Nehemiah 6
1 Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem, and our other enemies heard [a report] that we had finished rebuilding the wall, and that now there were no more (gaps/places where the wall was not finished) (although we had not yet put the doors in the gates).
Agora quando foi relatado a Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem o Árabe, e ao resto de nossos inimigos que eu tinha construído o muro, e que não havia nenhuma brecha nele (embora até aquele momento eu não tivesse colocado as portas nos portões),
2 So Sanballat and Geshem sent [a message] to me, in which they said “Come and talk with us at a place in Ono Plain [north of Jerusalem].” But [I knew that] really they wanted to harm me [if I went there].
Sanballat e Geshem mandaram para mim, dizendo: “Venha! Vamos nos reunir nas aldeias da planície de Ono”. Mas eles tinham a intenção de me prejudicar.
3 So I sent messengers to them, to tell them, “I am doing an important work, and I cannot go down [there]. (Why should I stop doing this work just to go down to [talk with] you?/I do not want to stop doing this work just to go down to [talk with] you.)” [RHQ]
Enviei mensageiros para eles, dizendo: “Estou fazendo um grande trabalho, de modo que não posso descer”. Por que o trabalho deveria parar enquanto eu o deixo e descer até você”?
4 They sent me the same message four times, and each time when I replied to them I said the same thing.
They me enviou quatro vezes assim; e eu lhes respondi da mesma forma.
5 Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me, bringing a fifth message. This one was written, but it was not sealed. [He did that in order that others would read the message that the servant was carrying] in his hand.
Então Sanballat me enviou seu servo da mesma forma pela quinta vez com uma carta aberta na mão,
6 This is what was written in the message: “Some people in the nearby countries have heard a report that you and the other Jews are rebuilding the wall [in order to be able to resist attacks], because you are planning to revolt [against the king of Babylon]. And the report also says that you are planning to become the king [of the Israelis]. Geshem says that what they have reported is true.
na qual estava escrito: “É relatado entre as nações, e Gashmu o diz, que você e os judeus pretendem se rebelar”. Por causa disso, vocês estão construindo o muro. Você seria o rei deles, de acordo com estas palavras”.
7 [People are also saying that] you have appointed some prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem that you, [Nehemiah, ] are now the king in Judea. King [Artaxerxes] will certainly hear these reports, [and then you will be in big trouble]. So I suggest that we should meet together to talk about this matter.”
Você também designou profetas para proclamá-lo em Jerusalém, dizendo: “Há um rei em Judá! Agora será relatado ao rei de acordo com estas palavras. Venha agora, portanto, e vamos nos aconselhar juntos”.
8 [When I read that message, ] I sent [the messenger] back to Sanballat to say, “None of what you are saying is true. You have (made this up/concocted this) in your own head/mind.”
Então enviei a ele, dizendo: “Não existem tais coisas feitas como você diz, mas você as imagina do seu próprio coração”.
9 [I said that because I knew that] they were trying to cause us to be afraid, with the result that we would stop working [on the wall]. So I actually became more determined (OR, I prayed to God to help me) [to continue the work].
Pois todos eles nos teriam feito temer, dizendo: “Suas mãos ficarão enfraquecidas do trabalho, que não seja feito”. Mas agora, fortaleçam minhas mãos.
10 [One day] I went to talk with Shemaiah, son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel. I went to talk with him in his house, because he was not able (OR, allowed) to leave his house. He said to me, “You and I must enter the very sacred place in the temple and lock the doors, because people are going to come to kill you at night.”
Fui à casa de Semaías, filho de Delaías, filho de Mehetabel, que estava fechado em sua casa; e ele disse: “Encontremo-nos na casa de Deus, dentro do templo, e fechemos as portas do templo, pois eles virão para matá-lo”. Sim, na noite eles virão para matar você”.
11 I replied, “I (am not that kind of person/do not do things like that) [RHQ]! I would not run and hide in the temple to save my life! No, I will not do that!”
Eu disse: “Deve um homem como eu fugir? Quem, sendo como eu, entraria no templo para salvar sua vida? Eu não vou entrar”.
12 When I thought [about what he had said], I realized that God had not told Shemaiah to say that to me. I realized that Tobiah and Sanballat had bribed him [to say that to me].
Eu discernia, e eis que Deus não o havia enviado, mas ele pronunciou esta profecia contra mim. Tobias e Sanballat o haviam contratado.
13 They had bribed him to cause me to be afraid. They wanted me to [disobey God’s commands and] sin [by hiding in the temple]. If I did that, they would be able to ruin my reputation [MTY] and discredit me.
Ele foi contratado para que eu tivesse medo, o fizesse e pecasse, e para que eles pudessem ter material para um relatório maligno, para que eles me reprovassem.
14 [So I prayed, ] “My God, do not forget what Tobiah and Sanballat have done. Punish them. And do not forget that the female prophet Noadiah and some of the other prophets have also tried to cause me to be afraid.”
“Lembre-se, meu Deus, Tobias e Sambalate de acordo com estas suas obras, e também a profetisa Noadiah e os demais profetas que me teriam colocado em temor”.
15 On October 2 we finished rebuilding the wall. We did it all in 52 days.
So o muro foi terminado no vigésimo quinto dia de Elul, em cinqüenta e dois dias.
16 When our enemies in the nearby countries heard about that, they realized that they had been humiliated, because everyone knew that it was because God helped us that we had been able to do this work [and that they had not been able to force us to quit].
Quando todos os nossos inimigos ouviram falar disso, todas as nações que estavam ao nosso redor ficaram com medo e perderam a confiança; pois perceberam que este trabalho era feito por nosso Deus.
17 During this time, the Jewish leaders had been sending many messages/letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah had been sending messages back to them.
Além disso, naqueles dias, os nobres de Judá enviaram muitas cartas a Tobias, e as cartas de Tobias chegaram até eles.
18 Many people in Judea were closely associated with Tobiah, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah. Furthermore, Tobiah’s son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berekiah.
Pois havia muitos em Judá que lhe juraram porque ele era genro de Shecaniah, filho de Ará; e seu filho Jehohananan havia levado a filha de Mesulão, filho de Berequias, como esposa.
19 People often talked in my presence about all the good things that Tobiah had done, and then they would tell him everything that I said. So Tobiah sent many letters to me to try to cause me to become afraid.
Também falaram de suas boas ações diante de mim, e relataram minhas palavras a ele. Tobias enviou cartas para me colocar em medo.
