Nehemiah 5

1 And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,

I stade velika vika ljudi i žena na braæu njihovu Judejce.

2 yea, there are who are saying, 'Our sons, and our daughters, we — are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'

Jer neki govorahu: nas i sinova naših i kæeri naših ima mnogo; da dobavimo žita da jedemo i ostanemo živi.

3 And there are who are saying, 'Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.'

Drugi opet govorahu: da založimo polja svoja i vinograde i kuæe da dobijemo žita u ovoj gladi.

4 And there are who are saying, 'We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, [on] our fields, and our vineyards;

Još drugi govorahu: da uzajmimo novaca na polja svoja i vinograde za danak carski.

5 and now, as the flesh of our brethren [is] our flesh, as their sons [are] our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards [are] to others.'

A tijelo je naše kao tijelo braæe naše, sinovi naši kao njihovi sinovi, i eto treba da damo sinove svoje i kæeri svoje u roblje, i neke kæeri naše veæ su robinje, a mi ne možemo ništa, jer polja naša i vinograde naše drže drugi.

6 And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words,

Zato se rasrdih vrlo kad èuh viku njihovu i te rijeèi.

7 and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly,

I smislih u srcu svom i ukorih knezove i poglavare, i rekoh im: vi meæete bremena svaki na brata svojega. I sazvah veliki zbor njih radi.

8 and say to them, 'We have acquired our brethren the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to the ability that [is] in us, and ye also sell your brethren, and they have been sold to us!' and they are silent, and have not found a word.

I rekoh im: mi otkupismo koliko mogosmo braæu svoju Judejce što bjehu prodani narodima; a vi li æete prodavati braæu svoju ili æe se prodavati nama? A oni umukoše i ne naðoše što bi odgovorili.

9 And I say, 'Not good [is] the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God do ye not walk, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

I rekoh: nije dobro što radite. Ne treba li vam hoditi u strahu Boga našega da nam se ne rugaju narodi, neprijatelji naši?

10 And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury.

I ja i braæa moja i momci moji davali smo im novaca i žita; ali oprostimo im taj dug.

11 Give back, I pray you, to them, as to-day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, and the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, of the new wine, and of the oil, that ye are exacting of them.'

Hajde vratite im danas polja njihova i vinograde i maslinike i kuæe i što im na stotinu uzimate od novca i žita i vina i ulja.

12 And they say, 'We give back, and of them we seek nothing; so we do as thou art saying.' And I call the priests, and cause them to swear to do according to this thing;

A oni odgovoriše: vratiæemo i neæemo iskati od njih; uèiniæemo kako veliš. Tada sazvah sveštenike, i zakleh ih da æe tako uèiniti.

13 also, my lap I have shaken, and I say, 'Thus doth God shake out every man, who doth not perform this thing, from his house, and from his labour; yea, thus is he shaken out and empty;' and all the assembly say, 'Amen,' and praise Jehovah; and the people do according to this thing.

I istresoh njedra svoja i rekoh: ovako da istrese Bog svakoga iz kuæe njegove i iz truda njegova ko god ne ispuni ove rijeèi, i ovako da se istrese i bude prazan. I sav zbor reèe: amin. I hvališe Gospoda, i uèini narod po toj rijeèi.

14 Also, from the day that he appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes the king — twelve years — I, and my brethren, the bread of the governor have not eaten:

I otkad mi car zapovjedi da im budem upravitelj u zemlji Judinoj, od godine dvadesete do trideset druge godine cara Artakserksa, dvanaest godina, ja i braæa moja ne jedosmo hrane upraviteljske.

15 the former governors who [are] before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides in silver forty shekels; also, their servants have ruled over the people — and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.

A preðašnji upravitelji koji bijahu prije mene bijahu teški narodu uzimajuæi od njega hljeba i vina osim èetrdeset sikala srebra, i sluge njihove zapovijedahu po narodu; ali ja tako ne èinih bojeæi se Boga.

16 And also, in the work of this wall I have done mightily, even a field we have not bought, and all my servants are gathered there for the work;

Nego i oko graðenja zida radih, i ne kupismo njive; i svi momci moji bijahu skupa ondje na poslu.

17 and of the Jews, and of the prefects, a hundred and fifty men, and those coming in unto us of the nations that [are] round about us, [are] at my table;

I Judejaca i poglavara sto i pedeset ljudi i koji dolažahu k nama iz okolnijeh naroda bijahu za mojim stolom.

18 and that which hath been prepared for one day [is] one ox, six fat sheep, also fowls have been prepared for me, and once in ten days of all wines abundantly, and with this, the bread of the governor I have not sought, for heavy is the service on this people.

I gotovljaše se svaki dan po jedno goveèe, šest ovaca izabranijeh, i ptice gotovljahu mi se, i svakih deset dana davaše se svakojakoga vina izobila. I opet ne iskah hrane upraviteljske; jer služba bješe teška narodu.

19 Remember for me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

Pomeni me, Bože moj, na dobro za sve što sam èinio ovomu narodu.