Nehemiah 5
1 [Later, ] many of the men and their wives protested loudly about what [some of] the [other] Jews were doing.
Então surgiu um grande grito do povo e de suas esposas contra seus irmãos, os judeus.
2 Some/One of them said, “We have many children. So we need a lot of grain to be able to eat and continue to live.”
Pois houve quem dissesse: “Nós, nossos filhos e nossas filhas, somos muitos”. Vamos buscar grãos, para que possamos comer e viver”.
3 Others said, “The fields and vineyards and houses that we own, it has been necessary for us to (mortgage them/promise to give them to someone if we do not pay back to him the money he has loaned us) in order to get money to buy grain, during this (famine/time where there is not much food).”
Houve também alguns que disseram: “Estamos hipotecando nossos campos, nossos vinhedos e nossas casas”. Vamos conseguir grãos, por causa da fome”.
4 Others said, “We have [needed to] borrow money to pay the taxes that the king [commanded us to pay] on our fields and our vineyards.
Houve também alguns que disseram: “Pedimos dinheiro emprestado para a homenagem do rei, usando nossos campos e nossas vinhas como garantia”.
5 We are Jews just like [IDM] they are. Our children are ([just as good as/equal with)] their children. But we have needed to sell some of our children to become slaves [in order to pay what we owe]. We have already sold some of our daughters to become slaves. Our fields and vineyards have been taken away from us, so now we do not have [the money to pay what we owe, and we are forced to sell our children to get money to pay those debts].”
Mas agora nossa carne é como a carne de nossos irmãos, nossos filhos como os filhos deles”. Eis que colocamos nossos filhos e nossas filhas em cativeiro para serem servos, e algumas de nossas filhas foram colocadas em cativeiro. Também não está em nosso poder ajudá-la, porque outros homens têm nossos campos e nossas vinhas”.
6 I was very angry when I heard these things that they were complaining about.
Fiquei muito zangado quando ouvi seu grito e estas palavras.
7 So I thought about what I could do about it. I told the leaders and officials [who were responsible for this work], “You are charging interest to your own relatives [when they borrow money from you]!” Then I called together a large group of people,
Então me consultei comigo mesmo, e me confrontei com os nobres e os governantes, e lhes disse: “Vós exigis usura, todos de seu irmão”. Realizei uma grande assembléia contra eles.
8 and I said to their [leaders], “Some of our Jewish relatives have been forced to sell themselves to become slaves of people who have come from other countries. As much as we have been able to, we have been buying them back [out of slavery]. But now you are forcing your own relatives to sell themselves to you, their fellow Jews, as slaves!” [When I said that to them, ] they were silent. There was nothing that they could say [because they knew that what I said was true].
Eu lhes disse: “Nós, depois de nossa capacidade, resgatamos nossos irmãos, os judeus que foram vendidos às nações; e você até venderia seus irmãos, e eles deveriam ser vendidos a nós”? Então eles se calaram, e não encontraram uma palavra a dizer.
9 Then I said to them, “What you are doing is terrible [EUP]! You certainly ought to [RHQ] obey God and do what is right! If you did that, our enemies who do not revere Yahweh [would see that we are doing what is right and] would not ridicule us.
Também eu disse: “O que vocês fazem não é bom”. Você não deveria caminhar no temor de nosso Deus por causa da reprovação das nações, nossos inimigos?
10 My fellow Jews and I and my servants have lent money and grain to people [without charging interest]. So you all should stop charging interest on these loans.
Eu também, meus irmãos e meus servos, lhes empresto dinheiro e grãos. Por favor, deixem-nos parar esta usura.
11 Also, you must give back to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive tree orchards, and their houses that you have taken from them. You must also give back to them the interest that you charged them when they borrowed money, grain, wine, and [olive] oil from you, and you must do it today!”
Por favor, restituam-lhes, ainda hoje, seus campos, seus vinhedos, seus olivais e suas casas, também a centésima parte do dinheiro, do grão, do vinho novo e do azeite, que lhes cobram”.
12 The leaders replied, “We will do what you have said. We will return to them everything that we forced them to give to us, and we will not require that they give us anything more.” Then I summoned the priests, and I forced the leaders to vow in front of them that they would do what they had promised to do.
Então eles disseram: “Nós os restauraremos e não exigiremos nada deles”. Fá-lo-emos, mesmo como vocês dizem”. Então chamei os padres e fiz um juramento deles, que fariam de acordo com esta promessa.
13 I shook out the folds of my robe and said to them, “If you do not do what you have just now promised to do, I hope/desire that God will shake you like I am shaking my robe. He will take away your homes and everything else that you own.” They all replied, “Amen/May it be so!” And they praised Yahweh. Then they did what they had promised to do.
Também sacudi meu colo e disse: “Que Deus sacuda cada homem de sua casa, e de seu trabalho, que não cumpre esta promessa; até mesmo que ele seja sacudido e esvaziado assim”. Toda a assembléia disse, “Amém”, e elogiou Yahweh. O povo fez de acordo com esta promessa.
14 I was appointed to be the governor of Judea in the twentieth year that Artaxerxes was the king [of Persia]. For the next twelve years, until he had been ruling for almost 32 years, neither I nor my officials accepted [the money that we were allowed/entitled to receive to buy] food because of my being the governor.
Além disso, desde que fui nomeado governador deles na terra de Judá, desde o vigésimo ano até o trigésimo segundo ano de Artaxerxes o rei, ou seja, doze anos, eu e meus irmãos não comemos o pão do governador.
15 The men who were governors before I became the governor had burdened the people by requiring them to pay a lot of taxes. They had forced each person to pay to them 40 silver coins every day, in addition to giving food and wine to them. Even their servants/officials oppressed the people. But I did not do that, because I revered God.
Mas os ex-governadores que foram antes de mim foram apoiados pelo povo, e deles tomaram pão e vinho, mais quarenta siclos de prata; sim, até seus servos governavam o povo, mas eu não o fiz, por causa do temor de Deus.
16 I also continued to work on the wall, and I did not take land from people [who were unable to pay back the money that they had borrowed from me]. All those who worked for me joined me to work on the wall.
Sim, eu também continuei no trabalho deste muro. Nós não compramos nenhuma terra. Todos os meus servos estavam ali reunidos para o trabalho.
17 Also, every day I was responsible to feed 150 Jewish officials, and also [official] visitors who came from nearby countries.
Moreover estavam à minha mesa, dos judeus e dos governantes, cento e cinqüenta homens, além daqueles que vieram até nós de entre as nações que estavam ao nosso redor.
18 Each day I [told my servants to] serve [us the meat from] one ox, six very good sheep, and chickens. And every ten days I gave them a large new supply of wine. But I knew that the people were burdened [by paying lots of taxes], so I did not accept [the money that I was entitled/allowed to receive to buy all this] food because of my being the governor.
Agora, o que estava preparado para um dia era um boi e seis ovelhas escolhidas. Também foram preparadas galinhas para mim, e uma vez em dez dias uma loja de todo tipo de vinho. No entanto, por tudo isso, eu não exigia o pagamento do governador, porque a escravidão era pesada para este povo.
19 My God, do not forget me, and reward me because of all that I have done for these people.
Lembre-se de mim, meu Deus, por todo o bem que tenho feito por este povo.
