Книга Неемии 4
1 И бысть егда услыша Санаваллат, яко мы созидаем стены, и зло ему вменися, и разгневася зело, и посмеяшеся Иудеом,
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
2 и рече пред братиею своею, иже бяху сила Соморов, и рече: что Иудее сии созидают свой град? Еда жрети будут? Или возмогут? Или днесь изцелят камение, повнегда быти им в прах земли сожженным?
And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
3 И Товиа Амманитянин близ его прииде и рече им: еда пожрут, или ясти имут на месте своем? Не взыдет ли лисица и разорит стену каменей их?
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
4 И рече Неемиа: услыши, Боже наш, яко сотворени есмы в посмеяние,
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach on their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
5 и обрати поношение их на главу их, и даждь их в посмеяние в землю пленения,
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before you: for they have provoked you to anger before the builders.
6 и не покрый беззакония их.
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
7 Бысть же егда услыша Санаваллат и Товиа, и Аравляне и Амманите, яко взыде отрасль стен Иерусалимских, зане начаша разселины заграждати, и зло им явися зело.
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
8 И собрашася вси вкупе, да приидут и ополчатся на Иерусалим и разорят его.
And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
9 И молихомся ко Богу нашему и поставихом стражы на стене противу их день и нощь от лица их.
Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
10 Рече же Иуда: истомлена есть сила (от) враг, и земля многа есть, и мы не можем созидати стены.
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
11 И рекоша оскорбляющии нас: не познают и не увидят, дондеже приидем посреде их и убием их, и престати сотворим делу.
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the middle among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
12 И бысть егда приидоша Иудее, иже обитаху близ их, и реша нам: восходят от всех язык на ны.
And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelled by them came, they said to us ten times, From all places from where you shall return to us they will be on you.
13 И поставих в нижайших местех созади стен в закровении, и поставих люди по племеном с мечи их и с сулицами их и с луками.
Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 И видех, и востах, и рекох ко честным и к воеводам и ко прочым людем: не убойтеся от лица их, помяните Господа Бога нашего великаго и страшнаго, и ополчитеся за братию вашу, за сыны вашя и дщери вашя, жены вашя и домы вашя.
And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not you afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15 Бысть же егда услышаша врази наши, яко ведомо бысть нам, и разори Бог совет их: и возвратихомся вси мы на стены, кийждо ко делу своему.
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.
16 И бысть от дне того, пол вчиненых делаху дело, и половина их уготована бысть ко брани с сулицами и щитами, и луки и бронями, и началницы созади всего дому Иудина.
And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants worked in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
17 Созидающии стену и носящии бремена со оружием: единою рукою своею творяху дело, а другою держаху мечь.
They which built on the wall, and they that bore burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
18 Созидающым же единому коемуждо мечь бысть опоясан при бедре его, и созидаху, и трубяху трубами близ их.
For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
19 И рекох ко честным и ко старейшинам и ко прочым людем: дело велико есть и пространно, и мы разлучени есмы на стене далече кийждо от брата своего:
And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another.
20 на месте идеже услышите глас трубный, тамо тецыте к нам, и Бог наш ополчится о нас.
In what place therefore you hear the sound of the trumpet, resort you thither to us: our God shall fight for us.
21 И мы быхом творяще дело, и пол нас держаху сулицы от восхода зари утренния даже до восхода звезд.
So we labored in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22 Во время же то рекох людем: кийждо со отроком своим да пребывает в среде Иерусалима: и будет вам нощь на стражу, а день на делание.
Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labor on the day.
23 Аз же и братия мои и отроцы и мужие стражи, иже бяху созади мене, не снимахом одеяний наших тамо ни един от нас.
So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
