Nehemija 5
1 I stade velika vika ljudi i žena na braæu njihovu Judejce.
About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
2 Jer neki govorahu: nas i sinova naših i kæeri naših ima mnogo; da dobavimo žita da jedemo i ostanemo živi.
Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
3 Drugi opet govorahu: da založimo polja svoja i vinograde i kuæe da dobijemo žita u ovoj gladi.
Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
4 Još drugi govorahu: da uzajmimo novaca na polja svoja i vinograde za danak carski.
Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
5 A tijelo je naše kao tijelo braæe naše, sinovi naši kao njihovi sinovi, i eto treba da damo sinove svoje i kæeri svoje u roblje, i neke kæeri naše veæ su robinje, a mi ne možemo ništa, jer polja naša i vinograde naše drže drugi.
We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
6 Zato se rasrdih vrlo kad èuh viku njihovu i te rijeèi.
When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
7 I smislih u srcu svom i ukorih knezove i poglavare, i rekoh im: vi meæete bremena svaki na brata svojega. I sazvah veliki zbor njih radi.
and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them
8 I rekoh im: mi otkupismo koliko mogosmo braæu svoju Judejce što bjehu prodani narodima; a vi li æete prodavati braæu svoju ili æe se prodavati nama? A oni umukoše i ne naðoše što bi odgovorili.
and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
9 I rekoh: nije dobro što radite. Ne treba li vam hoditi u strahu Boga našega da nam se ne rugaju narodi, neprijatelji naši?
So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
10 I ja i braæa moja i momci moji davali smo im novaca i žita; ali oprostimo im taj dug.
I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.
11 Hajde vratite im danas polja njihova i vinograde i maslinike i kuæe i što im na stotinu uzimate od novca i žita i vina i ulja.
Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.”
12 A oni odgovoriše: vratiæemo i neæemo iskati od njih; uèiniæemo kako veliš. Tada sazvah sveštenike, i zakleh ih da æe tako uèiniti.
“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.
13 I istresoh njedra svoja i rekoh: ovako da istrese Bog svakoga iz kuæe njegove i iz truda njegova ko god ne ispuni ove rijeèi, i ovako da se istrese i bude prazan. I sav zbor reèe: amin. I hvališe Gospoda, i uèini narod po toj rijeèi.
I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of His house and possession every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
14 I otkad mi car zapovjedi da im budem upravitelj u zemlji Judinoj, od godine dvadesete do trideset druge godine cara Artakserksa, dvanaest godina, ja i braæa moja ne jedosmo hrane upraviteljske.
Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
15 A preðašnji upravitelji koji bijahu prije mene bijahu teški narodu uzimajuæi od njega hljeba i vina osim èetrdeset sikala srebra, i sluge njihove zapovijedahu po narodu; ali ja tako ne èinih bojeæi se Boga.
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
16 Nego i oko graðenja zida radih, i ne kupismo njive; i svi momci moji bijahu skupa ondje na poslu.
Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.
17 I Judejaca i poglavara sto i pedeset ljudi i koji dolažahu k nama iz okolnijeh naroda bijahu za mojim stolom.
There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.
18 I gotovljaše se svaki dan po jedno goveèe, šest ovaca izabranijeh, i ptice gotovljahu mi se, i svakih deset dana davaše se svakojakoga vina izobila. I opet ne iskah hrane upraviteljske; jer služba bješe teška narodu.
Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
19 Pomeni me, Bože moj, na dobro za sve što sam èinio ovomu narodu.
Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
