Nehemiah 6
1 Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways);
Ketika Sanbalat dan Tobia dan Gesyem, orang Arab itu dan musuh-musuh kami yang lain mendengar, bahwa aku telah selesai membangun kembali tembok, sehingga tidak ada lagi lobang, walaupun sampai waktu itu di pintu-pintu gerbang belum kupasang pintunya,
2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.
maka Sanbalat dan Gesyem mengutus orang kepadaku dengan pesan: "Mari, kita mengadakan pertemuan bersama di Kefirim, di lembah Ono!" Tetapi mereka berniat mencelakakan aku.
3 And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you?
Lalu aku mengirim utusan kepada mereka dengan balasan: "Aku tengah melakukan suatu pekerjaan yang besar. Aku tidak bisa datang! Untuk apa pekerjaan ini terhenti oleh sebab aku meninggalkannya dan pergi kepada kamu!"
4 And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer.
Sampai empat kali mereka mengirim pesan semacam itu kepadaku dan setiap kali aku berikan jawaban yang sama kepada mereka.
5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
Lalu dengan cara yang sama untuk kelima kalinya Sanbalat mengirim seorang anak buahnya kepadaku yang membawa surat yang terbuka.
6 And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king;
Dalam surat itu tertulis: "Ada desas-desus di antara bangsa-bangsa dan Gasymu membenarkannya, bahwa engkau dan orang-orang Yahudi berniat untuk memberontak, dan oleh sebab itu membangun kembali tembok. Lagipula, menurut kabar itu, engkau mau menjadi raja mereka.
7 And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.
Bahkan engkau telah menunjuk nabi-nabi yang harus memberitakan tentang dirimu di Yerusalem, demikian: Ada seorang raja di Yehuda! Sekarang, berita seperti itu akan didengar raja. Oleh sebab itu, mari, kita sama-sama berunding!"
8 Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself.
Tetapi aku mengirim orang kepadanya dengan balasan: "Hal seperti yang kausebut itu tidak pernah ada. Itu isapan jempolmu belaka!"
9 For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.
Karena mereka semua mau menakut-nakutkan kami, pikirnya: "Mereka akan membiarkan pekerjaan itu, sehingga tak dapat diselesaikan." Tetapi aku justru berusaha sekuat tenaga.
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 have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the night they will come to put you to death.
Ketika aku pergi ke rumah Semaya bin Delaya bin Mehetabeel, sebab ia berhalangan datang, berkatalah ia: "Biarlah kita bertemu di rumah Allah, di dalam Bait Suci, dan mengunci pintu-pintunya, karena ada orang yang mau datang membunuh engkau, ya, malam ini mereka mau datang membunuh engkau."
11 And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.
Tetapi kataku: "Orang manakah seperti aku ini yang akan melarikan diri? Orang manakah seperti aku ini dapat memasuki Bait Suci dan tinggal hidup? Aku tidak pergi!"
12 Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so.
Karena kuketahui benar, bahwa Allah tidak mengutus dia. Ia mengucapkan nubuat itu terhadap aku, karena disuap Tobia dan Sanbalat.
13 For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.
Untuk ini ia disuap, supaya aku menjadi takut lalu berbuat demikian, sehingga aku berdosa. Dengan demikian mereka mempunyai kesempatan untuk membusukkan namaku, sehingga dapat mencela aku.
14 Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.
Ya Allahku, ingatlah bagaimana Tobia dan Sanbalat masing-masing telah bertindak! Pun tindakan nabiah Noaja dan nabi-nabi yang lain yang mau menakut-nakutkan aku.
15 So the wall was complete on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.
Maka selesailah tembok itu pada tanggal dua puluh lima bulan Elul, dalam waktu lima puluh dua hari.
16 And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.
Ketika semua musuh kami mendengar hal itu, takutlah semua bangsa sekeliling kami. Mereka sangat kehilangan muka dan menjadi sadar, bahwa pekerjaan itu dilaksanakan dengan bantuan Allah kami.
17 And further, in those days the chiefs of Judah sent a number of letters to Tobiah, and his letters came to them.
Pada masa itu pula para pemuka Yehuda mengirim banyak surat kepada Tobia, dan sebaliknya mereka menerima surat-surat dari padanya,
18 For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.
karena banyak orang di Yehuda mempunyai ikatan sumpah dengan dia, sebab ia adalah menantu Sekhanya bin Arah, sedang Yohanan, anaknya, mengambil anak Mesulam bin Berekhya sebagai isteri.
19 And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.
Juga mereka sebut-sebut segala kebaikan Tobia di mukaku dan segala perkataanku terus dibeberkan kepadanya. Pula Tobia mengirim surat-surat untuk menakut-nakutkan aku.
