1 A kad ču Sanavalat i Tovija i Gisem Arapin i ostali naši neprijatelji da sam sazidao zid i da nije ostalo u njemu ništa provaljeno, a do tada još ne bejah namestio krila na vrata, 2 posla Sanavalat i Gisem k meni i poruči: Hodi da se sastanemo u kome selu u polju ononskom. A oni mišljahu zlo po me. 3 I poslah k njima glasnike i poručih: U poslu sam velikom, zato ne mogu doći. Jer bi stao posao kad bih ga ostavio da dođem k vama. 4 I slaše tako k meni četiri puta; i ja im onako odgovorih. 5 Tada Sanavalat posla k meni tako peti put slugu svog s knjigom otvorenom u ruci. 6 A u njoj pisaše: Čuje se po narodima i Gasmuj kaže da se ti i Judejci mislite odmetnuti, zato zidaš zid, i hoćeš da im budeš car, kako se govori, 7 i da si postavio proroke da razglašuju za tebe u Jerusalimu i govore, car je u Judeji. A to će doći do cara. Nego hodi da se dogovorimo. 8 Tada poslah k njemu i poručih: Nije tako kako ti kažeš; nego si sam izmislio. 9 Jer oni svi hteše nas uplašiti govoreći: Klonuće ruke njihove od posla i neće se svršiti. Zato, Bože, ukrepi ruke moje. 10 Još otidoh u kuću Simaji, sinu Dalaje sina Metaveilovog, koji se beše zatvorio, i reče mi: Da otidemo zajedno u dom Božji usred crkve i da zaključamo vrata crkvi, jer će doći da te ubiju, doći će noću da te ubiju. 11 A ja rekoh: Zar će čovek kakav sam ja bežati? Ili ko bi ovakav kakav sam ja ušao u crkvu da ostane u životu? Neću ići. 12 I razumeh da ga nije Bog poslao, nego to proroštvo kaza za me, jer ga Tovija i Sanavalat potkupiše. 13 Zato beše potkupljen da me uplaši da onako učinim i zgrešim da bih se osramotio da me mogu ružiti. 14 Pomeni, Bože moj, Toviju i Sanavalata po ovim delima njihovim, i Noadiju proročicu i druge proroke koji me hteše uplašiti. 15 I tako dovrši se zid dvadeset petog dana meseca Elula za pedeset i dva dana. 16 I kad čuše svi neprijatelji naši i videše svi narodi koji behu oko nas, uplašiše se vrlo, jer poznaše da je Bog naš učinio to delo. 17 I u one dane mnogi glavari judejski slahu knjige Toviji, i od Tovije njima dolažahu knjige. 18 Jer mnogi Judejci behu mu se zakleli; jer beše zet Sehaniji, sinu Arahovom, i Joanan sin njegov beše oženjen kćerju Meulama, sina Varahijinog. 19 I govorahu preda mnom dobro o njemu, i reči moje dokazivahu mu; i Tovija slaše knjige da me uplaši.
Nehemiah · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
People & places in this chapter
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People
Arah
Named as the father of Shecaniah, Tobiah’s father-in-law.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 6:18
Delaiah
Named as the father of Shemaiah and son of Mehetabel.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 6:10
Geshem
Geshem the Arab joined Sanballat and Tobiah in mocking the builders and sent messages to lure Nehemiah to Ono.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 6:1; Nehemiah 6:2
Jehohanan
Tobiah’s son who married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 6:18
Mehetabel
Named as the father of Delaiah (a man, not the Edomite woman of Genesis 36).
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 6:10
Meshullam
Son of Berechiah who repaired two sections of the wall; his daughter married Jehohanan, Tobiah’s son.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:30; Nehemiah 6:18
Noadiah
Prophetess named with Tobiah and Sanballat among those Nehemiah asked God to remember for trying to intimidate him.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 6:14
Shecaniah
Son of Arah; Tobiah was his son-in-law, which bound many in Judah to him by oath.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 6:18
Shemaiah
Son of Delaiah who urged Nehemiah to hide in the temple; Nehemiah realized God had not sent him and that Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 6:10
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 (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1; Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 4:6–7
- 2 1 Chronicles 8:12; Psalm 37:12; Nehemiah 11:35; Psalm 37:32; Proverbs 26:24–26
- 3 Matthew 10:16; John 9:4; 1 Timothy 4:15–16; Proverbs 14:15; Luke 14:30
- 4 Luke 18:5; Judges 16:15–20; Proverbs 7:21; Proverbs 14:15; Judges 16:10
- 5 2 Thessalonians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; 2 Corinthians 2:11; 2 Kings 18:26–28; Ephesians 6:11
- 6 Nehemiah 2:19; 1 Peter 3:16; Ezra 4:12; Romans 3:8; John 19:13
- 7 Proverbs 26:24–26; 2 Samuel 15:10–12; 1 Kings 1:7; 1 Kings 1:34; 1 Kings 1:18
- 8 Psalm 52:2; Job 13:4; Acts 25:10; Psalm 38:12; Daniel 11:27
- 9 Psalm 138:3; 1 Peter 5:10; Ephesians 3:16; Nehemiah 4:10–14; Hebrews 12:12
- 10 Jeremiah 36:5; Matthew 7:15; Psalm 37:12; Ezra 10:31; Psalm 120:2–3
- 11 Proverbs 28:1; Psalm 11:1–2; Acts 21:13; Philippians 2:17; Acts 20:24
- 12 Ezekiel 13:22; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Peter 2:3; Jeremiah 28:15; 1 Timothy 3:3
- 13 Jeremiah 20:10; Proverbs 29:5; Nehemiah 6:6; 2 Corinthians 11:12; 2 Timothy 1:7
- 14 Nehemiah 13:29; 2 Timothy 4:14–15; Psalm 140:5–11; 1 John 5:16; Revelation 19:20
- 15 Psalm 1:3; Nehemiah 4:1–2; Daniel 9:25; Ezra 6:15
- 16 Psalm 126:2; Joshua 5:1; Nehemiah 4:7; Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 4:1
- 17 Nehemiah 13:28; Nehemiah 3:5; Micah 7:1–6; Matthew 24:10–12; Nehemiah 5:7
- 18 Ezra 2:5; Nehemiah 7:10; Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:30
- 19 Acts 4:18–21; Nehemiah 6:9; Isaiah 37:10–14; Proverbs 28:4; Nehemiah 6:13
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