Nehemías 4

BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Cuando Samballat, Tobías, los árabes, los ammonitas y los asdoditas se enteraron de que la reparación de la muralla de Jerusalén adelantaba - pues las brechas comenzaban a taparse - se enfurecieron mucho;	1 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 y se conjuraron todos a una para venir a atacar a Jerusalén y a humillarme a mí.	2 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 Pero invocamos a nuestro Dios y montamos guardia contra ellos de día y de noche.	3 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 Judá decía: «¡Flaquean las fuerzas de los cargadores: hay demasiado escombro; nosotros no podemos reconstruir la muralla!»	4 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 Y nuestros enemigos decían: «¡Antes que se enteren o se den cuenta, iremos contra ellos, y los mataremos y pararemos la obra!»	5 Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.
6 Pero algunos judíos que vivían junto a ellos vinieron a advertirnos por diez veces: «Vienen contra nosotros desde todos los lugares que habitan».	6 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 Se apostó, pues, el pueblo en los puntos más bajos, detrás de la muralla y en los lugares descubiertos, y coloqué a la gente por familias, cada uno con sus espadas, sus lanzas y sus arcos.	7 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 Al ver su miedo, me levanté y dije a los notables, a los consejeros y al resto del pueblo: «¡No les tengáis miedo; acordaos del Señor, grande y terrible, y combatid por vuestros hermanos, vuestros hijos y vuestras hijas, vuestras mujeres y vuestras casas!»	8 And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.
9 Cuando nuestros enemigos supieron que estábamos advertidos y que Dios había desbaratado sus planes, se retiraron, y todos nosotros volvimos a la muralla, cada cual a su trabajo.	9 And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.
10 Pero desde aquel día, sólo la mitad de mis hombres tomaban parte en el trabajo; la otra mitad, provistos de lanzas, escudos, arcos y corazas, se mantenía detrás de toda la casa de Judá	10 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 que contruía la muralla. También los cargadores estaban armados: con una mano cuidaba cada uno de su trabajo, con la otra empuñaba el arma.	11 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 Cada uno de los constructores tenía ceñida a la cintura su espada mientras trabajaba. Había un corneta junto a mí para sonar el cuerno.	12 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 Dije a los notables, a los consejeros y al resto del pueblo: «La obra es importante y extensa, y nosotros estamos diseminados a lo largo de la muralla, lejos unos de otros:	13 I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows.
14 corred a reuniros con nosotros al lugar donde oigáis el sonido del cuerno, y nuestro Dios combatira por nosotros».	14 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 Así organizábamos el trabajo desde el despuntar del alba hasta que salían las estrellas.	15 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 Dije también entonces al pueblo: «Todos pasarán la noche en Jerusalén con sus criados, y así haremos guardia de noche y trabajaremos de día».	16 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 Pero ni yo ni mis hermanos ni mis gentes mi los hombres de guardia que me seguían nos quitábamos la ropa; todos nosotros teníamos el arma en la mano.	17 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 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 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 In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us.
	21 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 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 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.