4 — 2 Esdras (Nehemias)

1And it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall he was angry: and being moved exceedingly he scoffed at the Jews.Ma avendo udito Sanaballath, come si fabbricavan le mura, ne concepì grande sdegno: e infuriato com'era, scherniva i Giudei,AND it came to passe, when Sanaballat had heard that we builded the wal, he was very angrie: and being moued excedingly he scorned the Iewes.Factum est autem, cum audisset Sanaballat quod ædificaremus murum, iratus est valde: et motus nimis subsannavit Judæos, 2And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing? Will the Gentiles let them alone? will they sacrifice and make an end in a day? are they able to raise stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are burnt?E disse alla presenza de' suoi fratelli, e del consiglio de' Samaritani: Che fann'eglino que' fiaccati Giudei? Li lasceran fare queste nazioni? Potrann' eglino offerire sacrifizio, e finire in un di? Potrann' eglino tornare nel primo stato le pietre ridotte dal fuoco in mucchi di polvere?and sayd before his bretheren, and the multitude of the Samaritanes: What doe the sillie Iewes? Wil the gentiles let them alone? Shal they sacrifice and accomplish in one day? Why, are they able to build vp the stones out of the heapes of dust, that are burnt?et dixit coram fratribus suis, et frequentia Samaritanorum: Quid Judæi faciunt imbecilles ? num dimittent eos gentes ? num sacrificabunt, et complebunt in una die ? numquid ædificare poterunt lapides de acervis pulveris, qui combusti sunt ? 3Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall.Similmente Tobia Ammonita, che gli stava accanto, disse: Fabbrichino pure; se vi va una volpe, ella salterà la loro muraglia di pietra.Yea Tobias also the Ammanite his neighbour sayd: Let them build: if a fox come vp, he shal leape ouer their stone wal.Sed et Tobias Ammanites, proximus ejus, ait: Ædificent: si ascenderit vulpes, transiliet murum eorum lapideum. 4Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity.Ascolta tu, Dio nostro, come noi siamo derisi: rivolgi sulle teste loro lo scherno, e fagli spregevoli là dove siano menati schiavi.Heare our God, because we are had in dispise: turne the reproch vpon their head, and giue them into dispite in a Land of captiuitie.Audi, Deus noster, quia facti sumus despectui: converte opprobrium super caput eorum, et da eos in despectionem in terra captivitatis. 5Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.Non coprire la loro iniquità, e non sia cancellato dinanzi a te il loro peccato, perchè eglino hanno deriso chi fabbricava.Couer not their iniquitie, and let not their sinne be put out before thy face, because they haue mocked thy builders.Ne operias iniquitatem eorum, et peccatum eorum coram facie tua non deleatur, quia irriserunt ædificantes.

6So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.Noi adunque rifabbricammo le mura, e le rassettammo interamente sino alla metà e il cuore del popolo ne prese lena per lavorare.Therfore we built the wal, and ioyned together the whole vnto the halfe part: and the hart of the people was prouoked to worke.Itaque ædificavimus murum, et conjunximus totum usque ad partem dimidiam: et provocatum est cor populi ad operandum. 7And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry.Ma avendo udito Sanaballath, e Tobia, e gli Arabi, e gli Ammoniti, e quelli di Azoto, come si erano saldate le piaghe delle mura di Gerusalemme, e come principiavano a chiudersi i siti aperti, ne presero grandissimo sdegno.And it came to passe, when Sanaballat had heard, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammanites, and the Azotians, that the breach of the wal of Ierusalem was closed vp, and the gates began to be stopped, they were wrath excedingly.Factum est autem, cum audisset Sanaballat, et Tobias, et Arabes, et Ammanitæ, et Azotii, quod obducta esset cicatrix muri Jerusalem, et quod cœpissent interrupta concludi, irati sunt nimis. 8And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.E si raunarono tutti insieme per portar guerra a Gerusalemme, e tenderci insidie.And they were al assembled together, to come, and to fight against Ierusalem, and to prepare embushments.Et congregati sunt omnes pariter ut venirent, et pugnarent contra Jerusalem, et molirentur insidias. 9And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.E noi ci raccomandammo al nostro Dio, e mettemmo sentinelle sopra le mura per cautelarci contro di essi di e notte.And we prayed our God, and set watchmen vpon the wal day and night against them.Et oravimus Deum nostrum, et posuimus custodes super murum die ac nocte contra eos. 10And Juda said: The strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed, and the rubbish is very much, and we shall not be able to build the wall.E quei di Guida dissero: I più robusti a portare sono senza lena, e rimane grandissima quantità di terra; onde noi non potremo fabbricare la muraglia.And Iudas sayd: The strength of him that carrieth is weakened, & the morter is very much, and we shal not be able to build the wal.Dixit autem Judas: Debilitata est fortitudo portantis, et humus nimia est, et nos non poterimus ædificare murum.

11And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.Ma i nostri nemici dicevano: Coloro non hanno a saperne nulla, sino che sopraggiungiamo tra loro per uccidergli, e far cessare il lavoro.And our enimies sayd: Let them not know, and let them be ignorant, til we come into the midest of them, and kil them, and make their worke to cease.Et dixerunt hostes nostri: Nesciant, et ignorent donec veniamus in medium eorum, et interficiamus eos, et cessare faciamus opus. 12And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to us,Ed essendo venuti più, e più volte que' Giudei, che abitavano presso a coloro, e portandoci lo stesso avviso da tutte le parti, donde ei venivano a noi,And it came to passe, the Iewes that dwelt beside them, coming and telling vs ten times, out of al places from whence they came to vs,Factum est autem venientibus Judæis qui habitabant juxta eos, et dicentibus nobis per decem vices, ex omnibus locis quibus venerant ad nos, 13I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows.Io misi in ordinanza il popolo dietro alle mura all'intorno colle sue spade, e lance, e archi.I sette the people in a place behind the wal round about in order, with their swordes, and speares, and bowes.statui in loco post murum per circuitum populum in ordinem cum gladiis suis, et lanceis, et arcubus. 14And I looked and rose up: and I said to the chief men and the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: be not afraid of them. Remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, and your wives, and your houses.E fattane la rivista, andai: e dissi ai magnati, ai magistrati, e a tutto il resto del popolo: Non vi faccia paura la loro venuta. Ricordatevi del Signore grande, e terribile, e combattete pe' vostri fratelli, e pei vostri figliuoli, e figliuole, e per le vostre mogli, e per le case vostre.And I looked and rose vp: & I sayd to the princes and magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: Be not afrayd at their face: Remember our Lord great and terrible, and fight for your bretheren, your sonnes, and your daughters, and your wiues, and your houses.Et perspexi atque surrexi: et aio ad optimates et magistratus, et ad reliquam partem vulgi: Nolite timere a facie eorum: Domini magni et terribilis mementote, et pugnate pro fratribus vestris, filiis vestris, et filiabus vestris, et uxoribus vestris, et domibus vestris.

15And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that the thing had been told us, that God defeated their counsel. And we returned all of us to the walls, every man to his work.Ma avendo risaputo i nostri nemici, come noi eravamo stati avvertiti, il Signore mandò in fumo i loro disegni. E noi tornammo alle mura, ciascheduno al suo lavoro.And it came to passe, when our enimies had heard that it was told vs, God defeted their counsel. And we returned al to the walles, euery man to his worke.Factum est autem, cum audissent inimici nostri nuntiatum esse nobis, dissipavit Deus consilium eorum. Et reversi sumus omnes ad muros, unusquisque ad opus suum. 16And it came to pass from that day forward, that half of their young men did the work, and half were ready for to fight, with spears, and shields, and bows, and coats of mail, and the rulers were behind them in all the house of Juda.E da quel giorno in poi la metà della gioventù lavorava, e la metà stava pronta a combattere colle sue lance, e scudi, e archi, e corazze; e i capi loro stavano dietro a tutta la famiglia di Giuda.And it came to passe from that day, the halfe part of their yongmen did the worke, and halfe was ready to battel, and speares, & sheilds, and bowes, and cotes of mayle, and the princes behind them in al the house of IudaEt factum est a die illa, media pars juvenum eorum faciebat opus, et media parata erat ad bellum: et lanceæ, et scuta, et arcus, et loricæ, et principes post eos in omni domo Juda. 17Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held a sword.E quelli, che lavoravano sulle mura, e quelli, che portavano pesi, e quei, che li caricavano, lavoravan con una mano, e coll'altra tenevan la spada.of them that built in the wal, and that carried burdens, and that laded them: with one of his hands he did the worke, & with the other he held a sword:Ædificantium in muro, et portantium onera, et imponentium: una manu sua faciebat opus, et altera tenebat gladium: 18For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me.Imperocché tutti i lavoranti portavano cinta a' fianchi la spada. E fabbricavano, e sonavan la tromba presso di me.for euery one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reynes. And they builded, and sounded with the trumpet nere me.ædificentium enim unusquisque gladio erat accinctus renes. Et ædificabant, et clangebant buccina juxta me.

19And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: The work is great and wide, and we are separated on the wall one far from another:E io dissi ai magnati, e ai magistrati, e al rimanente del popolo: Il lavoro è grande, e di lunga estensione: e noi rimanghiamo attorno alle mura separati in distanza l'uno dall'altro:And I sayd to the princes, and to the magistrates, & to the rest of the common people: The worke is great and broad, and we are seperated in the wal one far from an other:Et dixi ad optimates, et ad magistratus, et ad reliquam partem vulgi: Opus grande est et latum, et nos separati sumus in muro procul alter ab altero: 20In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us.Dovunque sentirete sonar la tromba, là correte unitamente verso di noi: il nostro Dio combatterà in nostro aiuto.in what place soeuer you shal heare the sound of the trumpet, thither runne together vnto vs: our God wil fight for vs.in loco quocumque audieritis clangorem tubæ, illuc concurrite ad nos: Deus noster pugnabit pro nobis. 21And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear.E noi continueremo il nostro lavoro: e la metà di noi abbia impugnata la lancia dallo spuntar dell'aurora, sino a che escan fuora le stelle.And let vs our selues doe the worke: and let the halfe part of vs hold speares from the rysing of the morning, til the starres appeare.Et nos ipsi faciamus opus, et media pars nostrum teneat lanceas ab ascensu auroræ donec egrediantur astra. 22At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.In quell'occasione io dissi parimente al popolo: Ognun di voi resti col suo servo dentro Gerusalemme, e noi ci daremo la muta per lavorare di, e notte.At that time also I sayd to the people: Let euery man with his seruant tarry in the middes of Ierusalem, and let there be courses among vs by day and night to worke.In tempore quoque illo dixi populo: Unusquisque cum puero suo maneat in medio Jerusalem, et sint nobis vices per noctem et diem ad operandum. 23Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen that followed me, did not put off our clothes: only every man stripped himself when he was to be washed.Io poi, e i miei fratelli, e la mia gente, e le guardie, che mi venivano appresso, non ci spogliavamo: nissuno posava i tuoi abiti, se non per qualche purificazione.And I and my bretheren, and my seruants, and the watchmen, that were behinde me, did not put of our clothes: euery man was made bare only to washing.Ego autem et fratres mei, et pueri mei, et custodes, qui erant post me, non deponebamus vestimenta nostra: unusquisque tantum nudabatur ad baptismum.