Nehemiah 6
1 And it cometh to pass, when it hath been heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian, and by the rest of our enemies, that I have builded the wall, and there hath not been left in it a breach, (also, till that time the doors I had not set up in the gates, )
Kad su Sanbalat, Tobija, Gešem Arapin i ostali naši neprijatelji dočuli da sam obnovio zid i da nije u njemu ostalo pukotine - do toga vremena nisam zapravo bio namjestio krila na vratima -
2 that Sanballat sendeth, also Geshem, unto me, saying, 'Come and we meet together in the villages, in the valley of Ono;' and they are thinking to do to me evil.
poručiše mi Sanbalat i Gešem: “Dođi da se sastanemo u Kefiri, u Dolini ononskoj.” Ali su mi oni zlo mislili.
3 And I send unto them messengers, saying, 'A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why doth the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down unto you?'
Zato sam im poslao glasnike s ovim odgovorom: “Zauzet sam velikim poslom i ne mogu sići: posao bi zastao kad bih ga ostavio da dođem k vama!”
4 and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them [word] according to this word.
Četiri su mi puta slali isti poziv i ja sam im odvraćao isti odgovor.
5 And Sanballat sendeth unto me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand;
Tada, peti put, s istom nakanom, posla mi Sanbalat svoga slugu s otvorenim pismom.
6 it is written in it, 'Among the nations it hath been heard, and Gashmu is saying: Thou and the Jews are thinking to rebel, therefore thou art building the wall, and thou hast been to them for a king — according to these words!
U njemu je pisalo: “Čuje se u narodima - a Gašmu potvrđuje - da se ti i Židovi spremate na bunu; zato da i gradiš zid i da želiš postati njihovim kraljem, kako vele.
7 And also, prophets thou hast appointed to call for thee in Jerusalem, saying, A king [is] in Judah, and now it is heard by the king according to these words; and now come, and we take counsel together.'
I da si postavio proroke da proglase tvoj uspjeh u Jeruzalemu i da kažu: Judeja ima kralja! Sada će ti glasovi stići kralju do ušiju: zato dođi da se posavjetujemo.”
8 And I send unto him, saying, 'It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;'
Ali sam mu ja odgovorio: “Ništa nije tako kao što tvrdiš; sve je to samo izmišljotina tvoga srca.”
9 for all of them are making us afraid, saying, 'Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done;' and now, strengthen Thou my hands.
Jer su nas oni htjeli uplašiti govoreći: “Klonut će im ruke od posla i neće ga završiti nikada.” A ja sam, naprotiv, ukrijepio ruke svoje!
10 And I have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel — and he is restrained — and he saith, 'Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming in to slay thee — yea, by night they are coming in to slay thee.'
Pošao sam Šemaji, sinu Delaje, sina Mehetabelova, koji se bijaše zatvorio u svojoj kući. On mi objavi: “Nađimo se u Domu Božjemu, usred Hekala, i zatvorimo vrata Hekala jer će doći da te ubiju. Jest, još noćas doći će da te ubiju!”
11 And I say, 'A man such as I — doth he flee? and who as I, that doth go in unto the temple, and live? — I do not go in.'
A ja odgovorih: “Zar da bježi čovjek kao što sam ja? Koji čovjek, meni sličan, može ući u Hekal i ostati živ? Ne, ja ne idem.”
12 And I discern, and lo, God hath not sent him, for in the prophecy he hath spoken unto me both Tobiah and Sanballat hired him,
I tada razabrah: nije ga poslao Bog, nego mi je objavio proroštvo, jer su ga Tobija i Sanbalat podmitili,
13 so that he [is] an hireling, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me.
da bih, uplašen, učinio onako te sagriješio. To bi im poslužilo da me ozloglase i da mi se rugaju!
14 Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid.
Sjeti se, Bože moj, Tobije i Sanbalata prema ovim njihovim djelima, a i proročice Noadje i ostalih proroka što me htjedoše uplašiti.
15 And the wall is completed in the twenty and fifth of Elul, on the fifty and second day;
Zid je završen dvadeset i petog Elula, za pedeset i dva dana.
16 and it cometh to pass, when all our enemies have heard, and all the nations who are round about us see, that they fall greatly in their own eyes, and know that by our God hath this work been done.
A kad su čuli svi naši neprijatelji i vidjeli svi pogani oko nas, bilo je to čudo u očima njihovim, jer su shvatili da je Bog naš učinio to djelo.
17 Also, in those days the freemen of Judah are multiplying their letters going unto Tobiah, and those of Tobiah are coming in unto them;
A onih dana mnogi su židovski velikaši često slali svoja pisma Tobiji i mnoga su primali od Tobije.
18 for many in Judah are sworn to him, for he [is] son-in-law to Shechaniah son of Arah, and Jehohanan his son hath taken the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah;
Jer u Judeji bijahu mnogi s njime zakletvom povezani: tÓa bio je u rodu sa Šekanijom, sinom Arahovim, i sinom njegovim Johananom, koji je uzeo za ženu kćer Mešulama, sina Berekjina.
19 also, his good deeds they have been saying before me, and my words they have been taking out to him; letters hath Tobiah sent to make me afraid.
I veličali su preda mnom njegova djela, a njemu prenosili moje riječi. Zato je Tobija i slao pisma da me uplaši.
