Nehemiah, 5

1. And there occurred a great outcry of the people and their wives against their brothers, the Jews.

1. Velika se vika digla meðu ljudima i ženama protiv njihove braæe Židova.

2. And there were those who were saying: “Our sons and our daughters are very many. Let us receive grain as a price for them, and then we may eat and live.”

2. Jedni su govorili: "Zalažemo svoje sinove i kæeri da bismo mogli nabaviti pšenice te jesti i živjeti."

3. And there were those who were saying: “Let us offer up our fields and vineyards, and our houses, and then we may receive grain during the famine.”

3. Drugi su govorili: "Zalažemo svoja polja, vinograde svoje i kuæe svoje da bismo mogli nabaviti pšenice za vrijeme gladi."

4. And others were saying: “Let us borrow money for the tribute of the king, and let us surrender our fields and vineyards.”

4. Drugi su opet govorili: "Moramo uzaimati novac na polja svoja i vinograde da bismo mogli isplatiti kraljeve namete.

5. “And now, as is the flesh of our brothers, so is our flesh; and as are their sons, so also are our sons. Behold, we have subjugated our sons and our daughters into servitude, and some of our daughters are slaves, nor do we have the ability to redeem them, for others possess our fields and our vineyards.”

5. Tijelo je naše kao tijelo braæe naše, sinovi su naši kao i njihovi, a mi moramo predavati u ropstvo svoje sinove i kæeri; meðu našim kæerima neke su veæ robinje! A mi ne možemo ništa jer polja naša i vinograde drže drugi."

6. And when I had heard their outcry in these words, I was exceedingly angry.

6. Razljutio sam se veoma kad sam èuo njihovu viku i te rijeèi.

7. And my heart considered within me. And I rebuked the nobles and the magistrates, and I said to them, “Have you each been exacting usury from your brothers?” And I gathered together a great assembly against them.

7. Pošto sam u sebi promislio, prekorio sam velikaše i odliènike rijeèima: "Vi nameæete teret svojoj braæi!" I sazvao sam protiv njih velik zbor.

8. And I said to them: “As you know, in accord with what was possible for us, we have redeemed our brothers, the Jews, who had been sold to the Gentiles. And yet you now sell your brothers, and we must redeem them?” And they were silent, nor did they find anything to answer.

8. I rekao sam: "Mi smo, koliko smo mogli, otkupili svoju židovsku braæu koja bijahu prodana poganima. A sada vi prodajete svoju braæu da bismo ih otkupili!" Svi su šutjeli i nitko nije odgovorio.

9. And I said to them: “The thing that you are doing is not good. Why are you not walking in the fear of our God, so that there may be no reproach against us from our enemies, the Gentiles?

9. Nastavio sam: "Nije dobro to što èinite. Ne treba li da hodite u strahu Boga našega da se tako uklonimo ruglu neprijateljskih naroda?

10. Both I and my brothers, with my servants, have lent money and grain to many. Let us agree not to ask for its return. Let us forgive the other money that is owed to us.

10. I ja, i moja braæa, i moji momci davali smo im novaca i žita. Ali smo im dug oprostili.

11. On this day, restore their fields, and their vineyards, and their olive groves, and their houses to them. Then, too, the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, wine, and oil, which you usually exact from them, give it to them.”

11. Vratite im i vi još danas njihova polja, vinograde, maslinike i kuæe njihove i oprostite im postotak u novcu, u žitu, u vinu, u ulju, što ste im ga nametnuli."

12. And they said: “We will restore it, and we will require nothing from them. And we will do just as you say.” And I called the priests, and I had them swear an oath, so that they would act in accord with what I had said.

12. A oni odgovoriše: "Vratit æemo; neæemo od njih ništa tražiti. Uèinit æemo kako si rekao." Tada pozvah sveæenike i naredih neka se zakunu da æe uèiniti kako su obeæali.

13. Moreover, I shook out my lap, and I said: “So may God shake out every man, who does not fulfill this word. From his house and from his labors, so may he be shaken out and become empty.” And the entire multitude said, “Amen.” And they praised God. Therefore, the people acted in accord with what was said.

13. Zatim istresoh skute svoje odjeæe govoreæi: "Neka Bog ovako istrese iz vlastite kuæe i imanja svakog èovjeka koji se ne bude držao ovog obeæanja! Tako bio istresen i ispražnjen!" A sav zbor odgovori "Amen!" hvaleæi Jahvu. I narod je uèinio prema ovom dogovoru.

14. Now from that day, on which the king had ordered me to be governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of king Artaxerxes, for twelve years, I and my brothers did not eat the yearly allowance that was owed to the governors.

14. I od dana kad mi je kralj naredio da budem upravitelj u zemlji Judinoj, od dvadesete do trideset i druge godine kraljevanja Artakserksa, za dvanaest godina ja i moja braæa nismo nikada jeli upraviteljskog kruha.

15. But the former governors, the ones who had been before me, were a burden to the people, and they took from them bread and wine, and forty shekels of money each day. And their officials also oppressed the people. But I did not do so, out of fear of God.

15. Ali prijašnji upravitelji, moji prethodnici, ugnjetavahu narod: svakoga su dana od njega uzimali èetrdeset šekela srebra za kruh; i njihove su sluge ugnjetavale narod. A ja nisam nikada tako èinio, zbog straha Božjega.

16. In fact, I preferred to build in the work of the wall, and I bought no land, and all my servants were gathered to do the work.

16. Èak sam se jednako držao posla oko zida i nisam kupio ni jedne njive! Svi su moji momci bili ondje okupljeni na poslu.

17. Likewise, the Jews and the magistrates, one hundred and fifty men, were at my table, with those who came to us from among the Gentiles that are around us.

17. Za mojim su stolom jeli Židovi i odliènici, njih stotinu i pedeset na broju, osim onih koji su k nama dolazili iz okolnih naroda.

18. Now there was prepared for me, on each day, one ox and six choice rams, along with poultry. And once every ten days, I distributed diverse wines and many other things. Yet I did not require my yearly allowance as governor. For the people were greatly impoverished.

18. Svakoga se dana o mom trošku pripremalo jedno goveèe, šest biranih ovaca i peradi; svakih deset dana donosilo se obilje vina za sve. A opet nisam nikada tražio upraviteljskog poreza na kruh, jer je narod veæ bio teško optereæen.

19. Remember me, O my God, for good, in accord with all that I have done for this people.

19. Spomeni se, Bože moj, za moje dobro svega što sam uèinio ovome narodu!