¹But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

¹A stalo sa, keď počul Sanballat, že znova staviame múr, rozpálil sa hnevom a veľmi sa rozľútil a posmieval sa Židom

²And he spake before his brethren 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?

²a povedal pred svojimi bratmi a pred vojskom Samárie a riekol: Čo to robia tí mizerní Židia? Či im to ponechajú? Či budú obetovať? Či dokončia za deň? Či azda vzkriesia tie kamene z hromád prachu, ktoré sú predsa spálené?!

³Now 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.

³A Tobiáš Ammonský bol vedľa neho a povedal: Ale aj to, čo vystavia, ak prijde hore líška, sborí ich kamenný múr. -

⁴Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

⁴Počuj, náš Bože, lebo opovrhujú nami, a obráť ich potupu na ich hlavu a vydaj ich v lúpež v zemi zajatia.

⁵And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

⁵A neprikry ich neprávosti, a ich hriech nech nie je vytretý zpred tvojej tvári, pretože ťa popudzovali pred staväjúcimi.

⁶So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

⁶A tak sme staväli múr, až bol celý múr spojený až do svojej polovice. A srdce ľudu bolo ochotné konať.

⁷But 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,

⁷A stalo sa, keď počul Sanballat, Tobiáš, Arabi, Ammoniti a Ašdóďania, že sa opravujú múry Jeruzalema, že sa začaly zatarasovať trhliny, veľmi sa rozpálili hnevom.

⁸And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

⁸A spikli sa všetci dovedna, že prijdú bojovať proti Jeruzalemu a že v ňom spôsobia zmätok.

⁹Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

⁹Preto sme sa modlili svojmu Bohu a postavili sme stráž proti nim vodne i vnoci, pretože sme sa ich báli.

¹⁰And 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.

¹⁰A Júda povedal: Klesá sila nosiča, a narúcaného prachu je mnoho, nuž my nebudeme môcť staväť na múre.

¹¹And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

¹¹A naši protivníci riekli: Nezvedia ani neuvidia, len až vojdeme do ich stredu a pobijeme ich a zastavíme to dielo.

¹²And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.

¹²A stalo sa, keď prišli Židia, ktorí bývali vedľa nich, že nám riekli aj desaťkrát, a to z každého toho miesta, vraj navráťte sa k nám!

¹³Therefore 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.

¹³Preto som postavil stráž od dola miesta za múrom, na otvorených miestach, a postavil som ľud po čeľadiach s ich mečami, s ich kopijami a s ich lukami.

¹⁴And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

¹⁴A keď som to videl, vstal som a riekol som popredným a pohlavárom správy a ostatným z ľudu: Nebojte sa ich, ale pamätajte na Pána, veľkého a strašného, a bojujte za svojich bratov, za svojich synov a za svoje dcéry, za svoje ženy a za svoje domy!

¹⁵And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

¹⁵A stalo sa, keď počuli naši nepriatelia, že nám je to oznámené, vtedy zmaril Bôh ich radu, a tak sme sa všetci navrátili k múru, každý ku svojej práci.

¹⁶And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought 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.

¹⁶Ale bolo od toho dňa tak, že jedna polovica mojich sluhov konala prácu, a ich druhá polovica držala kopije, štíty a luky a mala oblečené panciere, a kniežatá stály za celým domom Júdovým.

¹⁷They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

¹⁷A teda tí, ktorí staväli na múre, jako aj tí, ktorí nosili bremä, robili; každý jednou svojou rukou robil dielo a druhou držal zbraň.

¹⁸For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

¹⁸A tak tedy tí, ktorí staväli, každý mal svoj meč pripásaný na svojich bedrách, a tak staväli, a trubač stál vedľa mňa.

¹⁹And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.

¹⁹A povedal som popredným a pohlavárom správy jako aj ostatným z ľudu: Práce je mnoho a je rozsiahla, a my sme roztrúsení po múre, ďaleko jeden od druhého.

²⁰In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

²⁰Preto na miesto, z ktorého by ste počuli zvuk trúby, ta sa shromaždíte k nám. Náš Bôh bude bojovať za nás.

²¹So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

²¹A tak sme pracovali na diele, a polovica ich držala kopije od skorého rána, ako vzišla zora, až dokiaľ nevyšly hviezdy.

²²Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

²²Toho času som tiež povedal ľudu: Každý aj so svojím sluhom nech nocuje vnútri v Jeruzaleme, a budú nám vnoci strážou a vodne budú konať prácu.

²³So neither I, nor my brethren, 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.

²³A tak ani ja ani moji bratia ani moji služobníci ani mužovia stráže, ktorí boli za mnou, nevyzliekali sme svojich šiat. Každý išiel so svojou zbraňou po vodu.