Nehemija 2
1 A mjeseca Nisana godine dvadesete Artakserksa cara bijaše vino pred njim, i ja uzev vino dadoh ga caru. A preðe ne bijah neveseo pred njim.
And it came to pass in the month Nisan of the twentieth year of king Arthasastha, that the wine was before me: and I took the wine, and gave [it] to the king: and there was not another before him.
2 I reèe mi car: što si lica nevesela, kad nijesi bolestan? nije drugo nego tuga u srcu. A ja se uplaših vrlo.
And the king said to me, Why is your countenance sad, and do you not control yourself? and now this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much alarmed,
3 I rekoh caru: da je živ car dovijeka! kako ne bih bio lica nevesela, kad je grad gdje su grobovi mojih otaca opustio i vrata mu ognjem spaljena?
and I said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be said, forasmuch as the city, even the home of the sepulchres of my fathers, has been laid waste, and her gates have been devoured with fire?
4 A car mi reèe: šta hoæeš? Tada se pomolih Bogu nebeskomu,
And the king said to me, For what do you ask thus? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
5 I rekoh caru: ako je ugodno caru i ako ti je mio sluga tvoj, pošlji me u Judeju u grad gdje su grobovi otaca mojih da ga sagradim.
And I said to the king, If [it seem] good to the king, and if your servant shall have found favour in your sight, [I ask] that [you] would send him into Juda, to the city of the sepulchres of my fathers; then will I rebuild it.
6 A car mi reèe, a žena njegova sjeðaše do njega: koliko ti vremena treba na put, i kad æeš se vratiti? I bi ugodno caru, i pusti me kad mu kazah vrijeme.
And the king, and his concubine that sat next to him, said to me, For how long will your journey be, and when will you return? and [the proposal] was pleasing before the king, and he sent me away, and I appointed him a time.
7 Potom rekoh caru: ako je ugodno caru, da mi se da knjiga na knezove preko rijeke da me prate dokle ne doðem u Judeju,
And I said to the king, If [it seem] good to the king, let him give me letters to the governors beyond the river, so as to forward me till I come to Juda;
8 I knjiga na Asafa èuvara šume careve da mi da drva za brvna na vrata od dvora uz dom Božji i za zid gradski i za kuæu u koju æu uæi. I dade mi car, jer dobra ruka Boga mojega bješe nada mnom.
and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the garden which belongs to the king, that he may give me timber to cover the gates, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I shall enter. And the king gave to me, according as the good hand of God [was upon me].
9 I tako doðoh ka knezovima preko rijeke, i dadoh im knjige careve. A car posla sa mnom vojvode i konjike.
And I came to the governors beyond the river, and I gave them the king's letters. (Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.)
10 A kad to èu Sanavalat Oronjanin i Tovija sluga Amonac, bi im vrlo mrsko što doðe èovjek da se postara za dobro sinovima Izrailjevijem.
And Sanaballat the Aronite heard [it], and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and it was grievous to them that a man was come to seek good for the children of Israel.
11 Potom doðoh u Jerusalim, i bih ondje tri dana.
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
12 Pa ustah noæu s nekoliko ljudi, a nikomu ne kazah što mi je Bog moj dao u srce da uèinim u Jerusalimu; i ne imah kljuseta sa sobom osim onoga na kom jahah.
And I rose up by night, I and a few men with me; and I told no man what God put into my heart to do with Israel; and there was no beast with me, except the beast which I rode upon.
13 I izidoh noæu na vrata od doline, na izvor zmajevski, i na vrata gnojna, i razgledah zidove Jerusalimske kako bjehu razvaljeni i kako mu vrata bjehu ognjem popaljena.
And I went forth by the gate of the valley by night, and to the mouth of the well of fig trees, and to the dung-gate: and I mourned over the wall of Jerusalem which they were destroying, and her gates were devoured with fire.
14 Otuda proðoh na izvorska vrata i na carsko jezero, a ondje ne bješe mjesta da kljuse poda mnom prijeðe.
And I passed on to the fountain gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no room for the beast to pass under me.
15 Zato jahah uz potok po noæi i razgledah zid, pa se vratih na vrata od doline, i tako doðoh natrag.
And I went up by the wall of the brook by night, and mourned over the wall, and passed through the gate of the valley, and returned.
16 Ali poglavari ne znadijahu kuda sam išao ni šta sam radio, jer do tada ne bijah ništa rekao ni Judejcima ni sveštenicima ni knezovima ni poglavarima ni drugima koji upravljahu poslom.
And the sentinels knew not why I went, nor what I was doing; and until that time I told [it] not to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the captains, or to the rest [of the men] who wrought the works.
17 Zato im rekoh: vidite u kakvom smo zlu, Jerusalim pust i vrata mu popaljena ognjem; dajte da zidamo zidove Jerusalimske, da više ne budemo rug.
Then I said to them, You see this evil, in which we are, how Jerusalem is desolate, and her gates have been set on fire: come, and let us build throughout the wall of Jerusalem, and we shall be no longer a reproach.
18 I kazah im kako je dobra ruka Boga mojega nada mnom i rijeèi careve koje mi je rekao. Tada rekoše: ustanimo i zidajmo. I ukrijepiše im se ruke na dobro.
And I told them of the hand of God which was good upon me, also about the words of the king which he spoke to me: and I said, Let us arise and build. And their hands were strengthened for the good [work].
19 A kad to èu Sanavalat Oronjanin i Tovija sluga Amonac i Gisem Arapin, potsmijevaše nam se i rugaše nam se govoreæi: šta to radite? da se neæete odmetnuti caru?
And Sanaballat the Aronite, and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and Gesam the Arabian, heard [it], and they laughed us to scorn, and came to us, and said, What [is] this thing that you are doing? are you revolting against the king?
20 A ja im odgovorih i rekoh: Bog nebeski daæe nam sreæu, a mi sluge njegove ustasmo i zidamo; ali vi nemate dijela ni prava ni spomena u Jerusalimu.
And I answered them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he shall prosper us, and we his servants are pure, and we will build: but you have no part, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
