvoje veličastno ime, ki je vzvišeno nad vsem blagoslavljanjem in hvalo.«
6 You are the LORD, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.
Ti, celó ti sam si Gospod. Naredil si nebo in nebesa nebes, z vso njihovo vojsko, zemljo in vse stvari, ki so na njej, morja in vse, kar je v njih in ti jih vse ohranjaš in nebeška vojska te obožuje.
7 You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham,
Ti si Gospod Bog, ki je izbral Abrama in ga privedel naprej iz Ura Kaldejcev in si mu dal ime Abraham.
8 found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his offspring, and have performed your words, for you are righteous.
Njegovo srce si pred seboj našel zvesto in z njim si sklenil zavezo, da daš deželo Kánaancev, Hetejcev, Amoréjcev, Perizéjcev, Jebusejcev in Girgašéjcev, da jo daš, pravim, njegovemu semenu in izvršil si svoje besede, kajti pravičen si.
9 “You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,
Videl si stisko naših očetov v Egiptu in prisluhnil njihovemu vpitju pri Rdečem morju
10 and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, against all his servants, and against all the people of his land, for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is today.
in pokazal si znamenja in čudeže na faraonu in na vseh njegovih služabnikih in na vsemu ljudstvu njegove dežele, kajti ti veš, da so ponosno postopali zoper njih. Tako si si pridobil ime, kakor je to ta dan.
11 You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Pred njimi si razdelil morje, tako da so šli skozi sredo morja po suhi deželi. Njihove preganjalce si vrgel v globine kakor kamen v sredo mogočnih vodá.
12 Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
Poleg tega si jih podnevi vodil z oblačnim stebrom in ponoči z ognjenim stebrom, da bi jim dal svetlobo na poti, po kateri naj bi šli.
13 “You also came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
Ti si tudi prihajal dol na goro Sinaj in govoril z njimi iz nebes in jim dajal prave sodbe in resnične postave, dobre zakone in zapovedi.
14 and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
Dal si jim spoznati svoj sveti šabat in jim zapovedal predpise, zakone in postave, po roki svojega služabnika Mojzesa
15 and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought water out of the rock for them for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
in dajal si jim kruh iz nebes za njihovo lakoto in zanje si za njihovo žejo privedel vodo iz skale in jim obljubljal, da naj bi šli in vzeli v last deželo, ki si jim jo prisegel, da jim jo daš.
16 “But they and our fathers behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,
Toda oni in naši očetje so ponosno postopali in otrdili svoje vratove in niso prisluhnili tvojim zapovedim
17 and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did amongst them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.
in odklonili so ubogati niti niso razmišljali o tvojih čudežih, ki si jih storil med njimi, temveč so otrdili svoje vratove in v svojem uporu so določili poveljnika, da se vrnejo k svojemu suženjstvu. Toda ti si Bog, pripravljen odpustiti, milostljiv in usmiljen, počasen za jezo in velike prijaznosti in jih nisi zapustil.
18 Yes, when they had made themselves a moulded calf, and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed awful blasphemies,
Da, ko so si naredili ulito tele in rekli: »To je tvoj Bog, ki te je privedel iz Egipta, « in počeli so veliko izzivanj,
19 yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither did the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.
jih vendar ti v svojih mnogoterih usmiljenih nisi zapustil v divjini. Podnevi oblačen steber ni odšel od njih, da jih vodi po poti niti ognjeni steber ponoči, da jim kaže svetlobo in pot, po kateri naj bi šli.
20 You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
Dajal si jim tudi svojega dobrega duha, da jih pouči in pred njihovimi usti nisi zadržal mane in za njihovo žejo si jim dajal vodo.
21 “Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn’t grow old, and their feet didn’t swell.
Da, štirideset let si jih podpiral v divjini, tako da jim ničesar ni manjkalo. Njihova oblačila se niso postarala in njihova stopala niso otekla.
22 Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
Poleg tega si jim dajal kraljestva in narode in razdelil si jih po pokrajinah. Tako so vzeli v last deželo Sihón, deželo hešbónskega kralja in deželo bašánskega kralja Oga.
23 You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.
Tudi njihove otroke si pomnožil kakor zvezd na nebu in jih privedel v deželo, glede katere si njihovim očetom obljubil, da naj bi šli vanjo, da jo vzamejo v last.
24 “So the children went in and possessed the land; and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased.
Tako so otroci šli v deželo, jo vzeli v last in ti si pred njimi podjarmil prebivalce dežele, Kánaance in jih dal v njihove roke, z njihovimi kralji in ljudstvom dežele, da so lahko z njimi storili, kakor so hoteli.
25 They took fortified cities and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
Zavzeli so utrjena mesta in tolsto deželo in vzeli v last hiše, polne vseh dobrin, izkopane vodnjake, vinograde, oljčne nasade in sadnih dreves v obilju. Tako so jedli, bili nasičeni, se odebelili in se razveseljevali v tvoji veliki dobroti.
26 “Nevertheless they were disobedient and rebelled against you, cast your law behind their back, killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
Kljub temu so bili neposlušni in so se uprli zoper tebe in tvojo postavo vrgli za svoje hrbte in usmrtili tvoje preroke, ki so pričevali zoper njih, da jih obrnejo k tebi in naredili so velika izzivanja.
27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviours who saved them out of the hands of their adversaries.
Zato si jih izročil v roko njihovih sovražnikov, ki so jih stiskali. V času svoje stiske, ko so klicali k tebi, si jih uslišal iz nebes in glede na svoja mnogotera usmiljenja si jim dal rešitelje, ki so jih rešili iz roke njihovih sovražnikov.
28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore you left them in the hands of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,
Toda potem, ko so imeli počitek, so pred teboj ponovno storili zlo. Zato si jih pustil v roki njihovih sovražnikov, tako da so imeli gospostvo nad njimi. Vendar ko so se vrnili in klicali k tebi, si jih slišal iz nebes in mnogokrat si jih osvobodil glede na svoja usmiljenja.
29 and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they were arrogant, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.
In ti pričuješ zoper njih, da bi jih lahko ponovno privedel k svoji postavi. Vendar so ponosno postopali in niso prisluhnili tvojim zapovedim, temveč so grešili zoper tvoje sodbe (katere, če jih človek izpolnjuje, bo živel v njih) in umaknili ramo in otrdili svoj vrat in niso hoteli prisluhniti.
30 Yet many years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they would not listen. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
Vendar si jih mnogo let prenašal in zoper njih pričeval po svojem duhu v svojih prerokih, vendar niso hoteli pazljivo prisluhniti. Zato si jih dajal v roko ljudstvu dežel.
31 “Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.
Vendar jih zaradi svojih velikih usmiljenj nisi popolnoma použil niti zapustil, kajti ti si usmiljen in milostljiv Bog.
32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, don’t let all the travail seem little before you that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, on our priests, on our prophets, on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.
Zdaj torej, naš Bog, velik, mogočen in strašen Bog, ki ohranjaš zavezo in usmiljenje, naj se vsa stiska, ki je prišla nad nas, na naše kralje, na naše prince, na naše duhovnike, na naše očete in na vse tvoje ljudstvo, od časa asirskih kraljev do današnjega dne, ne zdi majhna pred teboj.
33 However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly.
Vendar si ti pravičen v vsem, kar si privedel nad nas, kajti storil si pravilno, toda mi smo storili zlobno.
34 Also our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them.
Niti se naši kralji, naši princi, naši duhovniki, niti naši očetje, niso držali tvoje postave, niti niso prisluhnili tvojim zapovedim in tvojim pričevanjem, s katerimi si pričeval zoper njih.
35 For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them. They didn’t turn from their wicked works.
Kajti niso služili tebi v svojem kraljestvu in v tvoji veliki dobroti, ki jim jo daješ v veliki in obilni deželi, ki jo postavljaš prednje niti se niso odvrnili od svojih zlobnih del.
36 “Behold, we are servants today, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we are servants in it.
Glej, mi smo ta dan služabniki in glede dežele, ki si jo dal našim očetom, da jemo njen sad in njeno dobro, glej, mi smo služabniki v njej
37 It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. Also they have power over our bodies and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
in ta rojeva mnogo donosa kraljem, ki si jih zaradi naših grehov postavil nad nas. Prav tako imajo po njihovem užitku gospostvo nad našimi telesi in nad našo živino in mi smo v veliki stiski.
38 Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”
Zaradi vsega tega delamo zanesljivo zavezo in jo zapisujemo in naši princi, Lévijevci in duhovniki, jo pečatijo.
