Nehemia 6
1 Ka wach nobiro ne Sanbalat, Tobia, Geshem ma ja-Arabu kod wasikwa mamoko modongʼ nine wagero ohinga kendo ne onge kamoro amora mane otuch, kata obedo ni e sechego ne pod ok aguro dhorangach.
And it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
2 Sanbalat kod Geshem noorona wach kama: “Bi mondo warom e achiel kuom mier mantiere e holo mar Ono.” To ma ne en mana riekogi mar hinya;
that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
3 omiyo ne aoronegi jaote gi dwoko niya, “An kod tich maduongʼ kendo ok anyal lor piny. Ere gima tangʼ mi tich chungʼ mi aweye kendo alor piny abi iri?”
And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?
4 Ne giorona wach achielni nyadingʼwen, to seche duto ne amiyogi dwoko machalre.
And they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them in the same manner.
5 Eka, e ote mar abich, Sanbalat noorona jakonyne mana gi wach achielni, kendo e lwete ne nitie baruwa ma ok omuon
Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in this manner the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand,
6 mane ondike niya: “Oselandi e dier ogendini, kendo Geshem osewacho ni en adier ni in kod jo-Yahudi uchano mar monjowa, to ma emomiyo ugero ohingani. Kendo kaluwore gi wach moselandore en ni idwaro bedo ruodhgi
in which was written: It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says [it, that] thou and the Jews think to rebel, for which cause thou buildest the wall, and according to these words thou wilt become their king.
7 kendo iseyiero jonabi mondo okor wachni Jerusalem ni, ‘Nitiere ruoth e piny Juda!’ Koro wachni biro dwogone ruoth; omiyo bi, mondo wapim wachni.”
And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning thee at Jerusalem saying, There is a king in Judah! And now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
8 Ne aorone dwoko niya, “Gima iwachono ok en adier; mano iparo mana gi pachi owuon.”
And I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
9 Ne gitemo mana mar bwogowa, kagiwacho niya, “Lwetgi biro bedo mayom yom, kendo ok gibi tieko tijni.” To ne alemo niya, “Yie imi lweta obed gi teko koro.”
For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be slackened from the work, that it be not carried out. — Now therefore strengthen my hands!
10 Chiengʼ moro achiel ne adhi e od Shemaya wuod Delaya, ma wuod Mehetabel, mane olorne ei dalane. Nowacho niya, “We warom e od Nyasaye, ei hekalu, kendo mondo walor dhout hekalu, nikech gibiro negi gotienoni.”
And I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who had shut himself up. And he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they are coming to kill thee; even in the night are they coming to kill thee.
11 To ne awacho niya, “Bende dichwo machalo koda kama diringi? Koso ngʼato kaka an nyalo dhi ei hekalu mondo ores ngimane? Ok abi dhi kata nade!”
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, could go into the temple, and live? I will not go in.
12 Ne afwenyo ni Nyasaye ne ok oore, to ne osekoro wach kuoma nikech Tobia kod Sanbalat ne osengʼiewe mar timo kamano.
And I perceived, and behold, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me; and Tobijah and Sanballat had hired him.
13 Ne osengʼiewe mondo obwoga eka atim richo mar timo ma, bangʼe gimiya nying marach mar njawo kita.
Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have wherewith to spread an evil report, that they might reproach me.
14 Par Tobia kod Sanbalat, yaye Nyasacha, kuom gima gisetimo; par bende janabi madhako miluongo ni Noadia kod jonabi mamoko mosetemo bwoga.
My God, remember Tobijah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets who would have put me in fear.
15 Omiyo gedo mar ohinga norumo e odiechiengʼ mar piero ariyo gabich mar Elul, kendo gedono nokawo ndalo piero abich gariyo.
So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.
16 Ka wasikwa duto nowinjo ma, ogendini molworowa luoro nomako kendo chunygi nobwok, nikech negifwenyo ni tijni notim gi teko mar Nyasachwa.
And it came to pass that when all our enemies heard [of it], all the nations that were about us were afraid and were much cast down in their own eyes, and they perceived that this work was wrought by our God.
17 Bende, e ndalogo joka ruoth ma Juda ne oro barupe mangʼeny ne Tobia, kendo dwoko mag Tobia ne medo bironegi.
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobijah, and those of Tobijah came to them.
18 Nimar ji mangʼeny Juda nokwongʼorene, nikech ne en or Shekania wuod Ara, to wuode Jehohanan nonywomo nyar Meshulam wuod Berekia.
For there were many in Judah sworn to him; for he was a son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
19 Kata kamano, negisiko ka gikelona wach mar timne maber kendo nyise gima awacho. To Tobia nodhi nyime ka orona barupe mondo gibwogago.
Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. [And] Tobijah sent letters to put me in fear.
