Nehemiah 6
1 When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed 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 Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.
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 So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go 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 Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
Isaan ergaadhuma tokko siʼa afur natti ergan; anis siʼa afranuu deebiidhuma tokkon kenneef.
5 The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter
Sanbalaaxis ergaadhuma sana garbicha isaa tokkoon yeroo shanaffaa natti erge; garbichi sunis xalayaa hin cufamin tokko harkaa qaba ture.
6 that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,
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 you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer 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 him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
Kana irratti ani, “Wanni akka waan ati dubbattu kanaa tokko illee hin hojjetamne; ati matuma kee keessaa fuutee dubbattaa” jedheen deebiseef.
9 For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen 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 Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you— by night they are coming to kill you!”
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 But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
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 I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because 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 He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.
Inni na sodaachisee akka ani waan kana hojjechuudhaan cubbuu hojjedhuuf, akka isaanis akkasiin maqaa hamaa naa kennanii maqaa na balleessaniif bitame.
14 O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me.
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 completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.
Akkasiinis dallaan sun bultii shantamii lamatti, jiʼa Eeluuli jedhamu keessa bultii digdamii shanaffaatti ijaaramee dhume.
16 When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by 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 Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came back to them.
Bara sana keessa namoonni Yihuudaa bebeekamoon xalayoota hedduu gara Xoobbiyaatti ergaa turan; Xoobbiyaanis deebii isaaniif ni erga ture.
18 For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.
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 Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.
Kana malees isaan hojii isaa gaarii natti odeessaa, waan ani jedhe illee isatti himaa turan. Xoobbiyaan immoo na sodaachisuuf jedhee xalayoota natti ergaa ture.
