Nehemiah 6
1 Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways);
Succedeu mais que, ouvindo Sanballat, Tobias, Gesem, o arabio, e o resto dos nossos inimigos que eu tinha edificado o muro, e que n'elle já não havia brecha alguma; ainda que até este tempo não tinha posto as portas nos portaes;
2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.
Sanballat e Gesem enviaram a dizer: Vem, e congreguemo-nos juntamente nas aldeias, no valle d'Ono. Porém intentavam fazer-me mal.
3 And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you?
E enviei-lhes mensageiros a dizer: Faço uma grande obra, de modo que não poderei descer: porque cessaria esta obra, emquanto eu a deixasse, e fosse ter comvosco?
4 And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer.
E da mesma maneira enviaram a mim quatro vezes; e da mesma maneira lhes respondi.
5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
Então Sanballat da mesma maneira a quinta vez me enviou seu moço com uma carta aberta na sua mão;
6 And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king;
E na qual estava escripto: Entre as gentes se ouviu, e Gusmu diz: Tu e os judeos intentaes rebellar-vos, pelo que edificas o muro; e tu te farás rei d'elles segundo estas palavras;
7 And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.
E que pozeste prophetas, para prégarem de ti em Jerusalem, dizendo: Este é rei em Judah: de modo que o rei o ouvirá, segundo estas palavras: vem pois agora e consultemos juntamente.
8 Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself.
Porém eu enviei a dizer-lhe: De tudo o que dizes coisa nenhuma succedeu; mas tu do teu coração o inventas.
9 For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.
Porque todos elles nos procuravam atemorizar, dizendo: As suas mãos largarão a obra, e não se effeituará. Agora pois, ó Deus, esforça as minhas mãos.
10 And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the night they will come to put you to death.
E, entrando eu em casa de Semaias, filho de Delaias, o filho de Mehetabel (que estava encerrado), disse elle: Vamos juntamente á casa de Deus, ao meio do templo, e fechemos as portas do templo; porque virão matar-te: sim, de noite virão matar-te.
11 And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.
Porém eu disse: Um homem como eu fugiria? e quem ha, como eu, que entre no templo e viva? de maneira nenhuma entrarei.
12 Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so.
E conheci que eis-que não era Deus quem o enviara; mas esta prophecia fallou contra mim, porquanto Tobias e Sanballat o alugaram.
13 For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.
Para isto o alugaram, para me atemorisar, e para que assim fizesse, e peccasse, para que tivessem alguma causa para me infamarem, e assim me vituperarem.
14 Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.
Lembra-te, meu Deus, de Tobias e de Sanballat, conforme a estas suas obras: e tambem da prophetiza Noadia, e dos mais prophetas que procuraram atemorisar-me.
15 So the wall was complete on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.
Acabou-se pois o muro aos vinte e cinco d'elul: em cincoenta e dois dias.
16 And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.
E succedeu que, ouvindo-o todos os nossos inimigos, temeram, todos os gentios que havia em roda de nós, e abateram-se muito em seus proprios olhos; porque reconheceram que o nosso Deus fizera esta obra.
17 And further, in those days the chiefs of Judah sent a number of letters to Tobiah, and his letters came to them.
Tambem n'aquelles dias alguns nobres de Judah escreveram muitas cartas, que iam para Tobias: e as cartas de Tobias vinham para elles.
18 For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.
Porque muitos em Judah se lhe ajuramentaram, porque era genro de Sechanias, filho d'Arah; e seu filho Johanan tomara a filha de Mesullam, filho de Berechias.
19 And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.
Tambem as suas bondades contavam perante mim, e as minhas palavras lhe levavam a elle: portanto Tobias escrevia cartas para me atemorizar.
