Nehemiah 6
1 Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
A kad èu Sanavalat i Tovija i Gisem Arapin i ostali naši neprijatelji da sam sazidao zid i da nije ostalo u njemu ništa provaljeno, a do tada još ne bijah namjestio krila na vrata,
2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come! Let’s meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to harm me.
Posla Sanavalat i Gisem k meni i poruèi: hodi da se sastanemo u kom selu u polju Ononskom. A oni mišljahu zlo po me.
3 I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”
I poslah k njima glasnike i poruèih: u poslu sam velikom, zato ne mogu doæi. Jer bi stao posao kad bih ga ostavio da doðem k vama.
4 They sent to me four times like this; and I answered them the same way.
I slaše tako k meni èetiri puta; i ja im onako odgovorih.
5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
Tada Sanavalat posla k meni tako peti put slugu svojega s knjigom otvorenom u ruci.
6 in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.
A u njoj pisaše: èuje se po narodima i Gasmuj kaže da se ti i Judejci mislite odmetnuti, zato zidaš zid, i hoæeš da im budeš car, kako se govori,
7 You have also appointed prophets to proclaim of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let’s take counsel together.”
I da si postavio proroke da razglašuju za tebe u Jerusalimu i govore: car je u Judeji. A to æe doæi do cara; nego hodi da se dogovorimo.
8 Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.”
Tada poslah k njemu i poruèih: nije tako kako ti kažeš; nego si sam izmislio.
9 For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.
Jer oni svi šæahu nas uplašiti govoreæi: klonuæe ruke njihove od posla i neæe se svršiti. Zato, Bože, ukrijepi ruke moje.
10 I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let’s shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you. Yes, in the night they will come to kill you.”
Jošte otidoh u kuæu Semaji sinu Dalaje sina Metaveilova, koji se bješe zatvorio, i reèe mi: da otidemo zajedno u dom Božji usred crkve i da zakljuèamo vrata crkvi, jer æe doæi da te ubiju, doæi æe noæu da te ubiju.
11 I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”
A ja rekoh: zar æe èovjek kakav sam ja bježati? ili ko bi ovaki kakav sam ja ušao u crkvu da ostane u životu? neæu iæi.
12 I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him, but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
I razumjeh da ga nije Bog poslao, nego to proroštvo kaza za me, jer ga Tovija i Sanavalat potkupiše.
13 He was hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
Zato bješe potkupljen da me uplaši da onako uèinim i zgriješim da bih se osramotio da me mogu ružiti.
14 “Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear.”
Pomeni, Bože moj, Toviju i Sanavalata po ovijem djelima njihovijem, i Noadiju proroèicu i druge proroke koji me šæahu uplašiti.
15 So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
I tako dovrši se zid dvadeset petoga dana mjeseca Elula za pedeset i dva dana.
16 When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.
I kad èuše svi neprijatelji naši i vidješe svi narodi koji bijahu oko nas, uplašiše se vrlo, jer poznaše da je Bog naš uèinio to djelo.
17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.
I u one dane mnogi glavari Judejski slahu knjige Toviji, i od Tovije njima dolažahu knjige.
18 For there were many in Judah sworn to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife.
Jer mnogi Judejci bijahu mu se zakleli; jer bješe zet Sehaniji sinu Arahovu, i Joanan sin njegov bješe oženjen kæerju Mesulama sina Varahijina.
19 Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
I govorahu preda mnom dobro o njemu, i rijeèi moje dokazivahu mu; i Tovija slaše knjige da me uplaši.
