Nehemías 6
1 Sucedió que cuando Sanbalat, Tobías, Gesem el árabe y el resto de nuestros enemigos oyeron que yo reconstruí el muro y que no quedó alguna brecha en él, aunque hasta ese momento no habían colocado las hojas de las puertas,
Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways);
2 Sanbalat y Gesem mandaron a decirme: Ven y reunámonos en Kefirim, en el valle de Ono. Pero ellos pensaban hacerme daño.
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.
3 Les envié mensajeros para decirles: Yo hago una gran obra y no puedo ir. ¿Por qué debe cesar la obra al dejarla yo para ir a ustedes?
And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you?
4 Insistieron cuatro veces sobre este asunto, pero yo les respondí de la misma manera.
And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer.
5 Entonces Sanbalat me envió a su esclavo con este asunto por quinta vez con una carta abierta en la mano,
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
6 en la cual estaba escrito: Se rumora entre los pueblos, y Gasmú lo dice, que tú y los judíos piensan rebelarse. Por tanto, reconstruyes el muro, y según esos rumores, tú vas a ser su rey.
And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king;
7 Y que además designaste profetas para que te proclamen en Jerusalén y digan: ¡Hay rey en Judá! Y ahora, estas palabras serán oídas por el rey. Por tanto, ven y consultemos juntos.
And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.
8 Entonces envié a decirle: No hay tal cosa como dices, sino que las inventas por iniciativa propia.
Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself.
9 Porque ellos querían atemorizarnos. Pensaban que nuestras manos estarían debilitadas por la obra y que desistiríamos de ella. Pero ahora, ¡fortalece Tú mis manos!
For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.
10 En cuanto a mí, fui a la casa de Semaías, hijo de Delaía, hijo de Mehe-tabel, porque él estaba encerrado. Y él dijo: Reunámonos dentro del Templo de ʼElohim y cerremos las puertas del Santuario, porque vienen a matarte. Sí, esta noche vienen a matarte.
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 have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the night they will come to put you to death.
11 Pero respondí: ¿Un hombre como yo debe huir? ¿Y podría un hombre como yo entrar en el Templo para salvar su vida? No entraré.
And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.
12 Y percibí que ʼElohim no lo envió, pero pronunciaba esa profecía contra mí porque Tobías y Sanbalat lo sobornaron.
Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so.
13 Porque él fue sobornado para atemorizarme, con el propósito de que yo actuara de ese modo y pecara, y así tener motivo para difamarme.
For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.
14 ¡Acuérdate, oh ʼElohim mío, de Tobías y Sanbalat, en conformidad con sus palabras, y de la profetisa Noadías y los demás profetas que trataban de atemorizarme!
Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.
15 El muro fue terminado el 25 de Elul, en 52 días.
So the wall was complete on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.
16 Cuando todos nuestros enemigos lo oyeron, sucedió que todos los pueblos vecinos tuvieron temor. Se sintieron humillados, porque reconocieron que este trabajo fue hecho por nuestro ʼElohim.
And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.
17 En aquellos días iban muchas cartas de los jefes de Judá a Tobías, y las de Tobías llegaban a ellos.
And further, in those days the chiefs of Judah sent a number of letters to Tobiah, and his letters came to them.
18 Porque muchos de Judá se conjuraron con él, pues era yerno de Secanías, hijo de Ara, y su hijo Johanán tomó como esposa a la hija de Mesulam, hijo de Berequías.
For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.
19 Asimismo me contaban las buenas obras de él, y le referían mis palabras. Y Tobías enviaba cartas para atemorizarme.
And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.
