¹On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever,

¹Tisti čas se je čitalo pred ušesi ljudstva v knjigi Mojzesovi, in se je našlo pisano v njej, da ne sme Amonec in Moabec priti v zbor Božji vekomaj,

²because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.

²zato ker niso prišli naproti sinovom Izraelovim s kruhom in z vodo, temuč so zoper nje najeli Balaama, da bi jih proklel; toda naš Bog je kletev preobrnil v blagoslov.

³It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

³In ko so slišali postavo, so ločili izmed Izraela vse mešano ljudstvo.

⁴Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,

⁴Pred tem pa je duhovnik Eliasib, ki je bil postavljen nad shrambami hiše našega Boga, ker je bil po rodu zvezan s Tobijem,

⁵had prepared for him a great room, where before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the wave offerings for the priests.

⁵pripravil njemu veliko shrambo, kamor so bili poprej polagali jedilne daritve, kadilo in posode in desetine žita, vina in olja, po zapovedi pristojne levitom, pevcem in vratarjem, tudi dari povzdignjenja za duhovnike.

⁶But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king,

⁶Ali ob vsem tem nisem bil v Jeruzalemu. Zakaj v dvaintridesetem letu Artakserksa, kralja babilonskega, sem šel h kralju; in čez nekoliko dni sem si izprosil dopust od kralja,

⁷and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a room in the courts of God’s house.

⁷in ko sem dospel v Jeruzalem, sem opazil zlo, ki ga je bil storil Eliasib Tobiju na voljo s tem, da mu je pripravil shrambo na dvorišču hiše Božje.

⁸It grieved me severely: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the room.

⁸In bilo mi je silno žal, in sem pometal vse stvari hiše Tobijeve iz shrambe.

⁹Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms: and there brought I again the vessels of God’s house, with the meal offerings and the frankincense.

⁹Nato sem ukazal, in očistili so shrambe, in sem zopet vanje znosil posode hiše Božje, jedilne daritve in kadilo.

¹⁰I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled everyone to his field.

¹⁰In zvedel sem, da niso dajali levitom njih deležev, in da so se zato umeknili leviti in pevci, ki so opravljali posel, vsak na svojo njivo.

¹¹Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is God’s house forsaken?” I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

¹¹Tedaj sem okaral načelnike in sem dejal: Zakaj je zapuščena hiša Božja? In sklical sem one ter jih postavil na njih mesto.

¹²Then brought all Judah the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil to the treasuries.

¹²Tedaj je prinesel ves Juda desetino žita in vina in olja v založne shrambe.

¹³I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.

¹³In za paznike nad zalogami sem postavil Selemija duhovnika in Zadoka pismouka in izmed levitov Pedaja in njim v pomoč Hanana, sina Zakurja, sinu Matanija; zakaj oni so bili šteti za zveste, in bilo jim je poverjeno, da delijo svojim bratom.

¹⁴Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don’t wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its observances.

¹⁴Spominjaj se mi tega, o Bog moj, in ne izbriši mojih del usmiljenja, ki sem jih storil pri Boga svojega hiši in za postrežbo pri njej.

¹⁵In those days saw I in Judah some men treading winepresses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day in which they sold food.

¹⁵Tisti čas sem videl v Judeji, da so nekateri ob soboti tlačili tlačilnice in spravljali snopovje in ž njimi obkladali osle, pa tudi z vinom, z grozdjem in s smokvami in z vsakršnimi tovori, ki so jih prinašali v Jeruzalem ob sobotnem dnevi. In posvaril sem jih tisti dan, ko so prodajali živež.

¹⁶There lived men of Tyre also therein, who brought in fish, and all kinds of wares, and sold on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

¹⁶Tudi so prebivali v mestu Tirci, ki so prinašali ribe in različno blago ter prodajali ob sobotah sinovom Judovim in v Jeruzalemu.

¹⁷Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?

¹⁷Tedaj sem okaral plemenitnike Judove in jim dejal: Kakšna je to huda razvada, ki jo imate, da oskrunjate sobotni dan?

¹⁸Didn’t your fathers do thus, and didn’t our God bring all this evil on us, and on this city? Yet you bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.”

¹⁸Niso li vaši očetje delali tudi tako, in ni li spravil Bog naš vseh teh nesreč nad nas in nad to mesto? In vi pripravljate še več srda nad Izraela s tem, da oskrunjate soboto!

¹⁹It came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I set some of my servants over the gates, that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.

¹⁹In ko se je začelo mračiti med vrati Jeruzalema pred soboto, velel sem, naj zapro duri, in naročil, da jih smejo odpreti šele po soboti; in nekatere svoje hlapce sem postavil, da bi se ne prinesla nobena butara v mesto ob sobotnem dnevi.

²⁰So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice.

²⁰Tedaj so kramarji in prodajalci raznovrstnega blaga ostali čez noč zunaj pred Jeruzalemom, enkrat ali dvakrat.

²¹Then I testified against them, and said to them, “Why do you stay around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they didn’t come on the Sabbath.

²¹In okaral sem jih in jim dejal: Zakaj ostajate čez noč okoli obzidja? Ako še enkrat to storite, položim na vas roko! Od tega časa niso več prišli v soboto.

²²I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me, my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your loving kindness.

²²In ukazal sem levitom, naj se očistijo in pridejo stražit vrata, da bi se sobotni dan posvečeval. Tudi tega se mi spominjaj, o Bog moj, in prizanesi mi po veliki milosti svoji!

²³In those days also saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

²³Tudi sem videl v tistem času Jude, ki so se poročili z ženami iz Asdoda, Amona in Moaba;

²⁴and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

²⁴in njih otroci so polovico govorili asdotski in niso znali po judovsko, temuč govorili so po jeziku tega ali onega ljudstva.

²⁵I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

²⁵In sem jih karal in klel ter nekatere izmed njih sem tepel in jim ruval lase, in velel sem jim priseči pri Bogu, da ne bodo dajali hčer svojih njih sinovom, ne jemali njih hčer sinom svojim ali sami sebi.

²⁶Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin.

²⁶Ni li grešil zaradi tujk Salomon, kralj Izraelov? In vendar mu ni bilo med mnogimi narodi enakega kralja, in ljub je bil svojemu Bogu, in Bog ga je postavil za kralja vsemu Izraelu: a celo njega so zapeljale tuje žene v greh!

²⁷Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?”

²⁷In naj li poslušamo vas, ki delate tako veliko zlo in nezvesto ravnate zoper Boga svojega, ko se poročate z drugorodnimi ženami?

²⁸One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.

²⁸In eden izmed sinov Jojada, sinu Eliasibovega, velikega duhovnika se je bil posvačil s Sanbalatom Horončanom; zato sem ga odgnal od sebe.

²⁹Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

²⁹Spominjaj se jih, o Bog moj, da so onečistili duhovništvo in zavezo duhovništva in levitov!

³⁰Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners, and appointed duties for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;

³⁰Tako sem jih očistil vsega tujega in postavil službena opravila duhovnikov in levitov, vsakega k svojemu poslu,in sem oskrbel, da se prinašajo drva ob določenih časih in prvine. Spominjaj se me, o Bog moj, meni v dobro!

³¹and for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, my God, for good.

³¹in sem oskrbel, da se prinašajo drva ob določenih časih in prvine. Spominjaj se me, o Bog moj, meni v dobro!