Neemias 2

Neemias inspeciona as muralhas de Jerusalém

11 Três dias após ter chegado a Jerusalém, 12 levantei-me de noite e chamei junto de mim alguns homens; eu ainda não tinha contado absolutamente a ninguém os planos que Deus pusera no meu coração quanto a Jerusalém. Subi para a montada e os outros seguiram-me a pé.

13 Fomos pelo caminho da porta do vale em direção à fonte do Dragão, continuando pela porta do Monturo, para vermos o estado das muralhas em ruínas e as portas queimadas. 14 Depois seguimos pela porta da Fonte, até ao tanque Real; mas o animal não podia passar por ali. 15 Então contornámos a cidade e seguimos pelo ribeiro, sempre inspecionando as muralhas, tornando a entrar pela porta do vale. 16 Os administradores da cidade não souberam o que eu fiz, porque eu não tinha contado aos judeus os meus planos, nem sequer aos chefes políticos e religiosos, nem aos que trabalhavam nas obras.

11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. 13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. 14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. 15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. 16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.