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.
After King Artaxerxes [had been ruling the Persian Empire] for almost 20 years, (during the spring/before the hot season) of that year, when it was time to serve wine to him [during a feast], I took the wine and gave it to him. I had never looked sad when I was in front of him before, [but on that day he saw that I looked very sad].
2 И рече ми цар: Што си лица невеселог, кад ниси болестан? Није друго него туга у срцу. А ја се уплаших врло.
So he asked me, “Why are you sad? [I know that] you are not sick. It must be that you are troubled about something.” Then I was very afraid, [because it was not proper to be sad when I came to the king] (OR, [because I was worried what the king would do to me if he refused to do what I was about to request him to do]).
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?
I replied, “Your majesty, I hope you will live a very long time! But (how can I prevent myself from being sad, because the city where my ancestors are buried [has been destroyed] and is in ruins?/I cannot keep myself from looking sad, because the city where my ancestors are buried [has been destroyed and] is in ruins.) [RHQ] [Even] the city gates have been completely burned.”
4 А цар ми рече: Шта хоћеш? Тада се помолих Богу небеском,
The king replied, “What do you want me to do [for you]?” I prayed [silently] to our God [who is/rules] in heaven.
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.
Then I replied, “If you are willing [to do it], and if I have pleased you, send me to the city [of Jerusalem] in Judah [province] where my ancestors are buried, in order that I may [help people to] rebuild the city.”
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.
While the queen was sitting beside the king, he asked, [“If I allow you to go, ] how long will you be gone? When will you return?” [I told the king how long I would be gone, and] the king gave me permission to go, and I told him what day [I wanted to leave].
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,
I also said to the king, “If you are willing to do it, write letters for me to take to the governors of the province west of the [Euphrates] River. Tell them to allow me to travel safely [through their province] until I arrive in 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.
Also, [please write] a letter to Asaph, the man who takes care of your forest [in that area], telling him to give me timber to make the beams to support the gates of the fortress that is near the temple, and timber for making the walls of the city, and for building the house in which I [will live].” The king did what I requested him to do, because my God was graciously/kindly (helping/acting for) me.
9 И тако дођох са кнезовима преко реке, и дадох им књиге цареве. А цар посла са мном војводе и коњике.
[After I got ready, I left to travel to Judah]. The king sent some army officers and soldiers riding on horses to accompany me, [to protect me]. When I came to where the governors of the provinces west of the [Euphrates] River lived, I gave them the letters that the king had written.
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.
But when [two government officials, ] Sanballat from [a village near] Horon and Tobiah from the Ammon [people-group], heard that I had arrived, they were very angry that someone had come to help the Israeli people.
11 Потом дођох у Јерусалим, и бих онде три дана.
When I arrived in Jerusalem, I did not tell anyone what thoughts God had given to me about what I should do there. Three days after I arrived in Jerusalem, I went out of the city in the evening, taking a few other men with me. I was riding a donkey; we had no other animals with us.
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.
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.
We left the city, going out through the Valley Gate, then past the well called the Jackal (OR, Dragon’s) Well, and then past the gate called the Rubbish/Garbage Gate. We inspected all the walls that had been broken down and all the gates that had been burned down.
14 Отуда прођох на изворска врата и на царско језеро, а онде не беше места да кљусе пода мном пређе.
Then we went to the Fountain Gate and to the pool called the King’s Pool, but my donkey could not get through [the narrow opening] (OR, [the rubble]).
15 Зато јахах уз поток по ноћи и разгледах зид, па се вратих на врата од долине, и тако дођох натраг.
So we turned back and went along the [Kidron] Valley. We inspected the wall there before we turned back/around and entered the city again at the Valley Gate.
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.
The [city] officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, because I had not told anyone about what I planned to do. I had not said anything about it to the Jewish leaders or the officials or the priests or any of the others who would be helping me in the work [that I wanted to do].
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.
But now I said to them, “You all know very well the terrible things [that have happened to] our city. The city is ruined; even the gates are burned down. So we should rebuild the city wall. If we do that, we will no longer feel humiliated/disgraced.”
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.
Then I told them about how God had kindly/graciously helped me [when I talked to the king], and what the king had said to me. They immediately replied, “Let’s start rebuilding!” So they started to do this 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?
But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Gershom the Arab [king of the Kedar region] heard about what we planned to do, they made fun of us and ridiculed us. They said, “What is this work that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king [again]?” [RHQ]
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.
But I replied, “Our God [who is/rules] in heaven will help our plans to succeed. But as for you, you have no right to decide anything about this city, because you have not participated in what has happened in this city in previous years.”
