Neemias 4
1 E succedeu que, ouvindo Sanballat que edificavamos o muro, ardeu em ira, e se indignou muito; e escarneceu dos judeos.
And it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall he was angry: and being moved exceedingly he scoffed at the Jews.
2 E fallou na presença de seus irmãos, e do exercito de Samaria, e disse: Que fazem estes fracos judeos? permittir-se-lhes-ha isto? sacrificarão? acabal-o-hão n'um só dia? vivificarão dos montões do pó as pedras que foram queimadas?
And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing? Will the Gentiles let them alone? will they sacrifice and make an end in a day? are they able to raise stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are burnt?
3 E estava com elle Tobias, o ammonita, e disse: Ainda que edifiquem, comtudo, vindo uma raposa, derrubará facilmente o seu muro de pedra.
Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall.
4 Ouve, ó nosso Deus, que somos tão desprezados, e torna o seu opprobrio sobre a sua cabeça, e faze com que sejam um despojo, na terra do captiveiro.
Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity.
5 E não cubras a sua iniquidade, e não se risque diante de ti o seu peccado, pois que te irritaram defronte dos edificadores.
Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.
6 Porém edificámos o muro, e todo o muro se cerrou até sua metade: porque o coração do povo se inclinava a trabalhar.
So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.
7 E succedeu que, ouvindo Sanballat e Tobias, e os arabios, e os ammonitas, e os asdoditas, que tanto ia crescendo a reparação dos muros de Jerusalem, que já as roturas se começavam a tapar, iraram-se sobremodo,
And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry.
8 E ligaram-se entre si todos, para virem guerrear a Jerusalem, e para os desviarem do seu intento.
And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.
9 Porém nós orámos ao nosso Deus, e pozemos uma guarda contra elles, de dia e de noite, por causa d'elles.
And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.
10 Então disse Judah: Já desfalleceram as forças dos acarretadores, e o pó é muito, e nós não poderemos edificar o muro
And Juda said: The strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed, and the rubbish is very much, and we shall not be able to build the wall.
11 Disseram porém os nossos inimigos: Nada saberão d'isto, nem verão, até que entremos no meio d'elles, e os matemos; assim faremos cessar a obra.
And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
12 E succedeu que, vindo os judeos que habitavam entre elles, dez vezes nol-o disseram, de todos os logares, porque tornavam a nós.
And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to us,
13 Pelo que puz guardas nos logares baixos por detraz do muro e nos altos: e puz ao povo pelas suas familias com as suas espadas, com as suas lanças, e com os seus arcos.
I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows.
14 E olhei, e levantei-me, e disse aos nobres, e aos magistrados, e ao resto do povo: Não os temaes: lembrae-vos do grande e terrivel Senhor, e pelejae pelos vossos irmãos, vossos filhos, vossas mulheres e vossas casas.
And I looked and rose up: and I said to the chief men and the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: be not afraid of them. Remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, and your wives, and your houses.
15 E succedeu que, ouvindo os nossos inimigos que nol-o fizeram saber, e que Deus tinha dissipado o conselho d'elles, todos voltámos ao muro, cada um á sua obra.
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that the thing had been told us, that God defeated their counsel. And we returned all of us to the walls, every man to his work.
16 E succedeu que desde aquelle dia metade dos meus moços trabalhava na obra, e metade d'elles tinha as lanças, os escudos, os arcos, e as couraças; e os chefes estavam por detraz de toda a casa de Judah.
And it came to pass from that day forward, that half of their young men did the work, and half were ready for to fight, with spears, and shields, and bows, and coats of mail, and the rulers were behind them in all the house of Juda.
17 Os que edificavam o muro, e os que traziam as cargas, e os que carregavam, cada um com uma mão fazia a obra e na outra tinha as armas.
Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held a sword.
18 E os edificadores cada um trazia a sua espada cingida aos lombos, e edificavam: e o que tocava a trombeta estava junto comigo.
For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me.
19 E disse eu aos nobres, e aos magistrados, e ao resto do povo: Grande e extensa é a obra, e nós estamos apartados do muro, longe uns dos outros.
And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: The work is great and wide, and we are separated on the wall one far from another:
20 No logar onde ouvirdes o som da buzina ali vos ajuntareis comnosco; o nosso Deus pelejará por nós.
In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us.
21 Assim trabalhavamos na obra: e metade d'elles tinha as lanças desde a subida da alva até ao sair das estrellas.
And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear.
22 Tambem n'aquelle tempo disse ao povo: Cada um com o seu moço passe a noite em Jerusalem, para que de noite nos sirvam de guarda, e de dia na obra.
At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.
23 E nem eu, nem meus irmãos, nem meus moços, nem os homens da guarda que me seguiam largavamos os nossos vestidos: cada um tinha suas armas e agua.
Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen that followed me, did not put off our clothes: only every man stripped himself when he was to be washed.
