Nehemiya 4
1 Sanibalati atamva kuti tikumanganso khoma anapsa mtima nayamba kuseka ndi kunyogodola Ayuda kwambiri.
But it came to pass, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, it angered him, and he was greatly displeased, —and mocked the Jews;
2 Ndipo anayankhula pamaso pa abale ake ndi asilikali a Samariya kuti, “Kodi Ayuda ofowokawa akuchita chiyani? Kodi iwo nʼkumanganso khoma? Kodi adzaperekanso nsembe? Kodi adzatsiriza ntchitoyi tsiku limodzi? Kodi adzachita kutenga miyala yakale ija ndi mmene inapseramo?”
and spake before his brethren, and the army of Samaria, and said, What are, these feeble Jews, doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they bring to life the stones out of the heaps of dust, when, they, have been burned up?
3 Tobiya wa ku Amoni, amene anali naye anati, “Chimene akumangacho ngati nkhandwe itakwerapo, itha kugwetsa khoma lawolo!”
Now, Tobiah the Ammonite, was beside him, —so he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox should go up, he would break down their stone wall!
4 Tsono ndinayamba kupemphera kuti, “Timvereni, Inu Mulungu wathu, mmene akutinyozera. Mulole kuti mawu awo onyoza awabwerere, ndipo atengedwe ukapolo ku dziko lachilendo.
Hear, O our God, for we have become a contempt, and turn thou back their reproach upon their own head, —and give them up as a prey, in the land of captivity;
5 Musawakhululukire mphulupulu zawo kapena kufafaniza machimo awo pamaso panu popeza aputa ukali wanu pamaso pa anthu omanga khoma.”
and do not cover their iniquity, and, their sin before thee, let it not be blotted out, —for they have caused vexation before them who are building.
6 Choncho ife tinamangabe khomalo kufikira lonse litafika theka la msinkhu wake, chifukwa chakuti anthu anagwira ntchitoyo ndi mtima wawo wonse.
So we built the wall, and all the wall was finished unto the half thereof, —and the people had a mind to work.
7 Koma pamene Sanibalati, Tobiya, Aarabu, Aamoni ndi anthu a ku Asidodi anamva kuti ntchito yokonzanso makoma a Yerusalemu ikupitirirabe ndipo kuti mipata ikutsekedwa, anapsa mtima kwambiri.
But it came to pass, when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerusalem had gone up, that the breaches began to be stopped, that it angered them exceedingly;
8 Tsono onse anapangana za chiwembu kuti abwere ndi kudzathira nkhondo anthu a ku Yerusalemu ndi kuyambitsa mapokoso pakati pawo.
and they conspired, all of them together, to come, to fight against Jerusalem, —and to cause it harm;
9 Koma ife tinapemphera kwa Mulungu wathu ndipo tinayika alonda otiteteza kwa adaniwo usiku ndi usana.
howbeit we prayed unto our God, —and set a watch against them, day and night, because of them.
10 Pa nthawi yomweyi anthu a ku Yuda anati, “Mphamvu za anthu onyamula zinyalala zikutha ndipo pali zinyalala zambiri. Choncho ife sititha kumanga khomali.”
Then said Judah, The strength of the burden-bearer faileth, and, the rubbish, aboundeth, —and, we, are not able to build at the wall;
11 Adani athunso anati, “Iwo asanadziwe izi, kapena kutiona, tidzakhala tili pakati pawo ndipo tidzawapha ndi kuyimitsa ntchitoyo.”
and our adversaries have said, They shall not know, neither shall they see, until we come into their midst, and slay them, —so shall we cause the work to cease.
12 Ndipo Ayuda amene ankhala pafupi ndi adani athuwo anabwera kakhumi konse kuchokera konse kumene ankakhala kudzatiwuza kuti tibwereko ku ntchito.
But it came to pass, when the Jews dwelling near them came in, then said they unto us, ten times, From all places whither ye shall turn, [they will be] upon us!
13 Choncho kumbuyo kwa khoma, cha mʼmunsi mwake komanso malo amene anali asanathe ndinayikamo anthu mʼmabanja atatenga malupanga, mikondo ndi mauta awo.
So I set—on the lower slopes of the place behind the wall in the waste grounds, —yea I set the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.
14 Popeza anthu ankachita mantha, tsono ndinawawuza anthu olemekezeka, akuluakulu ndiponso anthu onse kuti, “Musawaope. Kumbukirani kuti Ambuye ndi wamkulu ndipo ndi woopsa. Choncho menyerani nkhondo abale anu, ana aamuna ndi aakazi, akazi anu ndi nyumba zanu.”
Then I looked and rose up, and said—unto the nobles and unto the deputies and unto the rest of the people, Do not ye fear because of them, —the great and fearful Lord, remember ye, so shall ye fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15 Adani athu atamva kuti ife tadziwa za chiwembu chawo, anadziwanso kuti Yehova walepheretsa zimene ankafuna kutichita. Choncho tinabwerera aliyense ku ntchito yake yomanga khoma.
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had overturned their counsel, then returned we, all of us, unto the wall, every man unto his work.
16 Kuyambira tsiku limenelo mpaka mʼtsogolo mwake, theka la antchito anga linkagwira ntchito, pamene theka linalo limatenga mikondo, zishango, mauta ndi kuvala malaya azitsulo. Akuluakulu ankalimbikitsa Ayuda onse
And it came to pass, from that day, the half of my young men, were working in the work, and, the half of them, were grasping the spears, the bucklers, and the bows, and the coats of mail, —but, the rulers, were behind all the house of Judah.
17 amene ankamanga khoma. Anthu onyamula zinyalala aja ankagwira ntchito ndi dzanja limodzi, dzanja linali atanyamula chida chankhondo.
They who were building at the wall and they who were carrying burdens, they who were lifting, [each man], with his one hand, was working at the work, and, with the other, was grasping the weapon.
18 Mʼmisiri aliyense ankamangirira lupanga lake mʼchiwuno mwake akamagwira ntchito. Koma munthu woyimba lipenga anali pambali panga nthawi zonse.
Even they who were building, every man, had his sword girded upon his loins, and so was building, —and, he that sounded the horn, was by my side.
19 Ndipo ine ndinati kwa anthu olemekezeka ndi anthu ena onse, “Ntchitoyi ndi yayikulu ndipo ili padera lalikulu ndipo ifeyo takhala motayanatayana kwambiri pa khoma.
So I said unto the nobles and unto the deputies, and unto the rest of the people, The work, is great and large, —and, we, are separated upon the wall, far away, each man from his brother:
20 Tsono kulikonse kumene muliko, mukamva kulira kwa lipenga bwerani mudzasonkhane kumene kuli ine kuno. Mulungu wathu adzatimenyera nkhondo.”
In what place soever ye shall hear the sound of the horn, thither, gather yourselves unto us, —our God, will fight for us.
21 Choncho enafe tinapitiriza kugwira ntchito, pamene theka lina linkanyamula mikondo kuyambira mʼbandakucha mpaka nyenyezi zitaoneka.
So, we, were working at the work, —one half of them, grasping the spears, from the uprisings of the dawn, until the coming out of the stars.
22 Pa nthawi imeneyo ndinawuzanso anthuwo kuti, “Aliyense pamodzi ndi wantchito wake agone mu Yerusalemu kuti tikhale ndi otilondera usiku ndi kuti masana tizigwira ntchito.”
Moreover, at that time, I said to the people, Let, every one with his young man, lodge for the night in the midst of Jerusalem, —so shall they serve us, in the night, as a watch, and, the day, for work.
23 Choncho ine, anzanga, antchito anga, ndi anthu otiteteza amene ankanditsata panalibe ndi mmodzi yemwe anavula zovala zake pogona. Aliyense anasunga chida chake chankhondo pambali pake.
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my young men, nor the men of the watch that followed me, none of us, put off our clothes, —every one [went] with his weapon to the water.
