Livre de Néhémie 4

JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Lorsque Sânballat, Tobiyya, les Arabes, les Ammonites et les Ashdodites apprirent que lesréparations du rempart de Jérusalem avançaient - que les brèches commençaient à être comblées -, ils se mirentfort en colère;	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 ils se jurèrent tous mutuellement de venir attaquer Jérusalem et de me confondre.	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 Nous invoquâmes alors notre Dieu et, pour protéger la ville, nous établîmes contre eux une gardede jour et de nuit.	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 Juda disait néanmoins: "Les forces des porteurs fléchissent, il y a trop de décombres: nousn'arriverons jamais à relever le rempart!"	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 Et nos ennemis déclaraient "Avant qu'ils ne sachent et ne voient rien, nous surgirons au milieud'eux: alors nous les massacrerons et mettrons fin à l'entreprise!"	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 Or il arrivait des Juifs qui habitaient près d'eux et qui dix fois nous avertirent: "Ils montent contrenous de toutes les localités qu'ils habitent!"	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 On se posta donc en contrebas, dans l'espace derrière le rempart, aux endroits découverts; jedisposai le peuple par familles, avec ses épées, ses lances et ses arcs.	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 Voyant leur peur, je me levai et fis aux grands, aux magistrats et au reste du peuple cettedéclaration: "Ne craignez pas ces gens! Pensez au Seigneur, grand et redoutable, et combattez pour vos frères,vos fils, vos filles, vos femmes et vos maisons!	8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
9 Quand nos ennemis apprirent que nous étions renseignés et que Dieu avait déjoué plan, ils seretirèrent et nous retournâmes tous au rempart, chacun à son travail.	9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
10 Mais, à partir de ce jour, la moitié seulement de mes hommes participaient au travail, les autres,munis de lances, de boucliers, d'arcs et de cuirasses, se tenaient derrière toute la maison de Juda	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 qui bâtissait le rempart. Les porteurs aussi étaient armés: d'une main chacun assurait son travail,l'autre main serrant un javelot.	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 Chacun des bâtisseurs, tandis qu'il travaillait, portait son épée attachée aux reins. Un sonneur decor se tenait à mon côté.	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 Je dis aux grands, aux magistrats et au reste du peuple: "Le chantier est important et étendu etnous sommes dispersés sur le rempart, loin les uns des autres:	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 rassemblez-vous autour de nous à l'endroit d'où vous entendrez le son du cor, et notre Dieucombattra pour nous."	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 Ainsi menions-nous le travail depuis le lever de l'aurore jusqu'à l'apparition des étoiles.	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 En ce temps-là, je dis encore au peuple: "Chacun, avec son serviteur, devra passer la nuit àJérusalem: de la sorte, nous utiliserons la nuit pour la surveillance et le jour pour le travail."	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 Mais ni moi, ni mes frères, ni mes gens, ni les hommes de garde qui me suivaient ne quittions nosvêtements; chacun gardait son javelot à sa droite.	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.