Nehemiah 9
1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel came together, taking no food and putting haircloth and dust on their bodies.
E no dia vinte e quatro d'este mez se ajuntaram os filhos d'Israel com jejum e com saccos, e traziam terra sobre si.
2 And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.
E a geração d'Israel se apartou de todos os estranhos, e pozeram-se em pé, e fizeram confissão pelos seus peccados e pelas iniquidades de seus paes.
3 And for a fourth part of the day, upright in their places, they were reading from the book of the law of their God; and for a fourth part of the day they were requesting forgiveness and worshipping the Lord their God.
Porque, levantando-se no seu posto leram no livro da lei do Senhor seu Deus uma quarta parte do dia; e na outra quarta parte fizeram confissão, e adoraram ao Senhor seu Deus.
4 Then Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani took their places on the steps of the Levites, crying in a loud voice to the Lord their God.
E Jesué, Bani, Kadmiel, Sebanias, Bunni, Serebias, Bani e Chenani se pozeram em pé no logar alto dos levitas, e clamaram em alta voz ao Senhor seu Deus.
5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, Get up and give praise to the Lord your God for ever and ever. Praise be to your great name which is lifted up high over all blessing and praise.
E os levitas, Jesué, e Kadmiel, Bani, Hasabneias, Serebias, Hodias, Sebanias, Pethachias, disseram: Levantae-vos, bemdizei ao Senhor vosso Deus d'eternidade em eternidade: ora bemdigam o nome da tua gloria, que está levantado sobre toda a benção e louvor.
6 You are the Lord, even you only; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them; and you keep them from destruction: and the armies of heaven are your worshippers.
Tu só és Senhor, tu fizeste o céu, o céu dos céus, e todo o seu exercito; a terra e tudo quanto n'ella ha; os mares e tudo quanto n'elles ha, e tu os guardas em vida a todos; e o exercito dos céus te adora
7 You are the Lord, the God, who took Abram and made him yours, guiding him from Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham;
Tu és Senhor, o Deus, que elegeste a Abrão, e o tiraste d'Ur dos chaldeos, e lhe pozeste por nome Abrahão.
8 You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours:
E achaste o seu coração fiel perante ti, e fizeste com elle o concerto, que lhe darias a terra dos cananeos, dos hetheos, dos amorrheos, e dos pherezeos, e dos jebuseos, e dos girgaseos, para a dares á sua semente: e confirmaste as tuas palavras, porquanto és justo.
9 And you saw the trouble of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry came to your ears by the Red Sea;
E viste a afflicção de nossos paes no Egypto: e ouviste o seu clamor junto ao Mar Vermelho.
10 And you did signs and wonders on Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land; for you saw how cruel they were to them. So you got yourself a name as it is today.
E déste signaes e prodigios a Pharaó, e a todos os seus servos, e a todo o povo da sua terra; porque soubeste que soberbamente os trataram; e assim te adquiriste nome, como hoje se vê.
11 By you the sea was parted before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters.
E o mar fendeste perante elles, e passaram pelo meio do mar, em secco: e lançaste os seus perseguidores nas profundezas, como uma pedra nas aguas violentas.
12 And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go.
E os guiaste de dia por uma columna de nuvem, e de noite por uma columna de fogo, para os alumiares no caminho por onde haviam de ir.
13 And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders:
E sobre o monte de Sinai desceste, e fallaste com elles desde os céus: e déste-lhes juizos rectos, e leis verdadeiras, estatutos e mandamentos bons.
14 And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:
E o teu sancto sabbado lhes fizeste saber: e preceitos, e estatutos, e lei lhes mandaste pelo ministerio de Moysés, teu servo.
15 And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.
E pão dos céus lhes déste na sua fome, e agua da penha lhes produziste na sua sêde: e lhes disseste que entrassem para possuirem a terra pela qual alçaste a tua mão, que lh'a havias de dar.
16 But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,
Porém elles e nossos paes se houveram soberbamente: e endureceram a sua cerviz, e não deram ouvidos aos teus mandamentos.
17 And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.
E recusaram ouvir-te, e não se lembraram das tuas maravilhas, que lhes fizeste, e endureceram a sua cerviz, e na sua rebellião levantaram um chefe, afim de voltarem para a sua servidão: porém tu, ó Deus perdoador, clemente e misericordioso, tardio em irar-te, e grande em beneficencia, comtudo os não desamparaste.
18 Even when they had made for themselves an ox of metal, and said, This is your God who took you up out of Egypt, and had done so much to make you angry;
Ainda mesmo quando elles fizeram para si um bezerro de fundição, e disseram: Este é o teu Deus, que te tirou do Egypto; e commetteram grandes blasphemias:
19 Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.
Todavia tu, pela multidão das tuas misericordias, os não deixaste no deserto: a columna de nuvem nunca d'elles se apartou de dia, para os guiar pelo caminho, nem a columna de fogo de noite, para os alumiar: e isto pelo caminho por onde haviam de ir.
20 And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.
E déste o teu bom espirito, para os ensinar: e o teu manná não retiraste da sua bocca; e agua lhes déste na sua sêde.
21 Truly, for forty years you were their support in the waste land, and they were in need of nothing; their clothing did not get old or their feet become tired.
De tal modo os sustentaste quarenta annos no deserto: falta nenhuma tiveram: os seus vestidos se não envelheceram, e os seus pés se não incharam.
22 And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, making distribution to them in every part of the land: so they took for their heritage the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan.
Tambem lhes déste reinos e povos, e os repartiste em porções: e elles possuiram a terra de Sihon, a saber, a terra do rei d'Hesbon, e a terra d'Og, rei de Basan.
23 And you made their children as great in number as the stars of heaven, and took them into the land, of which you had said to their fathers that they were to go in and take it for themselves.
E multiplicaste os seus filhos como as estrellas do céu, e trouxeste-os á terra de que tinhas dito a seus paes que entrariam n'ella para a possuirem.
24 So the children went in and took the land, and you overcame before them the people of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them up into their hands, with their kings and the people of the land, so that they might do with them whatever it was their pleasure to do.
Assim entraram n'ella os filhos, e tomaram aquella terra: e abateste perante elles os moradores da terra, os cananeos, e lh'os entregaste na mão, como tambem os reis, e os povos da terra, para fazerem d'elles conforme á sua vontade.
25 And they took walled towns and a fat land, and became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees: so they had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them.
E tomaram cidades fortes e terra grossa, e possuiram casas cheias de toda a fartura, cisternas cavadas, vinhas e olivaes, e arvores de mantimento, em abundancia: e comeram e se fartaram e engordaram, e viveram em delicias, pela tua grande bondade.
26 But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry.
Porém se obstinaram, e se rebellaram contra ti, e lançaram a tua lei para traz das suas costas, e mataram os teus prophetas, que protestavam contra elles, para que voltassem para ti: assim fizeram grandes abominações.
27 And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters.
Pelo que os entregaste na mão dos seus angustiadores, que os angustiaram: mas no tempo de sua angustia, clamando a ti, desde os céus tu ouviste; e segundo a tua grande misericordia lhes déste libertadores que os libertaram da mão de seus angustiadores.
28 But when they had rest, they did evil again before you: so you gave them into the hands of their haters, who had rule over them: but when they came back and made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; again and again, in your mercy, you gave them salvation;
Porém, em tendo repouso, tornavam a fazer o mal diante de ti: e tu os deixavas na mão dos seus inimigos, para que dominassem sobre elles; e convertendo-se elles, e clamando a ti, tu os ouviste desde os céus, e segundo a tua misericordia os livraste muitas vezes.
29 And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.
E protestaste contra elles, para que voltassem para a tua lei; porém elles se houveram soberbamente, e não deram ouvidos aos teus mandamentos, mas peccaram contra os teus juizos pelos quaes o homem que os fizer viverá; e te deram o hombro rebelde, e endureceram a sua cerviz, e não ouviram.
30 Year after year you put up with them, and gave witness against them by your spirit through your prophets: still they did not give ear: and so you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands.
Porém estendeste a tua benignidade sobre elles por muitos annos, e protestaste contra elles pelo teu Espirito, pelo ministerio dos teus prophetas; porém elles não deram ouvidos: pelo que os entregaste na mão dos povos das terras.
31 Even then, in your great mercy, you did not put an end to them completely, or give them up; for you are a God of grace and mercy.
Mas pela tua grande misericordia os não destruiste nem desamparaste: porque és um Deus clemente e misericordioso.
32 And now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be feared, who keeps faith and mercy, let not all this trouble seem small to you, which has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on all your people from the time of the kings of Assyria till this day.
Agora pois, ó Deus nosso, ó Deus grande, poderoso e terrivel, que guardas o concerto e beneficencia, não tenhas em pouca conta todo o trabalho que nos alcançou a nós, aos nossos reis, aos nossos principes, e aos nossos sacerdotes, e aos nossos prophetas, e aos nossos paes, e a todo o teu povo, desde os dias dos reis da Assyria até ao dia de hoje.
33 But still, you have been in the right in everything which has come on us; you have been true to us, but we have done evil:
Porém tu és justo em tudo quanto tem vindo sobre nós; porque tu tens obrado fielmente, e nós temos obrado impiamente.
34 And our kings, our rulers, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or given attention to your orders and your witness, with which you gave witness against them.
E os nossos reis, os nossos principes, os nossos sacerdotes, e os nossos paes não guardaram a tua lei, e não deram ouvidos aos teus mandamentos e aos teus testemunhos, que protestaste contra elles.
35 For they have not been your servants in their kingdom, and in all the good things you gave them, and in the great and fat land you gave them, and they have not been turned away from their evil-doing.
Porque elles nem no seu reino, nem na muita abundancia de bens que lhes déste nem na terra espaçosa e gorda que déste diante d'elles, te serviram, nem se converteram de suas más obras.
36 Now, today, we are servants, and as for the land which you gave to our fathers, so that the produce of it and the good might be theirs, see, we are servants in it:
Eis-que hoje somos servos: e até na terra que déste a nossos paes, para comerem o seu fructo e o seu bem, eis que somos servos n'ella.
37 And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins: and they have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.
E ella multiplica os seus productos para os reis, que pozeste sobre nós, por causa dos nossos peccados: e conforme a sua vontade dominam sobre os nossos corpos e sobre as nossas bestas; e estamos n'uma grande angustia.
38 And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.
E com tudo isto fizemos um firme concerto, e o escrevemos: e sellaram-n'o os nossos principes, os nossos levitas e os nossos sacerdotes.
