Књига Немијина 2
1 А месеца Нисана године двадесете Артаксеркса цара беше вино пред њим, и ја узевши вино дадох га цару. А пре не бејах невесео пред њим.
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.
2 И рече ми цар: Што си лица невеселог, кад ниси болестан? Није друго него туга у срцу. А ја се уплаших врло.
And the king said to me, Why is thy face sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sadness of heart. And I was very sore afraid.
3 И рекох цару: Да је жив цар до века! Како не бих био лица невеселог, кад је град где су гробови мојих отаца опустео и врата му огњем спаљена?
And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?
4 А цар ми рече: Шта хоћеш? Тада се помолих Богу небеском,
And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of the heavens.
5 И рекох цару: Ако је угодно цару и ако ти је мио слуга твој, пошљи ме у Јудеју у град где су гробови отаца мојих да га саградим.
And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
6 А цар ми рече, а жена његова сеђаше до њега: Колико ти времена треба на пут, и кад ћеш се вратити? И би угодно цару, и пусти ме кад му казах време.
And the king said to me — the queen also sitting by him, — For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
7 Потом рекох цару: Ако је угодно цару, да ми се да књига на кнезове преко реке да ме прате докле не дођем у Јудеју,
And I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may set me forward till I come into Judah;
8 И књига на Асафа, чувара шуме цареве да ми да дрва за брвна на врата од двора уз дом Божји и за зид градски и за кућу у коју ћу ући. И даде ми цар, јер добра рука Бога мог беше нада мном.
and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which [appertains] to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
9 И тако дођох са кнезовима преко реке, и дадох им књиге цареве. А цар посла са мном војводе и коњике.
And I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of a force and horsemen with me.
10 А кад то чу Санавалат Ороњанин и Товија, слуга Амонац, би им врло мрско што дође човек да се постара за добро синовима Израиљевим.
And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, heard [of it], it grieved them exceedingly that there had come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
11 Потом дођох у Јерусалим, и бих онде три дана.
And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
12 Па устах ноћу с неколико људи, а ником не казах шта ми је Бог мој дао у срце да учиним у Јерусалиму; и не имах кљусета са собом осим оног на коме јахах.
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me — but I told no man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem — and there was no beast with me, except the beast that I rode upon.
13 И изиђох ноћу на врата од долине, на извор змајевски, и на врата гнојна, и разгледах зидове јерусалимске како беху разваљени и како му врата беху огњем попаљена.
And I went out by night by the valley-gate, even toward the jackal-fountain, and to the dung-gate; and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were in ruins, and its gates were consumed with fire.
14 Отуда прођох на изворска врата и на царско језеро, а онде не беше места да кљусе пода мном пређе.
And I went on to the fountain-gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no place for the beast under me to pass.
15 Зато јахах уз поток по ноћи и разгледах зид, па се вратих на врата од долине, и тако дођох натраг.
And I went up in the night through the valley, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the valley-gate and returned.
16 Али поглавари не знаху куда сам ишао ни шта сам радио, јер дотада не бејах ништа рекао ни Јудејцима ни свештеницима ни кнезовима ни поглаварима ни другима који управљаху послом.
And the rulers did not know whither I went or what I did, for I had not as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
17 Зато им рекох: Видите у каквом смо злу, Јерусалим пуст и врата му попаљена огњем; дајте да зидамо зидове јерусалимске, да више не будемо руг.
And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
18 И казах им како је добра рука Бога мог нада мном и речи цареве које ми је рекао. Тада рекоше: Устанимо и зидајмо. И укрепише им се руке на добро.
And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me; as also of the king's words which he had said unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. And they strengthened their hands for the good [work].
19 А кад то чу Санавалат Ороњанин и Товија, слуга Амонац и Гисем Арапин, подсмеваше нам се и ругаше нам се говорећи: Шта то радите? Да се нећете одметнути цару?
And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it; and they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
20 А ја им одговорих и рекох: Бог небески даће нам срећу, а ми, слуге Његове устасмо и зидамо; али ви немате дела ни права ни спомена у Јерусалиму.
And I answered them, and said to them, The God of the heavens, he will prosper us, and we his servants will arise and build; but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem.
