Nehemiah 4
1 But when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, then was he wroth and sore grieued, and mocked the Iewes,
Tango Sanibala ayokaki ete tozali kotonga lisusu mir, asepelaki ata moke te mpe atombokaki makasi. Akomaki kotiola Bayuda
2 And sayde before his brethren and the armie of Samaria, thus he sayde, What doe these weake Iewes? wil they fortifie them selues? wil they sacrifice? will they finish it in a day? will they make the stones whole againe out of the heapes of dust, seeing they are burnt?
mpe koloba liboso ya baninga na ye mpe ya mampinga ya Samari: — Bayuda oyo balemba-lemba boye bazali kosala nini? Bakanisi ete bakotelemisa lisusu mir na bango to kobonza lisusu mbeka? Bakanisi penza ete, mokolo moko, bakosilisa mosala oyo to bakokoka solo kopesa bomoi na mabanga oyo ekundama na se ya mabele mpe esila kozika?
3 And Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and said, Although they buylde, yet if a foxe goe vp, he shall euen breake downe their stonie wall.
Tobiya, moto ya Amoni, oyo azalaki pembeni na ye alobaki: — Nini yango penza bazali kotonga! Mir oyo, soki ata mbwa moko ya zamba emati na likolo na yango, ekokweya!
4 Heare, O our God (for we are despised) and turne their shame vpon their owne head, and giue them vnto a pray in the lande of their captiuitie,
Oh Nzambe na biso, yoka biso, pamba te totiolami! Sala ete kotiola na bango ezonga na mito na bango moko! Kaba bango na mboka ya bowumbu lokola bomengo ya bitumba.
5 And couer not their iniquitie, neither let their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue prouoked vs before the builders.
Kozipa mabe na bango te mpe kolongola masumu na bango na miso na Yo te, pamba te basili kofinga bato oyo bazali kotonga mir.
6 So we built the wall, and all the wall was ioyned vnto the halfe thereof, and the heart of the people was to worke.
Bongo tokobaki kotonga mir yango kino nyonso ekomaki na kati-kati ya bosanda, pamba te moto nyonso azalaki kosala mosala na motema na ye mobimba.
7 But when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodims heard that the walles of Ierusalem were repayred, (for the breaches began to be stopped) then they were very wroth,
Tango Sanibala, Tobiya, bato ya mokili ya Arabi, ya Amoni mpe ya Asidodi bayokaki ete misala ya kobongisa bamir ya Yelusalemi mpe ya kobamba madusu na yango epusani, batombokaki makasi.
8 And conspired all together to come and to fight against Ierusalem, and to hinder them.
Bango nyonso basanganaki mpo na koya kobundisa Yelusalemi mpe kotia mobulu kati na yango.
9 The we prayed vnto our God, and set watchmen by them, day and night, because of them.
Kasi tosambelaki Nzambe na biso mpe totiaki bakengeli, butu mpe moyi, mpo ete babundela biso liboso na bango.
10 And Iudah said, The strength of the bearers is weakened, and there is much earth, so that we are not able to build the wall.
Nzokande, na tango yango kaka, bato ya Yuda bazalaki koyimayima: « Awa bato oyo bazali komema mabele bazali lisusu na makasi te, mpe mipiku ya mabanga ya mir oyo ekweya ezali nanu ya komata, tokotikala kolonga te kotonga lisusu mir oyo! »
11 Also our aduersaries had sayde, They shall not knowe, neither see, till we come into the middes of them and slay them, and cause the worke to cease.
Na ngambo ya banguna na biso, bazalaki koloba: « Liboso na bango koyeba ete ezali biso mpe komona biso na miso, tokomikotela kati na bango na pwasa mpo ete toboma bango mpe tosukisa mosala na bango. »
12 But when the Iewes (which dwelt beside them) came, they told vs ten times, From all places whence ye shall returne, they wil be vpon vs.
Nzokande, Bayuda oyo bazalaki kovanda kati na bango bayaki mbala zomi koyebisa biso mabongisi na bango: « Na bisika nyonso oyo bokozala, bakobundisa biso! »
13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall vpon the toppes of the stones, and placed the people by their families, with their swordes, their speares and their bowes.
Yango wana, natiaki bato na se, na sima ya mir, na bisika ya polele; natiaki bango na masanga kolanda bituka na bango; mpe basimbaki mipanga, makonga mpe matolotolo na bango.
14 Then I behelde, and rose vp, and said vnto the Princes, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afrayde of them: remember the great Lord, and fearefull, and fight for your brethren, your sonnes, and your daughters, your wiues, and your houses.
Sima na ngai kolandela malamu makambo nyonso, natelemaki mpe nalobaki na bankumu, na bakalaka mpe na bato mosusu: « Bobanga bango te! Bokanisa Yawe oyo azali Nzambe Monene mpe ya somo, mpe bobunda mpo na bandeko na bino, mpo na bana na bino ya mibali mpe ya basi, mpo na basi na bino mpe mpo na bandako na bino! »
15 And when our enemies heard that it was knowen vnto vs, then God brought their counsell to nought, and we turned all againe to the wall, euery one vnto his worke.
Tango banguna na biso bayokaki ete toyebi mabongisi na bango mpe ete Nzambe abebisi yango, biso nyonso tozongaki na mir; moko na moko azongelaki mosala na ye.
16 And from that day, halfe of the yong men did the labour, and the other halfe part of them helde the speares, and shieldes, and bowes, and habergins: and the rulers stoode behinde all the house of Iudah.
Wuta mokolo wana, kati-kati kaka ya bato na ngai nde bazalaki kosala mosala; kati-kati mosusu basimbaki makonga, banguba, matolotolo mpe balataki bilamba ya bibende oyo batiaka na tolo. Bakonzi ya basoda batelemaki na sima ya bato nyonso ya Yuda.
17 They that buylded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, and they that laded, did the worke with one hand, and with the other helde the sworde.
Ezala ba-oyo bazalaki kotonga mir mpe ba-oyo bazalaki komema mabele mpe biloko ya mosala, bango nyonso bazalaki kosala na loboko moko; bongo na loboko mosusu, basimbaki ebundeli.
18 For euery one of the buylders had his sworde girded on his loynes, and so buylded: and he that blewe the trumpet, was beside me.
Moko na moko kati na batongi ndako azalaki na mopanga na ye na loketo, mpe azalaki kosala mosala na ye ndenge wana. Na mopanzi na ngai, ezalaki na moto moko abongama mpo na kobeta kelelo.
19 Then saide I vnto the Princes, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The worke is great and large, and we are separated vpon the wall, one farre from another.
Bongo nalobaki na bankumu, bakalaka mpe bato mosusu: — Mosala ezali nanu monene mpe ekenda na etando molayi; kasi biso topanzani mingi na mir, tozali mosika-mosika, bamoko na bamosusu.
20 In what place therefore ye heare the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither vnto vs: our God shall fight for vs.
Na esika nyonso oyo bokoyoka lolaka ya kelelo, boya noki kosangana na biso; Nzambe na biso akobundela biso.
21 So we laboured in the worke, and halfe of them helde the speares, from the appearing of the morning, till the starres came foorth.
Ezali ndenge wana nde tokobaki mosala na biso elongo na ndambo ya bato basimba makonga na maboko, kobanda na tongo kino na tango oyo minzoto ebimaka.
22 And at the same time said I vnto the people, Let euery one with his seruant lodge within Ierusalem, that they may be a watch for vs in the night, and labour in the day.
Na tango yango kaka, nalobaki lisusu na bato: « Tika ete moto nyonso alekisaka butu kati na Yelusalemi elongo na mowumbu na ye; boye na butu, bakokengela mpo na biso, mpe na moyi, bakokoba mosala. »
23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my seruants, nor the men of the warde, (which followed me) none of vs did put off our clothes, saue euery one put them off for washing.
Ezala ngai, bandeko na ngai, basali na ngai to bakengeli oyo bazalaki elongo na ngai, moko te azalaki kolongola bilamba na ye; moto nyonso azalaki na ebundeli na ye na loboko ata tango azalaki kokende kosukola.
