Nehemija 4
1 A kad èu Sanavalat da zidamo zid, razgnjevi se i rasrdi se vrlo, i rugaše se Jevrejima,
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
2 I govoraše pred braæom svojom i vojnicima Samarijskim: šta rade ti nemoæni Judejci? hoæemo li ih ostaviti? hoæe li prinositi žrtve? hoæe li sada svršiti? eda li æe u život povratiti iz praha kamenje spaljeno?
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
3 A Tovija Amonac koji bijaše uza nj reèe: neka zidaju; da lisica doðe, provaliæe kameni zid njihov.
Now Tobiah the Ammonite [was] by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
4 Èuj, Bože naš, kako nas preziru; obrati rug njihov na njihovu glavu, i daj da budu grabež u zemlji gdje bi robovali.
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
5 I ne pokrivaj bezakonja njihova, i grijeh njihov da se ne izbriše pred tobom, jer te dražiše za one koji zidaju.
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.
6 I tako zidasmo zid, i sav se zid sastavi do polovine, i narod imaše volju da radi.
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
7 A kad èu Sanavalat i Tovija i Arapi i Amonci i Azoæani da se opravlja zid Jerusalimski i da se poèelo zatvorati što je provaljeno, razgnjeviše se vrlo;
But it came to pass, [that] when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
8 I složiše se svi zajedno da doðu i da udare na Jerusalim i da smetu.
And conspired all of them together to come [and] to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
9 A mi se molismo Bogu svojemu i postavljasmo stražu prema njima dan i noæ od straha njihova.
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
10 A Judejci rekoše: klonula je snaga nosiocima, a praha ima mnogo, ne možemo zidati zida.
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and [there is] much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
11 A naši neprijatelji rekoše: da ne doznadu i ne opaze dokle ne doðemo usred njih, pa æemo ih pobiti i prekinuti posao.
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
12 Ali doðoše Judejci koji kod njih življahu, i kazaše nam deset puta: èuvajte sva mjesta kuda se ide k nama.
And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us [they will be upon you].
13 Tada namjestih narod u nizima iza zida i na strmenima, postavih narod po porodicama s maèevima i kopljima i lukovima.
Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, [and] on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 I razgledavši ustah i rekoh starješinama i glavarima i ostalom narodu: ne bojte ih se. Pomenite Gospoda velikoga i strašnoga, i bijte se za braæu svoju, za sinove svoje i kæeri svoje, za žene svoje i kuæe svoje.
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, [which is] great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15 A kad èuše neprijatelji naši da smo doznali, razbi Gospod njihovu namjeru, i mi se vratismo svi k zidu, svaki na svoj posao.
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
16 I od tada polovina mojih momaka poslovaše, a druga polovina držaše koplja i štitove i lukove i oklope, i knezovi stajahu iza svega doma Judina.
And it came to pass from that time forth, [that] the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers [were] behind all the house of Judah.
17 I koji zidahu i koji nošahu teret i koji tovarahu, svaki jednom rukom raðaše a u drugoj držaše koplje.
They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, [every one] with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other [hand] held a weapon.
18 A koji zidahu, svaki imahu maè pripasan uz bedricu, i tako zidahu. A trubaè stajaše kod mene.
For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and [so] builded. And he that sounded the trumpet [was] by me.
19 Jer rekoh starješinama i glavarima i ostalom narodu: posao je velik i dug, i mi smo se rasuli po zidu daleko jedan od drugoga.
And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work [is] great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
20 Gdje èujete trubu da trubi, onamo trèite k nama; Bog naš vojevaæe za nas.
In what place [therefore] ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
21 Tako raðasmo posao, i polovina ih držaše koplja od zore pa dokle zvijezde ne izidu.
So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22 U to vrijeme još rekoh narodu: svaki s momkom svojim neka noæuje u Jerusalimu da bi nam noæu stražili a danju radili.
Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
23 A ja i moja braæa i momci moji i stražari što idu za mnom neæemo svlaèiti sa sebe haljina; u svakoga da je maè i voda.
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, [saving that] every one put them off for washing.
