Nehemiah 5
1 Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.
Foi porém grande o clamor do povo e de suas mulheres, contra os judeos, seus irmãos.
2 For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.
Porque havia quem dizia: Com nossos filhos, e nossas filhas, nós somos muitos; pelo que tomámos trigo, para que comamos e vivamos.
3 And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need.
Tambem havia quem dizia: As nossas terras, as nossas vinhas, e as nossas casas empenhámos, para tomarmos trigo n'esta fome.
4 And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.
Tambem havia quem dizia: Tomámos emprestado dinheiro até para o tributo do rei, sobre as nossas terras e as nossas vinhas.
5 But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children: and now we are giving our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants, and some of our daughters are servants even now: and we have no power to put a stop to it; for other men have our fields and our vine-gardens.
Agora pois a nossa carne é como a carne de nossos irmãos, e nossos filhos como seus filhos; e eis que sujeitámos nossos filhos e nossas filhas para serem servos: e até algumas de nossas filhas são tão sujeitas, que já não estão no poder de nossas mãos; e outros teem as nossas terras e as nossas vinhas.
6 And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry.
Ouvindo eu pois o seu clamor, e estas palavras, muito me enfadei.
7 And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.
E considerei comigo mesmo no meu coração; depois pelejei com os nobres e com os magistrados, e disse-lhes: Usura tomaes cada um de seu irmão. E ajuntei contra elles um grande ajuntamento.
8 And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said nothing, answering not a word.
E disse-lhes: Nós resgatámos os judeos, nossos irmãos, que foram vendidos ás gentes segundo nossas posses; e vós outra vez venderieis a vossos irmãos, ou vender-se-hão a nós? Então se callaram, e não acharam que responder
9 And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?
Disse mais: Não é bom o que fazeis: Porventura não andarieis no temor do nosso Deus, por causa do opprobrio dos gentios, os nossos inimigos?
10 Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.
Tambem eu, meus irmãos e meus moços, ao ganho lhes temos dado dinheiro e trigo. Deixemos este ganho.
11 Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them.
Restitui-lhes hoje, vos peço, as suas terras, as suas vinhas, os seus olivaes, e as suas casas; como tambem a centena do dinheiro, do trigo, do mosto, e do azeite, que vós exigis d'elles.
12 Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement.
Então disseram: Restituir-lh'o-hemos, e nada procuraremos d'elles; faremos assim como dizes. Então chamei os sacerdotes, e os fiz jurar que fariam conforme a esta palavra.
13 And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.
Tambem o meu regaço sacudi, e disse: Assim sacuda Deus todo o homem da sua casa e do seu trabalho que não confirmar esta palavra, e assim seja sacudido e vazio. E toda a congregação disse: Amen! E louvaram ao Senhor; e o povo fez conforme a esta palavra.
14 Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my servants have never taken the food which was the right of the ruler.
Tambem desde o dia em que me mandou que eu fosse seu governador na terra de Judah, desde o anno vinte, até ao anno trinta e dois do rei Artaxerxes, doze annos, nem eu nem meus irmãos comemos o pão do governador.
15 But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
Mas os primeiros governadores, que foram antes de mim, opprimiram o povo, e tomaram-lhe pão e vinho, e além d'isso, quarenta siclos de prata, como tambem os seus moços dominavam sobre o povo: porém eu assim não fiz, por causa do temor de Deus
16 And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were helping with the work.
Como tambem na obra d'este muro fiz reparação, e terra nenhuma comprámos: e todos os meus moços se ajuntaram ali á obra
17 And more than this, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addition to those who came to us from the nations round about us.
Tambem dos judeos e dos magistrados, cento e cincoenta homens, e os que vinham a nós, d'entre as gentes, que estão á roda de nós, se punham á minha mesa
18 Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine: but all the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard yoke.
E o que se preparava para cada dia era um boi e seis ovelhas escolhidas; tambem aves se me preparavam, e de dez em dez dias de todo o vinho muitissimo: e nem por isso exigi o pão do governador, porquanto a servidão d'este povo era grande.
19 Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.
Lembra-te de mim para bem, ó meu Deus, e de tudo quanto fiz a este povo.
