Nehemiah 13
1 On that day, when someone read to the people parts of the laws [that God gave] to Moses, they read where it was written that no one from the Ammon people-group or the Moab people-group was ever to be allowed to be with God’s people while they were gathered together [to worship].
Naquele dia eles leram no livro de Moisés, na audiência do povo; e foi encontrado escrito nele que um amonita e um moabita não deveriam entrar para sempre na assembléia de Deus,
2 The reason for that was that the people of Ammon and the people of Moab did not give/sell any food or water to the Israelis [while the Israelis were going through their areas after they left Egypt]. Instead, the people of Ammon and Moab paid money to Balaam in order that he would curse the Israelis. But God commanded Balaam to bless the people, not to curse them.
porque eles não encontraram os filhos de Israel com pão e água, mas contrataram Balaão contra eles para amaldiçoá-los; no entanto, nosso Deus transformou a maldição em uma bênção.
3 So when the people heard these laws [being read to them], they sent away all the people whose ancestors had come from other countries.
Aconteceu, quando ouviram a lei, que separaram toda a multidão miscigenada de Israel.
4 Previously, Eliashib the priest had been appointed to be in charge of the storerooms in the temple. He was a relative of [our enemy] Tobiah.
Agora antes disso, Eliasib o sacerdote, que foi nomeado sobre os quartos da casa de nosso Deus, sendo aliado de Tobias,
5 He allowed Tobiah to use a large room in which they had previously stored the grain offerings and the incense, the equipment that is used in the temple, the offerings [that the people had brought] for the priests, and the tithes of grain and wine and [olive] oil that [God] had commanded the people to bring to the [other] descendants of Levi, and to the temple musicians, and to the temple guards.
tinha preparado para ele um grande quarto, onde antes de colocarem as ofertas de refeição, o incenso, os vasos e os dízimos do grão, o vinho novo e o óleo, que eram dados por ordem aos levitas, aos cantores e aos porteiros; e as ofertas de ondas para os sacerdotes.
6 While [Tobias was using that room], I was not in Jerusalem, because in the 32nd year that Artaxerxes was the king of Babylonia, I went back there to report to him. After a while I requested the king to allow me to return to Jerusalem, [and he allowed me to go].
Mas em tudo isso, eu não estava em Jerusalém; pois no trigésimo segundo ano de Artaxerxes, rei da Babilônia, fui ao rei; e depois de alguns dias pedi licença ao rei,
7 When I arrived in Jerusalem, I found out that Eliashib had done an evil thing by allowing Tobiah to use a room in God’s temple.
e vim a Jerusalém, e compreendi o mal que Eliasibe havia feito por Tobias, ao preparar-lhe um quarto nas cortes da casa de Deus.
8 I became very angry, and I threw out of that room everything that belonged to Tobiah.
Isso me entristeceu muito. Portanto, joguei todas as coisas da casa de Tobias fora da sala.
9 Then I commanded [that they perform a ritual] to make the rooms (pure/acceptable to God) again. And I also ordered that all the equipment used in the temple and all the grain offerings and incense should be put in that room again.
Então eu ordenei, e eles limparam os quartos. Trouxe para eles os vasos da casa de Deus, com as ofertas de refeição e o incenso de novo.
10 I also found out that the temple musicians and [other] descendants of Levi had left Jerusalem and returned to their fields/farms, because the Israeli people had not been bringing to them the food [that they needed].
Percebi que as porções dos Levitas não tinham sido dadas, de modo que os Levitas e os cantores, que faziam o trabalho, tinham cada um fugido para seu campo.
11 So I rebuked the officials, saying to them, “(Why have you not taken care of the work in the temple?/It is disgraceful that you have not taken care of the work in the temple.)” [RHQ] So I brought the descendants of Levi and the musicians back to the temple, and told them to do their work there again.
Então eu contendi com os governantes, e disse: “Por que a casa de Deus está abandonada”? Eu os reuni, e os coloquei em seu lugar.
12 Then all the people of Judah again started to bring to the temple storerooms their tithes of grain, wine, and [olive] oil.
Então todo Judá trouxe o dízimo do grão, o vinho novo e o óleo para os tesouros.
13 I appointed these men to be in charge of the storerooms: Shelemiah, who was a priest; Zadok, who knew the Jewish laws very well; and Pedaiah, a descendant of Levi. I appointed Hanan, who is the son of Zaccur and grandson of Mattaniah, to assist them. I knew that I could trust these men while they distributed those offerings to their fellow workers.
Fiz tesoureiros sobre os tesouros, Selemias, o sacerdote, e Zadoque, o escriba, e dos levitas, Pedaías: e ao lado deles estava Hanan, o filho de Zacur, o filho de Mattaniah; pois eles eram contados fiéis, e seu negócio era distribuir a seus irmãos.
14 My God, do not forget all these good things that I have faithfully done for your temple and for the work that is done there!
Lembre-se de mim, meu Deus, a respeito disso, e não apague minhas boas ações que fiz pela casa de meu Deus, e por suas observâncias.
15 During that time, I saw some people in Judea [who were working] on the Sabbath day. [Some were] pressing grapes [to make wine]. Others were putting grain, [bags of] wine, [baskets of] grapes, figs, and many [HYP] other things, on their donkeys and taking them into Jerusalem. I warned them that they should not sell things to the people of Judea on Sabbath days.
Naqueles dias, vi alguns homens pisando lagares de vinho no sábado em Judá, trazendo molhos e carregando burros com vinho, uvas, figos e todo tipo de cargas que eles traziam para Jerusalém no dia do sábado; e testemunhei contra eles no dia em que vendiam comida.
16 I also saw some people from Tyre [city] who were living there in Jerusalem who were bringing fish and other things [into Jerusalem] to sell to the people of Judea on the Sabbath day.
Alguns homens de Tiro também viveram lá, que trouxeram peixes e todo tipo de mercadorias, e venderam no sábado para os filhos de Judá, e em Jerusalém.
17 So I rebuked the Jewish leaders and told them, “This is [RHQ] a very evil thing that you are doing! You are causing the Sabbath days to be unholy.
Então eu contendi com os nobres de Judá, e lhes disse: “Que mal é isso que vocês fazem, e profanam o Sábado?
18 Your ancestors did [RHQ] things like that, so God punished them, and as a result, this city was destroyed! And now by causing the Sabbath day to be unholy, you are going to cause God to be angry with us Israeli people [and punish us] more!”
Seus pais não fizeram isto e nosso Deus não trouxe todo este mal sobre nós e sobre esta cidade? No entanto, vocês trazem mais ira sobre Israel profanando o Sábado”.
19 So I ordered that at (the beginning of every Sabbath day/every Friday evening) they should shut the gates of the city before it became dark. I also ordered that they should not open the gates until (the Sabbath day was ended [the next day]/Saturday evening). Then [each Sabbath day] I put some of my men at the gates, so they would make sure that nothing to sell was brought into the city on that day.
Aconteceu que quando os portões de Jerusalém começaram a escurecer antes do sábado, eu ordenei que as portas fossem fechadas e ordenei que não fossem abertas até depois do sábado. Coloquei alguns de meus servos sobre os portões, para que nenhum fardo fosse trazido no dia de sábado.
20 One or two times merchants [DOU] stayed outside of the city on (Friday night/[the night before the Sabbath day]).
So os comerciantes e vendedores de todo tipo de mercadorias acampados fora de Jerusalém, uma ou duas vezes.
21 I warned them, “It is useless [RHQ] for you to stay here outside the walls [on Friday night]! If you do this again, I will tell my men to arrest you!” So after that, they did not come on Sabbath days.
Então eu testemunhei contra eles, e lhes disse: “Por que vocês ficam ao redor do muro? Se o fizerem novamente, eu lhes porei as mãos em cima”. A partir daquele momento, eles não vieram no sábado.
22 I also commanded the descendants of Levi to [perform the ritual to] purify themselves and to guard the city gates, to make sure that the Sabbath was kept holy [by not allowing merchants to enter it on Sabbath days]. My God, do not forget this also that I [have done for you]! And because of your faithfully loving me, allow me to continue to live [many more years]!
Eu ordenei aos Levitas que se purificassem e que viessem e guardassem os portões, para santificar o dia do sábado. Lembre-se de mim também para isto, meu Deus, e poupe-me de acordo com a grandeza de sua bondade amorosa.
23 During that time, I also found out that many of the Jewish men had married women from Ashdod [city], and from [the] Ammon and Moab [people-groups].
Naqueles dias eu também vi os judeus que tinham casado com mulheres de Ashdod, de Ammon e de Moab;
24 The result was that half of their children spoke the language that people in Ashdod speak or some other language, and they didn’t know how to speak our language.
e seus filhos falavam pela metade no discurso de Ashdod, e não podiam falar na língua dos judeus, mas de acordo com a língua de cada povo.
25 So I rebuked those men, and I [asked God to] curse them, and I beat them and pulled out [some of] their hair. Then I forced them to solemnly promise, knowing that God [MTY] was [listening], that they would never again marry foreigners, and never allow their children to marry foreigners.
Eu contendi com eles, amaldiçoei-os, golpeei alguns deles, arranquei-lhes os cabelos e os fiz jurar por Deus: “Não dareis vossas filhas a seus filhos, nem as tomareis por vossos filhos, nem por vós mesmos”.
26 [I said to them], “Solomon, the king of Israel, sinned [RHQ] as a result of [marrying] foreign women. He was greater than any of the kings of other nations. God loved him, and caused him to become the king of all the Israeli people, but his foreign wives caused even him to sin.
Salomão, rei de Israel, não pecou por estas coisas? No entanto, entre muitas nações não havia rei como ele, e ele era amado por seu Deus, e Deus o fez rei sobre todo Israel. No entanto, mulheres estrangeiras causaram até mesmo a ele o pecado.
27 [Do you think that] we should do what you have done, and disobey our God by marrying foreign women [who worship idols]? [RHQ]”
Devemos então ouvi-lo para fazer todo este grande mal, para transgredir nosso Deus ao casar com mulheres estrangeiras?”.
28 One of the sons of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib the Supreme Priest, had married the daughter of [our enemy] Sanballat, from Beth-Horon [town]. So I forced Jehoiada’s son to leave Jerusalem.
Um dos filhos de Joiada, o filho de Eliashib, o sumo sacerdote, era genro de Sanballat, o horonita; por isso o afugentei de mim.
29 My God, do not forget that those people [who have married foreign women] have caused it to be a shame/disgrace to be a priest, and have caused people to despise the agreement that you made with the priests and with the [other] descendants of Levi [who help the priests])!
Lembre-se deles, meu Deus, porque contaminaram o sacerdócio e o convênio do sacerdócio e dos levitas.
30 I did all that to make sure that there were no more foreign people among the [Israeli] people [who would encourage them to worship idols]. I also established regulations for the priests and [other] descendants of Levi, in order that they would know what work they should do.
Thus Eu os limpei de todos os estrangeiros e os deveres designados para os sacerdotes e para os levitas, todos em seu trabalho;
31 I also arranged for people to bring the firewood [that was needed to burn on the altar, as Moses had declared] that we should [do]. I also arranged for the people to bring the first part of what they harvested [each year]. My God, do not forget [that] I [have done all these things], and bless me [for doing them]!
e para a oferta de madeira, em horários designados, e para as primícias. Lembre-se de mim, meu Deus, para sempre.
