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.
Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though even to 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;
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come! Let’s meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to harm me.
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?”
I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”
4 Ne giorona wach achielni nyadingʼwen, to seche duto ne amiyogi dwoko machalre.
They sent to me four times like this; and I answered them the same way.
5 Eka, e ote mar abich, Sanbalat noorona jakonyne mana gi wach achielni, kendo e lwete ne nitie baruwa ma ok omuon
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way 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 you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.
7 kendo iseyiero jonabi mondo okor wachni Jerusalem ni, ‘Nitiere ruoth e piny Juda!’ Koro wachni biro dwogone ruoth; omiyo bi, mondo wapim wachni.”
You have also appointed prophets to proclaim of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let’s take counsel together.”
8 Ne aorone dwoko niya, “Gima iwachono ok en adier; mano iparo mana gi pachi owuon.”
Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your 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 will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, 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.”
I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let’s shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you. Yes, in the night they will come to kill you.”
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!”
I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? 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.
I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him, but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13 Ne osengʼiewe mondo obwoga eka atim richo mar timo ma, bangʼe gimiya nying marach mar njawo kita.
He was hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for 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.
“Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets that 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 in the twenty-fifth day 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.
When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done 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 Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters 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 because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife.
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. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
