Книга Неемии 4
1 И бысть егда услыша Санаваллат, яко мы созидаем стены, и зло ему вменися, и разгневася зело, и посмеяшеся Иудеом,
But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, 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?
He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burnt?”
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, “What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.”
4 И рече Неемиа: услыши, Боже наш, яко сотворени есмы в посмеяние,
“Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity.
5 и обрати поношение их на главу их, и даждь их в посмеяние в землю пленения,
Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
6 и не покрый беззакония их.
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, 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 when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry;
8 И собрашася вси вкупе, да приидут и ополчатся на Иерусалим и разорят его.
and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion amongst us.
9 И молихомся ко Богу нашему и поставихом стражы на стене противу их день и нощь от лица их.
But 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.
Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading and there is much rubble, 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.
Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in amongst them and kill 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.
When the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
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 I set guards in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places. I set the people by family groups 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.
I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, 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.
When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone 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.
From that time forth, half of my servants did the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows, and the coats of mail; 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.
Those who built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands did the work, and with the other held his weapon.
18 Созидающым же единому коемуждо мечь бысть опоясан при бедре его, и созидаху, и трубяху трубами близ их.
Amongst the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who 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:
I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.
20 на месте идеже услышите глас трубный, тамо тецыте к нам, и Бог наш ополчится о нас.
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”
21 И мы быхом творяще дело, и пол нас держаху сулицы от восхода зари утренния даже до восхода звезд.
So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until 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 I said to the people, “Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labour in 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 who followed me took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.
