Nehemija 5
1 I stade velika vika ljudi i žena na braæu njihovu Judejce.
And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brothers the Jews,
2 Jer neki govorahu: nas i sinova naših i kæeri naših ima mnogo; da dobavimo žita da jedemo i ostanemo živi.
indeed, there are [those] who are saying, “Our sons, and our daughters, we—are many, and we receive grain, and eat, and live.”
3 Drugi opet govorahu: da založimo polja svoja i vinograde i kuæe da dobijemo žita u ovoj gladi.
And there are [those] who are saying, “Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive grain for the famine.”
4 Još drugi govorahu: da uzajmimo novaca na polja svoja i vinograde za danak carski.
And there are [those] who are saying, “We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, [on] our fields, and our 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.
and now, as the flesh of our brothers [is] our flesh, as their sons [are] our sons, and behold, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are [those] of our daughters subdued, and our hand has no might, and our fields and our vineyards [are] to others.”
6 Zato se rasrdih vrlo kad èuh viku njihovu i te rijeèi.
And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words,
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 my heart reigns over me, and I strive with the nobles, and with the prefects, and say to them, “You are exacting usury on one another”; and I set against them a great assembly,
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 say to them, “We have acquired our brothers the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to the ability that [is] in us, and you also sell your brothers, and they have been sold to us!” And they are silent, and have not found a word.
9 I rekoh: nije dobro što radite. Ne treba li vam hoditi u strahu Boga našega da nam se ne rugaju narodi, neprijatelji naši?
And I say, “The thing that you are doing [is] not good; do you not walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
10 I ja i braæa moja i momci moji davali smo im novaca i žita; ali oprostimo im taj dug.
And also, I, my brothers, and my servants, are exacting silver and grain on them; please let us leave off 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 give back to them, as today, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, and the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, that you are exacting of them.”
12 A oni odgovoriše: vratiæemo i neæemo iskati od njih; uèiniæemo kako veliš. Tada sazvah sveštenike, i zakleh ih da æe tako uèiniti.
And they say, “We give back, and we seek nothing from them; so we do as you are saying.” And I call the priests, and cause them to swear to do according to this thing;
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.
also, I have shaken my lap, and I say, “Thus God shakes out every man from his house and from his labor who does not perform this thing; indeed, thus is he shaken out and empty”; and all the assembly says, “Amen,” and praises YHWH; and the people do according to this thing.
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.
Also, from the day that he appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king—twelve years—I, and my brothers, have not eaten the bread of 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 former governors who [are] before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides forty shekels in silver; also, their servants have ruled over the people—and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.
16 Nego i oko graðenja zida radih, i ne kupismo njive; i svi momci moji bijahu skupa ondje na poslu.
And also, in the work of this wall I have done mightily, even a field we have not bought, and all my servants are gathered there for the work;
17 I Judejaca i poglavara sto i pedeset ljudi i koji dolažahu k nama iz okolnijeh naroda bijahu za mojim stolom.
and of the Jews, and of the prefects, one hundred and fifty men, and those coming to us of the nations that [are] around us, [are] at my table;
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.
and that which has been prepared for one day [is] one ox, six fat sheep, also birds have been prepared for me, and once in ten days of all wines abundantly, and with this, the bread of the governor I have not sought, for heavy is the service on this people.
19 Pomeni me, Bože moj, na dobro za sve što sam èinio ovomu narodu.
Remember for me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
