Nehemija 5
1 I stade velika vika ljudi i žena na braæu njihovu Judejce.
Then came there to be a great outcry of the people and their wives, —against their brethren the Jews.
2 Jer neki govorahu: nas i sinova naših i kæeri naših ima mnogo; da dobavimo žita da jedemo i ostanemo živi.
And there were some who were saying, Our sons and our daughters, are we pledging, —that we may obtain corn, and eat, and keep ourselves alive.
3 Drugi opet govorahu: da založimo polja svoja i vinograde i kuæe da dobijemo žita u ovoj gladi.
And there were some who were saying, Our fields and our vineyards and our houses, are we pledging, —that we may obtain corn in the dearth.
4 Još drugi govorahu: da uzajmimo novaca na polja svoja i vinograde za danak carski.
And there were others who were saying, We have borrowed silver, for the king’s tribute, —[upon] our lands 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.
Now, therefore, as is the flesh of our brethren, so is our flesh, as are their children, so are our children. Yet lo! we are putting in subjection our sons and our daughters, for bondservants, yea there are some of our daughters already trodden down, and we are powerless, and, our fields and our vineyards, belong to others.
6 Zato se rasrdih vrlo kad èuh viku njihovu i te rijeèi.
And it angered me greatly, —when I heard their outcry, 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.
So my heart took counsel unto me and I contended with the nobles and with the deputies, and said to them, A loan on interest—every man to his brother, are ye making, —So I appointed over 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 I said unto them, We, have bought our brethren the Jews, who had sold themselves unto the nations, according to our ability, and will, ye, even sell your brethren, or shall they sell themselves unto us? And they were silent, and found no answer.
9 I rekoh: nije dobro što radite. Ne treba li vam hoditi u strahu Boga našega da nam se ne rugaju narodi, neprijatelji naši?
Then said I, Not good, is the thing which ye are doing, —ought ye not, in the fear of God, to walk, 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.
I too, then, my brethren and my young men, might be lending unto them on interest silver and corn! I pray you, let us leave off this lending on interest!
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.
Restore, I pray you, unto them this very day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, —also the hundredth of silver and corn, new wine and oil, for which ye have been lending to 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 said, We will restore them, and, from them, will we require nothing, so, will we do, as thou, art saying. Then called I the priests, and put them on oath, to do according to this promise.
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, my lap, shook I out, and said—Thus and thus, may God shake out every man who shall not confirm this promise, out of his house and out of his labour, yea, thus and thus, let him be shaken out and empty, —And all the convocation said, Amen! and praised Yahweh, and the people did according to this promise.
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.
Moreover, from the day I was commanded to become their pasha in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year, even unto the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, I and my brethren, pasha’s bread, have not eaten;
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.
whereas, the former pashas, who were before me, suffered themselves to be a burden upon the people, and took from them in bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver, even, their young men, bare rule over the people, —but, I, did not 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.
Moreover also, in this work of the wall, I repaired, and, no field, did we buy, —though, all my young men, were gathered thither unto the work.
17 I Judejaca i poglavara sto i pedeset ljudi i koji dolažahu k nama iz okolnijeh naroda bijahu za mojim stolom.
And, Jews and deputies, a hundred and fifty men, and they who were coming in unto us from among the nations which were round about us, [depended] upon 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.
Now, that which was prepared for a single day, was—one ox, six choice sheep, also, fowls, were prepared for me, and, apportioned unto ten days, of every sort of wine, in abundance, —yet, in spite of this, the bread of the pasha, demanded I not, because heavy was the bondage upon this people.
19 Pomeni me, Bože moj, na dobro za sve što sam èinio ovomu narodu.
Remember unto me, O my God, for good, —all that I have done for this people.
