¹Zgodi se pa, ko so zvedeli Sanbalat, Tobija in Gesem Arabec in drugi naših sovražnikov, da sem dozidal obzidje ter da v njem ni bilo več vrzeli (dasi še nisem do tedaj obesil durnic na vrata),

¹And it cometh to pass, when it hath been heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian, and by the rest of our enemies, that I have builded the wall, and there hath not been left in it a breach, (also, till that time the doors I had not set up in the gates,)

²da pošljeta k meni Sanbalat in Gesem ter sporočita: Pridi, in naj se snidemo v kateri vasi na Onski ravnini. Ona sta pa mislila storiti mi hudo.

²that Sanballat sendeth, also Geshem, unto me, saying, `Come and we meet together in the villages, in the valley of Ono;` and they are thinking to do to me evil.

³In pošljem sle in jima sporočim: Opravljam veliko delo, ne morem priti tja doli. Čemu naj počiva delo, če bi ga popustil in prišel doli k vam?

³And I send unto them messengers, saying, `A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why doth the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down unto you?`

⁴Štirikrat sta k meni poslala z istimi besedami, in odgovarjal sem jima na ta način.

⁴and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them [word] according to this word.

⁵Tedaj pošlje Sanbalat petič istotako hlapca svojega k meni z odprtim listom v roki,

⁵And Sanballat sendeth unto me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand;

⁶v katerem je bilo pisano: Pripoveduje se med narodi, in Gesem to pravi, da se ti in Judje mislite izneveriti; zato gradiš obzidje, in ti jim hočeš biti kralj, kakor se govori.

⁶it is written in it, `Among the nations it hath been heard, and Gashmu is saying: Thou and the Jews are thinking to rebel, therefore thou art building the wall, and thou hast been to them for a king — according to these words!

⁷In postavil si tudi proroke, da oznanjajo o tebi v Jeruzalemu, govoreč: Kralj je na Judovem! In sedaj lahko zasliši kralj to, kar se govori. Sedaj torej pridi, da se posvetujemo skupaj!

⁷And also, prophets thou hast appointed to call for thee in Jerusalem, saying, A king [is] in Judah, and now it is heard by the king according to these words; and now come, and we take counsel together.`

⁸Nato pošljem k njemu in sporočim: Nič takega se ni zgodilo, kar ti praviš, temuč v srcu svojem si to izmislil.

⁸And I send unto him, saying, `It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;`

⁹Zakaj vsi oni so nas hoteli prestrašiti, češ, da bodo roke naše nehale od dela, da se ne dovrši. –Sedaj pa, Bog, pokrepčaj moje roke!

⁹for all of them are making us afraid, saying, `Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done;` and now, strengthen Thou my hands.

¹⁰In šel sem v hišo Semaja, sinu Delaja, sinu Mehetabela, ki se je bil zaklenil. In on je rekel: Snidiva se v hiši Božji, sredi templja, in zapriva duri templjeve; zakaj pridejo, da te umore, po noči pridejo, da te ubijejo!

¹⁰And I have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel — and he is restrained — and he saith, `Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming in to slay thee — yea, by night they are coming in to slay thee.`

¹¹Jaz pa sem dejal: Mož, kakršen sem jaz, naj beži? In kako bi smel tak, kakršen sem jaz, iti v tempelj, da ostane živ? Ne pojdem vanj!

¹¹And I say, `A man such as I — doth he flee? and who as I, that doth go in unto the temple, and live? — I do not go in.`

¹²In razpoznal sem, da ga ni poslal Bog, temuč govoril je to prorokovanje zoper mene, in Tobija in Sanbalat sta mu bila dala denarja

¹²And I discern, and lo, God hath not sent him, for in the prophecy he hath spoken unto me both Tobiah and Sanballat hired him,

¹³in je bil najet v ta namen, da se zbojim in storim tako in se pregrešim in da bi imela kaj hudega poročati, da bi me mogla zasramovati.

¹³so that he [is] an hireling, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me.

¹⁴Spominjaj se, moj Bog, Tobija in Sanbalata, primerno tem njiju delom, in tudi prorokinje Noadije in drugih prorokov, ki so me hoteli spraviti v strah.

¹⁴Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid.

¹⁵In obzidje je bilo dokončano petindvajseti dan meseca Elula, v dvainpetdesetih dneh.

¹⁵And the wall is completed in the twenty and fifth of Elul, on the fifty and second day;

¹⁶In ko so to slišali vsi sovražniki naši, so se zbali vsi pogani, ki so živeli okoli nas, in bili so zelo uplašeni sami v sebi, kajti spoznali so, da je to delo dognal Bog.

¹⁶and it cometh to pass, when all our enemies have heard, and all the nations who are round about us see, that they fall greatly in their own eyes, and know that by our God hath this work been done.

¹⁷Tudi so v teh dneh plemenitniki Judovi pošiljali mnogo listov Tobiju, jim pa so dohajali listi od Tobija.

¹⁷Also, in those days the freemen of Judah are multiplying their letters going unto Tobiah, and those of Tobiah are coming in unto them;

¹⁸Dosti jih je namreč bilo na Judovem, ki so se ž njim bili s prisego zvezali, ker je bil zet Sekanija, sinu Arahovega, in se je sin njegov Johanan oženil s hčerjo Mesulama, sinu Berekijevega.Govorili so tudi vpričo mene o njegovih dobrih dejanjih in njemu skrivaj donašali besede moje; in Tobija je pošiljal liste, da bi me spravil v strah.

¹⁸for many in Judah are sworn to him, for he [is] son-in-law to Shechaniah son of Arah, and Jehohanan his son hath taken the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah;

¹⁹Govorili so tudi vpričo mene o njegovih dobrih dejanjih in njemu skrivaj donašali besede moje; in Tobija je pošiljal liste, da bi me spravil v strah.

¹⁹also, his good deeds they have been saying before me, and my words they have been taking out to him; letters hath Tobiah sent to make me afraid.