Nehemiah 4
1 But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
Toe kaicae mah tapang ka thungh o let boeh, tiah Sanballat mah thaih naah, palungphui hmai baktiah amngaeh pae moe, Judahnawk to pahnuithuih.
2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said: 'What do these feeble Jews? will they restore at will? will they sacrifice? will they make an end this day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?'
Anih mah angmacae ampuinawk hoi Samaria misatuh kaminawk hmaa ah, Thacak ai Judah kaminawk loe timaw sak atim o? Angmacae abuephaih tapang to a sak o moe, angbawnhaih sak han a thuih o maw? Nihcae mah nito thungah tapang to pacoeng o thai tih maw? Hmai mah kangh ih anghnoeng baktiah angpop sut thlung hoiah maw nihcae mah tapang to sah o tih? tiah thuih.
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said: 'Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.'
Anih taengah kaom Ammon kami Tobiah mah, Nihcae mah sak ih tapang loe tasui mah mataeng doeh a nui hoiah cawh nahaeloe, amtim rup tih takhae, tiah a naa.
4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling in a land of captivity;
Toe Aw kaicae ih Sithaw, tahngai ah; minawk mah hnaphnaehaih ka tongh o boeh: nichae mah padaeng ih lok loe angmacae lu nuiah krah nasoe; nihcae misong ah naehhaih to om nasoe:
5 and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before Thee; for they have vexed Thee before the builders.
nihcae mah tapang sah kaminawk to khet patoek o pongah, a sak o ih zaehaihnawk to pakaa pae hmah; nihcae zaehaih to na hmaa hoiah takhoe pae ving hmah, tiah lawk ka thuih.
6 So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof; for the people had a mind to work.
Toe tapang to ka sak o; kaminawk loe toksakhaih bangah palung ang paek o pongah, tapang ahap khoek to sak pacoeng o.
7 But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth;
Toe Jerusalem tapang to pathoep o moe, akhawnawk doeh pading o let boeh, tiah Saballat, Tobiah, Arab kaminawk, Ammon kaminawk hoi Ashod kaminawk mah thaih o naah, paroeai palungphui o,
8 and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.
nihcae loe Jerusalem to tuk moe, raihaih paek hanah, amkhueng moe, lok aram o.
9 But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Toe kaicae loe kaimacae Sithaw khaeah lawk ka thuih o moe, nihcae pongah, aqum athun misa ka toep o.
10 And Judah said: 'The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.'
To naah thoemto Judah kaminawk hoi toksah kaminawk loe thazok o, kamro thlung to pop hmoek pongah, tapang to ka sah o thai ai boeh, tiah a thuih o.
11 And our adversaries said: 'They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.'
Ka misanawk mah, Judah kaminawk mah hnuk o han ai, panoek o han ai ah, nihcae salakah akun si loe, nihcae to hum si, to tiah a sak o ih tok to pakaa pae si, tiah a thuih o.
12 And it came to pass that, when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times: 'Ye must return unto us from all places.'
To naah nihcae taengah kaom Judahnawk to angzoh o moe, misa mah ahmuen kruek hoiah nangcae tuk hanah amsak o, tiah vai hato ang thuih o.
13 Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
To pongah tapang hnuk bang ih ahmuen kahnaem hoi hmuensang ah sumsen, tayae hoi kalii sin kaminawk to angmacae imthung takoh kaminawk hoi nawnto ka ohsak.
14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people: 'Be not ye afraid of them; remember the Lord, who is great and awful, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.'
Hmuennawk ka khet pacoengah, angraengnawk hoi ukkungnawk, kanghmat kaminawk to ka kawk moe, Misanawk to zii o hmah, Lensawk zitthok, Angraeng to panoek oh, nam nawkamyanawk, na capanawk, na canunawk, na zunawk hoi na imthung takohnawk hanah misa to tuh oh, tiah ka thuih pae.
15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
Nihcae mah pacaeng ih hmuen to kaicae mah panoek boeh, tiah misanawk mah panoek o naah, Nihcae amsakhaih to Sithaw mah amrosak, to naah tapang sakhaih ahmuen ah kam laem o, kami boih angmacae toksakhaih ahmuen ah caeh o let.
16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
To pacoeng hoi kamtong, ka tamna ahap kaminawk toksak o naah, ahap kaminawk mah maiphaw maica, tayae, angvaenghaih aphaw, kalii hoiah misa to toep o; ukkungnawk mah Judahnawk to abomh.
17 They that builded the wall and they that bore burdens laded themselves, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon;
Tapang sah kaminawk loe ban maeto hoiah tok to a sak o moe, ban maeto hoiah maiphawmaica to sinh o.
18 and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the horn was by me.
Tapang sah kaminawk loe sumsen avak hoiah tapang to a sak o. Toe mongkah ueng kami loe ka taengah oh.
19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people: 'The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another;
To naah kai mah, angraengnawk, ukkugnnawk hoi to ah kaom anghmat kaminawk khaeah, Toksakhaih ahmuen paroeai kawk pongah, tapang nuiah toksah kaminawk loe maeto hoi maeto kangthla ah ni na oh o.
20 in what place soever ye hear the sound of the horn, resort ye thither unto us; our God will fight for us.'
Naa ih ahmuen hoiah doeh mongkah lok to na thaih o nahaeloe, kaicae khaeah angcuu oh, aicae ih Sithaw mah aicae hanah misa na tuh pae tih, tiah ka naa.
21 So we wrought in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
To tiah tok ka sak o; thoemto kaminawk loe akhawnbang hoi cakaeh amtueng khoek to tayae sinh hoiah tok to a sak o.
22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people: 'Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labour in the day.'
To naah kaminawk khaeah, Kami boih aqum ah angmah ih tamna hoiah nawnto iip o nasoe, to tiah ni tamnanawk loe athun ah thoksah o ueloe, aqum ah aicae hanah misa toep o tih, tiah ka thuih pae.
23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one that went to the water had his weapon.
Tui amhluk nathuem khue ai ah loe, kai doeh, kam nawkamyanawk, ka tamnanawk hoi ka hnukbang kaminawk doeh, khukbuen kang khring o ai.
