Neemias 4
1 E succedeu que, ouvindo Sanballat que edificavamos o muro, ardeu em ira, e se indignou muito; e escarneceu dos judeos.
But it came to pass, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, it angered him, and he was greatly displeased, —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 spake before his brethren, and the army of Samaria, and said, What are, these feeble Jews, doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they bring to life the stones out of the heaps of dust, when, they, have been burned up?
3 E estava com elle Tobias, o ammonita, e disse: Ainda que edifiquem, comtudo, vindo uma raposa, derrubará facilmente o seu muro de pedra.
Now, Tobiah the Ammonite, was beside him, —so he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox should go up, he 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, O our God, for we have become a contempt, and turn thou back their reproach upon their own head, —and give them up as a prey, in the 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 do not cover their iniquity, and, their sin before thee, let it not be blotted out, —for they have caused vexation before them who are building.
6 Porém edificámos o muro, e todo o muro se cerrou até sua metade: porque o coração do povo se inclinava a trabalhar.
So we built the wall, and all the wall was finished unto the half thereof, —and 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,
But it came to pass, when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerusalem had gone up, that the breaches began to be stopped, that it angered them exceedingly;
8 E ligaram-se entre si todos, para virem guerrear a Jerusalem, e para os desviarem do seu intento.
and they conspired, all of them together, to come, to fight against Jerusalem, —and to cause it harm;
9 Porém nós orámos ao nosso Deus, e pozemos uma guarda contra elles, de dia e de noite, por causa d'elles.
howbeit we prayed unto 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
Then said Judah, The strength of the burden-bearer faileth, and, the rubbish, aboundeth, —and, 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 have said, They shall not know, neither shall they see, until we come into their midst, and slay them, —so shall we cause the work to cease.
12 E succedeu que, vindo os judeos que habitavam entre elles, dez vezes nol-o disseram, de todos os logares, porque tornavam a nós.
But it came to pass, when the Jews dwelling near them came in, then said they unto us, ten times, From all places whither ye shall turn, [they will be] upon 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.
So I set—on the lower slopes of the place behind the wall in the waste grounds, —yea I set the people, by 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.
Then I looked and rose up, and said—unto the nobles and unto the deputies and unto the rest of the people, Do not ye fear because of them, —the great and fearful Lord, remember ye, so shall ye 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, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had overturned their counsel, then returned we, all of us, unto the wall, every man unto 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 it came to pass, from that day, the half of my young men, were working in the work, and, the half of them, were grasping the spears, the bucklers, and the bows, and the coats of mail, —but, the rulers, 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 who were building at the wall and they who were carrying burdens, they who were lifting, [each man], with his one hand, was working at the work, and, with the other, was grasping the 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.
Even they who were building, every man, had his sword girded upon his loins, and so was building, —and, he that sounded the horn, was by my side.
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.
So I said unto the nobles and unto the deputies, and unto the rest of the people, The work, is great and large, —and, we, are separated upon the wall, far away, each man from his brother:
20 No logar onde ouvirdes o som da buzina ali vos ajuntareis comnosco; o nosso Deus pelejará por nós.
In what place soever ye shall hear the sound of the horn, thither, gather yourselves unto 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.
So, we, were working at the work, —one half of them, grasping the spears, from the uprisings of the dawn, until the coming out of the stars.
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.
Moreover, at that time, I said to the people, Let, every one with his young man, lodge for the night in the midst of Jerusalem, —so shall they serve us, in the night, as a watch, and, the day, for work.
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.
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my young men, nor the men of the watch that followed me, none of us, put off our clothes, —every one [went] with his weapon to the water.
