Nehemiah 4
1 Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews.
Kane Sanbalat owinjo ni wasechako gero ohinga, iye nowangʼ kendo mirima nomake. Ne ojaro jo-Yahudi,
2 And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned come again out of the dust?
e nyim joma ne giriworego kod jolweny mag jo-Samaria, mowachonegi niya, “En angʼo ma jo-Yahudi manyapgi timo ka? Bende gibiro chako gero ohingano? Bende gibiro chiwo misango? Bende gibiro tieke godiechiengʼ achiel? Bende gibiro miyo kitegi bedo mangima ka gia e pith mag yugigo, kaka owangʼ-gi malichni?”
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.
Tobia ma ja-Amon, mane ochungʼ e bathe, nowacho niya, “Ohinga ma gigerono, kata ka kibwe ema oidho, to obiro ruombore piny!”
4 Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:
Winjwa, yaye Nyasachwa, nimar osejarwa. Mad idwok ayenjegi e wigi giwegi. Mad ichiwgi kaka wasumbini e piny mabor ka joma oter e twech.
5 Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.
Kik ium gigo magisetimo ma ok odhi kare kata iruch richogi e nyim wangʼi, nimar gisediro ayenje e wangʼ jogedo.
6 So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard.
Omiyo ne wagero ohinga nyaka ne ochopo nus mar borne, nikech ji notiyo gi chunygi duto.
7 But when it came to the ears of Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites, that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the broken places were being made good, they were full of wrath;
To ka Sanbalat, Tobia, jo-Arabu, jo-Amon kod jo-Ashdod nowinjo ni loso ohinga mar Jerusalem osedhi nyime to kendo ni kuonde motuch ne idino, igi nowangʼ ahinya.
8 And they made designs, all of them together, to come and make an attack on Jerusalem, causing trouble there.
Negichokore giduto mondo gibi giked gi Jerusalem kendo gimi ji obed gi luoro.
9 But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.
To ne walamo Nyasachwa mi waketo jorito odiechiengʼ gotieno mondo gigengʼ kihondkoni.
10 And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall.
Kuom mano, jo-Juda nowacho niya, “Pidhe mag kuonde momukore ngʼeny, to teko joma gologi odok chien, omiyo koro ok wanyal dhi nyime gigero ohinga.”
11 And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.
Wasikwa bende nowacho niya, “Ka pod ok gi ngʼeyo kata ka pod ok gi nenowa, to wabiro poree e diergi kendo wabiro negogi mi wachung tich.”
12 And it came about that when the Jews who were living near them came, they said to us ten times, From all directions they are coming against us.
Bangʼe jo-Yahudi mane odak mokiewo kodgi nobiro kendo okonewa nyadipar niya, “Gibiro monjou kamoro ma udhiyoe.”
13 So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Emomiyo ne aketo jomoko e tok ohinga kuonde modok gi piny ma ginyalo nenogo wasigu ka aketogi dala ka dala, ka gin-gi ligengni, tonge kod atungʼ.
14 And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.
Kane asenono gigi maber, ne achungo malo kendo awachone joka ruoth, jotelo kod joma moko niya, “Kik uluorgi. Par Ruoth Nyasaye, maduongʼ kendo malich, kendo ukedne oweteu, yawuotu kod nyiu, mondeu, kod miechu.”
15 And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work
Ka wasikwa nowinjo ni wasefwenyo chenro margi kendo ni Nyasaye ne oseketho parogi, ne wadok wate e gero ohinga, ngʼato ka ngʼato e tichne.
16 And from that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal war-dresses; and the chiefs were at the back of the men of Judah.
Kochakore e odiechiengno, nus mar joga notiyo tijno, to nus modongʼ nomanore gi tongʼ, okumba, atungʼ kod gige lweny mag akor. Jotelo nochungʼ e tok jo-Juda duto
17 Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;
mane gero ohinga. Joma ne otingʼo gige gedo ne tiyo gi lwetgi, to lwetgi komachielo otingʼo gir lweny,
18 Every builder was working with his sword at his side. And by my side was a man for sounding the horn.
to jagedo ka jagedo notingʼo liganglane e bathe kodhi nyime kod tich. To ngʼatno mane goyo turumbete nodongʼ koda.
19 And I said to the great ones and the chiefs and the rest of the people, The work is great and widely spaced and we are far away from one another on the wall:
Bangʼe ne awachone joka ruoth, jotelo kod joma moko niya, “Tich ngʼeny kendo pek, to wangelore e kor ohingani.
20 Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.
Kamoro amora ma uwinjo ka turumbete oywakie, to yworwauru kanyo. Nyasachwa biro kedonwa!”
21 So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.
Omiyo ne wadhi nyime gi tich ka nus mar jowa otingʼo tongʼ, kochakore kogwen nyaka sa ma piny imore.
22 And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.
E sechego ne awachone ji niya, “Ket ngʼato ka ngʼato kod jakonyne obed ei Jerusalem gotieno, mondo omi gibed jorito gotieno, to giti godiechiengʼ.”
23 So not one of us, I or my brothers or my servants or the watchmen who were with me, took off his clothing, everyone went armed to the water.
An, kata owetena kata joga kata jorit mane ni koda ne ok ogolo lepgi; moro ka moro notingʼo liganglane mar lweny, kata mana ka wadhi tuomo pi.
