1 O ra, quando Sambalate ouviu que edificávamos o muro, ardeu em ira, indignou-se muito e escarneceu dos judeus;

But it so happened, when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, that he was furious and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

2 e falou na presença de seus irmãos e do exército de Samária, dizendo: Que fazem estes fracos judeus? Fortificar-se-ão? Oferecerão sacrifícios? Acabarão a obra num só dia? Vivificarão dos montões de pó as pedras que foram queimadas?

And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish— stones that are burned?”

3 O ra, estava ao lado dele Tobias, o amonita, que disse: Ainda que edifiquem, vindo uma raposa derrubará o seu muro de pedra.

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Whatever they build, if even a fox goes up on it, he will break down their stone wall.”

4 O uve, ó nosso Deus, pois somos tão desprezados; faze recair o opróbrio deles sobre as suas cabaças, e faze com que eles sejam um despojo numa terra de cativeiro.

Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn their reproach on their own heads, and give them as plunder to a land of captivity!

5 N ão cubras a sua iniquidade, e não se risque de diante de ti o seu pecado, pois que te provocaram ã ira na presença dos edificadores.

Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You; for they have provoked You to anger before the builders.

6 A ssim edificamos o muro; e todo o muro se completou até a metade da sua altura; porque o coração do povo se inclinava a trabalhar.

So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

7 M as, ouvindo Sambalate e Tobias, e os arábios, o amonitas e os asdoditas, que ia avante a reparação dos muros de Jerusalém e que já as brechas se começavam a fechar, iraram-se sobremodo;

Now it happened, when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the gaps were beginning to be closed, that they became very angry,

8 e coligaram-se todos, para virem guerrear contra Jerusalém e fazer confusão

and all of them conspired together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion.

9 N ós, porém, oramos ao nosso Deus, e pusemos guarda contra eles de dia e de noite.

Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and because of them we set a watch against them day and night.

10 E ntão disse Judá: Desfalecem as forças dos carregadores, e há muito escombro; não poderemos edificar o muro.

Then Judah said, “The strength of the laborers is failing, and there is so much rubbish that we are not able to build the wall.”

11 E os nossos inimigos disseram: Nada saberão nem verão, até que entremos no meio deles, e os matemos, e façamos cessar a obra.

And our adversaries said, “They will neither know nor see anything, till we come into their midst and kill them and cause the work to cease.”

12 M as sucedeu que, vindo os judeus que habitavam entre eles, dez vezes nos disseram: De todos os lugares de onde moram subirão contra nós.

So it was, when the Jews who dwelt near them came, that they told us ten times, “From whatever place you turn, they will be upon us.”

13 P elo que nos lugares baixos por detrás do muro e nos lugares abertos, dispus o povo segundo suas famílias com as suas espadas, com as suas lanças, e com os seus arcos.

Therefore I positioned men behind the lower parts of the wall, at the openings; and I set the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

14 O lhei, levantei-me, e disse aos nobres, aos magistrados e ao resto do povo: Não os temais! Lembrai-vos do Senhor, grande e temível, e pelejai por vossos irmãos, vossos filhos, vossas filhas, vossas mulheres e vossas casas.

And I looked, and arose and said to the nobles, to the leaders, and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”

15 Q uando os nossos inimigos souberam que nós tínhamos sido avisados, e que Deus tinha dissipado o conselho deles, todos voltamos ao muro, cada um para a sua obra.

And it happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had brought their plot to nothing, that all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.

16 D esde aquele dia metade dos meus moços trabalhavam na obra, e a outra metade empunhava as lanças, os escudos, os arcos, e as couraças; e os chefes estavam por detrás de toda a casa de Judá.

So it was, from that time on, that half of my servants worked at construction, while the other half held the spears, the shields, the bows, and wore armor; and the leaders were behind all the house of Judah.

17 O s que estavam edificando o muro, e os carregadores que levavam as cargas, cada um com uma das mãos fazia a obra e com a outra segurava a sua arma;

Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked at construction, and with the other held a weapon.

18 e cada um dos edificadores trazia a sua espada ã cinta, e assim edificavam. E o que tocava a trombeta estava no meu lado.

Every one of the builders had his sword girded at his side as he built. And the one who sounded the trumpet was beside me.

19 D isse eu aos nobres, aos magistrados e ao resto do povo: Grande e extensa é a obra, e nós estamos separados no muro, longe uns dos outros;

Then I said to the nobles, the rulers, and the rest of the people, “The work is great and extensive, and we are separated far from one another on the wall.

20 e m qualquer lugar em que ouvirdes o som da trombeta, ali vos ajuntareis conosco. O nosso Deus pelejará por nós.

Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.”

21 A ssim trabalhávamos na obra; e metade deles empunhava as lanças desde a subida da alva até o sair das estrelas.

So we labored in the work, and half of the men held the spears from daybreak until the stars appeared.

22 T ambém nesse tempo eu disse ao povo: Cada um com o seu moço pernoite em Jerusalém, para que de noite nos sirvam de guardas, e de dia trabalhem.

At the same time I also said to the people, “Let each man and his servant stay at night in Jerusalem, that they may be our guard by night and a working party by day.”

23 D esta maneira nem eu, nem meus irmãos, nem meus moços, nem os homens da guarda que me acompanhavam largávamos as nossas vestes; cada um ia com a arma ã sua direita.

So neither I, my brethren, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes, except that everyone took them off for washing.