Nehemiah 6
1 Now it happened that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem, an Arab, and our other enemies, had heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no interruption remaining in it, (even though, at that time, I had not set up the double doors at the gates, )
Y fue que como oyó Sanaballat, y Tobías, y Gessem el Árabe, y los demás nuestros enemigos, que había edificado el muro, y que no quedaba portillo en él, aunque hasta este tiempo no había puesto puertas en las portadas;
2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying: “Come, and let us strike a pact together in the villages, on the plain of Ono.” But they were thinking that they would do me harm.
Envió Sanaballat y Gessem a mí, diciendo: Ven, y concertarnos hemos juntos en las aldeas en el campo de Ono. Mas ellos habían pensado hacerme mal.
3 Therefore, I sent messengers to them, saying: “I am doing a great work, and I cannot descend, lest perhaps it may be neglected when I go out and descend to you.”
Y enviéles mensajeros, diciendo: Yo hago una grande obra, y no puedo venir: porque cesará la obra dejándola yo para venir a vosotros.
4 Then they sent to me, with this same word, four times. And I responded to them with the same word as before.
Y enviaron a mí de esta misma manera por cuatro veces, y yo les respondí de la misma manera.
5 And Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time, with the former word, and he had a letter in his hand written in this manner:
Y envió a mí Sanaballat de la misma manera la quinta vez su criado con la carta abierta en su mano,
6 “It has been heard among the Gentiles, and Geshem has said it, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel, and because of this, you are building the wall and thinking to raise yourself as a king over them. For this reason,
En la cual era escrito: En las gentes se ha oído, y Gasmu dice, que tú y los Judíos pensáis rebelaros; y que por eso edificas tú el muro, y tú eres su rey según estas palabras:
7 you also have stationed prophets, who preach about you in Jerusalem, saying: ‘There is a king in Judea!’ But the king will hear about these words. Therefore, come now, so that we may go to counsel together.”
Y que has puesto profetas que prediquen de ti en Jerusalem, diciendo: Rey en Judá. Y ahora serán oídas del rey las palabras semejantes: por tanto ven, y consultemos juntamente.
8 And I sent to them, saying: “There has been nothing done according to these words, which you have spoken. For you are inventing these things from your own heart.”
Entonces yo envié a él, diciendo: No hay tal cosa como dices; que de tu corazón lo inventas tú.
9 For all these men wished to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would cease. For this reason, I strengthened my hands all the more.
Porque todos ellos nos ponen miedo, diciendo: Debilitarse han las manos de ellos en la obra, y no será hecha. Esfuerza pues mis manos.
10 And I entered into the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, in secret. And he said: “Let us consult together in the house of God, in the midst of the temple. And let us close the doors of the temple. For they will come to kill you, and they will arrive in the night to put you to death.”
Y vine a casa de Semaías, hijo de Dalaías, hijo de Metabeel en secreto, porque él estaba encarcelado, el cual dijo: Juntémosnos en la casa de Dios, dentro el templo, y cerremos las puertas del templo; porque vienen para matarte, y esta noche vendrán para matarte.
11 And I said: “How could anyone like me flee? And who like me should enter the temple, so that he may live? I will not enter.”
Entonces dije: ¿Varón como yo ha de huir? ¿Y quién hay como yo que entre al templo y viva? No entraré.
12 And I understood that God had not sent him, but he had spoken to me as if he were prophesying, and that Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Y entendí que Dios no le había enviado: mas que hablaba aquella profecía contra mí, y que Tobías o Sanaballat, le había alquilado por salario.
13 For he had accepted money, so that I would be afraid, and would sin, and so that they would have some evil with which to rebuke me.
Porque alquilado fue para hacerme temer así, y que pecase, y fuése a ellos por mala nombradía, para que yo fuese avergonzado.
14 Remember me, O Lord, because of Tobiah and Sanballat, because of their works of this kind. Then, too, Noadiah, a prophetess, and the rest of the prophets, would have made me afraid.
Acuérdate, Dios mío, de Tobías y de Sanaballat conforme a estas sus obras: y también de Noadías profetisa, y de los otros profetas que me ponían miedo.
15 Now the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul, in fifty-two days.
Acabóse pues el muro a los veinte y cinco de Elul, en cincuenta y dos días.
16 Then it happened that, when all our enemies had heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they were downcast within themselves. For they knew that this work had been accomplished by God.
Y como lo oyeron todos nuestros enemigos, temieron todas las gentes que estaban en nuestros al derredores, y cayeron mucho en sus ojos, y conocieron que por nuestro Dios había sido hecha esta obra.
17 But also, in those days, many letters were being sent by the nobles of the Jews to Tobiah, and were arriving from Tobiah to them.
Asimismo en aquellos días, de los principales de Judá iban muchas cartas a Tobías, y las de Tobías venían a ellos:
18 For there were many in Judea who had sworn an oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah, and because Jehohanan, his son, had married the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.
Porque muchos en Judá habían conjurado con él; porque era yerno de Sequenías, hijo de Area; y Johanán su hijo había tomado la hija de Mosollam, hijo de Baraquías.
19 Moreover, they praised him before me, and they reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters, so that he might make me afraid.
También contaban delante de mí sus buenas obras, y a él recitaban mis palabras. Cartas envió Tobías para atemorizarme.
