¹The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

¹Zgodbe Nehemija, sinu Hakalijevega. Zgodilo se je v mesecu Kislevu, v dvajsetem letu, ko sem bil na gradu Susanu,

²that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

²da pride Hanani, eden bratov mojih, in ž njim nekaj mož z Judovega; in poprašam jih za Jude, ki so se rešili, ki so preostali iz ujetništva, in za Jeruzalem.

³They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

³In oni mi reko: Tisti, kar jih je preostalo iz ujetništva, so ondi v deželi v veliki stiski in v zasramovanju; in zidovje Jeruzalema je razvaljeno in vrata njegova sežgana z ognjem.

⁴It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” of heaven,

⁴In ko sem zaslišal te besede, sem sedel in jokal in žaloval nekoliko dni, in postil sem se ter molil pred Bogom nebes

⁵and said, “I beg you, Yahweh, “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:

⁵in rekel: Prosim te, o GOSPOD, Bog nebes, Bog mogočni, veliki in grozni, ki hraniš zavezo in milost tistim, ki te ljubijo in izpolnjujejo zapovedi tvoje!

⁶Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.

⁶Pazijo naj, prosim, ušesa tvoja in oči tvoje naj bodo odprte, da poslušaš hlapca svojega molitev, ki jo molim pred teboj ta čas, po dne in po noči, za sinove Izraelove, hlapce tvoje, ko pripoznavam grehe sinov Izraelovih, ki smo jih zagrešili zoper tebe. Tudi mi, jaz in mojega očeta hiša, smo grešili.

⁷We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.

⁷Zelo krivo smo ravnali zoper tebe in nismo držali zapovedi, ne postav, ne sodb, ki si jih zapovedal hlapcu svojemu Mojzesu.

⁸“Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples;

⁸Spomni se, prosim, besede, ki si jo velel hlapcu svojemu Mojzesu, govoreč: Ako se izneverite, vas razkropim daleč med ljudstva;

⁹but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.’

⁹ako se pa izpreobrnete k meni in boste držali zapovedi moje ter jih izpolnjevali, čeprav bi bili razskropljenci vaši ob koncu neba, tudi odondod jih zberem in jih privedem na kraj, ki sem ga izvolil, da umestim tam ime svoje.

¹⁰“Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand.

¹⁰Saj ti so hlapci tvoji in ljudstvo tvoje, ki si ga odrešil z veliko močjo svojo in z mogočno roko svojo.Ah, Gospod, prosim, pazi naj uho tvoje na hlapca tvojega molitev in na molitev hlapcev tvojih, ki se želé bati imena tvojega, in dodeli danes uspeh hlapcu svojemu ter mu daj usmiljenje v očeh tega moža. – Bil sem namreč kraljev točaj.

¹¹ Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” , I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.

¹¹Ah, Gospod, prosim, pazi naj uho tvoje na hlapca tvojega molitev in na molitev hlapcev tvojih, ki se želé bati imena tvojega, in dodeli danes uspeh hlapcu svojemu ter mu daj usmiljenje v očeh tega moža. – Bil sem namreč kraljev točaj.