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Nehemíabók 4
Icelandic Bible
Nehemíabók 4
Icelandic Bible
4 Þá er Sanballat heyrði, að vér værum að endurreisa múrinn, varð hann reiður og gramdist honum það mjög. Og hann gjörði gys að Gyðingum
2 og talaði í áheyrn bræðra sinna og herliðs Samaríu og mælti: "Hvað hafa Gyðingarnir fyrir stafni, þeir vesalingar? Skyldu þeir hætta við það aftur? Munu þeir fórna? Ætli þeir ljúki við það í dag? Munu þeir gjöra steinana í rústahaugunum lifandi, þar sem þeir þó eru brunnir?"
3 Og Tobía Ammóníti stóð hjá honum og mælti: "Hvað sem þeir nú eru að byggja _ ef refur stigi á það, þá mundi steinveggur þeirra hrynja undan honum!"
4 Heyr, Guð vor, hversu vér erum smánaðir! Lát háð þeirra koma þeim sjálfum í koll og framsel þá til ráns hernumda í öðru landi.
5 Hyl eigi misgjörð þeirra, og synd þeirra afmáist aldrei fyrir augliti þínu, því að þeir hafa egnt þig til reiði í augsýn þeirra, sem eru að byggja.
6 En vér héldum áfram að byggja múrinn og allur múrinn varð fullgjör upp að miðju, og hafði lýðurinn áhuga á verkinu.
7 En er Sanballat og Tobía og Arabar og Ammónítar og Asdódmenn heyrðu, að farið væri að gjöra við múra Jerúsalem, að skörðin væru tekin að fyllast, urðu þeir mjög reiðir.
8 Og þeir tóku sig allir saman um að koma og herja á Jerúsalem og gjöra þar spell.
9 En vér gjörðum bæn vora til Guðs vors og settum vörð gegn þeim bæði dag og nótt af ótta fyrir þeim.
10 En Gyðingar sögðu: "Burðarmennirnir gefast upp og rústirnar eru miklar og þá getum vér ekki byggt múrinn."
11 En mótstöðumenn vorir hugsuðu: "Þeir skulu ekkert vita og einskis varir verða, fyrr en vér ráðumst á þá og brytjum þá niður og gjörum enda á verkinu."
12 En er Gyðingar þeir, sem bjuggu í grennd við þá, komu og sögðu við oss sjálfsagt tíu sinnum, úr öllum áttum: "Þér verðið að koma til vor!"
13 þá lét ég staðar nema á lægstu stöðunum bak við múrinn, á sólbrunnu stöðunum, þar lét ég lýðinn nema staðar eftir ættum, með sverðum sínum, lensum og bogum.
14 Og ég litaðist um, reis upp og sagði við tignarmennina og yfirmennina og hitt fólkið: "Eigi skuluð þér óttast þá. En minnist Drottins, hins mikla og ógurlega, og berjist fyrir bræður yðar, sonu yðar, dætur yðar, konur yðar og hús yðar."
15 En er óvinir vorir heyrðu, að vér værum orðnir þess vísir og að Guð hefði ónýtt ráðagjörð þeirra, þá gátum vér allir snúið aftur að múrnum, hver til sinnar vinnu.
16 En frá þeim degi vann aðeins helmingur sveina minna að verkinu. Hinn helmingur þeirra hélt á lensunum, skjöldunum, bogunum og pönsurunum, en foringjarnir stóðu bak við alla Júdamenn, þá er voru að byggja upp múrinn.
17 En burðarmennirnir voru búnir til bardaga. Með annarri hendinni unnu þeir að verkinu, en með hinni héldu þeir á skotspjótinu.
18 Og þeir sem hlóðu voru allir gyrtir sverði um lendar sér og hlóðu þannig, en lúðursveinninn stóð hjá mér.
19 Og ég sagði við tignarmennina og yfirmennina og aðra af lýðnum: "Verkið er stórt og umfangsmikið, og vér erum tvístraðir á múrnum, langt í burtu hver frá öðrum.
20 Þar sem þér heyrið lúðurhljóminn, þangað skuluð þér safnast til vor. Guð vor mun berjast fyrir oss."
21 Þannig unnum vér að verkinu, en helmingur þeirra hélt á lensunum, frá því er morgunroðinn færðist upp á himininn og þar til er stjörnurnar komu fram.
22 Þá sagði ég og við lýðinn: "Allir skulu vera í Jerúsalem á næturnar, ásamt sveinum sínum, til þess að þeir séu vörður fyrir oss á nóttunni, en vinni að verkinu á daginn."
23 En ég og bræður mínir og sveinar mínir og varðmennirnir, er fylgdu mér, vér fórum aldrei af klæðum, og sérhver hafði skotspjót sitt við hægri hlið sér.
Nehemiah 4
New International Version
Nehemiah 4
New International Version
Opposition to the Rebuilding
4 [a]When Sanballat(A) heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews, 2 and in the presence of his associates(B) and the army of Samaria, he said, “What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble(C)—burned as they are?”
3 Tobiah(D) the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, “What they are building—even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!”(E)
4 Hear us, our God, for we are despised.(F) Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. 5 Do not cover up their guilt(G) or blot out their sins from your sight,(H) for they have thrown insults in the face of[b] the builders.
6 So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.
7 But when Sanballat, Tobiah,(I) the Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. 8 They all plotted together(J) to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it. 9 But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.
10 Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers(K) is giving out, and there is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall.”
11 Also our enemies said, “Before they know it or see us, we will be right there among them and will kill them and put an end to the work.”
12 Then the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
13 Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows. 14 After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid(L) of them. Remember(M) the Lord, who is great and awesome,(N) and fight(O) for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
15 When our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and that God had frustrated it,(P) we all returned to the wall, each to our own work.
16 From that day on, half of my men did the work, while the other half were equipped with spears, shields, bows and armor. The officers posted themselves behind all the people of Judah 17 who were building the wall. Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon(Q) in the other, 18 and each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked. But the man who sounded the trumpet(R) stayed with me.
19 Then I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall. 20 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet,(S) join us there. Our God will fight(T) for us!”
21 So we continued the work with half the men holding spears, from the first light of dawn till the stars came out. 22 At that time I also said to the people, “Have every man and his helper stay inside Jerusalem at night, so they can serve us as guards by night and as workers by day.” 23 Neither I nor my brothers nor my men nor the guards with me took off our clothes; each had his weapon, even when he went for water.[c]
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:33-38, and 4:7-23 is numbered 4:1-17.
- Nehemiah 4:5 Or have aroused your anger before
- Nehemiah 4:23 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
Nehemiah 4
King James Version
Nehemiah 4
King James Version
4 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.
13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
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