Nehemiah 6
1 Now it happened that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem, an Arab, and our other enemies, had heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no interruption remaining in it, (even though, at that time, I had not set up the double doors at the gates, )
Sucedió que cuando Sanbalat, Tobías, Gesem el árabe y el resto de nuestros enemigos oyeron que yo reconstruí el muro y que no quedó alguna brecha en él, aunque hasta ese momento no habían colocado las hojas de las puertas,
2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying: “Come, and let us strike a pact together in the villages, on the plain of Ono.” But they were thinking that they would do me harm.
Sanbalat y Gesem mandaron a decirme: Ven y reunámonos en Kefirim, en el valle de Ono. Pero ellos pensaban hacerme daño.
3 Therefore, I sent messengers to them, saying: “I am doing a great work, and I cannot descend, lest perhaps it may be neglected when I go out and descend to you.”
Les envié mensajeros para decirles: Yo hago una gran obra y no puedo ir. ¿Por qué debe cesar la obra al dejarla yo para ir a ustedes?
4 Then they sent to me, with this same word, four times. And I responded to them with the same word as before.
Insistieron cuatro veces sobre este asunto, pero yo les respondí de la misma manera.
5 And Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time, with the former word, and he had a letter in his hand written in this manner:
Entonces Sanbalat me envió a su esclavo con este asunto por quinta vez con una carta abierta en la mano,
6 “It has been heard among the Gentiles, and Geshem has said it, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel, and because of this, you are building the wall and thinking to raise yourself as a king over them. For this reason,
en la cual estaba escrito: Se rumora entre los pueblos, y Gasmú lo dice, que tú y los judíos piensan rebelarse. Por tanto, reconstruyes el muro, y según esos rumores, tú vas a ser su rey.
7 you also have stationed prophets, who preach about you in Jerusalem, saying: ‘There is a king in Judea!’ But the king will hear about these words. Therefore, come now, so that we may go to counsel together.”
Y que además designaste profetas para que te proclamen en Jerusalén y digan: ¡Hay rey en Judá! Y ahora, estas palabras serán oídas por el rey. Por tanto, ven y consultemos juntos.
8 And I sent to them, saying: “There has been nothing done according to these words, which you have spoken. For you are inventing these things from your own heart.”
Entonces envié a decirle: No hay tal cosa como dices, sino que las inventas por iniciativa propia.
9 For all these men wished to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would cease. For this reason, I strengthened my hands all the more.
Porque ellos querían atemorizarnos. Pensaban que nuestras manos estarían debilitadas por la obra y que desistiríamos de ella. Pero ahora, ¡fortalece Tú mis manos!
10 And I entered into the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, in secret. And he said: “Let us consult together in the house of God, in the midst of the temple. And let us close the doors of the temple. For they will come to kill you, and they will arrive in the night to put you to death.”
En cuanto a mí, fui a la casa de Semaías, hijo de Delaía, hijo de Mehe-tabel, porque él estaba encerrado. Y él dijo: Reunámonos dentro del Templo de ʼElohim y cerremos las puertas del Santuario, porque vienen a matarte. Sí, esta noche vienen a matarte.
11 And I said: “How could anyone like me flee? And who like me should enter the temple, so that he may live? I will not enter.”
Pero respondí: ¿Un hombre como yo debe huir? ¿Y podría un hombre como yo entrar en el Templo para salvar su vida? No entraré.
12 And I understood that God had not sent him, but he had spoken to me as if he were prophesying, and that Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Y percibí que ʼElohim no lo envió, pero pronunciaba esa profecía contra mí porque Tobías y Sanbalat lo sobornaron.
13 For he had accepted money, so that I would be afraid, and would sin, and so that they would have some evil with which to rebuke me.
Porque él fue sobornado para atemorizarme, con el propósito de que yo actuara de ese modo y pecara, y así tener motivo para difamarme.
14 Remember me, O Lord, because of Tobiah and Sanballat, because of their works of this kind. Then, too, Noadiah, a prophetess, and the rest of the prophets, would have made me afraid.
¡Acuérdate, oh ʼElohim mío, de Tobías y Sanbalat, en conformidad con sus palabras, y de la profetisa Noadías y los demás profetas que trataban de atemorizarme!
15 Now the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul, in fifty-two days.
El muro fue terminado el 25 de Elul, en 52 días.
16 Then it happened that, when all our enemies had heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they were downcast within themselves. For they knew that this work had been accomplished by God.
Cuando todos nuestros enemigos lo oyeron, sucedió que todos los pueblos vecinos tuvieron temor. Se sintieron humillados, porque reconocieron que este trabajo fue hecho por nuestro ʼElohim.
17 But also, in those days, many letters were being sent by the nobles of the Jews to Tobiah, and were arriving from Tobiah to them.
En aquellos días iban muchas cartas de los jefes de Judá a Tobías, y las de Tobías llegaban a ellos.
18 For there were many in Judea who had sworn an oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah, and because Jehohanan, his son, had married the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.
Porque muchos de Judá se conjuraron con él, pues era yerno de Secanías, hijo de Ara, y su hijo Johanán tomó como esposa a la hija de Mesulam, hijo de Berequías.
19 Moreover, they praised him before me, and they reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters, so that he might make me afraid.
Asimismo me contaban las buenas obras de él, y le referían mis palabras. Y Tobías enviaba cartas para atemorizarme.
