Nehemija 2
1 Pripetilo se je v mesecu nisánu, v dvanajstem letu kralja Artakserksa, da je bilo pred njim vino. Vzel sem vino in ga izročil kralju. Torej poprej v njegovi prisotnosti nisem bil žalosten.
In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.
2 Zato mi je kralj rekel: »Zakaj je tvoje obličje žalostno, ker vidim, da nisi bolan? To ni nič drugega kakor bridkost srca.« Potem sem bil zelo boleče prestrašen
The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.
3 in rekel kralju: »Naj kralj živi na veke. Zakaj naj bi moje obličje ne bilo žalostno, ko [pa] mesto, kraj mavzolejev mojih očetov, leži opustošeno in so njegova velika vrata použita z ognjem?«
I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”
4 Potem mi je kralj odgovoril: »Za kaj delaš zahtevo?« Tako sem molil k Bogu nebes.
Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
5 Kralju sem rekel: »Če kralju ugaja in je tvoj služabnik našel naklonjenost v tvojem pogledu, da bi me hotel poslati v Judejo, v mesto mavzolejev mojih očetov, da ga lahko zgradim.«
I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.”
6 Kralj mi je rekel (tudi kraljica je sedela ob njem): »Kako dolgo bo trajalo tvoje potovanje? In kdaj se boš vrnil?« Tako je kralju ugajalo, da me pošlje, in določil sem mu čas.
The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), “How long will your journey be? When will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time for him.
7 Poleg tega sem kralju rekel: »Če to ugaja kralju, naj mi bodo dana pisma, za voditelje onkraj reke, da me lahko pošljejo preko, dokler ne pridem v Judejo,
Moreover I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;
8 in pismo Asáfu, čuvaju kraljevega gozda, da mi bo lahko dal les, da naredim bruna za velika vrata palače, ki so spadala k hiši in za mestno obzidje in za hišo, v katero bom vstopil.« In kralj mi je zagotovil, glede na dobro roko mojega Boga nad menoj.
and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I will occupy.” The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.
9 Potem sem prišel k voditeljem preko reke in jim dal kraljeva pisma. Torej kralj je z menoj poslal vojne poveljnike in konjenike.
Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
10 Ko sta Sanbalát Horónčan in služabnik Tobija, Amónec, slišala o tem, ju je to silno užalostilo, da je tja prišel človek, da išče blaginjo Izraelovih otrok.
When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
11 Tako sem prišel v Jeruzalem in bil tam tri dni.
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
12 Vstal sem ponoči, jaz in nekaj malega mož z menoj. Niti nisem nobenemu možu povedal, kaj je Bog položil na moje srce, da storim pri Jeruzalemu. Niti ni bila z menoj nobena žival, razen živali, na kateri sem jahal.
I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There wasn’t any animal with me except the animal that I rode on.
13 Ponoči sem odšel ven pri Dolinskih velikih vratih, celo pred zmajevim vodnjakom in do gnojne odprtine in ogledal sem si jeruzalemske zidove, ki so bili porušeni in njegova velika vrata, ki so bila použita z ognjem.
I went out by night by the valley gate toward the jackal’s well, then to the dung gate; and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire.
14 Potem sem odšel naprej do velikih studenčnih vrat in do kraljevega ribnika, toda tam ni bilo prostora za žival, ki je bila pod menoj, da gre mimo.
Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king’s pool, but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
15 Potem sem ponoči odšel gor, poleg potoka in gledal obzidje in se obrnil nazaj in vstopil pri velikih dolinskih vratih in tako sem se vrnil.
Then I went up in the night by the brook and inspected the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.
16 Vladarji niso vedeli, kam sem odšel ali kaj sem storil, niti do tega trenutka tega še nisem povedal Judom, niti duhovnikom, niti plemičem, niti vladarjem, niti preostalim, ki so opravljali delo.
The rulers didn’t know where I went, or what I did. I had not as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.
17 Potem sem jim rekel: »Vi vidite stisko, v kateri smo, kako Jeruzalem leži opustošen in so njegova velika vrata požgana z ognjem. Pridite in gradimo jeruzalemsko obzidje, da ne bomo več v grajo.«
Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let’s build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won’t be disgraced.”
18 Potem sem jim povedal o roki svojega Boga, ki je bila dobra nad menoj, kot tudi kraljeve besede, ki mi jih je govoril. Rekli so: »Vzdignimo se in gradimo.« Tako so okrepili svoje roke za to dobro delo.
I told them about the hand of my God which was good on me, and also about the king’s words that he had spoken to me. They said, “Let’s rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
19 Toda ko so Sanbalát Horónčan in služabnik Tobija, Amónec in Arabec Gešem to slišali, so se smejali do norčevanja, nas prezirali in rekli: »Kaj je ta stvar, ki jo počnete. Ali se hočete upreti zoper kralja?«
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”
20 Potem sem jim odgovoril in jim rekel: »Bog nebes, on nas bo naredil uspešne, zato bomo mi, njegovi služabniki, vstali in gradili. Toda vi nimate deleža niti pravice niti spomina v Jeruzalemu.«
Then I answered them, and said to them, “The God of heaven will prosper us. Therefore we, his servants, will arise and build; but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem.”
