Nehemiah 6
1 And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and Gossem 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, )
A, no te rongonga o Hanaparata, o Topia, o Keheme Arapi, o era atu o o matou hoariri, kua hanga e ahau te taiepa, kahore hoki he wahi pakaru i mahue: kahore ano ia kia oti noa i ahau nga tatau te whakatu ki nga kuwaha:
2 Sanaballat and Gossem Rent to me, saying: Come, and let us make a league together in the villages, in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
Na ka unga tangata mai a Hanaparata raua ko Keheme ki ahau, ka mea, Haere mai, tatou ka runanga ki tetahi o nga pa ririki i te mania i Ono. Otiia i whakaaro raua ki te mahi kino ki ahau.
3 And I sent messengers to them, saying: I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down, lest it be neglected whilst I come, and go down to you.
Na ka unga tangata ahau ki a raua hei ki atu, He nui te mahi e mahi nei ahau; e kore e ahei kia heke atu. Kia whakamutua hei aha te mahi? ka whakarerea nei hoki e ahau, ki te heke atu ahau ki a korua.
4 And they sent to me according to this word, four times: and I answered them after the same manner.
Na e wha a raua tononga tangata mai ki ahau, ko taua tikanga ano; heoi whakahokia ana e ahau ko aua kupu ra ano.
5 And Sanaballat sent his servant to me the fifth time according to the former word, and he had a letter in his hand written in this manner:
Katahi a Hanaparata ka unga mai i tana tangata ki ahau, ko te rima o nga ngarenga mai, ko taua tikanga ano, he pukapuka tuwhera i tona ringa.
6 It is reported amongst the Gentiles, and Gossem hath said it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel, and therefore thou buildest the wall, and hast a mind to set thyself king over them: for which end
Ko te mea tenei tuhituhia ki reira, Kua paku te rongo ki nga tauiwi, e ki ana ano hoki a Kahamu, tenei koutou ko nga Hurai te mea nei kia whakakeke: koia i hanga ai e koe te taiepa; a e mea ana koe ko koe hei kingi mo ratou; ko ta nga korero hoki tenei.
7 Thou hast also set up prophets, to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Judea. The king will hear of these things: therefore come now, that we may take counsel together.
Kua whakaturia ano e koe etahi poropiti hei karanga mou ki Hiruharama, hei ki, Kua whai kingi a Hura. Na ka whakaaturia enei kupu ki te kingi. Heoi, haere mai, kia korerorero taua.
8 And I sent to them, saying: There is no such thing done as thou sayest: but thou feignest these things out of thy own heart.
Katahi ahau ka unga tangata ki a ia, hei ki atu, Ehara kau enei mea e korero nei koe; he mea tito noa hoki na tou ngakau ake.
9 For all these men thought to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would leave off. Wherefore I strengthened my hands the more:
Ko ta ratou katoa hoki, he whakawehi i a matou; i mea ratou, Tera o ratou ringa e whakawarea ki te mahi, e kore ai e mahia. Tena, e te Atua, whakakahangia oku ringa.
10 And I went into the house of Samaia the son of Delaia, the son of Metabeel privately. And he said: Let us consult together in the house of God in the midst of the temple: and let us shut the doors of the temple, for they will come to kill thee, and in the night they will come to slay thee.
Katahi ahau ka haere ki te whare o Hemaia tama a Teraia tama a Mehetapeere, he mea tutaki hoki ia ki roto; a ka mea ia, Me runanga tatou ki te whare o te Atua, ki roto ki te temepara, me tutaki hoki e tatou nga tatau o te temepara; tera hoki rat ou e haere mai ki te patu i a koe; ina, ko a te po ratou haere mai ai ki te patu i a koe.
11 And I said: Should such a man as I Bee? and who is there that being as I am, would go into the temple, to save his life? I will not go in.
Na ka mea ahau, Me oma ranei te tangata penei i ahau nei? ko wai te tangata o toku rite e haere ki roto ki te temepara kia ora ai? E kore ahau e haere ki roto.
12 And I understood that God had not sent him, but that he had spoken to me as if he had been prophesying, and Tobias, and Sanaballat had hired him.
Na ka mahara ahau ehara ia i te mea unga mai na te Atua; heoi hei he moku tana kupu i poropiti ai: he mea utu hoki ia na Topia raua ko Hanaparata.
13 For he had taken money, that I being afraid should do this thing, and sin, and they might have some evil to upbraid me withal.
I utua ai ia, kia wehi ai ahau, kia mahi pera a ka hara; kia whai mea ai ratou hei whakaingoa kino, hei tawai ma ratou ki ahau.
14 Remember me, O Lord, for Tobias and Sanaballat, according to their works of this kind: and Noadias the prophet, and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear.
Kia mahara, e toku Atua, ki a Topia raua ko Hanaparata, ki enei mahi a raua, ki a Noaria poropiti wahine, ki era atu ano o nga poropiti i mea nei ki te whakawehi i ahau.
15 But the wall was finished the five and twentieth day of the month of Elul, in two and fifty days.
Heoi kua oti te taiepa i te rua tekau ma rima o nga ra o te marama o Eruru; e rima tekau ma rua nga ra.
16 And it came to pass when all our enemies heard of it, that all nations which were round about us, were afraid, and were cast down within themselves, for they perceived that this work was the work of God.
A, i te rongonga o o matou hoariri katoa, i taua mea, ka wehi nga tauiwi katoa i tetahi taha o matou, i tetahi taha, a ko te tino hokinga iho o o ratou whakaaro; i kite hoki ratou he mea mahi tenei mahi e to matou Atua.
17 Moreover in those days many letters were sent by the principal men of the Jews to Tobias, and from Tobias there came letters to them.
He tini ano nga pukapuka a nga rangatira o Hura i aua ra i tae ki a Topia, me a Topia hoki i tae ki a ratou.
18 For there were many in Judea sworn to him, because he was the son in law of Sechenias the son of Area, and Johanan his son had taken to wife the daughter of Mosollam the son of Barachias.
He tokomaha hoki o Hura i oati ki a ia, he hunaonga hoki ia na Hekania tama a Araha; i tango ano tana tama a Iehohanana i te tamahine a Mehurama tama a Perekia hei wahine.
19 And they praised him also before me, and they related my words to him: And Tobias sent letters to put me in fear.
I korerotia ano e ratou ana mahi pai ki toku aroaro: i kawea ano e ratou aku kupu ki a ia. Heoi tukua mai ana e Topia etahi pukapuka hei whakawehi i ahau.
