Nehemiah 6
1 Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to 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),
Ani hamma yeroo sanaatti cuftuu balbalaa itti galchuu baadhu illee Sanbalaax, Xoobbiyaan, Gesheem namicha Arabaa sanaa fi diinonni keenya biraan akka ani dallaa sana deebisee ijaaree iddoon hin ijaaramin tokko iyyuu hin hafin dhageenyaan
2 that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
Sanbalaaxii fi Gesheem, “Kottu mee gandoota dirree Oonoo irra jiran keessaa isa tokko keessatti wal arginaa” jedhanii ergaa kana natti ergan. Isaan garuu na miidhuuf malachaa turan;
3 And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it, and come down to you?
kanaafuu ani akkana jedhee ergamoota isaanittin erge; “Ani waan hojii guddaa hojjechaa jiruuf gad buʼuu hin dandaʼu. Yeroo ani hojii dhiisee gara keessanitti gad buʼuutti hojiin maaliif dhaabata?”
4 And they sent to me four times after this sort, and I answered them after the same manner.
Isaan ergaadhuma tokko siʼa afur natti ergan; anis siʼa afranuu deebiidhuma tokkon kenneef.
5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand
Sanbalaaxis ergaadhuma sana garbicha isaa tokkoon yeroo shanaffaa natti erge; garbichi sunis xalayaa hin cufamin tokko harkaa qaba ture.
6 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 are building the wall. And thou would be their king according to these words.
Xalayichis akkana jedha: “Akka atii fi Yihuudoonni finciluu barbaaddan uummata keessatti odeeffameera; Gesheemis kanuma mirkaneessa. Wanni isin dallaa ijaartaniifis kanuma; akka oduu kanaatti ati mootii isaanii taʼuu barbaadda;
7 And thou have also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah. And now it shall be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
ati akka isaan, ‘Yihuudaa keessa mootii tokkotu jira!’ jedhanii waaʼee kee Yerusaalem keessatti labsaniif raajota muudatteerta. Oduun kun gara mootichaatti ni deebiʼa; kanaafuu kottu wajjin ni mariʼannaa.”
8 Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou say, but thou imagine them out of thine own heart.
Kana irratti ani, “Wanni akka waan ati dubbattu kanaa tokko illee hin hojjetamne; ati matuma kee keessaa fuutee dubbattaa” jedheen deebiseef.
9 For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work that it not be done. But now, O God, strengthen thou my hands.
Isaan hundi, “Harki jara kanaa hojii hojjechuu ni dadhaba; hojiin kunis hin dhumu” jedhanii yaaduudhaan nu sodaachisuu yaalaa turan. Ani garuu, “Amma harka koo naa jajjabeessi” jedheen Waaqa kadhadhe.
10 And I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut 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 will come to kill thee, yea, they will come to kill thee in the night.
Anis gaaf tokko mana Shemaaʼiyaa ilma Delaayaa, ilma Maheexabiʼeel kan manuma ofii isaa keessatti itti cufame sanaa nan dhaqe. Innis akkana jedhe; “Sababii namoonni si ajjeesuuf dhufaa jiraniif, sababii isaan si ajjeesuuf halkaniin dhufaa jiraniif kottu mana Waaqaatti, mana qulqullummaa keessatti wal arginee balbalawwan mana qulqullummaa haa cufannu.”
11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? And who is there, that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
Ani immoo, “Namni akka kootii kun baqachuu qabaa? Yookaan namni na fakkaatu tokko lubbuu ofii isaa oolfachuudhaaf jedhee mana qulqullummaa seenuu qabaa? Ani hin deemu!” jedheen.
12 And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him, but he pronounced this prophecy against me, and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Ani akka Waaqni isa natti hin ergin beekkadheera; inni garuu sababii Xoobbiyaa fi Sanbalaaxi isa bitataniif waaʼee koo waan hamaa raaje.
13 For this cause he was hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
Inni na sodaachisee akka ani waan kana hojjechuudhaan cubbuu hojjedhuuf, akka isaanis akkasiin maqaa hamaa naa kennanii maqaa na balleessaniif bitame.
14 Remember, O my God, Tobiah 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.
Yaa Waaqa ko, sababii waan isaan hojjetan sanaaf jedhiitii Xoobbiyaa fi Sanbalaaxin yaadadhu; raajjuu Nooʼadiyaa jedhamtuu fi raajota na sodaachisuu yaalan kaanis yaadadhu.
15 So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.
Akkasiinis dallaan sun bultii shantamii lamatti, jiʼa Eeluuli jedhamu keessa bultii digdamii shanaffaatti ijaaramee dhume.
16 And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard of it, that all the nations that were around us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes, for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
Yommuu diinonni keenya hundi oduu kana dhagaʼanitti, saboonni naannoo keenyaa hundi sodaatanii abdii kutatan; isaan akka hojiin kun gargaarsa Waaqa keenyaan hojjetame hubataniiruutii.
17 Moreover in those days the ranking men of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them.
Bara sana keessa namoonni Yihuudaa bebeekamoon xalayoota hedduu gara Xoobbiyaatti ergaa turan; Xoobbiyaanis deebii isaaniif ni erga ture.
18 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 to wife.
Sababii inni soddaa Shekaaniyaa ilma Aaraa tureef namoonni Yihuudaa keessa jiraatan hedduun isaaf kakatan; akkasumas ilmi isaa Yehohaanaan intala Meshulaam ilma Berekiyaa fuudhee ture.
19 Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
Kana malees isaan hojii isaa gaarii natti odeessaa, waan ani jedhe illee isatti himaa turan. Xoobbiyaan immoo na sodaachisuuf jedhee xalayoota natti ergaa ture.
