Nehemiah 9
1 Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the sons of Israel came together in fasting and in sackcloth, and with soil upon them.
Torej na štiriindvajseti dan tega meseca so se Izraelovi otroci zbrali s postom in z vrečevinami in prstjo na sebi.
2 And the offspring of the sons of Israel were separated from all the sons of foreigners. And they stood up, and they confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Izraelovo seme se je ločilo od vseh tujcev in stali so ter priznavali svoje grehe in krivičnosti svojih očetov.
3 And they arose to stand. And they read in the volume of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed. And they adored the Lord their God.
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.
4 Then, upon the step of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, and Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani rose up. And they cried out in a great voice to the Lord their God.
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.
5 And the Levites, Jeshua and Kadmiel, Bunni, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said: “Rise up. Bless the Lord your God, from eternity even to eternity! And blessed be the exalted name of your glory, with all blessing and praise.
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.«
6 You yourself alone, O Lord, made heaven, and the heaven of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all things that are in it, the seas and all things that are in them. And you gave life to all these things. And the host of heaven adores you.
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.
7 You yourself, O Lord God, are the One who chose Abram. And you led him away from the fire of the Chaldeans, and you gave him the name Abraham.
Ti si Gospod Bog, ki je izbral Abrama in ga privedel naprej iz Ura Kaldejcev in si mu dal ime Abraham.
8 And you found his heart to be faithful before you. And you formed a covenant with him, so that you might give to him the land of the Canaanite, of the Hittite, and of the Amorite, and of the Perizzite, and of the Jebusite, and of the Girgashite, so that you might give it to his offspring. And you have fulfilled your words, for you are just.
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.
9 And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt. And you heard their outcry beside the Red Sea.
Videl si stisko naših očetov v Egiptu in prisluhnil njihovemu vpitju pri Rdečem morju
10 And you gave signs and portents to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to the people of his land. For you knew that they acted arrogantly against them. And you made a name for yourself, just as it is in this day.
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.
11 And you divided the sea before them, and they crossed through the midst of the sea on dry land. But their pursuers you cast into the depths, like a stone into great waters.
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.
12 And in the pillar of cloud, you were their leader by day, and in the pillar of fire, by night, so that they might see the way along which they might advance.
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.
13 You also descended to mount Sinai, and you spoke with them from heaven. And you gave them upright judgments, and the law of truth, and ceremonies, and good precepts.
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.
14 You revealed to them your sanctified Sabbath, and you instructed them in commandments, and ceremonies, and the law, by the hand of Moses, your servant.
Dal si jim spoznati svoj sveti šabat in jim zapovedal predpise, zakone in postave, po roki svojega služabnika Mojzesa
15 You also gave them bread from heaven in their hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their thirst. And you said to them that they should enter and possess the land, over which you lifted up your hand so that you might give it to them.
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.
16 Yet truly, they and our fathers acted arrogantly, and they hardened their necks, and they did not listen to your commandments.
Toda oni in naši očetje so ponosno postopali in otrdili svoje vratove in niso prisluhnili tvojim zapovedim
17 And they were not willing to hear, and they did not remember, your miracles which you had accomplished for them. And they hardened their necks, and they offered their head, so that they would return to their servitude, as if in contention. But you, a forgiving God, lenient and merciful, longsuffering and full of compassion, did not abandon them.
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.
18 Indeed, even when they had made for themselves a molten calf, and they had said, ‘This is your God, who led you away from Egypt!’ and had committed great blasphemies,
Da, ko so si naredili ulito tele in rekli: »To je tvoj Bog, ki te je privedel iz Egipta, « in počeli so veliko izzivanj,
19 even so, in the multitude of your mercies, you did not send them away in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not withdraw from them by day, so that it might lead them on the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, so that it might show them the way along which they might advance.
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.
20 And you gave them your good Spirit, so that he might teach them, and you did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and you gave them water in their thirst.
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.
21 For forty years, you fed them in the desert, and nothing was lacking to them; their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn down.
Da, štirideset let si jih podpiral v divjini, tako da jim ničesar ni manjkalo. Njihova oblačila se niso postarala in njihova stopala niso otekla.
22 And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, and you distributed to them by lot. And they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, the king of Bashan.
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.
23 And you multiplied their sons like the stars of heaven. And you led them into the land, about which you had said to their fathers that they would enter and possess it.
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.
24 And the sons arrived and possessed the land. And you humbled the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, before them. And you delivered them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, so that they might do with them just as it was pleasing to them.
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.
25 And so they seized fortified cities and fat soil. And they possessed houses filled with all kinds of goods, cisterns made by others, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. And they ate and were satisfied. And they were fattened, and they abounded with delights from your great goodness.
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.
26 But they provoked you to wrath, and they withdrew from you, and they cast your law behind their backs. And they killed your prophets, who contended with them so that they might return to you. And they committed great blasphemies.
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.
27 And so you gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation, they cried out to you, and from heaven you heard them. And in accord with your great compassion, you gave to them saviors, who might save them from the hand of their enemies.
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.
28 But after they had rested, they turned back, so that they did evil in your sight. And you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, and they possessed them. And they converted, and they cried out to you. And from heaven you heeded them, and you freed them many times, by your mercies.
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.
29 And you contended with them, so that they might return to your law. Yet truly, they acted in arrogance, and they did not listen to your commandments, and they sinned against your judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they withdrew from offering their shoulder, and they hardened their neck; neither would they listen.
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.
30 And you continued to forbear them for many years. And you contended with them by your Spirit, through the hand of your prophets. And they did not listen, and so you delivered them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
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.
31 Yet in your very many mercies, you did not cause them to be consumed, nor did you abandon them. For you are a compassionate and lenient God.
Vendar jih zaradi svojih velikih usmiljenj nisi popolnoma použil niti zapustil, kajti ti si usmiljen in milostljiv Bog.
32 Now therefore, our great God, strong and terrible, who keeps covenant and mercy, may you not avert your face from all the hardship that has found us, we and our kings, and our leaders, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people, from the days of king Assur, even to this day.
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.
33 For you are just, concerning all things that have overwhelmed us. For you have done truth, but we have acted impiously.
Vendar si ti pravičen v vsem, kar si privedel nad nas, kajti storil si pravilno, toda mi smo storili zlobno.
34 Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our fathers have not done your law, and they have not been attentive to your commandments and your testimonies, to which you have testified among them.
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.
35 And they have not served you, in their kingdoms and with your many good things, which you gave to them, and in the very wide and fat land, which you delivered into their sight, nor did they return from their most wicked pursuits.
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.
36 Behold, we ourselves this day are servants. And the land, which you gave to our fathers so that they might eat its bread and have its good things, we ourselves are servants within it.
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
37 And its fruits are multiplied for the kings, whom you have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies, and over our cattle, according to their will. And we are in great tribulation.
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.
38 Therefore, concerning all of these things, we ourselves are forming and writing a covenant, and our leaders, our Levites, and our priests are signing it.”
Zaradi vsega tega delamo zanesljivo zavezo in jo zapisujemo in naši princi, Lévijevci in duhovniki, jo pečatijo.
