1A stalo sa, keď sa dopočul Sanballat, Tobiáš, Gešem Arabský a ostatní naši nepriatelia, že som vystavil múr, a že nezostalo v ňom medzery, hoci som ešte do toho času nebol postavil vrát do brán,
1Now it happened, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;)
2tedy stalo sa, že poslal ku mne Sanballat a Gešem, a riekli: Prijdi, a sídime sa spolu vo vsiach na rovine Onó-ve. Ale oni zamýšľali urobiť mi zlé.
2that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to harm me.
3A tak som poslal k nim poslov a povedal som: Konám veliké dielo, preto nemôžem odísť ta dolu. Prečo by malo dielo stáť, keby som ho opustil a odišiel dolu k vám?
3I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?”
4A štyrikrát poslali ku mne s tým istým odkazom. A ja som im tiež odpovedal to isté.
4They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them the same way.
5Potom poslal ku mne Sanballat po piate s tým istým odkazom svojho sluhu, ktorý mal v ruke otvorený list.
5Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
6A bolo v ňom napísané: Počuť medzi národami, a Gašmu tiež hovorí, že ty aj so Židmi zamýšľate sa sprotiviť, a že preto staviaš múr a že ty chceš byť ich kráľom podľa tých rečí.
6in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.
7A že si postavil aj prorokov, aby hlásali o tebe v Jeruzaleme a hovorili: Kráľ v Judsku! A tak teraz dopočuje sa kráľ takých vecí. Preto teraz poď a poradíme sa spolu.
7You have also appointed prophets to preach of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.”
8Vtedy som poslal k nemu a riekol som: Nestalo sa nič také, jako čo ty hovoríš, ale ty si si to sám vymyslel vo svojom srdci.-
8Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.”
9Lebo tí všetci nás strašili hovoriac: Však ich ruky zomdlejú, a upustia od tej práce, a nevykoná sa. A preto teraz, ó, Bože, posilni moje ruky!
9For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done. But now, strengthen my hands.”
10A ja som vošiel do domu Šemiáša, syna Delaiáša, syna Mehetabelovho, ktorý sa bol zavrel, a riekol mi: Sídime sa do domu Božieho, do vnútra chrámu a zamknime dvere chrámu, lebo prijdú ťa zabiť a prijdú vnoci ťa zabiť.
10I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.”
11Na to som povedal: Či by muž, ako som ja, mal utekať? A kde kto je taký jako ja, kto by vošiel do chrámu a žil? Nevojdem.
11I said, “Should such a man as I flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”
12A poznal som, že hľa, neposlal ho Bôh, ale to proroctvo hovoril proti mne, a Tobiáš a Sanballat ho boli najali za mzdu,
12I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13aby bol on najatý, aby som sa bál a aby som urobil tak a aby som zhrešil, a aby im to bolo na zlú povesť o mne, aby ma potupili.
13He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
14Pamätaj, môj Bože, na Tobiáša a na Sanballata podľa tých jeho skutkov i na prorokyňu Noadiu a na ostatných prorokov, ktorý ma strašili!
14“Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.”
15A múr bol dostavený dvadsiateho piateho dňa mesiaca elúla za päťdesiatdva dní.
15So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
16A stalo sa, keď to počuli všetci naši nepriatelia, a videly to všetky národy, ktoré boly vôkol nás, padli veľmi vo svojich očiach a poznali, že sa to dielo dialo od nášho Boha.
16It happened, when all our enemies heard of it, that all the nations that were about us were afraid, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was worked of our God.
17No, aj v tých dňoch popísali poprední Judska mnoho svojich listov, ktoré išly k Tobiášovi, a zase Tobiášove dochádzaly k nim.
17Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.
18Pretože v Judsku bolo mnoho tých, ktorí sa boli s ním sprisahali, pretože bol zaťom Šechaniáša, syna Arachovho. A jeho syn Jehochanán si vzal dcéru Mešullama, syna Berechiášovho, za ženu.
18For there were many in Judah sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife.
19Aj všeličo dobré hovorili predo mnou o ňom, a zase moje slová vynášali jemu. Listy posielal Tobiáš nato, aby ma strašil.
19Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.