Neemias 2
1 Succedeu pois no mez de nisan, no anno vigesimo do rei Artaxerxes, que estava posto vinho diante d'elle, e eu tomei o vinho, e o dei ao rei porém nunca estivera triste diante d'elle.
Now it happened that, in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes, wine was before him; and I lifted up the wine, and I gave it to the king. And I was like someone languishing before his face.
2 E o rei me disse: Porque está triste o teu rosto, pois não estás doente? Não é isto senão tristeza de coração: então temi muito em grande maneira.
And the king said to me: “Why is your expression sad, though you do not appear to be sick? This is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in your heart.” And I was struck with an exceedingly great fear.
3 E disse ao rei: Viva o rei para sempre! Como não estaria triste o meu rosto, estando a cidade, o logar dos sepulchros de meus paes, assolada, e tendo sido consumidas as suas portas a fogo?
And I said to the king: “O king, live forever. Why should my expression not be mournful, since the city of the house of the sepulchers of my father is desolate, and its gates have been burned with fire?”
4 E o rei me disse: Que me pedes agora? Então orei ao Deus dos céus,
And the king said to me: “What would you request?” And I prayed to the God of heaven.
5 E disse ao rei: Se é do agrado do rei, e se o teu servo é acceito em tua presença, peço-te que me envies a Judah, á cidade dos sepulchros de meus paes, para que eu a edifique.
And I said to the king: “If it seems good to the king, and if your servant is pleasing before your face: that you would send me into Judea, to the city of the sepulcher of my father. And I will rebuild it.”
6 Então o rei me disse, estando a rainha assentada junto a elle: Quanto durará a tua viagem, e quando voltarás? E aprouve ao rei enviar-me, apontando-lhe eu um certo tempo.
And the king said to me, with the queen who was sitting beside him: “Until what time will your journey be, and when will you return?” And it was pleasing before the countenance of the king, and so he sent me. And I established a time for him.
7 Disse mais ao rei: Se ao rei parece bem, dêem-se-me cartas para os governadores d'além do rio, para que me dêem passagem até que chegue a Judah.
And I said to the king: “If it seems good to the king, may he give me letters to the governors of the region beyond the river, so that they may lead me through, until I arrive in Judea,
8 Como tambem uma carta para Asaph, guarda do jardim do rei, que me dê madeira para cobrir as portas do paço da casa, e para o muro da cidade, e para a casa em que eu houver de entrar. E o rei m'as deu, segundo a boa mão de Deus sobre mim.
and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, so that he may give me timber, in order that I may be able to cover the gates of the tower of the house, and the walls of the city, and the house that I will enter.” And the king granted to me in accord with the good hand of my God, who is with me.
9 Então vim aos governadores d'além do rio, e dei-lhes as cartas do rei: e o rei tinha enviado comigo chefes do exercito e cavalleiros.
And I went to the governors of the region beyond the river, and I gave them the letters of the king. Now the king had sent with me military leaders and horsemen.
10 O que ouvindo Sanballat, o horonita, e Tobias, o servo ammonita, lhes desagradou com grande desagrado que alguem viesse a procurar o bem dos filhos d'Israel.
And Sanballat, a Horonite, and the servant Tobiah, an Ammonite, heard this. And they were saddened, with a great affliction, that a man had arrived who was seeking the prosperity of the sons of Israel.
11 E cheguei a Jerusalem, e estive ali tres dias.
And I arrived at Jerusalem, and I was there for three days.
12 E de noite me levantei, eu e poucos homens comigo, e não declarei a ninguem o que o meu Deus me poz no coração para fazer em Jerusalem: e não havia comigo animal algum, senão aquelle em que estava montado.
And I got up in the night, I and a few men with me. And I did not reveal to anyone what God had placed in my heart to do in Jerusalem. And there was no animal with me, except the animal on which I was sitting.
13 E de noite sahi pela porta do valle, e para a banda da fonte do dragão, e para a porta do monturo, e contemplei os muros de Jerusalem, que estavam fendidos, e as suas portas, que tinham sido consumidas pelo fogo.
And I departed in the night through the gate of the valley, and before the fountain of the dragon, and toward the dung gate. And I considered the wall of Jerusalem, which was broken apart, and its gates, which had been consumed by fire.
14 E passei á porta da fonte, e ao viveiro do rei; e não havia logar por onde podesse passar a cavalgadura debaixo de mim.
And I continued on to the gate of the fountain, and to the aqueduct of the king. And there was no room for the beast on which I was sitting to pass through.
15 Então de noite subi pelo ribeiro, e contemplei o muro: e voltei, e entrei pela porta do valle, e assim voltei.
And so I climbed up in the night along the torrent, and I considered the wall. And turning back, I went by the gate of the valley, and I returned.
16 E não souberam os magistrados aonde eu fui nem o que eu fazia: porque ainda nem aos judeos, nem aos nobres, nem aos magistrados, nem aos mais que faziam a obra, até então tinha declarado coisa alguma.
Now the magistrates did not know where I had gone, or what I had done. For I had revealed nothing, even to that point in time, to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the magistrates, or to the others who were doing the work.
17 Então lhes disse: Bem vêdes vós a miseria em que estamos, que Jerusalem está assolada, e que as suas portas teem sido queimadas a fogo: vinde pois e reedifiquemos o muro de Jerusalem, e não sejamos mais em opprobrio.
And so I said to them: “You know the affliction in which we are, because Jerusalem is desolate, and its gates have been consumed by fire. Come, and let us rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, and let us no longer be in disgrace.”
18 Então lhes declarei como a mão do meu Deus me fôra favoravel, como tambem as palavras do rei, que elle me tinha dito: então disseram: Levantemo-nos, e edifiquemos. E esforçaram as suas mãos para o bem
And I revealed to them how the hand of my God was with me for good, and the words of the king, which he had spoken to me. And I said: “Let us rise up, and build.” And their hands were strengthened for good.
19 O que ouvindo Sanballat, o horonita, e Tobias, o servo ammonita, e Gesem, o arabio, zombaram de nós, e desprezaram-n'os, e disseram: Que é isto que fazeis? quereis rebellar-vos contra o rei?
But Sanballat, a Horonite, and the servant Tobiah, an Ammonite, and Geshem, an Arab, heard of it. And they ridiculed and disparaged us, and they said: “What is this thing that you are doing? Could you be rebelling against the king?”
20 Então lhes respondi, e disse: O Deus dos céus é o que nos fará prosperar; e nós, seus servos, nos levantaremos e edificaremos: que vós não tendes parte, nem justiça, nem memoria em Jerusalem.
And I replied to them a word, and I said to them: “The God of heaven himself is helping us, and we are his servants. Let us rise up and build. But there is no portion, or justice, or remembrance in Jerusalem for you.”
