< Nehemiah 4 >
1 Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
and to be like/as as which to hear: hear Sanballat for we to build [obj] [the] wall and to be incensed to/for him and to provoke to multiply and to mock upon [the] Jew
2 before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
and to say to/for face brother: compatriot his and strength: soldiers Samaria and to say what? [the] Jew [the] weak to make: do to leave: release to/for them to sacrifice to end: finish in/on/with day to live [obj] [the] stone from heap [the] dust and they(masc.) to burn
3 Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”
and Tobiah [the] Ammon beside him and to say also which they(masc.) to build if to ascend: rise fox and to break through wall stone their
4 Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
to hear: hear God our for to be contempt and to return: return reproach their to(wards) head their and to give: give them to/for plunder in/on/with land: country/planet captive
5 Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
and not to cover upon iniquity: guilt their and sin their from to/for face: before your not to wipe for to provoke to/for before [the] to build
6 So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
and to build [obj] [the] wall and to conspire all [the] wall till half her and to be heart to/for people to/for to make: do
7 When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,
and to be like/as as which to hear: hear Sanballat and Tobiah and [the] Arabian and [the] Ammon and [the] Ashdod for to ascend: rise health to/for wall Jerusalem for to profane/begin: begin [the] to break through to/for to close and to be incensed to/for them much
8 and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance.
and to conspire all their together to/for to come (in): come to/for to fight in/on/with Jerusalem and to/for to make: do to/for him error
9 So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
and to pray to(wards) God our and to stand: stand custody upon them by day and night from face: because their
10 Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
and to say Judah to stumble strength [the] burden and [the] dust to multiply and we not be able to/for to build in/on/with wall
11 And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
and to say enemy our not to know and not to see: see till which to come (in): come to(wards) midst their and to kill them and to cease [obj] [the] work
12 At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
and to be like/as as which to come (in): come [the] Jew [the] to dwell beside them and to say to/for us ten beat from all [the] place which to return: return upon us
13 So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.
and to stand: put from lower to/for place from after to/for wall (in/on/with bare *Q(K)*) and to stand: put [obj] [the] people to/for family with sword their spear their and bow their
14 After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
and to see: see and to arise: rise and to say to(wards) [the] noble and to(wards) [the] ruler and to(wards) remainder [the] people not to fear from face of their [obj] Lord [the] great: large and [the] to fear: revere to remember and to fight upon brother: compatriot your son: child your and daughter your woman: wife your and house: home your
15 When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.
and to be like/as as which to hear: hear enemy our for to know to/for us and to break [the] God [obj] counsel their (and to return: return *Q(k)*) all our to(wards) [the] wall man: anyone to(wards) work his
16 And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah
and to be from [the] day [the] he/she/it half youth my to make: do in/on/with work and half their to strengthen: hold and [the] spear [the] shield and [the] bow and [the] armor and [the] ruler after all house: household Judah
17 who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.
[the] to build in/on/with wall and [the] to lift: bear in/on/with burden to lift in/on/with one hand his to make: do in/on/with work and one to strengthen: hold [the] missile
18 And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.
and [the] to build man: anyone sword his to bind upon loin his and to build and [the] to blow in/on/with trumpet beside me
19 Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and extensive, and we are spread out far from one another along the wall.
and to say to(wards) [the] noble and to(wards) [the] ruler and to(wards) remainder [the] people [the] work to multiply and broad: wide and we to separate upon [the] wall distant man: anyone from brother: compatriot his
20 Wherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”
in/on/with place which to hear: hear [obj] voice: sound [the] trumpet there [to] to gather to(wards) us God our to fight to/for us
21 So we continued the work, while half of the men held spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.
and we to make: do in/on/with work and half their to strengthen: hold in/on/with spear from to ascend: dawn [the] dawn till to come out: come [the] star
22 At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”
also in/on/with time [the] he/she/it to say to/for people man: anyone and youth his to lodge in/on/with midst Jerusalem and to be to/for us [the] night custody and [the] day work
23 So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.
and nothing I and brother: compatriot my and youth my and human [the] custody which after me nothing we to strip garment our man: anyone missile his [the] water