Neemias 13
1 N'aquelle dia leu-se no livro de Moysés, aos ouvidos do povo: e achou-se escripto n'elle que os ammonitas e os moabitas não entrassem jámais na congregação de Deus
Now on that day, they read from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it, there was found written that the Ammonites and the Moabites must not enter the church of God, even for all time,
2 Porquanto não sairam ao encontro dos filhos d'Israel com pão e agua; antes alugaram contra elles a Balaão para os amaldiçoar; ainda que o nosso Deus converteu a maldição em benção.
because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, and they hired Balaam against them, to curse them. But our God turned the curse into a blessing.
3 Succedeu pois que, ouvindo elles esta lei, apartaram d'Israel toda a mistura.
Now it happened that, when they had heard the law, they separated every foreigner from Israel.
4 E d'antes Eliasib, sacerdote, que presidia sobre a camara da casa do nosso Deus, se tinha aparentado com Tobias;
And Eliashib, the priest, was over this task; he had been given charge of the treasury of the house of our God, and he was a close relative of Tobiah.
5 E fizera-lhe uma camara grande, onde d'antes se mettiam as offertas de manjares, o incenso, e os vasos, e os dizimos do grão, do mosto, e do azeite, que se ordenaram para os levitas, e cantores, e porteiros, como tambem a offerta alçada para os sacerdotes.
Then he made for himself a large storeroom, and in that place, there was laid before him gifts, and frankincense, and vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, the portions of the Levites, and of the singing men, and of the gatekeepers, and the first-fruits of the priests.
6 Porém em tudo isto não estava eu em Jerusalem; porque no anno trinta e dois de Artaxerxes, rei de Babylonia, vim eu ter com o rei; mas ao cabo de alguns dias tornei a alcançar licença do rei
But during all this, I was not in Jerusalem, because in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, the king of Babylon, I went to the king, and at the end of some days, I petitioned the king.
7 E vim a Jerusalem, e entendi o mal que Eliasib fizera para Tobias, fazendo-lhe uma camara nos pateos da casa de Deus.
And I went to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, such that he would make him a storeroom in the vestibules of the house of God.
8 O que muito me desagradou: de sorte que lancei todos os moveis da casa de Tobias fóra da camara.
And it seemed to me very evil. And I cast the vessels of the house of Tobiah outside of the storeroom.
9 E, ordenando-o eu, purificaram as camaras: e tornei a trazer ali os vasos da casa de Deus, com as offertas de manjares, e o incenso.
And I gave instructions, and they cleansed again the storeroom. And I brought back, into that place, the vessels of the house of God, the sacrifice, and the frankincense.
10 Tambem entendi que o quinhão dos levitas se lhes não dava: de maneira que os levitas e os cantores, que faziam a obra, tinham fugido cada um para a sua terra.
And I realized that the portions of the Levites had not been given to them, and that each one had fled into his own region, from the Levites, and from the singing men, and from those who were ministering.
11 Então contendi com os magistrados, e disse: Porque se desamparou a casa de Deus? Porém eu os ajuntei, e os restaurei no seu posto.
And I brought the case before the magistrates, and I said, “Why have we forsaken the house of God?” And I gathered them together, and I caused them to stand at their stations.
12 Então todo o Judah trouxe os dizimos do grão, e do mosto, e do azeite aos celleiros.
And all of Judah brought the tithes of the grain, and the wine, and the oil into the storehouses.
13 E por thesoureiros puz sobre os celleiros a Selemias o sacerdote, e a Zadok o escrivão, e a Pedaias, d'entre os levitas; e á mão d'elles Hanan, filho de Zacchur, o filho de Matthanias: porque se tinham achado fieis: e se lhes encarregou a elles a distribuição para seus irmãos.
And we appointed over the storehouses, Shelemiah, the priest, and Zadok, the scribe, and Pedaiah from the Levites, and next to them Hanan, the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah. For they had proven to be faithful. And so the portions of their brothers were entrusted to them.
14 (Por isto, Deus meu, lembra-te de mim: e não risques as minhas beneficencias que eu fiz á casa de meu Deus e ás suas guardas.)
Remember me, O my God, because of this, and may you not wipe away my acts of compassion, which I have done for the house of my God and for his ceremonies.
15 N'aquelles dias vi em Judah os que pisavam lagares ao sabbado e traziam feixes que carregavam sobre os jumentos; como tambem vinho, uvas e figos, e toda a casta de cargas, que traziam a Jerusalem no dia de sabbado; e protestei contra elles no dia em que vendiam mantimentos.
In those days, I saw, in Judah, some who were treading the presses on the Sabbath, and who were carrying sheaves, and placing on donkeys burdens of wine, and of grapes, and of figs, and all manner of burdens, and who were bringing these into Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath. And I contended with them, so that they would sell on a day when it was permitted to sell.
16 Tambem tyrios habitavam dentro, que traziam peixe, e toda a mercadoria, que no sabbado vendiam aos filhos de Judah, e em Jerusalem.
And some Tyrians dwelt within, who were bringing fish and all kinds of items for sale. And they were selling on the Sabbaths to the sons of Judah in Jerusalem.
17 E contendi com os nobres de Judah, e lhes disse: Que mal é este que fazeis, e profanaes o dia de sabbado?
And I put the nobles of Judah under oath, and I said to them: “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?
18 Porventura não fizeram vossos paes assim, e nosso Deus não trouxe todo este mal sobre nós e sobre esta cidade? e vós ainda mais accrescentaes o ardor de sua ira sobre Israel, profanando o sabbado.
Did not our fathers do these things, and so our God brought all this evil upon us and upon this city? And you are adding more wrath upon Israel by violating the Sabbath!”
19 Succedeu pois que, dando as portas de Jerusalem já sombra antes do sabbado, ordenando-o eu, as portas se fecharam; e mandei que as não abrissem até passado o sabbado; e puz ás portas alguns de meus moços, para que carga nenhuma entrasse no dia de sabbado.
And it happened that, when the gates of Jerusalem had rested on the day of the Sabbath, I spoke, and they closed the gates. And I instructed that they should not open them until after the Sabbath. And I appointed some of my servants over the gates, so that no one would carry in a burden on the day of the Sabbath.
20 Então os negociantes e os vendedores de toda a mercadoria passaram a noite fóra de Jerusalem, uma ou duas vezes.
And so the merchants and those who sold all kinds of items remained just outside of Jerusalem, once and again.
21 Protestei pois contra elles, e lhes disse: Porque passaes a noite defronte do muro? se outra vez o fizerdes, hei de lançar mão de vós: d'aquelle tempo em diante não vieram no sabbado.
And I contended with them, and I said to them: “Why are you remaining just beyond the wall? If you do this again, I will send hands upon you.” And so, from that time, they no longer came on the Sabbath.
22 Tambem disse aos levitas que se purificassem, e viessem guardar as portas, para sanctificar o sabbado. (N'isto tambem, Deus meu, lembra-te de mim; e perdoa-me segundo a abundancia da tua benignidade.)
I also spoke to the Levites, so that they would be cleansed, and would arrive to guard the gates and to sanctify the day of the Sabbath. Because of this also, O my God, remember me and spare me, in accord with the multitude of your mercies.
23 Vi tambem n'aquelles dias judeos que tinham casado com mulheres asdoditas, ammonitas, e moabitas.
But also in those days, I saw some Jews taking wives from the Ashdodites, and the Ammonites, and the Moabites.
24 E seus filhos fallavam meio asdotita, e não podiam fallar judaico, senão segundo a lingua de cada povo.
And their sons spoke partly in the speech of Ashdod, and they did not know how to speak the Jewish language, and they were speaking according to the language of one people or another.
25 E contendi com elles, e os amaldiçoei e espanquei alguns d'elles, e lhes arranquei os cabellos, e os fiz jurar por Deus, dizendo: Não dareis mais vossas filhas a seus filhos, e não tomareis mais suas filhas, nem para vossos filhos nem para vós mesmos.
And I put them under oath, and I cursed them. And I struck some of their men, and I shaved off their hair, and I made them swear to God that they would not give their daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for their sons, nor for themselves, saying:
26 Porventura não peccou n'isto Salomão, rei d'Israel, não havendo entre muitas gentes rei similhante a elle, e sendo amado de seu Deus, e pondo-o Deus rei sobre todo o Israel? e comtudo as mulheres estranhas o fizeram peccar.
“Did not Solomon, king of Israel, sin in this kind of thing? And certainly, among many nations, there was no king similar to him, and he was beloved of his God, and God set him as king over all of Israel. And yet foreign women led even him into sin!
27 E dar-vos-hiamos nós ouvidos, para fazermos todo este grande mal, prevaricando contra o nosso Deus, casando com mulheres estranhas?
So how could we disobey and do all this great evil, so that we would transgress against our God, and take foreign wives?”
28 Tambem um dos filhos de Joiada, filho d'Eliasib, o summo sacerdote, era genro de Sanballat, o horonita, pelo que o afugentei de mim.
Now one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the high priest, was a son-in-law to Sanballat, a Horonite, and I made him flee from me.
29 Lembra-te d'elles, Deus meu, pois contaminaram o sacerdocio, como tambem o concerto do sacerdocio e dos levitas.
O Lord, my God, remember against those who defile the priesthood and the law of the priests and the Levites!
30 Assim os alimpei de todo o estranho, e ordenei as guardas dos sacerdotes e dos levitas, cada um na sua obra.
And so I cleansed them from all foreigners, and I established the orders of the priests and the Levites, each one in his ministry.
31 Como tambem para com as offertas da lenha em tempos determinados, e para com as primicias: lembra-te de mim, Deus meu, para bem.
O my God, remember me also, for good, because of the offering of wood, at the appointed times, and because of the first-fruits. Amen.
