Nehemías 6
1 Cuando Sanbalat, Tobías, Gesem el árabe y el resto de nuestros enemigos nos dieron la noticia de que yo había hecho la construcción del muro y que no había más lugares rotos en él, aunque incluso entonces no había puesto las puertas en las puertas;
Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem, and our other enemies heard [a report] that we had finished rebuilding the wall, and that now there were no more (gaps/places where the wall was not finished) (although we had not yet put the doors in the gates).
2 Sanbalat y Gesem me enviaron diciendo: Vengan, tengamos una reunión en uno de los pueblos pequeños en la tierra baja de Ono. Pero su propósito era hacerme mal.
So Sanballat and Geshem sent [a message] to me, in which they said “Come and talk with us at a place in Ono Plain [north of Jerusalem].” But [I knew that] really they wanted to harm me [if I went there].
3 Y les envié a los hombres diciendo: Estoy haciendo un gran trabajo, y no puedo ir; ¿se debe detener el trabajo mientras me alejo de él y vengo a ustedes?
So I sent messengers to them, to tell them, “I am doing an important work, and I cannot go down [there]. (Why should I stop doing this work just to go down to [talk with] you?/I do not want to stop doing this work just to go down to [talk with] you.)” [RHQ]
4 Y cuatro veces me enviaron de esta manera, y yo les envié la misma respuesta.
They sent me the same message four times, and each time when I replied to them I said the same thing.
5 Entonces Sanbalat me envió a su criado por quinta vez con una carta abierta en la mano;
Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me, bringing a fifth message. This one was written, but it was not sealed. [He did that in order that others would read the message that the servant was carrying] in his hand.
6 Y en esto se registraron estas palabras: Se dice entre las naciones, y Gesem lo dice, que ustedes y los judíos esperan liberarse de la autoridad del rey; y esta es la razón por la que estás construyendo el muro: y dicen que es tu propósito ser su rey;
This is what was written in the message: “Some people in the nearby countries have heard a report that you and the other Jews are rebuilding the wall [in order to be able to resist attacks], because you are planning to revolt [against the king of Babylon]. And the report also says that you are planning to become the king [of the Israelis]. Geshem says that what they have reported is true.
7 Y que hay profetas que predican sobre ti en Jerusalén, y dicen: Hay un rey en Judá; ahora se enviará un relato de estas cosas al rey. Así que ven ahora, y vamos a tener una discusión.
[People are also saying that] you have appointed some prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem that you, [Nehemiah, ] are now the king in Judea. King [Artaxerxes] will certainly hear these reports, [and then you will be in big trouble]. So I suggest that we should meet together to talk about this matter.”
8 Entonces le envié a él, diciéndole: No se están haciendo tales cosas como usted dice, son solo una ficción que usted mismo ha inventado.
[When I read that message, ] I sent [the messenger] back to Sanballat to say, “None of what you are saying is true. You have (made this up/concocted this) in your own head/mind.”
9 porque esperaban atemorizarnos, diciendo: Sus manos se debilitarán y abandonarán el trabajo para que no se haga. Pero ahora, oh Dios, fortalece mis manos.
[I said that because I knew that] they were trying to cause us to be afraid, with the result that we would stop working [on the wall]. So I actually became more determined (OR, I prayed to God to help me) [to continue the work].
10 Y fui a la casa de Semaías, el hijo de Delaía, el hijo de Mehetabel, que estaba encerrado; y él dijo: Reunámonos en la casa de Dios, dentro del Templo, y que se cierren las puertas, porque vendrán a matarte; En verdad, en la noche vendrán a matarte.
[One day] I went to talk with Shemaiah, son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel. I went to talk with him in his house, because he was not able (OR, allowed) to leave his house. He said to me, “You and I must enter the very sacred place in the temple and lock the doors, because people are going to come to kill you at night.”
11 Y dije: ¿Soy el tipo de hombre que va a huir? ¿Qué hombre, en mi posición, iría al Templo para mantenerse a salvo? No voy a entrar.
I replied, “I (am not that kind of person/do not do things like that) [RHQ]! I would not run and hide in the temple to save my life! No, I will not do that!”
12 Entonces me di cuenta de que Dios no lo había enviado: él mismo había dado esta palabra de profeta contra mí, y Tobías y Sanbalat le habían dado dinero para que lo hiciera.
When I thought [about what he had said], I realized that God had not told Shemaiah to say that to me. I realized that Tobiah and Sanballat had bribed him [to say that to me].
13 Por esta razón le habían dado dinero, para que yo pudiera ser vencido por el miedo y hacer lo que él dijo y hacer mal, y así tendrían razones para hablar mal de mí y avergonzarme.
They had bribed him to cause me to be afraid. They wanted me to [disobey God’s commands and] sin [by hiding in the temple]. If I did that, they would be able to ruin my reputation [MTY] and discredit me.
14 Ten en mente, oh Dios mío, Tobías y Sanbalat y lo que hicieron, y Noadías, la mujer profeta y el resto de los profetas, cuyo propósito era poner miedo en mí.
[So I prayed, ] “My God, do not forget what Tobiah and Sanballat have done. Punish them. And do not forget that the female prophet Noadiah and some of the other prophets have also tried to cause me to be afraid.”
15 Así que la pared se completó el día veinticinco del mes Elul, en cincuenta y dos días.
On October 2 we finished rebuilding the wall. We did it all in 52 days.
16 Y cuando nuestros enemigos supieron esto, todas las naciones que nos rodeaban se llenaron de temor y se sintieron muy humillados, porque vieron que Dios había hecho esta obra.
When our enemies in the nearby countries heard about that, they realized that they had been humiliated, because everyone knew that it was because God helped us that we had been able to do this work [and that they had not been able to force us to quit].
17 Y además, en aquellos días los jefes de Judá enviaron varias cartas a Tobías, y sus cartas llegaron a ellos.
During this time, the Jewish leaders had been sending many messages/letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah had been sending messages back to them.
18 Porque en Judá había varias personas que habían hecho un acuerdo con él, porque era el yerno de Secanías, el hijo de Ara; y su hijo Johanán había tomado por mujer a su hija de Mesulam, el hijo de Berequías.
Many people in Judea were closely associated with Tobiah, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah. Furthermore, Tobiah’s son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berekiah.
19 Y lo elogiaban en mi presencia, acerca del bien que había hecho, y le contaron mis palabras. Y Tobías por su parte me enviaba cartas con el propósito de atemorizarme.
People often talked in my presence about all the good things that Tobiah had done, and then they would tell him everything that I said. So Tobiah sent many letters to me to try to cause me to become afraid.
