¹In ko je slišal Sanbalat, da stavimo obzidje, mu to silno zamrzi in se razjezi ter zasmehuje Jude.

¹And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing to him, and he is very angry and mocketh at the Jews,

²In govori pred brati svojimi in pred vojsko v Samariji in reče: Kaj delajo ti slabotni Judje? Ali naj se jim to pripusti? Bodo li darovali? bodo li neki dan dokončali? hočejo li v življenje povrniti kamenje z grobljišča, ki je vendar sežgano?

²and saith before his brethren and the force of Samaria, yea, he saith, `What [are] the weak Jews doing? are they left to themselves? do they sacrifice? do they complete in a day? do they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish? — and they burnt!`

³Tobija Amonec, stoječ poleg njega, reče: Karkoli naj zidajo, če lisica pride nanj, poruši njih kameneni zid!

³And Tobiah the Ammonite [is] by him and saith, `Also, that which they are building — if a fox doth go up, then it hath broken down their stone wall.`

⁴Poslušaj, o naš Bog, ker smo zaničevani, in obrni njih zasmehovanje njim na glavo ter izroči jih oplenjenju v deželi ujetništva!

⁴Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;

⁵Ne zakrivaj njih krivice in ne izbriši njih greha izpred obličja svojega! Ker so te dražili v jezo spričo zidalcev. –

⁵and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger — over-against those building.

⁶Mi pa smo zidali obzidje, in smo sklenili ves zid okrog do polovice višave, kajti ljudstvo je imelo pogum za delo.

⁶And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined — unto its half, and the people have a heart to work.

⁷Ko pa so slišali Sanbalat in Tobija in Arabci in Amonci in Asdodci, da napreduje popravljanje zidovja jeruzalemskega in da že zazidavamo, kar je bilo razdrto, tedaj se silno razjeze.

⁷And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, that lengthening hath gone up to the walls of Jerusalem, that the breeches have begun to be stopped, then it is very displeasing to them,

⁸In vsi se vkup zarote, da pojdejo bojevat se zoper Jeruzalem in delat zmešnjavo v njem.

⁸and they conspire, all of them together, to come in to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it injury.

⁹Mi pa smo molili k Bogu svojemu in postavili stražo zoper nje, dan in noč, boječ se jih.

⁹And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.

¹⁰In Juda reče: Moč je bremenarjem oslabela in groblje so še velike, tako da ne moremo zidati zidu.

¹⁰And Judah saith, `The power of the burden-bearers hath become feeble, and the rubbish [is] abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.`

¹¹Naši nasprotniki so pa rekli: Ne bodo zvedeli, ne videli, dokler ne pridemo mednje ter jih pobijemo, in tako ustavimo delo.

¹¹And our adversaries say, `They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.`

¹²Zgodi se pa, ko so prišli Judje, ki so poleg njih prebivali, in so nam dobro desetkrat povedali, od vseh krajev: Morate se vrniti k nam!

¹²And it cometh to pass, when the Jews have come who are dwelling near them, that they say to us ten times from all the places whither ye return — [they are] against us.

¹³tedaj sem postavil na spodnje kraje prostora za zidom, na goljave, ljudstvo po njih rodovinah ž njih meči, sulicami in loki.

¹³And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, yea, I appoint the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

¹⁴In ko sem vse ogledal, sem vstal in velel plemenitnikom in načelnikom in drugemu ljudstvu: Nikar se jih ne bojte, spominjajte se Gospoda, velikega in groznega, in bojujte se za brate svoje, za sinove in hčere svoje, za žene in hiše svoje!

¹⁴And I see, and rise up, and say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `Be not afraid of them; the Lord, the great and the fearful, remember ye, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.`

¹⁵Ko so pa slišali sovražniki naši, da nam je bilo povedano, in je Bog uničil njih naklep, smo se vrnili vsi na zid, vsak k delu svojemu.

¹⁵And it cometh to pass, when our enemies have heard that it hath been known to us, and God doth frustrate their counsel, and we turn back, all of us, unto the wall, each unto his work;

¹⁶In bilo je od tega dne, da je polovica mojih hlapcev opravljala delo, druga polovica pa je držala sulice in ščite, loke in oklepe, in poglavarji so stali za vso družino Judovo,

¹⁶yea, it cometh to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the heads [are] behind all the house of Judah.

¹⁷ki je delala na zidu. In bremenarji so nakladali, vsak z eno roko delajoč, z drugo pa držeč orožje.

¹⁷The builders on the wall, and the bearers of the burden, those lading, [each] with one of his hands is working in the business, and one is laying hold of the missile.

¹⁸In zidar je vsak imel meč pripasan k ledju, in tako so zidali. In trobentač je stal poleg mene.

¹⁸And the builders [are] each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a trumpet [is] beside me.

¹⁹In dejal sem plemenitnikom in načelnikom in drugemu ljudstvu: Dela je veliko in na široko in daleč smo narazen raztrošeni po zidu;

¹⁹And I say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `The work is abundant, and large, and we are separated on the wall, far off one from another;

²⁰na kateremkoli kraju zaslišite trobente glas, tja se zberite k nam. Bog naš se bo bojeval za nas!

²⁰in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.`

²¹Tako smo se trudili pri delu in polovica jih je držala sulice od jutranje zarje, dokler so zvezde prisvetile.

²¹And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.

²²Tudi sem velel tisti čas ljudstvu: Slednji ostani s hlapcem svojim čez noč v Jeruzalemu, da nam bodo po noči v stražo in po dne za delo!Niti jaz, ne bratje moji, ne možje na straži za mano, nihče ni slekel obleke, vsakemu je bilo orožje ob desnici.

²²Also, at that time I said to the people, `Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been to us by night a guard, and by day [for] the work:`

²³Niti jaz, ne bratje moji, ne možje na straži za mano, nihče ni slekel obleke, vsakemu je bilo orožje ob desnici.

²³and there are none — I and my brethren and my servants, the men of the guard who [are] after me — there are none of us putting off our garments, each [hath] his vessel of water.