Nehemiah 4
1 But it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
E succedeu que, ouvindo Sanballat que edificavamos o muro, ardeu em ira, e se indignou muito; e escarneceu dos judeos.
2 And he spoke before his brethren, and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
E fallou na presença de seus irmãos, e do exercito de Samaria, e disse: Que fazem estes fracos judeos? permittir-se-lhes-ha isto? sacrificarão? acabal-o-hão n'um só dia? vivificarão dos montões do pó as pedras que foram queimadas?
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite [was] by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox should go up, he would even break down their stone wall.
E estava com elle Tobias, o ammonita, e disse: Ainda que edifiquem, comtudo, vindo uma raposa, derrubará facilmente o seu muro de pedra.
4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
Ouve, ó nosso Deus, que somos tão desprezados, e torna o seu opprobrio sobre a sua cabeça, e faze com que sejam um despojo, na terra do captiveiro.
5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.
E não cubras a sua iniquidade, e não se risque diante de ti o seu peccado, pois que te irritaram defronte dos edificadores.
6 So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half of it, for the people had a mind to work.
Porém edificámos o muro, e todo o muro se cerrou até sua metade: porque o coração do povo se inclinava a trabalhar.
7 But it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were set up, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
E succedeu que, ouvindo Sanballat e Tobias, e os arabios, e os ammonitas, e os asdoditas, que tanto ia crescendo a reparação dos muros de Jerusalem, que já as roturas se começavam a tapar, iraram-se sobremodo,
8 And conspired all of them together to come [and] to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
E ligaram-se entre si todos, para virem guerrear a Jerusalem, e para os desviarem do seu intento.
9 Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Porém nós orámos ao nosso Deus, e pozemos uma guarda contra elles, de dia e de noite, por causa d'elles.
10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and [there is] much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
Então disse Judah: Já desfalleceram as forças dos acarretadores, e o pó é muito, e nós não poderemos edificar o muro
11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
Disseram porém os nossos inimigos: Nada saberão d'isto, nem verão, até que entremos no meio d'elles, e os matemos; assim faremos cessar a obra.
12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews who dwelt by them came, they said to us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return to us [they will be upon you].
E succedeu que, vindo os judeos que habitavam entre elles, dez vezes nol-o disseram, de todos os logares, porque tornavam a nós.
13 Therefore I set in the lower places behind the wall, [and] on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Pelo que puz guardas nos logares baixos por detraz do muro e nos altos: e puz ao povo pelas suas familias com as suas espadas, com as suas lanças, e com os seus arcos.
14 And I looked, and arose, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be ye not afraid of them: remember the LORD [who is] great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
E olhei, e levantei-me, e disse aos nobres, e aos magistrados, e ao resto do povo: Não os temaes: lembrae-vos do grande e terrivel Senhor, e pelejae pelos vossos irmãos, vossos filhos, vossas mulheres e vossas casas.
15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to naught, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.
E succedeu que, ouvindo os nossos inimigos que nol-o fizeram saber, e que Deus tinha dissipado o conselho d'elles, todos voltámos ao muro, cada um á sua obra.
16 And it came to pass, from that time forth, [that] the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers [were] behind all the house of Judah.
E succedeu que desde aquelle dia metade dos meus moços trabalhava na obra, e metade d'elles tinha as lanças, os escudos, os arcos, e as couraças; e os chefes estavam por detraz de toda a casa de Judah.
17 They who built on the wall, and they that bore burdens, with those that laded, [every one] with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other [hand] held a weapon.
Os que edificavam o muro, e os que traziam as cargas, e os que carregavam, cada um com uma mão fazia a obra e na outra tinha as armas.
18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and [so] built. And he that sounded the trumpet [was] by me.
E os edificadores cada um trazia a sua espada cingida aos lombos, e edificavam: e o que tocava a trombeta estava junto comigo.
19 And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work [is] great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
E disse eu aos nobres, e aos magistrados, e ao resto do povo: Grande e extensa é a obra, e nós estamos apartados do muro, longe uns dos outros.
20 In what place [therefore] ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither to us: our God will fight for us.
No logar onde ouvirdes o som da buzina ali vos ajuntareis comnosco; o nosso Deus pelejará por nós.
21 So we labored in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
Assim trabalhavamos na obra: e metade d'elles tinha as lanças desde a subida da alva até ao sair das estrellas.
22 Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labor in the day.
Tambem n'aquelle tempo disse ao povo: Cada um com o seu moço passe a noite em Jerusalem, para que de noite nos sirvam de guarda, e de dia na obra.
23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes, [saving that] every one put them off for washing.
E nem eu, nem meus irmãos, nem meus moços, nem os homens da guarda que me seguiam largavamos os nossos vestidos: cada um tinha suas armas e agua.
