Nehemiah 4
1 And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
Bere a Sanbalat tee sɛ yɛreto ɔfasu no, ne bo fuw yiye. Nʼani beree yiye, dii Yudafo no ho fɛw,
2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? shall they be permitted to go on? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, when they are burned?
wɔ ne nnamfonom ne Samaria asraafo mpanyimfo anim se, “Dɛn na Yudafo ahiafo, mmɔborɔfokuw yi dwene sɛ wɔreyɛ? Wogye di sɛ, sɛ wɔbɔ afɔre sɛ dɛn koraa a, wobetumi de da koro ato ɔfasu yi ana? Monhwɛ abo a ahyew asɛe yi a wɔreyiyi afi afabo yi mu de ayɛ adwuma bio?”
3 And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox went up, it would break down their stone wall. —
Na Amonni Tobia a na ogyina ne nkyɛn kae se, “Saa abo fasu yi de, sɛ sakraman koraa fa so a, ebedwiriw agu fam!”
4 Hear, our God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in a land of captivity!
Na mebɔɔ mpae se, “Yɛn Nyankopɔn, tie yɛn, na wɔredi yɛn ho fɛw. Ma wɔn fɛwdi no mmɔ wɔn ara wɔn ti so, na ma wɔn ankasa nkɔyɛ nnommum wɔ ananafo asase so.
5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.
Mmu wʼani ngu wɔn afɔdi so. Mpepa wɔn bɔne, efisɛ wɔahyɛ wo abufuw wɔ adansifo yi anim.”
6 But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.
Eyi nyinaa akyi no, wɔtoo ɔfasu no kosii dedaw no sorokɔ fa twaa kurow no ho hyiae, efisɛ ɔmanfo no yɛɛ adwumaden.
7 And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being repaired, that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Na bere a Sanbalat ne Tobia ne Arabfo ne Amonfo ne Asdodfo tee sɛ adwuma no rekɔ so na wɔretuatua ɔfasu no mu atokuru no, wɔn bo fuw yiye.
8 and conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
Wɔn nyinaa yɛɛ nhyehyɛe sɛ wɔbɛba abɛko atia Yerusalem, na wɔama basabasayɛ aba hɔ.
9 Then we prayed to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Nanso yɛbɔɔ yɛn Nyankopɔn mpae, wɛn kurow no awia ne anadwo de bɔɔ yɛn ho ban.
10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens faileth, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build at the wall.
Afei, nnipa a wɔwɔ Yuda no fii ase nwiinwii kae se, “Adwumayɛfo no rebrɛ, na afabo no dɔɔso, na yɛn nko ara rentumi nyɛ adwuma no.”
11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.
Bere koro no ara mu no na yɛn atamfo nso reka se, “Ansa na wɔn ani bɛba wɔn ho so no, na yɛatow ahyɛ wɔn so, akunkum wɔn, ama adwuma no aba awiei.”
12 And it came to pass that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us so ten times, from all the places whence they returned to us,
Yudafo a na wɔte bɛn atamfo no bɛbɔɔ yɛn amanneɛ mpɛn bebree se, “Wobefi afanan nyinaa abɛtow ahyɛ yɛn so.”
13 I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.
Enti mede awɛmfo a wokura akode kɔtenaa baabi a ɔfasu no yɛ tia, wɔ mmeaemmeae a ɛhɔ deda hɔ. Memaa mmusuakuw no gyinagyinaa sɛ awɛmfo a, wokurakura afoa, mpeaw ne agyan.
14 And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.
Mehwɛɛ sɛnea nneɛma te no, mefrɛɛ ntuanofo no ne ɔmanfo no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Munnsuro atamfo no! Monkae Awurade a ɔyɛ ɔkɛse ne onuonyamfo no na monko mma mo nnamfonom, mo mmusua ne mo afi.”
15 And it came to pass that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had defeated their counsel, we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.
Bere a yɛn atamfo tee sɛ yɛahu wɔn atirimpɔw ne sɛnea Onyankopɔn asɛe saa atirimpɔw no, yɛn nyinaa san kɔɔ ɔfasu no ho kɔtoaa yɛn adwuma so.
16 And from that time forth the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held the spears, and the shields, and the bows, and the corslets; and the captains were behind all the house of Judah.
Na efi saa bere no, me mmarima no dodow mu fa pɛ na wɔyɛɛ adwuma, na nkae no wɛn hɔ a wokurakura mpeaw, nkatabo, agyan, hyehyɛɛ akotade wɛn hɔ. Mpanyimfo no gyinagyinaa Yudafo no a
17 They that built on the wall, and they that bore burdens, with those that loaded, wrought in the work with one hand, and with the other they held a weapon.
na wɔreto ɔfasu no akyi. Apaafo no biara de ne nsa baako yɛɛ adwuma bere a nsa baako nso kura akode mu,
18 And the builders had every one his sword girded by his side, and built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
na adansifo no mu biara wɔ afoa a ɛbɔ nʼataaso. Torobɛntohyɛnni no gyinaa me nkyɛn, na biribi si a, wahyɛn nʼabɛn.
19 And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and extended, and we are scattered upon the wall, one far from another:
Afei, mekyerɛɛ mu kyerɛɛ atitiriw ne adwumayɛfo ne ɔmanfo no nyinaa se, “Adwuma no atrɛw, na yɛn ntam nso woware wɔ ɔfasu no so.
20 in what place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, thither shall ye assemble to us; our God will fight for us.
Na sɛ mote torobɛnto no nnyigyei a, monyɛ ntɛm nkɔ baabi a nnyigyei no wɔ. Na yɛn Nyankopɔn bɛko ama yɛn.”
21 And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared.
Yɛkɔɔ adwuma ntɛm tenaa so kyɛe fi bere a owia pue kosi bere a owia kɔtɔ. Na bere biara na nnipa no mu fa rewɛn.
22 Likewise at the same time I said to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and [be for] labour in the day.
Saa bere no meka kyerɛɛ wɔn a wɔtete ɔfasu no akyi no nso se, “Obiara ne ne boafo ntu nkɔ Yerusalem anadwo na ama wɔatumi awɛn anadwo, na wɔayɛ adwuma awia.”
23 And neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our garments: every one had his weapon on his right side.
Saa bere no, yɛn mu biara, sɛ ɛyɛ me anaa me fifo anaa mʼasomfo anaa awɛmfo a na wɔne me wɔ hɔ no anworɔw ne ntade da. Sɛ yɛrekɔpɛ nsu mpo a na yekurakura yɛn akode.
