Nehemiah 6
1 And it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
Aa ie natalily amy Sanbalate naho i Tobià naho amy Geseme nte-Arabe vaho amo rafelahi’ay ila’eo, te namboareko i kijoliy naho tsy aman-keba’e—ndra t’ie mboe tsy natroako hey ty raven-dala’ o lalam-beio—
2 that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
le nañitrik’ amako t’i Sanbalate naho i Geseme, ty hoe: Antao hifañaoñe e Keferime amonto’ i Onò añe. F’ie nikilily haratiañe amako.
3 And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?
Le nañitrifako ìrake nanao ty hoe: Mitoloñe raha jabajaba iraho le tsy eo ty hizotsoako mb’eo; ino ty hanjirañe i fitoloñañey hiavotako ama’e, hizotsoako mb’ama’ areo mb’eo?
4 And they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them in the same manner.
Inempatse ty nampihitrifa’ iareo amako i hoe zay; le ie avao ty natoiko.
5 Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in this manner the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand,
Nañitrike ty mpitoro’e amako amy sata zay ho faha-lime’e t’i Sanbalate, ninday taratasy misokake am-pità’e;
6 in which was written: It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says [it, that] thou and the Jews think to rebel, for which cause thou buildest the wall, and according to these words thou wilt become their king.
le hoe ty sinokitse ao: Fa talilieñe amo kilakila ondatio (vaho fa niventè’ i Geseme) te mikitro-piolàñe irehe naho o nte-Iehodao; Izay ty amboarañe i kijoliy; le ihe ty ho mpanjaka’ iareo, ty amy entañe Izay.
7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning thee at Jerusalem saying, There is a king in Judah! And now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
Le nanendre mpitoky irehe hitsey ama’o e Ierosalaime ao ty hoe, Amam-panjaka ty e Iehoda ao; aa le hatalily amy mpanjakay o entañe zao. Antao arè hifañaoñe.
8 And I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
Le nahitriko ama’e ty hoe: Ndra loli’e tsy nanoeñe o nisaontsie’oo, te mone fikitrohan-tro’o avao.
9 For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be slackened from the work, that it be not carried out. — Now therefore strengthen my hands!
Fonga te nañembañe anay, ami’ty fitsakorea’ iareo, ty hoe: Hirepak’ amy fitoloñañey ty fità’ iareo le tsy ho fonitse. Aa, ehe, haozaro o tañakoo henaneo!
10 And I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who had shut himself up. And he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they are coming to kill thee; even in the night are they coming to kill thee.
Aa le nimoak’ añ’anjomba’ i Semaià ana’ i Delaià, ana’ i Mehetabele iraho, ie nigabeñe ao; le hoe re, Antao hifañaoñe añ’ anjomban’ Añahare ao le harindrin-tika ty lala’ i anjombay; fa toe ho avy hañè doza ama’o iereo; eka, amy haleñey t’ie hivotrak’ eo hanjevoñ’ azo.
11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, could go into the temple, and live? I will not go in.
Le hoe iraho, Hibotitsike hao ty manahak’ ahy? Le ia iraho te hifoak’ amy anjombay hirombak’ay? Izaho tsy himoak’ ao.
12 And I perceived, and behold, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me; and Tobijah and Sanballat had hired him.
Le napotako an-troke ao t’ie tsy nirahen’ Añahare; amy te nitokia’e haratiañe vaho toe kinarama’ i Tobià naho i Sanbalate.
13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have wherewith to spread an evil report, that they might reproach me.
Nitambezan-dre hañembañ’ ahy, soa te hanoeko naho hanan-kakeo vaho hanaña’ iareo talily raty hanisìañ’ ahy.
14 My God, remember Tobijah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets who would have put me in fear.
Tiahio o fitoloña’ iareoo ry Andrianañahareko, t’i Tobià naho i Sanbalate naho i Noadià, mpitoki-ampela naho o mpitoky ila’e ho nañembañe ahikoo.
15 So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.
Aa le nifonitse tañ’ andro faha roapolo-lime ambi’ i Saramantiñey, i andro faha limampolo-ro’ ambi’ey i kijoliy.
16 And it came to pass that when all our enemies heard [of it], all the nations that were about us were afraid and were much cast down in their own eyes, and they perceived that this work was wrought by our God.
Ie amy zao naho songa nahajanjiñe o rafelahi’ay iabio naho sindre nahaisake o fifeheañe nañohok’ anaio, le ni-po-pahavaniañe vaho nifohi’ iareo te i Andrianañahare’aiy ty nañimba i fahafonirañey.
17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobijah, and those of Tobijah came to them.
Ie henane zay le nañitrike taratasy maro amy Tobià o roandria’ Iehodao vaho niheo am’iereo o boak’ amy Tobiào;
18 For there were many in Judah sworn to him; for he was a son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
amy te nimaro e Iehoda ao ty nifanta ama’e, amy t’ie vinanto’ i Sekanià, ana’ i Arà; mbore fa nañenga ty anak’ ampela’ i Mesolame ana’ i Berekià ty ana’e Iohanane.
19 Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. [And] Tobijah sent letters to put me in fear.
Le natalili’ iareo amako o sata’e soao naho ama’e ka o rehakoo vaho nañitrike taratasy hañembañe ahy t’i Tobià.
