Neemias

that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

Eu, os meus irmãos, os meus homens de confiança e os guardas que estavam comigo nem tirávamos a roupa, e cada um permanecia de arma na mão.

e seus irmãos, Sebanias, Hodias, Quelita, Pelaías, Hanã,

Então contendi com os nobres de Judá, e lhes disse: Que mal é este que fazeis, profanando o dia de sábado?

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

em Hazor, em Ramá, em Gitaim,

E que puseste profetas, para pregarem de ti em Jerusalém, dizendo: Este é rei em Judá; de modo que o rei o ouvirá, segundo estas palavras; vem, pois, agora, e consultemos juntamente.

And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

seguida por Hosaías, metade dos príncipes de Judá,

and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.