Neemias 1
1 As palavras de Nehemias, filho d'Hacalias. E succedeu no mez de chisleu, no anno vigesimo, estando eu em Susan, a fortaleza,
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
2 Que veiu Hanani, um de meus irmãos, elle e alguns de Judah; e perguntei-lhes pelos judeos que escaparam, e que restaram do captiveiro, e ácerca de Jerusalem.
That Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 E disseram-me: Os restantes, que restaram do captiveiro, lá na provincia estão em grande miseria e desprezo: e o muro de Jerusalem fendido, e as suas portas queimadas a fogo.
And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
4 E succedeu que, ouvindo eu estas palavras, assentei-me e chorei, e lamentei por alguns dias: e estive jejuando e orando perante o Deus dos céus.
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
5 E disse: Ah Senhor, Deus dos céus, Deus grande e terrivel! que guarda o concerto e a benignidade para com aquelles que o amam e guardam os seus mandamentos;
And said, I beseech you, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keeps covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
6 Estejam pois attentos os teus ouvidos, e os teus olhos abertos, para ouvires a oração do teu servo, que eu hoje oro perante ti, de dia e de noite, pelos filhos d'Israel, teus servos: e faço confissão pelos peccados dos filhos d'Israel, que peccámos contra ti; tambem eu e a casa de meu pae peccámos.
Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may hear the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you now, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
7 De todo nos corrompemos contra ti, e não guardámos os mandamentos, nem os estatutos, nem os juizos, que ordenaste a Moysés teu servo.
We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which you commanded your servant Moses.
8 Lembra-te pois da palavra que ordenaste a Moysés, teu servo, dizendo: Vós transgredireis, e eu vos espalharei entre os povos.
Remember, I beseech you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, If you transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
9 E vós vos convertereis a mim, e guardareis os meus mandamentos, e os fareis: então, ainda que os vossos rejeitados estiverem no cabo do céu, de lá os ajuntarei e os trarei ao logar que tenho escolhido para ali fazer habitar o meu nome.
But if you turn to me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out to the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
10 Ainda são teus servos e o teu povo que resgataste com a tua grande força e com a tua forte mão.
Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand.
11 Ah, Senhor, estejam pois attentos os teus ouvidos á oração do teu servo, e á oração dos teus servos que desejam temer o teu nome; e faze prosperar hoje o teu servo, e dá-lhe graça perante este homem. Então era eu copeiro do rei.
O LORD, I beseech you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who desire to fear your name: and prosper, I pray you, your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
