Nehemiah 13

1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and in it was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;

Na ta dan so brali Mojzesovo knjigo v občinstvu ljudstva in v njej je bilo najdeno zapisano, da naj Amónec in Moábec na veke ne bi prišla v Božjo skupnost,

2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: but our God turned the curse into a blessing.

ker niso srečali Izraelovih otrok s kruhom in vodo, temveč so zoper njih najeli Bileáma, da bi jih preklel. Vendar je naš Bog prekletstvo obrnil na blagoslov.

3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

Pripetilo se je torej, ko so slišali postavo, da so se od Izraela ločile vse mešane množice.

4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied to Tobiah:

Pred tem je bil duhovnik Eljašíb, ki je imel nadzor nad sobo hiše našega Boga, zbližan k Tobiju

5 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where before they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.

in zanj pripravil veliko sobo, kjer so vnaprej položili jedilne daritve, kadilo, posode, desetine od žita, novega vina in olja, kar je bilo zapovedano, da naj bo dano Lévijevcem, pevcem in vratarjem ter darove duhovnikom.

6 But in all this time I was not at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I came to the king, and after certain days I obtained leave of the king:

Toda v vsem tem času nisem bil v Jeruzalemu, kajti v dvaintridesetem letu babilonskega kralja Artakserksa sem prišel h kralju in po določenih dneh sem od kralja prejel dovoljenje za odhod

7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

in prišel sem v Jeruzalem in razumel zlo, ki ga je Eljašíb storil Tobiju, s tem, da mu je pripravil sobo na dvorih Božje hiše.

8 And it grieved me greatly: therefore I cast forth all the household goods of Tobiah out of the chamber.

To me je boleče užalostilo, zato sem iz sobe vrgel ven vse Tobijeve gospodinjske stvari.

9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and there I brought again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.

Potem sem zapovedal in očistili so sobe. Tja sem ponovno prinesel posode iz Božje hiše, z jedilno daritvijo in kadilom.

10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, had fled every one to his field.

Zaznal sem, da jim niso bili dani deleži Lévijevcev, kajti Lévijevci in pevci, ki so opravljali delo, so pobegnili vsak k svojemu polju.

11 Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

Potem sem se pričkal s poveljniki in rekel: »Zakaj je Božja hiša zapuščena?« Zbral sem jih skupaj in jih postavil na njihov kraj.

12 Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil to the treasuries.

Potem je ves Juda prinesel desetino od žita, novega vina in olja v zakladnice.

13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were accounted faithful, and their office was to distribute to their brethren.

Postavil sem zakladnike nad zakladnicami: duhovnika Šelemjája, pisarja Cadóka in izmed Lévijevcev Pedajá. Poleg njih je bil Hanán, sin Zahúrja, sinú Matanjá, kajti bili so šteti zveste in njihova služba je bila, da razdeljujejo svojim bratom.

14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its offices.

»Spomni se me, oh moj Bog, glede tega in ne izbriši mojih dobrih dejanj, ki sem jih storil za hišo svojega Boga in za njene službe.«

15 In those days I saw in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and putting them on donkeys; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day when they sold food.

V tistih dneh sem na šabat videl v Judu nekatere tlačiti vinske stiskalnice, prinašati snope in natovarjati osle kakor tudi vino, grozdje, fige in vse vrste bremen, ki so jih na šabatni dan prinesli v Jeruzalem. Pričeval sem zoper njih na dan, na katerega so prodajali živež.

16 There dwelt men of Tyre also in the city, who brought fish, and all kinds of wares, and sold on the sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

Tam notri so prebivali tudi možje iz Tira, ki so prinašali ribe in vse vrste blaga in na šabatni dan prodajali Judovim otrokom in v Jeruzalemu.

17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

Potem sem se pričkal z Judovimi plemiči in jim rekel: »Kakšno zlo je to, ki ga delate in oskrunjate šabatni dan?

18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.

Mar niso tako počeli vaši očetje in ali ni naš Bog privedel vsega tega zla nad nas in nad to mesto? Vendar nad Izrael prinašate več besa z oskrunitvijo šabata.«

19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and I set some of my servants at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

Pripetilo se je, ko so jeruzalemska velika vrata pred šabat pričenjala temneti, da sem zapovedal, naj se velika vrata zapro in jih zadolžil, da naj ne bodo odprta, dokler ne mine šabat in nekatere izmed svojih služabnikov sem postavil pri velikih vratih, da na šabatni dan ne bi bilo noter privedeno nobeno breme.

20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice.

Tako so trgovci in prodajalci vseh vrst blaga enkrat ali dvakrat prenočili zunaj Jeruzalema.

21 Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why lodge ye before the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth they came no more on the sabbath.

Potem sem pričeval zoper njih in jim rekel: »Zakaj prenočujete okoli obzidja? Če boste ponovno storili tako, bom svoje roke položil na vas.« Od tistega časa naprej niso več prihajali na šabat.

22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

Lévijevcem sem zapovedal, da naj se očistijo in da naj pridejo in varujejo velika vrata, da posvetijo šabatni dan. »Spomni se me, oh moj Bog, tudi glede tega in prizanesi mi glede na veličino svojega usmiljenja.«

23 In those days also I saw Jews that had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

V tistih dneh sem videl tudi Jude, ki so poročili žene iz Ašdóda, iz Amóna in iz Moába

24 And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

in njihovi otroci so govorili pol v ašdódskem jeziku in niso mogli govoriti judovskega jezika, temveč glede na jezik vsakega ljudstva.

25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons, or for yourselves.

Pričkal sem se z njimi in jih preklel in udaril nekatere izmed njih, izpulil njihove lase in jih primoral, da so prisegli pri Bogu, rekoč: »Svojih hčera ne boste dajali njihovim sinovom niti ne boste jemali njihovih hčera za svoje sinove ali zase.«

26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.

Mar ni Salomon, Izraelov kralj, grešil s temi stvarmi? Pa vendar med mnogimi narodi ni bilo nobenega kralja, podobnega njemu, ki je bil ljubljen od svojega Boga in ga je Bog postavil [za] kralja nad vsem Izraelom. Kljub temu so celo njemu tuje žene povzročile, da je grešil.

27 Shall we then hearken to you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying foreign women?

Mar naj potem prisluhnemo vam, da bi delali vso to veliko zlo, da grešimo zoper svojega Boga v poročanju tujih žena?

28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I drove him away from me.

Eden izmed sinov Jojadája, sin vélikega duhovnika Eljašíba, je bil zet Horónca Sanbaláta, zato sem ga pregnal od sebe.

29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

»Spomni se jih, oh moj Bog, ker so omadeževali duhovništvo in zavezo duhovništva in Lévijevcev.«

30 Thus I cleansed them from all strangers, and appointed the duties of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

Tako sem jih očistil vseh tujcev in določil straže duhovnikov in Lévijevcev, vsakega pri svojem poslu

31 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

in za dar lesa, ob določenih časih in za prve sadove. »Spominjaj se me, oh moj Bog, za vselej.«