Nehemías 4

BIBLIA	KING JAMES BIBLE
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 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
2 y se conjuraron todos a una para venir a atacar a Jerusalén y a humillarme a mí.	2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
3 Pero invocamos a nuestro Dios y montamos guardia contra ellos de día y de noche.	3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
4 Judá decía: «¡Flaquean las fuerzas de los cargadores: hay demasiado escombro; nosotros no podemos reconstruir la muralla!»	4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the 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 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the 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 built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind 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 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
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 conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
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 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of 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 Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not 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 adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay 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 which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.
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 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their 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 said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, 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 it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto 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 time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
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 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
	18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
	19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
	20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
	21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
	22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
	23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.