Nehemiah · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Nehemiah 4 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 И҆ бы́сть є҆гда̀ ᲂу҆слы́ша санавалла́тъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ мы̀ созида́емъ стѣ́ны, и҆ ѕло̀ є҆мꙋ̀ вмѣни́сѧ, и҆ разгнѣ́васѧ ѕѣлѡ̀, и҆ посмѣѧ́шесѧ і҆ꙋде́ѡмъ,
1 But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
2 и҆ речѐ пред̾ бра́тїею свое́ю, и҆̀же бѧ́хꙋ си́ла сомо́рѡвъ, и҆ речѐ: что̀ і҆ꙋде́є сі́и созида́ютъ сво́й гра́дъ; є҆да̀ жре́ти бꙋ́дꙋтъ; и҆лѝ возмо́гꙋтъ; и҆лѝ дне́сь и҆сцѣлѧ́тъ ка́менїе, повнегда̀ бы́ти и҆̀мъ въ пра́хъ землѝ сожжє́ннымъ;
2 He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?”
3 И҆ тѡві́а а҆ммані́тѧнинъ бли́з̾ є҆гѡ̀ прїи́де и҆ речѐ и҆̀мъ: є҆да̀ пожрꙋ́тъ, и҆лѝ ꙗ҆́сти и҆́мꙋтъ на мѣ́стѣ свое́мъ; не взы́детъ ли лиси́ца и҆ разори́тъ стѣ́нꙋ ка́меней и҆́хъ;
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.”
4 И҆ речѐ неемі́а: ᲂу҆слы́ши, бж҃е на́шъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ сотворе́ни є҆смы̀ въ посмѣѧ́нїе,
4 “Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity.
5 и҆ ѡ҆братѝ поноше́нїе и҆́хъ на главꙋ̀ и҆́хъ, и҆ да́ждь и҆̀хъ въ посмѣѧ́нїе въ зе́млю плѣне́нїѧ,
5 Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
6 и҆ не покры́й беззако́нїѧ и҆́хъ.
6 So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
7 Бы́сть же є҆гда̀ ᲂу҆слы́ша санавалла́тъ и҆ тѡві́а, и҆ а҆ра́влѧне и҆ а҆ммані́те, ꙗ҆́кѡ взы́де ѿра́сль стѣ́нъ і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мскихъ, занѐ нача́ша разсѣ̑лины загражда́ти, и҆ ѕло̀ и҆̀мъ ꙗ҆ви́сѧ ѕѣлѡ̀.
7 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry;
8 И҆ собра́шасѧ всѝ вкꙋ́пѣ, да прїи́дꙋтъ и҆ ѡ҆полча́тсѧ на і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мъ и҆ разорѧ́тъ є҆го̀.
8 and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion among us.
9 И҆ моли́хомсѧ ко бг҃ꙋ на́шемꙋ и҆ поста́вихомъ стра́жы на стѣнѣ̀ проти́вꙋ и҆́хъ де́нь и҆ но́щь ѿ лица̀ и҆́хъ.
9 But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night because of them.
10 Рече́ же і҆ꙋ́да: и҆стомле́на є҆́сть си́ла (ѿ) вра̑гъ, и҆ землѧ̀ мно́га є҆́сть, и҆ мы̀ не мо́жемъ созида́ти стѣны̀.
10 Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading and there is much rubble, so that we are not able to build the wall.”
11 И҆ реко́ша ѡ҆скорблѧ́ющїи на́съ: не позна́ютъ и҆ не ᲂу҆ви́дѧтъ, до́ндеже прїи́демъ посредѣ̀ и҆́хъ и҆ ᲂу҆бїе́мъ и҆̀хъ, и҆ преста́ти сотвори́мъ дѣ́лꙋ.
11 Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
12 И҆ бы́сть є҆гда̀ прїидо́ша і҆ꙋде́є, и҆̀же ѡ҆бита́хꙋ бли́з̾ и҆́хъ, и҆ рѣ́ша на́мъ: восхо́дѧтъ ѿ всѣ́хъ ꙗ҆зы̑къ на ны̀.
12 When the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
13 И҆ поста́вихъ въ нижа́йшихъ мѣ́стѣхъ созадѝ стѣ́нъ въ закрове́нїи, и҆ поста́вихъ лю́ди по племенѡ́мъ съ мєчѝ и҆́хъ и҆ съ сꙋ́лицами и҆́хъ и҆ съ лꙋ́ками.
13 Therefore I set guards in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places. I set the people by family groups with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 И҆ ви́дѣхъ, и҆ воста́хъ, и҆ реко́хъ ко чєстны́мъ и҆ къ воево́дамъ и҆ ко про́чымъ лю́демъ: не ᲂу҆бо́йтесѧ ѿ лица̀ и҆́хъ, помѧни́те гдⷭ҇а бг҃а на́шего вели́каго и҆ стра́шнаго, и҆ ѡ҆полчи́тесѧ за бра́тїю ва́шꙋ, за сы́ны ва́шѧ и҆ дщє́ри ва́шѧ, жєны̀ ва́шѧ и҆ до́мы ва́шѧ.
14 I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
15 Бы́сть же є҆гда̀ ᲂу҆слы́шаша вразѝ на́ши, ꙗ҆́кѡ вѣ́домо бы́сть на́мъ, и҆ разорѝ бг҃ъ совѣ́тъ и҆́хъ: и҆ возврати́хомсѧ всѝ мы̀ на стѣ́ны, кі́йждо ко дѣ́лꙋ своемꙋ̀.
15 When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.
16 И҆ бы́сть ѿ днѐ тогѡ̀, по́лъ вчине́ныхъ дѣ́лахꙋ дѣ́ло, и҆ полови́на и҆́хъ ᲂу҆гото́вана бы́сть ко бра́ни съ сꙋ́лицами и҆ щита́ми, и҆ лꙋ̑ки и҆ бронѧ́ми, и҆ нача̑льницы созадѝ всегѡ̀ до́мꙋ і҆ꙋ́дина.
16 From that time forth, half of my servants did the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
17 Созида́ющїи стѣ́нꙋ и҆ носѧ́щїи бремена̀ со ѻ҆рꙋ́жїемъ: є҆ди́ною рꙋко́ю свое́ю творѧ́хꙋ дѣ́ло, а҆ дрꙋго́ю держа́хꙋ ме́чь.
17 Those who built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands did the work, and with the other held his weapon.
18 Созида́ющымъ же є҆ди́номꙋ коемꙋ́ждо ме́чь бы́сть ѡ҆поѧ́санъ при бедрѣ̀ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ созида́хꙋ, и҆ трꙋбѧ́хꙋ трꙋба́ми бли́з̾ и҆́хъ.
18 Among the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.
19 И҆ реко́хъ ко чєстны́мъ и҆ ко старѣ́йшинамъ и҆ ко про́чымъ лю́демъ: дѣ́ло вели́ко є҆́сть и҆ простра́нно, и҆ мы̀ разлꙋче́ни є҆смы̀ на стѣнѣ̀ дале́че кі́йждо ѿ бра́та своегѡ̀:
19 I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.
20 на мѣ́стѣ и҆дѣ́же ᲂу҆слы́шите гла́съ трꙋ́бный, та́мѡ тецы́те къ на́мъ, и҆ бг҃ъ на́шъ ѡ҆полчи́тсѧ ѡ҆ на́съ.
20 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”
21 И҆ мы̀ бы́хомъ творѧ́ще дѣ́ло, и҆ по́лъ на́съ держа́хꙋ сꙋ̑лицы ѿ восхо́да зарѝ ᲂу҆́треннїѧ да́же до восхо́да ѕвѣ́здъ.
21 So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
22 Во вре́мѧ же то̀ реко́хъ лю́демъ: кі́йждо со ѻ҆́трокомъ свои́мъ да пребыва́етъ въ средѣ̀ і҆ерⷭ҇ли́ма: и҆ бꙋ́детъ ва́мъ но́щь на стра́жꙋ, а҆ де́нь на дѣ́ланїе.
22 Likewise at the same time I said to the people, “Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.”
23 А҆́зъ же и҆ бра́тїѧ моѝ и҆ ѻ҆́троцы и҆ мꙋ́жїе стра́жи, и҆̀же бѧ́хꙋ созадѝ менє̀, не снима́хомъ ѡ҆дѣѧ́нїй на́шихъ та́мѡ ни є҆ди́нъ ѿ на́съ.
23 So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.
People & places in this chapter
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Sanballat
Sanballat the Horonite, who mocked, plotted against, and tried to lure Nehemiah during the wall building; one of the high priest’s grandsons became his son-in-law.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1
Tobiah
Ammonite official who jeered at the wall, sent intimidating letters, had ties of marriage and oath among Judah’s nobles, and was given a temple storeroom by Eliashib until…
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 4:3; Nehemiah 6:17
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Nehemiah 2:10; Hebrews 11:36; Psalm 35:15–16; Acts 5:17; Nehemiah 2:19
- 2 1 Corinthians 1:27; Ezra 4:9–10; Nehemiah 4:10; Zechariah 12:8; 1 Samuel 17:43–44
- 3 Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 2:10; 1 Kings 20:10; 1 Kings 20:18; 2 Kings 18:23
- 4 Psalm 79:12; Psalm 123:3–4; Proverbs 3:34; Hosea 12:14; 1 Samuel 17:26
- 5 Psalm 109:14; Jeremiah 18:23; Psalm 69:27–28; Isaiah 44:22; 2 Timothy 4:14
- 6 Philippians 2:13; 1 Chronicles 29:3; Hebrews 13:21; Nehemiah 6:15; 1 Chronicles 29:17–18
- 7 Nehemiah 4:1; Nehemiah 2:10; Jeremiah 25:20; Amos 1:13; Revelation 12:17
- 8 Psalm 83:3–11; Jeremiah 20:10; Isaiah 8:9–10; Acts 23:12–13; Psalm 2:1–3
- 9 1 Peter 5:8; Psalm 50:15; Acts 4:24–30; Matthew 26:41; Luke 6:11–12
- 10 Haggai 1:2; Numbers 32:9; 2 Chronicles 2:18; Numbers 13:31; Psalm 11:1–2
- 11 1 Thessalonians 5:2; Psalm 56:6; Judges 20:29–48; Acts 23:21; Acts 23:12
- 12 Numbers 14:22; Genesis 31:41; Genesis 31:7; Job 19:3
- 13 Nehemiah 4:17–18; Ephesians 6:11–20; Genesis 32:13–20; 2 Chronicles 32:2–8; Matthew 10:16
- 14 2 Samuel 10:12; Numbers 14:9; Isaiah 41:10–14; Hebrews 13:6; Psalm 66:3
- 15 2 Samuel 17:14; Romans 12:11; Psalm 33:10–11; Isaiah 44:25; Job 5:12–13
- 16 Nehemiah 4:23; Nehemiah 5:15–16; Psalm 101:6
- 17 2 Timothy 2:3; 2 Timothy 4:7; 2 Corinthians 6:7; Ephesians 6:11–20; 1 Corinthians 16:9
- 18 Numbers 10:9; 2 Chronicles 13:12–17
- 20 Exodus 14:14; Deuteronomy 20:4; Deuteronomy 1:30; Joshua 23:10; Deuteronomy 3:22
- 21 Galatians 6:9; Colossians 1:29
- 22 Nehemiah 11:1–2
- 23 Nehemiah 5:16; Nehemiah 7:2; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Judges 5:11; Judges 9:48
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