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1 Cuando Sambalat, Tobías, Guesén el árabe, y el resto de nuestros enemigos se dieron cuenta de que estábamos a punto de finalizar la reconstrucción de la muralla, aunque faltaba colocar las hojas de muchas puertas,
1 Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
2 me enviaron un mensaje invitándome a reunirme con ellos en uno de los pueblos de la llanura de Ono. Comprendí que lo que intentaban era matarme,
2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come! Let’s meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to harm me.
3 de modo que les respondí con este mensaje: «Estoy ocupado en unas obras muy importantes. Si yo bajo a reunirme con ustedes, entonces los trabajos se paralizarían. ¿Por qué han de suspenderse las obras para ir yo a visitarlos?».
3 I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”
4 Cuatro veces me enviaron el mismo mensaje y otras tantas les respondí lo mismo.
4 They sent to me four times like this; and I answered them the same way.
5 La quinta vez vino el siervo de Sambalat con una carta abierta en la mano en la que me decía: «Guesén me ha dicho que por todas partes se oye decir que los judíos planean rebelarse, y que por esta razón están reedificando la muralla. Se dice que tú pretendes ser rey,
5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
6 Not in this translation
6 in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.
7 y que has designado profetas que hablen a favor tuyo en Jerusalén diciendo: “Nehemías es el hombre que necesitamos como rey”. Puedes estar seguro de que voy a pasar esos interesantes rumores al rey Artajerjes. Te sugiero que vengas y hables conmigo al respecto, porque esta es la única manera de salvarte».
7 You have also appointed prophets to proclaim of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let’s take counsel together.”
8 Mi respuesta fue: «Tú sabes que estás mintiendo, que no hay un ápice de verdad en todo lo que has dicho».
8 Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.”
9 Todo cuanto nuestros enemigos pretendían era asustarnos, de modo que nos desanimáramos y no termináramos los trabajos. Así que oré al Señor, y le dije: «Dios mío, dame las fuerzas para continuar esta obra».
9 For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.
10 Dos días después fui a visitar a Semaías hijo de Delaías y nieto de Mehitabel, que se había encerrado en su casa. Cuando llegué, me dijo: ―Escondámonos en el templo, en el interior de la Casa de Dios, y cerremos bien las puertas, pues están planeando matarte esta noche.
10 I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let’s shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you. Yes, in the night they will come to kill you.”
11 Pero le contesté: ―¿Que yo, el gobernador, me ponga en fuga? Como no soy sacerdote no debo entrar en el santuario, ni siquiera para salvar la vida. ¡No, no lo haré!
11 I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”
12 Comprendí que Dios no le había hablado, sino que Tobías y Sambalat le habían pagado para que me asustara y me convenciera de encerrarme en el templo. Si lo hubiera hecho, habría pecado, y ellos tendrían motivos para hablar mal de mí y dañar mi buena reputación.
12 I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him, but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13 Not in this translation
13 He was hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
14 Entonces oré: «¡Dios mío, no te olvides de Tobías, de Sambalat, de la profetisa Noadías, ni de los demás profetas que han tratado de intimidarme!».
14 “Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear.”
15 Terminamos la reconstrucción de la muralla el día veinticinco del mes de elul, es decir, cincuenta y dos días después de haberla comenzado.
15 So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
16 Cuando nuestros enemigos y las naciones circundantes supieron que habíamos acabado, se asustaron y se sintieron humillados, pues comprendieron que la obra había sido hecha con la ayuda de nuestro Dios.
16 When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.
17 Durante esos cincuenta y dos días, Tobías mantuvo una intensa correspondencia con varios judíos importantes.
17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.
18 Pues muchos judíos se habían comprometido a ayudarlo, ya que Tobías era yerno de Secanías hijo de Araj, y porque su hijo Johanán se había casado con la hija de Mesulán hijo de Berequías.
18 For there were many in Judah sworn to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife.
19 Algunos hasta lo elogiaban en mi presencia, y luego le contaban todo lo que yo había dicho. Y Tobías era quien me enviaba las cartas amenazadoras.
19 Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Arah
Named as the father of Shecaniah, Tobiah’s father-in-law.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 6:18
Delaiah
Named as the father of Shemaiah and son of Mehetabel.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 6:10
Geshem
Geshem the Arab joined Sanballat and Tobiah in mocking the builders and sent messages to lure Nehemiah to Ono.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 6:1; Nehemiah 6:2
Jehohanan
Tobiah’s son who married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 6:18
Mehetabel
Named as the father of Delaiah (a man, not the Edomite woman of Genesis 36).
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 6:10
Meshullam
Son of Berechiah who repaired two sections of the wall; his daughter married Jehohanan, Tobiah’s son.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:30; Nehemiah 6:18
Noadiah
Prophetess named with Tobiah and Sanballat among those Nehemiah asked God to remember for trying to intimidate him.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 6:14
Shecaniah
Son of Arah; Tobiah was his son-in-law, which bound many in Judah to him by oath.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 6:18
Shemaiah
Son of Delaiah who urged Nehemiah to hide in the temple; Nehemiah realized God had not sent him and that Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 6:10
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 (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1; Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 4:6–7
- 2 1 Chronicles 8:12; Psalm 37:12; Nehemiah 11:35; Psalm 37:32; Proverbs 26:24–26
- 3 Matthew 10:16; John 9:4; 1 Timothy 4:15–16; Proverbs 14:15; Luke 14:30
- 4 Luke 18:5; Judges 16:15–20; Proverbs 7:21; Proverbs 14:15; Judges 16:10
- 5 2 Thessalonians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; 2 Corinthians 2:11; 2 Kings 18:26–28; Ephesians 6:11
- 7 Proverbs 26:24–26; 2 Samuel 15:10–12; 1 Kings 1:7; 1 Kings 1:34; 1 Kings 1:18
- 8 Psalm 52:2; Job 13:4; Acts 25:10; Psalm 38:12; Daniel 11:27
- 9 Psalm 138:3; 1 Peter 5:10; Ephesians 3:16; Nehemiah 4:10–14; Hebrews 12:12
- 10 Jeremiah 36:5; Matthew 7:15; Psalm 37:12; Ezra 10:31; Psalm 120:2–3
- 11 Proverbs 28:1; Psalm 11:1–2; Acts 21:13; Philippians 2:17; Acts 20:24
- 12 Ezekiel 13:22; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Peter 2:3; Jeremiah 28:15; 1 Timothy 3:3
- 14 Nehemiah 13:29; 2 Timothy 4:14–15; Psalm 140:5–11; 1 John 5:16; Revelation 19:20
- 15 Psalm 1:3; Nehemiah 4:1–2; Daniel 9:25; Ezra 6:15
- 16 Psalm 126:2; Joshua 5:1; Nehemiah 4:7; Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 4:1
- 17 Nehemiah 13:28; Nehemiah 3:5; Micah 7:1–6; Matthew 24:10–12; Nehemiah 5:7
- 18 Ezra 2:5; Nehemiah 7:10; Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:30
- 19 Acts 4:18–21; Nehemiah 6:9; Isaiah 37:10–14; Proverbs 28:4; Nehemiah 6:13
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