Nehemiah 4

1 And it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall he was angry: and being moved exceedingly he scoffed at the Jews.

١ وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ سَنْبَلَّطُ أَنَّنَا آخِذُونَ فِي بِنَاءِ ٱلسُّورِ غَضِبَ وَٱغْتَاظَ كَثِيرًا، وَهَزَأَ بِٱلْيَهُودِ.

2 And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing? Will the Gentiles let them alone? will they sacrifice and make an end in a day? are they able to raise stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are burnt?

٢ وَتَكَلَّمَ أَمَامَ إِخْوَتِهِ وَجَيْشِ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ وَقَالَ: «مَاذَا يَعْمَلُ ٱلْيَهُودُ ٱلضُّعَفَاءُ؟ هَلْ يَتْرُكُونَهُمْ؟ هَلْ يَذْبَحُونَ؟ هَلْ يُكْمِلُونَ فِي يَوْمٍ؟ هَلْ يُحْيُونَ ٱلْحِجَارَةَ مِنْ كُوَمِ ٱلتُّرَابِ وَهِيَ مُحْرَقَةٌ؟»

3 Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall.

٣ وَكَانَ طُوبِيَّا ٱلْعَمُّونِيُّ بِجَانِبِهِ، فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ مَا يَبْنُونَهُ إِذَا صَعِدَ ثَعْلَبٌ فَإِنَّهُ يَهْدِمُ حِجَارَةَ حَائِطِهِمِ».

4 Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity.

٤ «ٱسْمَعْ يَا إِلَهَنَا، لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ صِرْنَا ٱحْتِقَارًا، وَرُدَّ تَعْيِيرَهُمْ عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ، وَٱجْعَلْهُمْ نَهْبًا فِي أَرْضِ ٱلسَّبْيِ

5 Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.

٥ وَلَا تَسْتُرْ ذُنُوبَهُمْ وَلَا تُمْحَ خَطِيَّتُهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكَ لِأَنَّهُمْ أَغْضَبُوكَ أَمَامَ ٱلْبَانِينَ».

6 So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.

٦ فَبَنَيْنَا ٱلسُّورَ وَٱتَّصَلَ كُلُّ ٱلسُّورِ إِلَى نِصْفِهِ وَكَانَ لِلشَّعْبِ قَلْبٌ فِي ٱلْعَمَلِ.

7 And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry.

٧ وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ سَنْبَلَّطُ وَطُوبِيَّا وَٱلْعَرَبُ وَٱلْعَمُّونِيُّونَ وَٱلْأَشْدُودِيُّونَ أَنَّ أَسْوَارَ أُورُشَلِيمَ قَدْ رُمِّمَتْ وَٱلثُّغَرَ ٱبْتَدَأَتْ تُسَدُّ، غَضِبُوا جِدًّا.

8 And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.

٨ وَتَآمَرُوا جَمِيعُهُمْ مَعًا أَنْ يَأْتُوا وَيُحَارِبُوا أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَعْمَلُوا بِهَا ضَرَرًا.

9 And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.

٩ فَصَلَّيْنَا إِلَى إِلَهِنَا وَأَقَمْنَا حُرَّاسًا ضِدَّهُمْ نَهَارًا وَلَيْلًا بِسَبَبِهِمْ.

10 And Juda said: The strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed, and the rubbish is very much, and we shall not be able to build the wall.

١٠ وَقَالَ يَهُوذَا: «قَدْ ضَعُفَتْ قُوَّةُ ٱلْحَمَّالِينَ، وَٱلتُّرَابُ كَثِيرٌ، وَنَحْنُ لَا نَقْدِرُ أَنْ نَبْنِيَ ٱلسُّورَ».

11 And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

١١ وَقَالَ أَعْدَاؤُنَا: «لَا يَعْلَمُونَ وَلَا يَرَوْنَ حَتَّى نَدْخُلَ إِلَى وَسَطِهِمْ وَنَقْتُلَهُمْ وَنُوقِفَ ٱلْعَمَلَ».

12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to us,

١٢ وَلَمَّا جَاءَ ٱلْيَهُودُ ٱلسَّاكِنُونَ بِجَانِبِهِمْ قَالُوا لَنَا عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ: «مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلْأَمَاكِنِ ٱلَّتِي مِنْهَا رَجَعُوا إِلَيْنا».

13 I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows.

١٣ فَأَوْقَفْتُ ٱلشَّعْبَ مِنْ أَسْفَلِ ٱلْمَوْضِعِ وَرَاءَ ٱلسُّورِ وَعَلَى ٱلْقِمَمِ، أَوْقَفْتُهُمْ حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمْ، بِسُيُوفِهِمْ وَرِمَاحِهِمْ وَقِسِيِّهِمْ.

14 And I looked and rose up: and I said to the chief men and the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: be not afraid of them. Remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, and your wives, and your houses.

١٤ وَنَظَرْتُ وَقُمْتُ وَقُلْتُ لِلْعُظَمَاءِ وَٱلْوُلَاةِ وَلِبَقِيَّةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ: «لَا تَخَافُوهُمْ بَلِ ٱذْكُرُوا ٱلسَّيِّدَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ ٱلْمَرْهُوبَ، وَحَارِبُوا مِنْ أَجْلِ إِخْوَتِكُمْ وَبَنِيكُمْ وَبَنَاتِكُمْ وَنِسَائِكُمْ وَبُيُوتِكُمْ».

15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that the thing had been told us, that God defeated their counsel. And we returned all of us to the walls, every man to his work.

١٥ وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أَعْدَاؤُنَا أَنَّنَا قَدْ عَرَفْنَا، وَأَبْطَلَ ٱللهُ مَشُورَتَهُمْ، رَجَعْنَا كُلُّنَا إِلَى ٱلسُّورِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى شُغْلِهِ.

16 And it came to pass from that day forward, that half of their young men did the work, and half were ready for to fight, with spears, and shields, and bows, and coats of mail, and the rulers were behind them in all the house of Juda.

١٦ وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ كَانَ نِصْفُ غِلْمَانِي يَشْتَغِلُونَ فِي ٱلْعَمَلِ، وَنِصْفُهُمْ يُمْسِكُونَ ٱلرِّمَاحَ وَٱلْأَتْرَاسَ وَٱلْقِسِيَّ وَٱلدُّرُوعَ. وَٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ وَرَاءَ كُلِّ بَيْتِ يَهُوذَا.

17 Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held a sword.

١٧ ٱلْبَانُونَ عَلَى ٱلسُّورِ بَنَوْا وَحَامِلُو ٱلْأَحْمَالِ حَمَلُوا. بِٱلْيَدِ ٱلْوَاحِدَةِ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلْعَمَلَ، وَبِالْأُخْرَى يَمْسِكُونَ ٱلسِّلَاحَ.

18 For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me.

١٨ وَكَانَ ٱلْبَانُونَ يَبْنُونَ، وَسَيْفُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مَرْبُوطٌ عَلَى جَنْبِهِ، وَكَانَ ٱلنَّافِخُ بِٱلْبُوقِ بِجَانِبِي.

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 one far from another:

١٩ فَقُلْتُ لِلْعُظَمَاءِ وَٱلْوُلَاةِ وَلِبَقِيَّةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ: «ٱلْعَمَلُ كَثِيرٌ وَمُتَّسِعٌ وَنَحْنُ مُتَفَرِّقُونَ عَلَى ٱلسُّورِ وَبَعِيدُونَ بَعْضُنَا عَنْ بَعْضٍ.

20 In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us.

٢٠ فَٱلْمَكَانُ ٱلَّذِي تَسْمَعُونَ مِنْهُ صَوْتَ ٱلْبُوقِ هُنَاكَ تَجْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْنَا. إِلَهُنَا يُحَارِبُ عَنَّا».

21 And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear.

٢١ فَكُنَّا نَحْنُ نَعْمَلُ ٱلْعَمَلَ، وَكَانَ نِصْفُهُمْ يَمْسِكُونَ ٱلرِّمَاحَ مِنْ طُلُوعِ ٱلْفَجْرِ إِلَى ظُهُورِ ٱلنُّجُومِ.

22 At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.

٢٢ وَقُلْتُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ أَيْضًا لِلشَّعْبِ: «لِيَبِتْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مَعَ غُلَامِهِ فِي وَسْطِ أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيَكُونُوا لَنَا حُرَّاسًا فِي ٱللَّيْلِ وَلِلْعَمَلِ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ».

23 Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen that followed me, did not put off our clothes: only every man stripped himself when he was to be washed.

٢٣ وَلَمْ أَكُنْ أَنَا وَلَا إِخْوَتِي وَلَا غِلْمَانِي وَلَا ٱلْحُرَّاسُ ٱلَّذِينَ وَرَائِي نَخْلَعُ ثِيَابَنَا. كَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَذْهَبُ بِسِلَاحِهِ إِلَى ٱلْمَاءِ.