1And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
1In nastalo je veliko vpitje ljudstva in njih žen zoper svoje brate, Jude.
2For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
2Nekateri so namreč bili, ki so dejali: Naših sinov in naših hčerá, nas je veliko: moramo dobiti žita, da jemo in ostanemo živi.
3Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
3In nekateri so bili, ki so govorili: Morali smo zastaviti njive svoje, vinograde in hiše svoje, da smo dobili žita ob tej draginji.
4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
4Nekateri pa so dejali: Izposodili smo si denarja na svoje njive in vinograde za davke kralju.
5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
5Vendar pa je telo naše kakor naših bratov telo in naši otroci so kakor njih otroci. In glej, moramo deti sinove in hčere svoje pod jarem sužnosti, in nekatere naše hčere so že pod jarmom, in ni v moči naših rok, da jih odkupimo; saj imajo drugi njive in vinograde naše.
6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
6Ko sem pa slišal njih vpitje in take besede, sem se silno razsrdil.
7Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
7In posvetoval sem se sam pri sebi v srcu ter potem okaral plemenitnike in načelnike in jim dejal: Vi lihvarite, vsak proti bratu svojemu! In priredil sem veliko zborovanje zoper nje
8And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
8in jim dejal: Mi smo odkupili, kolikor smo jih mogli, brate svoje, Jude, ki so bili prodani poganom. Vi pa hočete prodajati brate svoje? in nam li naj se prodado? Nato so molčali in niso vedeli odgovoriti.
9Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
9Še sem rekel: Kar delate, ni dobro. Ne bi li imeli hoditi v strahu Boga našega, da ne bodemo v zasmeh poganom, sovražnikom svojim?
10I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
10Pa tudi jaz, bratje moji in hlapci moji, smo jim posodili denarja in žita za obresti. Prosim vas, odpustímo jim to posojilo!
11Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
11Povrnite jim, prosim, še danes njih njive in vinograde, njih oljkove vrte in hiše in stotnino denarja in žita, vina in olja, ki ste ga jim posojali na obresti.
12Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
12Tedaj reko: Povrnemo jim in ne bomo jih terjali za nič, ampak hočemo storiti, kakor praviš. Nato pokličem duhovnike in jih zavežem s prisego, da store po tej obljubi.
13Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
13Iztresel sem tudi nedrije svoje, rekoč: Tako iztresi Bog vsakega, ki ne izpolni te obljube, iz hiše njegove in s posla njegovega, in tako bodi iztresen in prazen! In ves zbor je dejal: Amen! in so hvalili GOSPODA. In ljudstvo je storilo po tej obljubi.
14Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
14Tudi od časa, ko mi je bilo ukazano, naj bodem njih deželni poglavar v deželi Judovi, namreč od dvajsetega do dvaintridesetega leta kralja Artakserksa, dvanajst let, nisem živil sebe in bratov svojih s poglavarjevim živežem.
15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
15Ali prejšnji deželni oblastniki, ki so bili pred menoj, so nadlegovali ljudstvo in so jemali od njih živeža in vina, vrhutega po štirideset seklov srebra, in še njih hlapci so samovoljno gospodovali ljudstvu. A jaz nisem ravnal tako, zaradi Božjega strahu.
16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
16Pa tudi dela na zidu sem se udeležil, in njive nismo nobene kupili in vsi moji hlapci so ondi morali prihajati na delo.
17Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
17Vrhutega so jedli pri moji mizi Judje in načelniki, sto in petdeset mož, in tisti, ki so k nam dohajali izmed poganov v okolišu.
18Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
18In pripravili so mi vsak dan: enega vola in šest izbranih ovac, tudi perotnine so mi pripravljali in enkrat v desetih dneh zalogo vsakovrstnega vina; pri vsem tem nisem zahteval živeža deželnega oblastnika, ker služba je hudo težila ljudstvo.Spominjaj se mi, o Bog moj, v dobro vsega, kar sem storil za to ljudstvo.
19Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
19Spominjaj se mi, o Bog moj, v dobro vsega, kar sem storil za to ljudstvo.