< Nechemijas 4 >
1 Kad nu Sanbalats dzirdēja, ka mēs to mūri uzceļam, tad viņš apskaitās un palika varen dusmīgs un apsmēja Jūdus.
And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing to him, and he is very angry and mocketh 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 saith before his brethren and the force of Samaria, yea, he saith, 'What [are] the weak Jews doing? are they left to themselves? do they sacrifice? do they complete in a day? do they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish? — and they 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 Tobiah the Ammonite [is] by him and saith, 'Also, that which they are building — if a fox doth go up, then it hath broken down 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, for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;
5 Un neapklāj viņu noziegumu, un viņu grēki lai netop izdzēsti Tavā priekšā, jo tie (Tevi) kaitinājuši to strādnieku priekšā.
and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger — over-against those building.
6 Bet mēs cēlām to mūri un tas mūris tapa uzcelts līdz pusei, tad tie ļaudis jo priecīgi sāka strādāt.
And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined — unto its half, and the people have 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 cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, that lengthening hath gone up to the walls of Jerusalem, that the breeches have begun to be stopped, then it is very displeasing to them,
8 Un tie sametās visi uz vienu roku, nākt un karot pret Jeruzālemi un viņu postīt.
and they conspire, all of them together, to come in to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it injury.
9 Bet mēs pielūdzām savu Dievu un likām vakti viņu dēļ dienām naktīm viņiem pretī.
And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.
10 Tad Jūda sacīja: nesēju spēks ir noguris un daudz ir gruvešu, tā ka mēs pie mūra nevaram strādāt.
And Judah saith, 'The power of the burden-bearers hath become feeble, and the rubbish [is] abundant, 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 say, 'They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.'
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 cometh to pass, when the Jews have come who are dwelling near them, that they say to us ten times from all the places whither ye return — [they are] against 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.
And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, yea, I appoint the people, by 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 see, and rise up, and say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, 'Be not afraid of them; the Lord, the great and the fearful, remember ye, 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 cometh to pass, when our enemies have heard that it hath been known to us, and God doth frustrate their counsel, and we turn back, all of us, unto the wall, each 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.
yea, it cometh to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the heads [are] 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.
The builders on the wall, and the bearers of the burden, those lading, [each] with one of his hands is working in the business, and one is laying hold of the missile.
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 [are] each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a trumpet [is] beside 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 say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, 'The work is abundant, and large, and we are separated on the wall, far off one from another;
20 Tai vietā, kur jūs dzirdēsiet bazūnes skaņu, tur jums pie mums būs sapulcēties; mūsu Dievs priekš mums karos.
in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.'
21 Tā mēs darījām to darbu. Un viena puse no tiem turēja šķēpus no rīta gaismas, līdz kamēr zvaigznes sāka spīdēt.
And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.
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.
Also, at that time I said to the people, 'Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been to us by night a guard, and by day [for] the work:'
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 there are none — I and my brethren and my servants, the men of the guard who [are] after me — there are none of us putting off our garments, each [hath] his vessel of water.