Nehemija 9

1 Torej na štiriindvajseti dan tega meseca so se Izraelovi otroci zbrali s postom in z vrečevinami in prstjo na sebi.

Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

2 Izraelovo seme se je ločilo od vseh tujcev in stali so ter priznavali svoje grehe in krivičnosti svojih očetov.

And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 Vstali so na svojem kraju in brali v knjigi postave Gospoda, svojega Boga, eno četrtino dneva. Drugo četrtino pa so priznavali in oboževali Gospoda, svojega Boga.

And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

4 Tedaj so vstali na stopnicah izmed Lévijevcev: Ješúa, Baní, Kadmiél, Šebanjá, Buní, Šerebjá, Baní in Kenáni in z močnim glasom vpili h Gospodu, svojemu Bogu.

Then stood upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to the LORD their God.

5 Potem so Lévijevci Ješúa, Kadmiél, Baní, Hašabnejá, Šerebjá, Hodijá, Šebanjá in Petahjá rekli: »Vstanite in blagoslavljajte Gospoda, svojega Boga, na veke vekov in blagoslovljeno bodi tvoje veličastno ime, ki je vzvišeno nad vsem blagoslavljanjem in hvalo.«

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

6 Ti, celó ti sam si Gospod. Naredil si nebo in nebesa nebes, z vso njihovo vojsko, zemljo in vse stvari, ki so na njej, morja in vse, kar je v njih in ti jih vse ohranjaš in nebeška vojska te obožuje.

Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are in it, the seas, and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

7 Ti si Gospod Bog, ki je izbral Abrama in ga privedel naprej iz Ura Kaldejcev in si mu dal ime Abraham.

Thou art the LORD the God, who chose Abram, and broughtest him forth from Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

8 Njegovo srce si pred seboj našel zvesto in z njim si sklenil zavezo, da daš deželo Kánaancev, Hetejcev, Amoréjcev, Perizéjcev, Jebusejcev in Girgašéjcev, da jo daš, pravim, njegovemu semenu in izvršil si svoje besede, kajti pravičen si.

And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

9 Videl si stisko naših očetov v Egiptu in prisluhnil njihovemu vpitju pri Rdečem morju

And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

10 in pokazal si znamenja in čudeže na faraonu in na vseh njegovih služabnikih in na vsemu ljudstvu njegove dežele, kajti ti veš, da so ponosno postopali zoper njih. Tako si si pridobil ime, kakor je to ta dan.

And didst show signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

11 Pred njimi si razdelil morje, tako da so šli skozi sredo morja po suhi deželi. Njihove preganjalce si vrgel v globine kakor kamen v sredo mogočnih vodá.

And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

12 Poleg tega si jih podnevi vodil z oblačnim stebrom in ponoči z ognjenim stebrom, da bi jim dal svetlobo na poti, po kateri naj bi šli.

Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way in which they should go.

13 Ti si tudi prihajal dol na goro Sinaj in govoril z njimi iz nebes in jim dajal prave sodbe in resnične postave, dobre zakone in zapovedi.

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

14 Dal si jim spoznati svoj sveti šabat in jim zapovedal predpise, zakone in postave, po roki svojega služabnika Mojzesa

And madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst command them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

15 in dajal si jim kruh iz nebes za njihovo lakoto in zanje si za njihovo žejo privedel vodo iz skale in jim obljubljal, da naj bi šli in vzeli v last deželo, ki si jim jo prisegel, da jim jo daš.

And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and didst promise them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

16 Toda oni in naši očetje so ponosno postopali in otrdili svoje vratove in niso prisluhnili tvojim zapovedim

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

17 in odklonili so ubogati niti niso razmišljali o tvojih čudežih, ki si jih storil med njimi, temveč so otrdili svoje vratove in v svojem uporu so določili poveljnika, da se vrnejo k svojemu suženjstvu. Toda ti si Bog, pripravljen odpustiti, milostljiv in usmiljen, počasen za jezo in velike prijaznosti in jih nisi zapustil.

And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst perform among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

18 Da, ko so si naredili ulito tele in rekli: »To je tvoj Bog, ki te je privedel iz Egipta, « in počeli so veliko izzivanj,

Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

19 jih vendar ti v svojih mnogoterih usmiljenih nisi zapustil v divjini. Podnevi oblačen steber ni odšel od njih, da jih vodi po poti niti ognjeni steber ponoči, da jim kaže svetlobo in pot, po kateri naj bi šli.

Yet thou in thy great mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.

20 Dajal si jim tudi svojega dobrega duha, da jih pouči in pred njihovimi usti nisi zadržal mane in za njihovo žejo si jim dajal vodo.

Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

21 Da, štirideset let si jih podpiral v divjini, tako da jim ničesar ni manjkalo. Njihova oblačila se niso postarala in njihova stopala niso otekla.

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes did not wear out, and their feet swelled not.

22 Poleg tega si jim dajal kraljestva in narode in razdelil si jih po pokrajinah. Tako so vzeli v last deželo Sihón, deželo hešbónskega kralja in deželo bašánskega kralja Oga.

Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

23 Tudi njihove otroke si pomnožil kakor zvezd na nebu in jih privedel v deželo, glede katere si njihovim očetom obljubil, da naj bi šli vanjo, da jo vzamejo v last.

Their children also didst multiply thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou didst promise to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

24 Tako so otroci šli v deželo, jo vzeli v last in ti si pred njimi podjarmil prebivalce dežele, Kánaance in jih dal v njihove roke, z njihovimi kralji in ljudstvom dežele, da so lahko z njimi storili, kakor so hoteli.

So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou didst subdue before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

25 Zavzeli so utrjena mesta in tolsto deželo in vzeli v last hiše, polne vseh dobrin, izkopane vodnjake, vinograde, oljčne nasade in sadnih dreves v obilju. Tako so jedli, bili nasičeni, se odebelili in se razveseljevali v tvoji veliki dobroti.

And they took strong cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all goods, dug wells, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

26 Kljub temu so bili neposlušni in so se uprli zoper tebe in tvojo postavo vrgli za svoje hrbte in usmrtili tvoje preroke, ki so pričevali zoper njih, da jih obrnejo k tebi in naredili so velika izzivanja.

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

27 Zato si jih izročil v roko njihovih sovražnikov, ki so jih stiskali. V času svoje stiske, ko so klicali k tebi, si jih uslišal iz nebes in glede na svoja mnogotera usmiljenja si jim dal rešitelje, ki so jih rešili iz roke njihovih sovražnikov.

Therefore thou didst deliver them into the hand of their enemies, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried to thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy great mercies thou gavest them deliverers, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

28 Toda potem, ko so imeli počitek, so pred teboj ponovno storili zlo. Zato si jih pustil v roki njihovih sovražnikov, tako da so imeli gospostvo nad njimi. Vendar ko so se vrnili in klicali k tebi, si jih slišal iz nebes in mnogokrat si jih osvobodil glede na svoja usmiljenja.

But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried to thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

29 In ti pričuješ zoper njih, da bi jih lahko ponovno privedel k svoji postavi. Vendar so ponosno postopali in niso prisluhnili tvojim zapovedim, temveč so grešili zoper tvoje sodbe (katere, če jih človek izpolnjuje, bo živel v njih) in umaknili ramo in otrdili svoj vrat in niso hoteli prisluhniti.

And didst testify against them, that thou mightest bring them again to thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man doeth, he shall live in them; ) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

30 Vendar si jih mnogo let prenašal in zoper njih pričeval po svojem duhu v svojih prerokih, vendar niso hoteli pazljivo prisluhniti. Zato si jih dajal v roko ljudstvu dežel.

Yet many years didst thou forbear over them, and didst testify against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not listen: therefore thou gavest them into the hand of the people of the lands.

31 Vendar jih zaradi svojih velikih usmiljenj nisi popolnoma použil niti zapustil, kajti ti si usmiljen in milostljiv Bog.

Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

32 Zdaj torej, naš Bog, velik, mogočen in strašen Bog, ki ohranjaš zavezo in usmiljenje, naj se vsa stiska, ki je prišla nad nas, na naše kralje, na naše prince, na naše duhovnike, na naše očete in na vse tvoje ljudstvo, od časa asirskih kraljev do današnjega dne, ne zdi majhna pred teboj.

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.

33 Vendar si ti pravičen v vsem, kar si privedel nad nas, kajti storil si pravilno, toda mi smo storili zlobno.

But thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

34 Niti se naši kralji, naši princi, naši duhovniki, niti naši očetje, niso držali tvoje postave, niti niso prisluhnili tvojim zapovedim in tvojim pričevanjem, s katerimi si pričeval zoper njih.

Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened to thy commandments and thy testimonies, with which thou didst testify against them.

35 Kajti niso služili tebi v svojem kraljestvu in v tvoji veliki dobroti, ki jim jo daješ v veliki in obilni deželi, ki jo postavljaš prednje niti se niso odvrnili od svojih zlobnih del.

For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and rich land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

36 Glej, mi smo ta dan služabniki in glede dežele, ki si jo dal našim očetom, da jemo njen sad in njeno dobro, glej, mi smo služabniki v njej

Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good of it, behold, we are servants in it:

37 in ta rojeva mnogo donosa kraljem, ki si jih zaradi naših grehov postavil nad nas. Prav tako imajo po njihovem užitku gospostvo nad našimi telesi in nad našo živino in mi smo v veliki stiski.

And it yieldeth much increase to the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

38 Zaradi vsega tega delamo zanesljivo zavezo in jo zapisujemo in naši princi, Lévijevci in duhovniki, jo pečatijo.

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, set their seals to it.