Nehemiah 2
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Daničić–Karadžić Bible (1868), Cyrillic
1Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
1А месеца Нисана године двадесете Артаксеркса цара беше вино пред њим, и ја узевши вино дадох га цару. А пре не бејах невесео пред њим.
2so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
2И рече ми цар: Што си лица невеселог, кад ниси болестан? Није друго него туга у срцу. А ја се уплаших врло.
3and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
3И рекох цару: Да је жив цар до века! Како не бих био лица невеселог, кад је град где су гробови мојих отаца опустео и врата му огњем спаљена?
4“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
4А цар ми рече: Шта хоћеш? Тада се помолих Богу небеском,
5and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”
5и рекох цару: Ако је угодно цару и ако ти је мио слуга твој, пошљи ме у Јудеју у град где су гробови отаца мојих да га саградим.
6Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.
6А цар ми рече, а жена његова сеђаше до њега: Колико ти времена треба на пут, и кад ћеш се вратити? И би угодно цару, и пусти ме кад му казах време.
7I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
7Потом рекох цару: Ако је угодно цару, да ми се да књига на кнезове преко реке да ме прате докле не дођем у Јудеју,
8And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
8и књига на Асафа, чувара шуме цареве да ми да дрва за брвна на врата од двора уз дом Божји и за зид градски и за кућу у коју ћу ући. И даде ми цар, јер добра рука Бога мог беше нада мном.
9Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.
9И тако дођох са кнезовима преко реке, и дадох им књиге цареве. А цар посла са мном војводе и коњике.
10But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
10А кад то чу Санавалат Ороњанин и Товија, слуга Амонац, би им врло мрско што дође човек да се постара за добро синовима Израиљевим.
11After I had arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,
11Потом дођох у Јерусалим, и бих онде три дана.
12I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.
12Па устах ноћу с неколико људи, а ником не казах шта ми је Бог мој дао у срце да учиним у Јерусалиму; и не имах кљусета са собом осим оног на коме јахах.
13So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
13И изиђох ноћу на врата од долине, на извор змајевски, и на врата гнојна, и разгледах зидове јерусалимске како беху разваљени и како му врата беху огњем попаљена.
14Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;
14Отуда прођох на изворска врата и на царско језеро, а онде не беше места да кљусе пода мном пређе.
15so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.
15Зато јахах уз поток по ноћи и разгледах зид, па се вратих на врата од долине, и тако дођох натраг.
16The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.
16Али поглавари не знаху куда сам ишао ни шта сам радио, јер дотада не бејах ништа рекао ни Јудејцима ни свештеницима ни кнезовима ни поглаварима ни другима који управљаху послом.
17Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
17Зато им рекох: Видите у каквом смо злу, Јерусалим пуст и врата му попаљена огњем; дајте да зидамо зидове јерусалимске, да више не будемо руг.
18I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.
18И казах им како је добра рука Бога мог нада мном и речи цареве које ми је рекао. Тада рекоше: Устанимо и зидајмо. И укрепише им се руке на добро.
19But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
19А кад то чу Санавалат Ороњанин и Товија, слуга Амонац и Гисем Арапин, подсмеваше нам се и ругаше нам се говорећи: Шта то радите? Да се нећете одметнути цару?
20So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”
20А ја им одговорих и рекох: Бог небески даће нам срећу, а ми, слуге Његове устасмо и зидамо; али ви немате дела ни права ни спомена у Јерусалиму.
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