Nechemijas 4
1 Kad nu Sanbalats dzirdēja, ka mēs to mūri uzceļam, tad viņš apskaitās un palika varen dusmīgs un apsmēja Jūdus.
And it came to pass, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, that it displeased him, and he became very angry, and he mocked at the Jews.
2 Un tas sacīja savu brāļu un Samarijas karaspēka priekšā: ko tie nespēcīgie Jūdi dara? Vai tiem būs dot tādu vaļu? Vai tie upurēs? Vai viņi vienā dienā to pabeigs? Vai viņi tos sadedzinātos akmeņus no pelnu čupām darīs dzīvus?
And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will people suffer them [to build]? will they sacrifice? will they complete it in one day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, seeing that they have been burnt?
3 Un Tobija, tas Amonietis, stāvēja viņam blakām un sacīja: lai tik taisa! Kad tur lapsa uzlēks, tad tā viņu akmeņu mūri nogāzīs!
And Tobiyah the 'Ammonite was near him, and he said, Even what they are building, if a fox were to run up, he would readily break through their stone wall.
4 Klausi, ak mūsu Dievs, kā mēs esam nievāti, un atgriez viņu nievāšanu uz viņu galvu un nodod tos par apsmieklu cietuma zemē,
Hear, O our God! how we are become a scorn; and bring their reproach back upon their own head, and give them up for prey in the land of captivity.
5 Un neapklāj viņu noziegumu, un viņu grēki lai netop izdzēsti Tavā priekšā, jo tie (Tevi) kaitinājuši to strādnieku priekšā.
And cover not up their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have taunted [us] in the presence of the builders.
6 Bet mēs cēlām to mūri un tas mūris tapa uzcelts līdz pusei, tad tie ļaudis jo priecīgi sāka strādāt.
But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together up to the half thereof; for the people had a heart to work.
7 Kad nu Sanbalats un Tobija un tie Arābi un Amonieši un Ašdodieši dzirdēja, ka Jeruzālemes mūri gana augsti bija celti, ka tās starpas jau taisījās cieti, tad tie ļoti apskaitās.
And it came to pass, when Sanballat and Tobiyah, and the Arabians, and the 'Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were restored, and that the breaches began to be closed up, that it displeased them greatly.
8 Un tie sametās visi uz vienu roku, nākt un karot pret Jeruzālemi un viņu postīt.
And they conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to do it an injury.
9 Bet mēs pielūdzām savu Dievu un likām vakti viņu dēļ dienām naktīm viņiem pretī.
But we prayed unto our God, and set a watch over them day and night, because of the others.
10 Tad Jūda sacīja: nesēju spēks ir noguris un daudz ir gruvešu, tā ka mēs pie mūra nevaram strādāt.
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of the burden is failing, and there is much rubbish; and we are not able to build on the wall.
11 Bet mūsu ienaidnieki sacīja: tiem nemanot un neredzot mēs nāksim viņu vidū un tos nokausim un tam darbam darīsim galu.
And our adversaries said, “They shall not know, nor see until we come in the midst of them, and slay them, and so stop the work.”
12 Un notikās, kad tie Jūdi, kas viņiem sānis dzīvoja, nāca un mums gan desmit reiz sacīja no visām vietām: griežaties atpakaļ pie mums!
And it came to pass, when the Jews who dwelt near them came, that they said unto us ten times, “From all places whence ye may return home [they intend to come] over us.”
13 Tad es tais lejas vietās aiz tā mūra un uz tiem kalniem nostādīju tos ļaudis pēc viņu radiem ar viņu zobeniem, viņu šķēpiem un viņu stopiem.
I placed therefore on the lower parts of the place on the naked rocks behind the wall—there I placed the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 Un es lūkoju un cēlos un sacīju uz tiem virsniekiem un priekšniekiem un tiem citiem ļaudīm: nebīstaties no viņiem; pieminiet to lielo bijājamo Kungu un karojiet par saviem brāļiem, saviem dēliem un savām meitām, savām sievām un saviem namiem.
And I looked [about], and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: think on the Lord, the great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15 Un notikās, kad mūsu ienaidnieki bija dzirdējuši, ka tas mums tapis zināms, un ka Dievs viņu padomu bija iznīcinājis, tad mēs visi griezāmies atpakaļ pie mūra, ikkatrs pie sava darba.
And it came to pass, that, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, God frustrated their counsel: and we returned, all of us, to the wall, every one unto his work.
16 Un no tās dienas manu jaunekļu viena daļa darīja to darbu, un otra daļa turēja šķēpus un priekšturamās bruņas un stopus un krūšu bruņas, un tie virsnieki stāvēja aiz visa Jūda nama.
And it came to pass from that day forth, that the half of my young men wrought at the work, while the other half of them were holding the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the princes stood behind all the house of Judah.
17 Kas mūri cēla un kas nastu nesa un kas uzkrāva, tie visi ar vienu roku darīja darbu un ar otru tie turēja kara ieročus.
Those that built on the wall, and those that bore burdens, with those that loaded, —every one with one of his hands wrought on the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
18 Un tie strādnieki bija jozuši ikviens savu zobenu ap saviem gurniem un tā tie strādāja, bet kas bazūni pūta, tas bija man blakām.
And the builders had every one his sword fastened around his loins while they were building; and he that blew the cornet stood alongside of me.
19 Un es sacīju uz tiem virsniekiem un uz tiem valdniekiem un uz tiem citiem ļaudīm: tas darbs ir liels un garš, un mēs esam atšķirti tālu cits no cita.
And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and extensive, and we are separated upon the wall, distant one from another.
20 Tai vietā, kur jūs dzirdēsiet bazūnes skaņu, tur jums pie mums būs sapulcēties; mūsu Dievs priekš mums karos.
In what place [then] ye hear the sound of the cornet, thither must ye assemble unto us: our God will fight for us.
21 Tā mēs darījām to darbu. Un viena puse no tiem turēja šķēpus no rīta gaismas, līdz kamēr zvaigznes sāka spīdēt.
So we labored at the work, while the half of them were holding the spears from the rising of the morning-dawn till the stars appeared.
22 Tanī laikā es arī sacīju uz tiem ļaudīm: lai ikviens ar savu puisi pa nakti paliek Jeruzālemē, ka tie mums naktī ir par sargiem un dienā palīdz pie darba.
Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his young man lodge within Jerusalem, so that they may be in the night a guard to us, and during the day for the labor.
23 Un ne es, ne mani brāļi, ne mani jaunekļi, ne tie sargi, kas aiz manis stāvēja, mēs nenovilkām savas drēbes un ikkatram bija savas bruņas pie rokas.
And neither I, nor my brothers, nor my young men, nor the men of the guard who followed me—none of us took off our clothes, no one leaving them off even for washing himself.
