Nehemiah · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Nehemiah 4 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Cuando Sanbalat supo que estábamos reconstruyendo la muralla, se enfureció y se burló de los judíos.
1 But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
2 Delante de sus compatriotas y del ejército de Samaria dijo: «¿Qué hacen estos débiles judíos? ¿Piensan reconstruir la muralla por sí mismos? ¿Van a ofrecer sacrificios? ¿Terminarán en un solo día? ¿Podrán sacar de entre los escombros aquellas piedras quemadas y volver a usarlas?».
2 He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?”
3 Tobías el amonita estaba junto a él y dijo: «¡Esa muralla que están construyendo se vendría abajo si un zorro subiera sobre ella!».
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.”
4 «Escucha, Dios nuestro, porque nos desprecian. Haz que su propia vergüenza caiga sobre ellos y que sean llevados cautivos a otro país.
4 “Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity.
5 No cubras su maldad ni borres su pecado de delante de ti, porque han provocado tu ira delante de los que están construyendo».
5 Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
6 Seguimos construyendo la muralla hasta unirla toda y levantarla a la mitad de su altura, porque el pueblo trabajaba con entusiasmo.
6 So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
7 Cuando Sanbalat, Tobías, los árabes, los amonitas y los asdoditas supieron que la reparación de la muralla de Jerusalén avanzaba y que las brechas se iban cerrando, se enfurecieron.
7 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry;
8 Todos ellos se pusieron de acuerdo para venir a atacar Jerusalén y causar confusión.
8 and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion among us.
9 Pero nosotros oramos a nuestro Dios y pusimos guardias día y noche para protegernos de ellos.
9 But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night because of them.
10 Entonces los de Judá dijeron: «Las fuerzas de los trabajadores se están acabando y hay demasiados escombros. No podremos reconstruir la muralla».
10 Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading and there is much rubble, so that we are not able to build the wall.”
11 Nuestros enemigos decían: «Antes de que se den cuenta o nos vean, entraremos en medio de ellos, los mataremos y haremos que el trabajo se detenga».
11 Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
12 Los judíos que vivían cerca de ellos venían y nos repetían una y otra vez: «¡Vendrán contra ustedes desde todas partes!».
12 When the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
13 Por eso coloqué al pueblo por familias en los lugares más bajos detrás de la muralla y en los espacios abiertos, armados con espadas, lanzas y arcos.
13 Therefore I set guards in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places. I set the people by family groups with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 Después de examinar la situación, me levanté y dije a los nobles, a los jefes y al resto del pueblo: «No les tengan miedo. Recuerden al Señor, grande y digno de temor, y luchen por sus hermanos, sus hijos, sus hijas, sus esposas y sus casas».
14 I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
15 Cuando nuestros enemigos supieron que conocíamos sus planes y que Dios los había hecho fracasar, todos volvimos a la muralla, cada uno a su trabajo.
15 When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.
16 Desde aquel día, la mitad de mis hombres trabajaba en la obra y la otra mitad estaba armada con lanzas, escudos, arcos y corazas. Los jefes permanecían detrás de todo el pueblo de Judá,
16 From that time forth, half of my servants did the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
17 que reconstruía la muralla. Los que llevaban cargas hacían su trabajo con una mano y con la otra sostenían un arma.
17 Those who built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands did the work, and with the other held his weapon.
18 Cada constructor llevaba la espada ceñida a la cintura mientras trabajaba. El hombre encargado de tocar la trompeta permanecía a mi lado.
18 Among the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.
19 Dije a los nobles, a los jefes y al resto del pueblo: «El trabajo es grande y está muy extendido, y estamos muy separados unos de otros a lo largo de la muralla.
19 I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.
20 Cuando oigan el sonido de la trompeta, reúnanse con nosotros allí. Nuestro Dios luchará por nosotros».
20 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”
21 Así seguimos trabajando, mientras la mitad de los hombres sostenía las lanzas desde el amanecer hasta que salían las estrellas.
21 So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
22 También dije al pueblo: «Que cada hombre y su ayudante pase la noche dentro de Jerusalén. Así podrán hacer guardia por la noche y trabajar durante el día».
22 Likewise at the same time I said to the people, “Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.”
23 Ni yo, ni mis hermanos, ni mis hombres, ni los guardias que estaban conmigo nos quitábamos la ropa. Cada uno llevaba su arma incluso cuando iba por agua.
23 So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Sanballat
Sanballat the Horonite, who mocked, plotted against, and tried to lure Nehemiah during the wall building; one of the high priest’s grandsons became his son-in-law.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1
Tobiah
Ammonite official who jeered at the wall, sent intimidating letters, had ties of marriage and oath among Judah’s nobles, and was given a temple storeroom by Eliashib until…
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 4:3; Nehemiah 6:17
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Nehemiah 2:10; Hebrews 11:36; Psalm 35:15–16; Acts 5:17; Nehemiah 2:19
- 2 1 Corinthians 1:27; Ezra 4:9–10; Nehemiah 4:10; Zechariah 12:8; 1 Samuel 17:43–44
- 3 Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 2:10; 1 Kings 20:10; 1 Kings 20:18; 2 Kings 18:23
- 4 Psalm 79:12; Psalm 123:3–4; Proverbs 3:34; Hosea 12:14; 1 Samuel 17:26
- 5 Psalm 109:14; Jeremiah 18:23; Psalm 69:27–28; Isaiah 44:22; 2 Timothy 4:14
- 6 Philippians 2:13; 1 Chronicles 29:3; Hebrews 13:21; Nehemiah 6:15; 1 Chronicles 29:17–18
- 7 Nehemiah 4:1; Nehemiah 2:10; Jeremiah 25:20; Amos 1:13; Revelation 12:17
- 8 Psalm 83:3–11; Jeremiah 20:10; Isaiah 8:9–10; Acts 23:12–13; Psalm 2:1–3
- 9 1 Peter 5:8; Psalm 50:15; Acts 4:24–30; Matthew 26:41; Luke 6:11–12
- 10 Haggai 1:2; Numbers 32:9; 2 Chronicles 2:18; Numbers 13:31; Psalm 11:1–2
- 11 1 Thessalonians 5:2; Psalm 56:6; Judges 20:29–48; Acts 23:21; Acts 23:12
- 12 Numbers 14:22; Genesis 31:41; Genesis 31:7; Job 19:3
- 13 Nehemiah 4:17–18; Ephesians 6:11–20; Genesis 32:13–20; 2 Chronicles 32:2–8; Matthew 10:16
- 14 2 Samuel 10:12; Numbers 14:9; Isaiah 41:10–14; Hebrews 13:6; Psalm 66:3
- 15 2 Samuel 17:14; Romans 12:11; Psalm 33:10–11; Isaiah 44:25; Job 5:12–13
- 16 Nehemiah 4:23; Nehemiah 5:15–16; Psalm 101:6
- 17 2 Timothy 2:3; 2 Timothy 4:7; 2 Corinthians 6:7; Ephesians 6:11–20; 1 Corinthians 16:9
- 18 Numbers 10:9; 2 Chronicles 13:12–17
- 20 Exodus 14:14; Deuteronomy 20:4; Deuteronomy 1:30; Joshua 23:10; Deuteronomy 3:22
- 21 Galatians 6:9; Colossians 1:29
- 22 Nehemiah 11:1–2
- 23 Nehemiah 5:16; Nehemiah 7:2; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Judges 5:11; Judges 9:48
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