Књига Немијина 4
1 А кад чу Санавалат да зидамо зид, разгневи се и расрди се врло, и ругаше се Јеврејима,
But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
2 И говораше пред браћом својом и војницима самаријским: Шта раде ти немоћни Јудејци? Хоћемо ли их оставити? Хоће ли приносити жртве? Хоће ли сада свршити? Еда ли ће у живот повратити из праха камење спаљено?
And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burnt?
3 А Товија Амонац који беше уза њ рече: Нека зидају; да лисица дође провалиће камени зид њихов.
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox goes up he shall break down their stone wall.
4 Чуј, Боже наш, како нас презиру; обрати руг њихов на њихову главу, и дај да буду грабеж у земљи где би робовали.
Hear, O our God, for we are despised, and so turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity,
5 И не покривај безакоња њихова, и грех њихов да се не избрише пред Тобом, јер Те дражише за оне који зидају.
and do not cover their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee, for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
6 И тако зидасмо зид, и сав се зид састави до половине, и народ имаше вољу да ради.
So we built the wall, and all the wall was joined together to half the height of it, for the people had a mind to work.
7 А кад чу Санавалат и Товија и Арапи и Амонци и Азоћани да се поправља зид јерусалимски и да се почело затварати шта је проваљено, разгневише се врло;
But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very angry,
8 И сложише се сви заједно да дођу и да ударе на Јерусалим и да смету.
and all of them together conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.
9 А ми се молисмо Богу свом и постављасмо стражу према њима дан и ноћ од страха њиховог.
But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
10 А Јудејци рекоше: Клонула је снага носиоцима, а праха има много, не можемо зидати зида.
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens has become feeble, and there is much rubbish, so that we are not able to build the wall.
11 А наши непријатељи рекоше: Да не дознаду и не опазе докле не дођемо усред њих, па ћемо их побити и прекинути посао.
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
12 Али дођоше Јудејци који код њих живљаху и казаше нам десет пута: Чувајте сва места куда се иде к нама.
And it came to pass that, when the Jews who dwelt by them came, they said to us ten times, From all places from where ye shall return to us they will be upon you.
13 Тада наместих народ у низинама иза зида и на стрменима, поставих народ по породицама са мачевима и копљима и луковима.
Therefore I set in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set there the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 И разгледавши устах и рекох старешинама и главарима и осталом народу: Не бојте их се. Помените Господа великог и страшног, и бијте се за браћу своју, за синове своје и кћери своје, за жене своје и куће своје.
And I looked, and rose up, and said to the ranking men, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15 А кад чуше непријатељи наши да смо дознали, разби Господ њихову намеру, и ми се вратисмо сви к зиду, сваки на свој посао.
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to naught, that we returned all of us to the wall, every man to his work.
16 И од тада половина мојих момака пословаше, а друга половина држаше копља и штитове и лукове и оклопе, и кнезови стајаху иза свега дома Јудиног.
And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants labored in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail. And the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
17 И који зидаху и који ношаху терет и који товараху сваки једном руком рађаше, а у другој држаше копље.
They all built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves, every man with one of his hands labored in the work, and with the other held his weapon,
18 А који зидаху, сваки имаху мач приписан уз бедрицу и тако зидаху. А трубач стајаше код мене.
and the builders, every man had his sword girded by his side, and so built. And he who sounded the trumpet was by me.
19 Јер рекох старешинама и главарима и осталом народу: Посао је велик и дуг и ми смо се расули по зиду далеко један од другог.
And I said to the ranking men, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
20 Где чујете трубу да труби, онамо трчите к нама; Бог наш војеваће за нас.
In whatever place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, gather ye there to us, our God will fight for us.
21 Тако рађасмо посао, и половина их држаше копља од зора па докле звезде не изиђу.
So we labored in the work, and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22 У то време још рекох народу: Сваки са момком својим нека ноћује у Јерусалиму да би нам ноћу стражили, а дању радили.
Likewise at the same time I said to the people, Let each with his servant lodge within Jerusalem that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.
23 А ја и моја браћа и момци моји и стражари што иду за мном нећемо свлачити са себе хаљина; у сваког да је мач и вода.
So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes, everyone went with his weapon to the water.
