Nehemiah 4
1 Now it happened that, when Sanballat had heard that we were building the wall, he was very angry. And having been moved exceedingly, he ridiculed the Jews.
Nígbà tí Sanballati gbọ́ pé àwa ń tún odi náà mọ, ó bínú, ó sì bínú púpọ̀. Ó fi àwọn ará Júù ṣe ẹlẹ́yà,
2 And he said, before his brothers and a crowd of the Samaritans: “What are the foolish Jews doing? Can it be that the Gentiles will allow them? Will they sacrifice and finish in one day? Do they have the ability to make stones out of piles of dust that have been burned up?”
ó sọ níwájú àwọn ẹlẹgbẹ́ rẹ̀ àti níwájú àwọn ọmọ-ogun Samaria pé, “Kí ni àwọn aláìlera Júù wọ̀nyí ń ṣe yìí? Ṣé wọn yóò mú odi wọn padà ni? Ṣé wọn yóò rú ẹbọ ni? Ṣé wọn yóò parí i rẹ̀ lóòjọ́ ni bí? Ṣé wọ́n lè mú òkúta tí a ti sun láti inú òkìtì padà bọ̀ sípò tí ó jóná bí wọ́n ṣe wà?”
3 Then too, Tobiah, an Ammonite, his assistant, said: “Let them build. When the fox climbs, he will leap over their stone wall.”
Tobiah ará Ammoni, ẹni tí ó wà lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ rẹ̀, wí pé, “Ohun tí wọ́n ń mọ—bí kọ̀lọ̀kọ̀lọ̀ lásán bá gùn ún sókè, yóò fọ́ odi òkúta wọn lulẹ̀!”
4 Listen, O our God, for we have become an object of contempt. Turn their reproach upon their own head, and grant that they may be despised in a land of captivity.
Gbọ́ ti wa, Ọlọ́run wa, nítorí àwa di ẹni ẹ̀gàn. Dá ẹ̀gàn wọn padà sórí ara wọn. Kí o sì fi wọ́n fún ìkógun ní ilẹ̀ ìgbèkùn.
5 May you not conceal their iniquity, and may their sin not be wiped away, before your face, for they have ridiculed those who are building.
Má ṣe bo ẹ̀bi wọn tàbí wẹ àwọn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn nù kúrò níwájú rẹ, nítorí wọ́n mú ọ bínú níwájú àwọn ọ̀mọ̀lé.
6 And so we built the wall, and we joined it together, even to the unfinished portion. And the heart of the people was stirred up for the work.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwa mọ odi náà títí gbogbo rẹ̀ fi dé ìdajì gíga rẹ̀, nítorí àwọn ènìyàn ṣiṣẹ́ pẹ̀lú gbogbo ọkàn an wọn.
7 Now it happened that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabs, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites had heard that the walls of Jerusalem had been closed, and that the breaches had begun to be repaired, they were exceedingly angry.
Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí Sanballati, Tobiah, àwọn ará Arabia, ará Ammoni, àti àwọn ènìyàn Aṣdodu gbọ́ pé àtúnṣe odi Jerusalẹmu ti ga dé òkè àti pé a ti mọ àwọn ibi tí ó yá dí, inú bí wọn gidigidi.
8 And they all gathered together, so that they might go forth and fight against Jerusalem, and so that they might prepare ambushes.
Gbogbo wọn jọ gbìmọ̀ pọ̀ láti wá bá Jerusalẹmu jà àti láti dìde wàhálà sí í.
9 And we prayed to our God, and we stationed guards upon the wall, day and night, against them.
Ṣùgbọ́n àwa gbàdúrà sí Ọlọ́run wa, a sì yan olùṣọ́ ọ̀sán àti ti òru láti kojú ìhàlẹ̀ yìí.
10 Then Judah said: “The strength of those who carry has diminished, and the amount of material is very great, and so we will not be able to build the wall.”
Lákòókò yìí, àwọn ènìyàn Juda wí pé, “Agbára àwọn òṣìṣẹ́ ti dínkù, àlàpà púpọ̀ ni ó wà tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí àwa kò fi le è mọ odi náà.”
11 And our enemies said: “Let them neither know, nor realize, until we arrive in their midst, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
Bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni àwọn ọ̀tá wa wí pé, “Kí wọn tó mọ̀ tàbí kí wọn tó rí wa, àwa yóò ti dé àárín wọn, a ó sì pa wọ́n, a ó sì dá iṣẹ́ náà dúró.”
12 Now it happened that, on ten occasions, some Jews arrived who were living near them, from all the places from which they came to us, and they told us this.
Nígbà náà ni àwọn Júù tí ó ń gbé ní ẹ̀gbẹ́ wọn wá sọ fún wa ní ìgbà mẹ́wàá pé, “Ibikíbi tí ẹ̀yin bá padà sí, wọn yóò kọlù wá.”
13 So I stationed the people in order, in places behind the wall, all around it, with their swords, and lances, and bows.
Nítorí náà mo dá ènìyàn díẹ̀ dúró níbi tí ó rẹlẹ̀ jù lẹ́yìn odi ní ibi gbangba, mo fi wọ́n síbẹ̀ nípa àwọn ìdílé wọn, pẹ̀lú àwọn idà wọn, àwọn ọ̀kọ̀ wọn àti àwọn ọrun wọn.
14 And I gazed around, and I rose up. And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: “Do not be afraid before their face. Remember the great and terrible Lord, and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons and your daughters, and your wives and your households.”
Lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí mo wo àwọn nǹkan yíká, mo dìde mo sì wí fún àwọn ọlọ́lá àwọn ìjòyè àti àwọn ènìyàn tókù pé, “Ẹ má ṣe bẹ̀rù u wọn. Ẹ rántí Olúwa, ẹni tí ó tóbi, tí ó sì ní ẹ̀rù, kí ẹ sì jà fún àwọn arákùnrin yín, àwọn ọmọkùnrin yín, àwọn ọmọbìnrin yín, àwọn ìyàwó yín àti àwọn ilé yín.”
15 Then it happened that, when our enemies had heard that it had been reported to us, God defeated their counsel. And we all returned to the walls, each one to his own work.
Nígbà tí àwọn ọ̀tá wa gbọ́ pé àwa ti mọ èrò wọn àti wí pé Ọlọ́run ti bà á jẹ́, gbogbo wa padà sí ibi odi, ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan sí ibi iṣẹ́ tirẹ̀.
16 And it happened that, from that day, half of their young men were doing the work, and half were prepared for war with lances, and shields, and bows, and armor. And the leaders were behind them in all the house of Judah.
Láti ọjọ́ náà lọ, ìdajì àwọn ènìyàn ń ṣe iṣẹ́ náà, nígbà tí àwọn ìdajì tókù múra pẹ̀lú ọ̀kọ̀, asà, ọrun àti ìhámọ́ra. Àwọn ìjòyè sì pín ara wọn sẹ́yìn gbogbo ènìyàn Juda.
17 As for those building the wall, and carrying the burdens, and setting things in place: one of his hands was doing the work, and the other was holding a sword.
Àwọn ẹni tí ó ń mọ odi. Àwọn tí ń ru àwọn ohun èlò ṣe iṣẹ́ náà pẹ̀lú ọwọ́ kan, wọ́n sì fi ọwọ́ kejì di ohun ìjà mú,
18 For each one of the builders was girded with a sword at the waist. And they were building, and they were sounding a trumpet beside me.
olúkúlùkù àwọn ọ̀mọ̀lé fi idà wọn sí ẹ̀gbẹ́ wọn bí wọ́n ṣe ń ṣiṣẹ́. Ṣùgbọ́n ọkùnrin tí ń fọn ìpè dúró pẹ̀lú mi.
19 And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: “The work is great and wide, and we are separated on the wall far from one another.
Nígbà náà ni mo sọ fún àwọn ọlọ́lá, àwọn ìjòyè àti àwọn ènìyàn tókù pé, “Iṣẹ́ náà fẹ̀ ó sì pọ̀, a sì ti jìnnà sí ara wa púpọ̀ lórí odi.
20 At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, rush to that place for us. Our God will fight on our behalf.
Níbikíbi tí ẹ bá ti gbọ́ ohùn ìpè, ẹ da ara pọ̀ mọ́ wa níbẹ̀. Ọlọ́run wa yóò jà fún wa!”
21 And so let us accomplish the work. And let one half part of us hold spears, from the ascent of dawn until the stars come out.”
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwa ṣe iṣẹ́ náà pẹ̀lú àwọn ìdajì ènìyàn tí ó di ọ̀kọ̀ mú, láti òwúrọ̀ kùtùkùtù títí di ìgbà tí ìràwọ̀ yóò fi yọ.
22 Also at that time, I said to the people: “Let each one with his servant remain in the midst of Jerusalem. And let us take turns, throughout the night and day, in doing the work.”
Ní ìgbà náà mo tún sọ fún àwọn ènìyàn pé, “Jẹ́ kí olúkúlùkù ènìyàn àti olùrànlọ́wọ́ rẹ̀ dúró ní Jerusalẹmu ní òru, nítorí kí wọn le jẹ́ ẹ̀ṣọ́ fún wa ní òru, kí wọn sì le ṣe iṣẹ́ ní ọ̀sán.”
23 But I and my brothers, and my servants, and the guards who were behind me, we did not take off our clothes; each one only removed his clothes to wash.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi àti àwọn arákùnrin mi àti àwọn ènìyàn mi àti àwọn ẹ̀ṣọ́ tí ó wà pẹ̀lú mi kò bọ́ aṣọ wa, olúkúlùkù wa ní ohun ìjà tirẹ̀, kódà nígbà tí wọ́n bá ń lọ pọn omi.
