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).
Cuando Sanbalat, Tobías, Gesem el árabe y nuestros otros enemigos se enteraron de que yo había reconstruido la muralla y que no quedaban huecos – aunqueen ese momento todavía no había colocado las puertas en los portones –
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].
me enviaron un mensaje, diciendo: “Vamos, reunámonos en una de las aldeas de la llanura de Ono”. Pero tenían la intención de matarme.
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]
Así que envié mensajeros para decirles: “Estoy ocupado con un trabajo importante y no puedo bajar. ¿Por qué voy a dejar lo que estoy haciendo para venir a verlos a ustedes?”
4 They sent me the same message four times, and each time when I replied to them I said the same thing.
Me enviaron el mismo mensaje cuatro veces, y cada vez mi respuesta fue la misma.
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.
Sanbalat me envió el mismo mensaje la quinta vez por medio de su criado, que traía en su mano una carta abierta.
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.
La carta decía: “La gente de los alrededores dice, y Gesem lo confirma, que tú y los judíos están planeando una rebelión, y que por eso estás construyendo el muro. También planeas convertirte en su rey, según dicen,
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.”
e incluso has dispuesto que los profetas de Jerusalén anuncien por ti: ‘Hay un rey en Judá’. El rey pronto se enterará de esto. Así que ven, y hablemos de esto”.
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.”
Le contesté diciéndole: “¡No pasa nada de lo que dices! De hecho, ¡te lo estás inventando todo!”.
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].
Todos intentaban asustarnos, diciéndose a sí mismos: “No tendrán fuerzas para trabajar, así que nunca se terminará”. Pero yo rezaba, ¡hazme fuerte!
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.”
Más tarde, fui a casa de Semaías (era hijo de Delaías, hijo de Mehetabel) que se había encerrado en su casa. Él dijo: “Ven y reúnete conmigo en la casa de Dios dentro del Templo. ¡Entonces podremos cerrar las puertas del Templo porque vienen a matarte! Vienen a matarte esta noche”.
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!”
Yo respondí: “¿Debe alguien como yo huir? ¿Debería alguien como yo ir y esconderse en el Templo para poder sobrevivir? No voy a ir”.
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].
Pensé en ello y vi que Dios no lo había enviado, sino que había dicho esta profecía contra mí porque Tobías y Sanbalat lo habían 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.
Lo habían contratado pensando que me asustaría para que hiciera algo malo. Así podrían señalar con el dedo y arruinar mi reputación.
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.”
Dios mío, acuérdate de Tobías y de Sanbalat por haber hecho esto, y también de la profetisa Noadías y de los otros profetas que trataron de asustarme.
15 On October 2 we finished rebuilding the wall. We did it all in 52 days.
El muro fue terminado el día veinticinco del mes de Elul. Se necesitaron cincuenta y dos días.
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].
Cuando todos nuestros enemigos se enteraron, se asustaron; todas las naciones de alrededor se desanimaron mucho, pues reconocieron que esto había sido hecho por nuestro Dios.
17 During this time, the Jewish leaders had been sending many messages/letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah had been sending messages back to them.
En aquel tiempo los nobles de Judá intercambiaban muchas cartas con Tobías,
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.
porque mucha gente en Judá le había hecho un juramento de lealtad, ya que era yerno de Secanías, hijo de Ara, y su hijo Johanán estaba casado con la hija de Mesulam, hijo de Berequías.
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.
No dejaban de contarme todas las cosas buenas que hacía Tobías, y le informaban de lo que yo decía. Tobías también envió cartas para tratar de asustarme.
