Nehemías 6

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1 Cuando Samballat, Tobías, Guésem el árabe, y los demás enemigos nuestros se enteraron de que yo había reconstruido la muralla y de que ya no quedaba en ella brecha alguna - aunque en aquel tiempo no estaban colocadas las hojas de las puertas -	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,)
2 Samballat y Guésem mandaron a decirme: «Ven a entrevistarte con nosotros en Hakkefirim, en el valle de Onó». Pero ellos tramaban hacerme mal.	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.
3 Por eso les envié mensajeros para decirles: «Estoy ocupado en una obra importante y no puedo bajar; ¿por qué voy a dejar que la obra se pare abandonándola para bajar donde vosotros?»	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.”
4 Cuatro veces me enviaron el mismo recado, y yo di la misma respuesta.	4 Then they sent to me, with this same word, four times. And I responded to them with the same word as before.
5 Entonces Samballat me envió a decir por quinta vez lo mismo por un criado suyo que traía una carta abierta	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:
6 en la que estaba escrito: «Se oye entre las naciones, y así lo afirma Gasmu, el rumor de que tú y los judíos estáis pensando sublevaros; que para ello reconstruyes la muralla y tratas de hacerte su rey,	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,
7 que incluso has designado profetas para proclamar acerca de ti en Jerusalén: ¡Judá tiene rey! Estos rumores van a ser oídos por el rey; así que ven para que tomemos consejo juntos».	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.”
8 Pero yo les mandé decir: «No hay nada de eso que dices; son invenciones de tu corazón».	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.”
9 Porque lo que querían era meternos miedo, pensando: «Desfallecerán sus manos y no acabarán la obra». Pero, por el contrario, yo me reafirmé más.	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.
10 Había ido yo a casa de Semaías, hijo de Delaías, hijo Mehetabel, que se encontraba detenido. Dijo él: «Démonos cita en la Casa de Dios, en el interior del santuario; cerremos las puertas del santurario; porque van a venir a matarte, esta misma noche vienen a matarte».	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.”
11 Pero yo respondí: «¿Un hombre como yo va a huir? ¿Qué hombre que sea como yo entraría en el santurario para salvar su vida? No iré».	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.”
12 Pues comprendí que él no había sido enviado por Dios, sino que había dicho esta profecía sobre mí porque Tobías le había comprado,	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.
13 para que yo, llevado del miedo, lo hiciera así y pecase; y esto me diera mala fama y pudieran burlarse de mí.	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.
14 Acuérdate, Dios mío, de Tobías, por lo que ha hecho; y también de Noadía, la profetisa, y de los demás profetas que trataron de asustarme.	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.
15 La muralla quedó terminada el día veinticinco de Elul, en 52 días.	15 Now the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul, in fifty-two days.
16 Cuando se enteraron todos nuestros enemigos y todas las naciones de alrededor lo vieron, les pareció una gran maravilla y reconocieron que esta obra había sido realizada por nuestro Dios.	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.
17 En aquellos mismos días, los notables de Judá multiplicaron sus cartas dirigidas a Tobías y recibían las de éste;	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.
18 porque tenía en Judá muchos aliados, por ser yerno de Sekanías, hijo de Ará, y por estar casado su hijo Yehojanán con la hija de Mesullam, hijo de Berekías.	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.
19 Incluso llegaron a hablar bien de Tobías en mi presencia y le repetían mis palabras. Y Tobías mandaba cartas para intimidarme.	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.