< Nehemija 6 >
1 A kad èu Sanavalat i Tovija i Gisem Arapin i ostali naši neprijatelji da sam sazidao zid i da nije ostalo u njemu ništa provaljeno, a do tada još ne bijah namjestio krila na vrata,
Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem, and our other enemies heard [a report] that we had finished rebuilding the wall, and that now there were no more (gaps/places where the wall was not finished) (although we had not yet put the doors in the gates).
2 Posla Sanavalat i Gisem k meni i poruèi: hodi da se sastanemo u kom selu u polju Ononskom. A oni mišljahu zlo po me.
So Sanballat and Geshem sent [a message] to me, in which they said “Come and talk with us at a place in Ono Plain [north of Jerusalem].” But [I knew that] really they wanted to harm me [if I went there].
3 I poslah k njima glasnike i poruèih: u poslu sam velikom, zato ne mogu doæi. Jer bi stao posao kad bih ga ostavio da doðem k vama.
So I sent messengers to them, to tell them, “I am doing an important work, and I cannot go down [there]. (Why should I stop doing this work just to go down to [talk with] you?/I do not want to stop doing this work just to go down to [talk with] you.)” [RHQ]
4 I slaše tako k meni èetiri puta; i ja im onako odgovorih.
They sent me the same message four times, and each time when I replied to them I said the same thing.
5 Tada Sanavalat posla k meni tako peti put slugu svojega s knjigom otvorenom u ruci.
Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me, bringing a fifth message. This one was written, but it was not sealed. [He did that in order that others would read the message that the servant was carrying] in his hand.
6 A u njoj pisaše: èuje se po narodima i Gasmuj kaže da se ti i Judejci mislite odmetnuti, zato zidaš zid, i hoæeš da im budeš car, kako se govori,
This is what was written in the message: “Some people in the nearby countries have heard a report that you and the other Jews are rebuilding the wall [in order to be able to resist attacks], because you are planning to revolt [against the king of Babylon]. And the report also says that you are planning to become the king [of the Israelis]. Geshem says that what they have reported is true.
7 I da si postavio proroke da razglašuju za tebe u Jerusalimu i govore: car je u Judeji. A to æe doæi do cara; nego hodi da se dogovorimo.
[People are also saying that] you have appointed some prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem that you, [Nehemiah, ] are now the king in Judea. King [Artaxerxes] will certainly hear these reports, [and then you will be in big trouble]. So I suggest that we should meet together to talk about this matter.”
8 Tada poslah k njemu i poruèih: nije tako kako ti kažeš; nego si sam izmislio.
[When I read that message, ] I sent [the messenger] back to Sanballat to say, “None of what you are saying is true. You have (made this up/concocted this) in your own head/mind.”
9 Jer oni svi šæahu nas uplašiti govoreæi: klonuæe ruke njihove od posla i neæe se svršiti. Zato, Bože, ukrijepi ruke moje.
[I said that because I knew that] they were trying to cause us to be afraid, with the result that we would stop working [on the wall]. So I actually became more determined (OR, I prayed to God to help me) [to continue the work].
10 Jošte otidoh u kuæu Semaji sinu Dalaje sina Metaveilova, koji se bješe zatvorio, i reèe mi: da otidemo zajedno u dom Božji usred crkve i da zakljuèamo vrata crkvi, jer æe doæi da te ubiju, doæi æe noæu da te ubiju.
[One day] I went to talk with Shemaiah, son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel. I went to talk with him in his house, because he was not able (OR, allowed) to leave his house. He said to me, “You and I must enter the very sacred place in the temple and lock the doors, because people are going to come to kill you at night.”
11 A ja rekoh: zar æe èovjek kakav sam ja bježati? ili ko bi ovaki kakav sam ja ušao u crkvu da ostane u životu? neæu iæi.
I replied, “I (am not that kind of person/do not do things like that) [RHQ]! I would not run and hide in the temple to save my life! No, I will not do that!”
12 I razumjeh da ga nije Bog poslao, nego to proroštvo kaza za me, jer ga Tovija i Sanavalat potkupiše.
When I thought [about what he had said], I realized that God had not told Shemaiah to say that to me. I realized that Tobiah and Sanballat had bribed him [to say that to me].
13 Zato bješe potkupljen da me uplaši da onako uèinim i zgriješim da bih se osramotio da me mogu ružiti.
They had bribed him to cause me to be afraid. They wanted me to [disobey God’s commands and] sin [by hiding in the temple]. If I did that, they would be able to ruin my reputation [MTY] and discredit me.
14 Pomeni, Bože moj, Toviju i Sanavalata po ovijem djelima njihovijem, i Noadiju proroèicu i druge proroke koji me šæahu uplašiti.
[So I prayed, ] “My God, do not forget what Tobiah and Sanballat have done. Punish them. And do not forget that the female prophet Noadiah and some of the other prophets have also tried to cause me to be afraid.”
15 I tako dovrši se zid dvadeset petoga dana mjeseca Elula za pedeset i dva dana.
On October 2 we finished rebuilding the wall. We did it all in 52 days.
16 I kad èuše svi neprijatelji naši i vidješe svi narodi koji bijahu oko nas, uplašiše se vrlo, jer poznaše da je Bog naš uèinio to djelo.
When our enemies in the nearby countries heard about that, they realized that they had been humiliated, because everyone knew that it was because God helped us that we had been able to do this work [and that they had not been able to force us to quit].
17 I u one dane mnogi glavari Judejski slahu knjige Toviji, i od Tovije njima dolažahu knjige.
During this time, the Jewish leaders had been sending many messages/letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah had been sending messages back to them.
18 Jer mnogi Judejci bijahu mu se zakleli; jer bješe zet Sehaniji sinu Arahovu, i Joanan sin njegov bješe oženjen kæerju Mesulama sina Varahijina.
Many people in Judea were closely associated with Tobiah, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah. Furthermore, Tobiah’s son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berekiah.
19 I govorahu preda mnom dobro o njemu, i rijeèi moje dokazivahu mu; i Tovija slaše knjige da me uplaši.
People often talked in my presence about all the good things that Tobiah had done, and then they would tell him everything that I said. So Tobiah sent many letters to me to try to cause me to become afraid.