Neemia 6

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Factum est autem cum audisset Sanaballat et Thobias et Gosem Arabs etceteri inimici nostri, quod aedificassem ego murum, et non esset in ipso residuainterruptio — usque ad tempus autem illud valvas non posueram in portis —	1 When it had been reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and our other enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and that there was no breach left in it (though up to that time I had not yet set up the doors in the gates),
2 miserunt Sanaballat et Gosem ad me dicentes: “ Veni, et conveniamus inCephirim in campo Ono ”. Ipsi autem cogitabant, ut facerent mihi malum.	2 Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: "Come, let us hold council together at Caphirim in the plain of Ono." They were planning to do me harm.
3 Misiergo ad eos nuntios dicens: “ Opus grande ego facio et non possum descendere;cur cessare oportet opus, si desistero et descendero ad vos? ”.	3 However, I sent messengers to them with this reply: "I am engaged in a great enterprise and am unable to come down; why should the work stop, while I leave it to come down to you?"
4 Miseruntautem ad me secundum verbum hoc per quattuor vices, et respondi eis iuxtasermonem priorem.	4 Four times they sent me this same proposal, and each time I gave the same reply.
5 Et misit ad me Sanaballat iuxta verbum prius quinta vice puerum suum, etepistulam non obsignatam habebat in manu sua, in qua erat scriptum:	5 Then, the fifth time, Sanballat sent me the same message by one of his servants, who bore an unsealed letter
6 “ Ingentibus auditum est, et Gosem dixit quod tu et Iudaei cogitetis rebellare, etpropterea aedifices murum et levare te velis super eos regem; iuxta hanc vocem	6 containing this text: "Among the nations it has been reported--Geshem is witness to this--that you and the Jews are planning a rebellion; that for this reason you are rebuilding the wall; and that you are to be their king"--and so on.
7 et prophetas posueris, qui praedicent de te in Ierusalem dicentes: “Rex inIudaea est!”. Nunc autem auditurus est rex verba haec; idcirco nunc veni, utineamus consilium pariter ”.	7 "Also, that you have set up prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim you king of Judah. Now, since matters like these must reach the ear of the king, come, let us hold council together."
8 Et misi ad eum dicens: “ Non est factumsecundum verba haec, quae tu loqueris; de corde enim tuo tu componis haec ”.	8 I sent him this answer: "Nothing of what you report has taken place; rather, it is the invention of your own mind."
9 Omnes enim hi terrebant nos cogitantes: “ Fatigabuntur manus eorum ab opere,et non complebitur ”. Quam ob causam magis confortavi manus meas.	9 They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, "Their hands will slacken in the work, and it will never be completed." But instead, I now redoubled my efforts.
10 Et ingressus sum domum Semeiae filii Dalaiae filii Meetabel, ubi eratdetentus. Qui ait: “ Tractemus nobiscum in domo Dei, in medio templi, etclaudamus portas aedis, quia venturi sunt, ut interficiant te; utique nocteventuri sunt ad occidendum te”.	10 I went to the house of Shemaiah, son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was unable to go about, and he said: "Let us meet in the house of God, inside the temple building; let us lock the doors of the temple. For men are coming to kill you; by night they are coming to kill you."
11 Et dixi: “ Num quisquam similis mei fugit? Et quis ut ego ingredieturtemplum et vivet? Non ingrediar ”.	11 My answer was: "A man like me take flight? Can a man like me enter the temple to save his life? I will not go!"
12 Et intellexi quod Deus non misisset eum,sed quasi vaticinans locutus esset ad me, quia Thobias et Sanaballat conduxeranteum.	12 For on consideration it was plain to me that God had not sent him; rather, because Tobiah and Sanballat had bribed him, he voiced this prophecy concerning me
13 Acceperat enim pretium, ut territus sic agerem et peccarem, et haberentmalum, quod exprobrarent mihi.	13 that I might act on it out of fear and commit this sin. Then they would have had a shameful story with which to discredit me.
14 Memento, Deus meus, Thobiae et Sanaballatiuxta opera eorum talia, sed et Noadiae prophetae et ceterorum prophetarum, quiterrebant me!	14 Keep in mind Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, because of these things they did; keep in mind as well Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who were trying to frighten me.
15 Completus est autem murus vicesimo quinto die mensis Elul, quinquagintaduobus diebus.	15 The wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul; it had taken fifty-two days.
16 Factum est ergo, cum audissent omnes inimici nostri, etvidissent universae gentes, quae erant in circuitu nostro, ut conciderent intrasemetipsos et scirent quod a Deo factum esset opus hoc.	16 When all our enemies had heard of this, and all the nations round about had taken note of it, our enemies lost much face in the eyes of the nations, for they knew that it was with our God's help that this work had been completed.
17 Sed et in diebus illis, multae optimatum Iudaeorum epistulae mittebantur adThobiam, et a Thobia veniebant ad eos.	17 At that same time, however, many letters were going to Tobiah from the nobles of Judah, and Tobiah's letters were reaching them,
18 Multi enim in Iudaea coniurationemfecerunt cum eo, quia gener erat Secheniae filii Area, et Iohanan filius eiusacceperat filiam Mosollam filii Barachiae.	18 for many in Judah were in league with him, since he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam, son of Berechiah.
19 Sed et laudabant eum coram me etverba mea nuntiabant ei; et Thobias mittebat epistulas, ut terreret me.	19 Thus they would praise his good deeds in my presence and relate to him whatever I said; and Tobiah sent letters trying to frighten me.