Neemias 4
1 E succedeu que, ouvindo Sanballat que edificavamos o muro, ardeu em ira, e se indignou muito; e escarneceu dos judeos.
And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
2 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?
And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? shall they be permitted to go on? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, when they are burned?
3 E estava com elle Tobias, o ammonita, e disse: Ainda que edifiquem, comtudo, vindo uma raposa, derrubará facilmente o seu muro de pedra.
And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox went up, it would break down their stone wall. —
4 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.
Hear, our God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in a land of captivity!
5 E não cubras a sua iniquidade, e não se risque diante de ti o seu peccado, pois que te irritaram defronte dos edificadores.
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.
6 Porém edificámos o muro, e todo o muro se cerrou até sua metade: porque o coração do povo se inclinava a trabalhar.
But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.
7 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,
And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being repaired, that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
8 E ligaram-se entre si todos, para virem guerrear a Jerusalem, e para os desviarem do seu intento.
and conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
9 Porém nós orámos ao nosso Deus, e pozemos uma guarda contra elles, de dia e de noite, por causa d'elles.
Then we prayed to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
10 Então disse Judah: Já desfalleceram as forças dos acarretadores, e o pó é muito, e nós não poderemos edificar o muro
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens faileth, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build at the wall.
11 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.
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.
12 E succedeu que, vindo os judeos que habitavam entre elles, dez vezes nol-o disseram, de todos os logares, porque tornavam a nós.
And it came to pass that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us so ten times, from all the places whence they returned to us,
13 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.
I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.
14 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.
And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be 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.
15 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.
And it came to pass that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had defeated their counsel, we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.
16 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.
And from that time forth the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held the spears, and the shields, and the bows, and the corslets; and the captains were behind all the house of Judah.
17 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.
They that built on the wall, and they that bore burdens, with those that loaded, wrought in the work with one hand, and with the other they held a weapon.
18 E os edificadores cada um trazia a sua espada cingida aos lombos, e edificavam: e o que tocava a trombeta estava junto comigo.
And the builders had every one his sword girded by his side, and built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
19 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.
And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and extended, and we are scattered upon the wall, one far from another:
20 No logar onde ouvirdes o som da buzina ali vos ajuntareis comnosco; o nosso Deus pelejará por nós.
in what place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, thither shall ye assemble to us; our God will fight for us.
21 Assim trabalhavamos na obra: e metade d'elles tinha as lanças desde a subida da alva até ao sair das estrellas.
And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared.
22 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.
Likewise at the same time I said to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and [be for] labour in the day.
23 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.
And neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our garments: every one had his weapon on his right side.
