Nehemiah 13
1 On that day there was a reading from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and they saw that it said in the book that no Ammonite or Moabite might ever come into the meeting of God;
N'aquelle dia leu-se no livro de Moysés, aos ouvidos do povo: e achou-se escripto n'elle que os ammonitas e os moabitas não entrassem jámais na congregação de Deus
2 Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Balaam to put a curse on them: though the curse was turned into a blessing by our God.
Porquanto não sairam ao encontro dos filhos d'Israel com pão e agua; antes alugaram contra elles a Balaão para os amaldiçoar; ainda que o nosso Deus converteu a maldição em benção.
3 So after hearing the law, they took out of Israel all the mixed people.
Succedeu pois que, ouvindo elles esta lei, apartaram d'Israel toda a mistura.
4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who had been placed over the rooms of the house of our God, being a friend of Tobiah,
E d'antes Eliasib, sacerdote, que presidia sobre a camara da casa do nosso Deus, se tinha aparentado com Tobias;
5 Had made ready for him a great room, where at one time they kept the meal offerings, the perfume, and the vessels and the tenths of the grain and wine and oil which were given by order to the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers, and the lifted offerings for the priests.
E fizera-lhe uma camara grande, onde d'antes se mettiam as offertas de manjares, o incenso, e os vasos, e os dizimos do grão, do mosto, e do azeite, que se ordenaram para os levitas, e cantores, e porteiros, como tambem a offerta alçada para os sacerdotes.
6 But all this time I was not at Jerusalem: for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, king of Babylon, I went to the king; and after some days, I got the king to let me go,
Porém em tudo isto não estava eu em Jerusalem; porque no anno trinta e dois de Artaxerxes, rei de Babylonia, vim eu ter com o rei; mas ao cabo de alguns dias tornei a alcançar licença do rei
7 And I came to Jerusalem; and it was clear to me what evil Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in making ready for him a room in the buildings of the house of God.
E vim a Jerusalem, e entendi o mal que Eliasib fizera para Tobias, fazendo-lhe uma camara nos pateos da casa de Deus.
8 And it was evil in my eyes: so I had all Tobiah's things put out of the room.
O que muito me desagradou: de sorte que lancei todos os moveis da casa de Tobias fóra da camara.
9 Then I gave orders, and they made the rooms clean: and I put back in them the vessels of the house of God, with the meal offerings and the perfume.
E, ordenando-o eu, purificaram as camaras: e tornei a trazer ali os vasos da casa de Deus, com as offertas de manjares, e o incenso.
10 And I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support; so that the Levites and the music-makers, who did the work, had gone away, everyone to his field.
Tambem entendi que o quinhão dos levitas se lhes não dava: de maneira que os levitas e os cantores, que faziam a obra, tinham fugido cada um para a sua terra.
11 Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said, Why has the house of God been given up? And I got them together and put them in their places.
Então contendi com os magistrados, e disse: Porque se desamparou a casa de Deus? Porém eu os ajuntei, e os restaurei no seu posto.
12 Then all Judah came with the tenth part of the grain and wine and oil and put it into the store-houses.
Então todo o Judah trouxe os dizimos do grão, e do mosto, e do azeite aos celleiros.
13 And I made controllers over the store-houses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah: they were taken to be true men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers.
E por thesoureiros puz sobre os celleiros a Selemias o sacerdote, e a Zadok o escrivão, e a Pedaias, d'entre os levitas; e á mão d'elles Hanan, filho de Zacchur, o filho de Matthanias: porque se tinham achado fieis: e se lhes encarregou a elles a distribuição para seus irmãos.
14 Keep me in mind, O my God, in connection with this, and do not let the good which I have done for the house of my God and its worship go from your memory completely.
(Por isto, Deus meu, lembra-te de mim: e não risques as minhas beneficencias que eu fiz á casa de meu Deus e ás suas guardas.)
15 In those days, I saw in Judah some who were crushing grapes on the Sabbath, and getting in grain and putting it on asses; as well as wine and grapes and figs and all sorts of goods which they took into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I gave witness against them on the day when they were marketing food.
N'aquelles dias vi em Judah os que pisavam lagares ao sabbado e traziam feixes que carregavam sobre os jumentos; como tambem vinho, uvas e figos, e toda a casta de cargas, que traziam a Jerusalem no dia de sabbado; e protestei contra elles no dia em que vendiam mantimentos.
16 And there were men of Tyre there, who came with fish and all sorts of goods, trading with the children of Judah and in Jerusalem on the Sabbath.
Tambem tyrios habitavam dentro, que traziam peixe, e toda a mercadoria, que no sabbado vendiam aos filhos de Judah, e em Jerusalem.
17 Then I made protests to the chiefs of Judah, and said to them, What is this evil which you are doing, not keeping the Sabbath day holy?
E contendi com os nobres de Judah, e lhes disse: Que mal é este que fazeis, e profanaes o dia de sabbado?
18 Did not your fathers do the same, and did not our God send all this evil on us and on this town? but you are causing more wrath to come on Israel by not keeping the Sabbath holy.
Porventura não fizeram vossos paes assim, e nosso Deus não trouxe todo este mal sobre nós e sobre esta cidade? e vós ainda mais accrescentaes o ardor de sua ira sobre Israel, profanando o sabbado.
19 And so, when the streets of Jerusalem were getting dark before the Sabbath, I gave orders for the doors to be shut and not to be open again till after the Sabbath: and I put some of my servants by the door so that nothing might be taken in on the Sabbath day.
Succedeu pois que, dando as portas de Jerusalem já sombra antes do sabbado, ordenando-o eu, as portas se fecharam; e mandei que as não abrissem até passado o sabbado; e puz ás portas alguns de meus moços, para que carga nenhuma entrasse no dia de sabbado.
20 So the traders in all sorts of goods took their night's rest outside Jerusalem once or twice.
Então os negociantes e os vendedores de toda a mercadoria passaram a noite fóra de Jerusalem, uma ou duas vezes.
21 Then I gave witness against them and said, Why are you waiting all night by the wall? if you do so again I will have you taken prisoners. From that time they did not come again on the Sabbath.
Protestei pois contra elles, e lhes disse: Porque passaes a noite defronte do muro? se outra vez o fizerdes, hei de lançar mão de vós: d'aquelle tempo em diante não vieram no sabbado.
22 And I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the doors and make the Sabbath holy. Keep this in mind to my credit, O my God, and have mercy on me, for great is your mercy.
Tambem disse aos levitas que se purificassem, e viessem guardar as portas, para sanctificar o sabbado. (N'isto tambem, Deus meu, lembra-te de mim; e perdoa-me segundo a abundancia da tua benignidade.)
23 And in those days I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab:
Vi tambem n'aquelles dias judeos que tinham casado com mulheres asdoditas, ammonitas, e moabitas.
24 And their children were talking half in the language of Ashdod; they had no knowledge of the Jews' language, but made use of the language of the two peoples.
E seus filhos fallavam meio asdotita, e não podiam fallar judaico, senão segundo a lingua de cada povo.
25 And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
E contendi com elles, e os amaldiçoei e espanquei alguns d'elles, e lhes arranquei os cabellos, e os fiz jurar por Deus, dizendo: Não dareis mais vossas filhas a seus filhos, e não tomareis mais suas filhas, nem para vossos filhos nem para vós mesmos.
26 Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.
Porventura não peccou n'isto Salomão, rei d'Israel, não havendo entre muitas gentes rei similhante a elle, e sendo amado de seu Deus, e pondo-o Deus rei sobre todo o Israel? e comtudo as mulheres estranhas o fizeram peccar.
27 Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God by taking strange women for your wives?
E dar-vos-hiamos nós ouvidos, para fazermos todo este grande mal, prevaricando contra o nosso Deus, casando com mulheres estranhas?
28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the chief priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: so I sent him away from me.
Tambem um dos filhos de Joiada, filho d'Eliasib, o summo sacerdote, era genro de Sanballat, o horonita, pelo que o afugentei de mim.
29 Keep them in mind, O my God, because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the agreement of the priests and the Levites.
Lembra-te d'elles, Deus meu, pois contaminaram o sacerdocio, como tambem o concerto do sacerdocio e dos levitas.
30 So I made them clean from all strange people, and had regular watches fixed for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;
Assim os alimpei de todo o estranho, e ordenei as guardas dos sacerdotes e dos levitas, cada um na sua obra.
31 And for the wood offering, at fixed times, and for the first fruits. Keep me in mind, O my God, for good.
Como tambem para com as offertas da lenha em tempos determinados, e para com as primicias: lembra-te de mim, Deus meu, para bem.
