Neemias 6
1 Succedeu mais que, ouvindo Sanballat, Tobias, Gesem, o arabio, e o resto dos nossos inimigos que eu tinha edificado o muro, e que n'elle já não havia brecha alguma; ainda que até este tempo não tinha posto as portas nos portaes;
Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it, (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
2 Sanballat e Gesem enviaram a dizer: Vem, e congreguemo-nos juntamente nas aldeias, no valle d'Ono. Porém intentavam fazer-me mal.
that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
3 E enviei-lhes mensageiros a dizer: Faço uma grande obra, de modo que não poderei descer: porque cessaria esta obra, emquanto eu a deixasse, e fosse ter comvosco?
And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it, and come down to you?
4 E da mesma maneira enviaram a mim quatro vezes; e da mesma maneira lhes respondi.
And they sent to me four times after this sort, and I answered them after the same manner.
5 Então Sanballat da mesma maneira a quinta vez me enviou seu moço com uma carta aberta na sua mão;
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand
6 E na qual estava escripto: Entre as gentes se ouviu, e Gusmu diz: Tu e os judeos intentaes rebellar-vos, pelo que edificas o muro; e tu te farás rei d'elles segundo estas palavras;
in which was written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel, for which cause thou are building the wall. And thou would be their king according to these words.
7 E que pozeste prophetas, para prégarem de ti em Jerusalem, dizendo: Este é rei em Judah: de modo que o rei o ouvirá, segundo estas palavras: vem pois agora e consultemos juntamente.
And thou have also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah. And now it shall be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
8 Porém eu enviei a dizer-lhe: De tudo o que dizes coisa nenhuma succedeu; mas tu do teu coração o inventas.
Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou say, but thou imagine them out of thine own heart.
9 Porque todos elles nos procuravam atemorizar, dizendo: As suas mãos largarão a obra, e não se effeituará. Agora pois, ó Deus, esforça as minhas mãos.
For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work that it not be done. But now, O God, strengthen thou my hands.
10 E, entrando eu em casa de Semaias, filho de Delaias, o filho de Mehetabel (que estava encerrado), disse elle: Vamos juntamente á casa de Deus, ao meio do templo, e fechemos as portas do templo; porque virão matar-te: sim, de noite virão matar-te.
And I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up, and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple. For they will come to kill thee, yea, they will come to kill thee in the night.
11 Porém eu disse: Um homem como eu fugiria? e quem ha, como eu, que entre no templo e viva? de maneira nenhuma entrarei.
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? And who is there, that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
12 E conheci que eis-que não era Deus quem o enviara; mas esta prophecia fallou contra mim, porquanto Tobias e Sanballat o alugaram.
And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him, but he pronounced this prophecy against me, and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13 Para isto o alugaram, para me atemorisar, e para que assim fizesse, e peccasse, para que tivessem alguma causa para me infamarem, e assim me vituperarem.
For this cause he was hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
14 Lembra-te, meu Deus, de Tobias e de Sanballat, conforme a estas suas obras: e tambem da prophetiza Noadia, e dos mais prophetas que procuraram atemorisar-me.
Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, who would have put me in fear.
15 Acabou-se pois o muro aos vinte e cinco d'elul: em cincoenta e dois dias.
So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.
16 E succedeu que, ouvindo-o todos os nossos inimigos, temeram, todos os gentios que havia em roda de nós, e abateram-se muito em seus proprios olhos; porque reconheceram que o nosso Deus fizera esta obra.
And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard of it, that all the nations that were around us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes, for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
17 Tambem n'aquelles dias alguns nobres de Judah escreveram muitas cartas, que iam para Tobias: e as cartas de Tobias vinham para elles.
Moreover in those days the ranking men of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them.
18 Porque muitos em Judah se lhe ajuramentaram, porque era genro de Sechanias, filho d'Arah; e seu filho Johanan tomara a filha de Mesullam, filho de Berechias.
For there were many in Judah sworn to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah to wife.
19 Tambem as suas bondades contavam perante mim, e as minhas palavras lhe levavam a elle: portanto Tobias escrevia cartas para me atemorizar.
Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
