Neemias 1
1 As palavras de Nehemias, filho d'Hacalias. E succedeu no mez de chisleu, no anno vigesimo, estando eu em Susan, a fortaleza,
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the palace,
2 Que veiu Hanani, um de meus irmãos, elle e alguns de Judah; e perguntei-lhes pelos judeos que escaparam, e que restaram do captiveiro, e ácerca de Jerusalem.
Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 E disseram-me: Os restantes, que restaram do captiveiro, lá na provincia estão em grande miseria e desprezo: e o muro de Jerusalem fendido, e as suas portas queimadas a fogo.
They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
4 E succedeu que, ouvindo eu estas palavras, assentei-me e chorei, e lamentei por alguns dias: e estive jejuando e orando perante o Deus dos céus.
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
5 E disse: Ah Senhor, Deus dos céus, Deus grande e terrivel! que guarda o concerto e a benignidade para com aquelles que o amam e guardam os seus mandamentos;
and said, “I beg you, LORD, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,
6 Estejam pois attentos os teus ouvidos, e os teus olhos abertos, para ouvires a oração do teu servo, que eu hoje oro perante ti, de dia e de noite, pelos filhos d'Israel, teus servos: e faço confissão pelos peccados dos filhos d'Israel, que peccámos contra ti; tambem eu e a casa de meu pae peccámos.
let your ear now be attentive and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.
7 De todo nos corrompemos contra ti, e não guardámos os mandamentos, nem os estatutos, nem os juizos, que ordenaste a Moysés teu servo.
We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.
8 Lembra-te pois da palavra que ordenaste a Moysés, teu servo, dizendo: Vós transgredireis, e eu vos espalharei entre os povos.
“Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you trespass, I will scatter you among the peoples;
9 E vós vos convertereis a mim, e guardareis os meus mandamentos, e os fareis: então, ainda que os vossos rejeitados estiverem no cabo do céu, de lá os ajuntarei e os trarei ao logar que tenho escolhido para ali fazer habitar o meu nome.
but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.’
10 Ainda são teus servos e o teu povo que resgataste com a tua grande força e com a tua forte mão.
“Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand.
11 Ah, Senhor, estejam pois attentos os teus ouvidos á oração do teu servo, e á oração dos teus servos que desejam temer o teu nome; e faze prosperar hoje o teu servo, e dá-lhe graça perante este homem. Então era eu copeiro do rei.
Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.
