Nehemiah 6
1 Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and Gesam the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and [that] there was no opening left therein; ([but] hitherto I had not set up the doors on the gates; )
Ɛberɛ a Sanbalat, Tobia, Arabni Gesem ne yɛn atamfoɔ nkaeɛ no hunuu sɛ masiesie ɔfasuo no awie a ɛkwan biara nneda ntam a ɛnso yɛnsisii apono no,
2 that Sanaballat and Gesam sent to me, saying, Come and let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they [were] plotting to do me mischief.
Sanbalat ne Gesem de nkra brɛɛ me sɛ, menhyia wɔn nkuraa no baako a ɛwɔ Ono tata so. Nanso, mehunuu sɛ wɔrepam me tiri so,
3 So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I shall not be able to come down, lest the work should cease: as soon as I shall have finished it, I will come down to you.
enti memaa wɔn mmuaeɛ sɛ, “Mereyɛ adwuma kɛseɛ bi a merentumi nnyae mmɛhyia mo.”
4 And they sent to me [again] to this effect; and I sent them [word] accordingly.
Wɔtoo me saa nkra no mpɛn ɛnan. Ne nyinaa mu, memaa mmuaeɛ korɔ no ara.
5 Then Sanaballat sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.
Ne mpɛn enum so no, Sanbalat ɔsomfoɔ kura krataa a wɔatwerɛ baeɛ.
6 And in it was written, It has been reported among the Gentiles that you and the Jews are planning to revolt: therefore you are building the wall, and you will be a king to them.
Na krataa no mu nsɛm nie: “Gesem aka akyerɛ me sɛ, baabiara a ɔbɛkɔ no, ɔte sɛ wo ne Yudafoɔ no repam ayɛ dɔm, na ɛno enti na woresiesie ɔfasuo no. Deɛ ɔka ne sɛ, wopɛ sɛ wobɛdi wɔn so ɔhene.
7 And moreover you has appointed prophets to yourself, that you might dwell in Jerusalem as a king over Juda: and now these words will be reported to the king. Now then, come, let us take counsel together.
Ɔkɔ so ka sɛ, woayi adiyifoɔ bi sɛ wɔnhyɛ wo ho nkɔm wɔ Yerusalem sɛ, ‘Monhwɛ! Ɔhene bi wɔ Yuda!’ Ɛsɛ sɛ wogye to mu sɛ, saa asɛm yi bɛduru ɔhene aso mu, enti ɛsɛ sɛ woba, na wo ne me bɛka ho asɛm.”
8 And I sent to him, saying, It has not happened according to these words, [even] as you say, for you frame them falsely out of your heart.
Mebuaa sɛ, “Wonim sɛ woretwa atorɔ. Asɛm a woreka no, nokorɛ baako koraa nni mu.”
9 For all were trying to alarm us, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from this work, and it shall not be done. Now therefore I have strengthened my hands.
Huna na na wɔpɛ sɛ wɔhunahuna yɛn. Na wɔsusu sɛ wɔbɛtumi abu yɛn aba mu na yɛgyae adwuma no yɛ. Ɛno enti, mebɔɔ mpaeɛ sɛ mɛnya ahoɔden de atoa dwumadie no so.
10 And I came into the house of Semei the son of Dalaia the Son of Metabeel, and he was shut up; and he said, Let us assemble together in the house of God, in the midst of it, and let us shut the doors of it; for they are coming by night to kill you.
Akyire no, mekɔsraa Delaia babarima a ɔyɛ Mehetabel nana Semaia a ɔhyɛ ne fie na ɔnnkɔ baabiara no. Ɔkaa sɛ, “Ma yɛn nhyia wɔ Onyankopɔn asɔredan no mu, na yɛmmram apono no akyi. Wʼatamfoɔ reba abɛkum wo anadwo yi.”
11 And I said, Who is the man that shall enter into the house, that he may live?
Na mebuaa sɛ, “Enti, ɛsɛ sɛ obi a ɔte sɛ me dwane amanehunu anaa? Enti, ɛsɛ sɛ obi a ɔte sɛ me bɛkɔ akɔhinta Asɔredan mu de apere me nkwa anaa? Dabi, merenyɛ saa!”
12 And I observed, and, behold, God had not sent him, for the prophecy was a fable [devised] against me:
Mehunuu sɛ Onyankopɔn nkasa nkyerɛɛ no, na ne nkɔm a ɔhyɛeɛ no tia me, ɛfiri sɛ, Tobia ne Sanbalat abɔ no paa.
13 and Tobias and Sanaballat had hired against me a multitude, that I might be frightened, and do this, and sin, and become to them an ill name, that they might reproach me.
Na wɔsusu sɛ wɔbɛhunahuna me, na mafa nʼadwenkyerɛ no so ayɛ bɔne, na wɔnam so abɔ me soboɔ, asɛe me din.
14 Remember, O God, Tobias and Sanaballat, according to these their deeds, and the prophetess Noadia, and the rest of the prophets who tried to alarm me.
Ao me Onyankopɔn, kae bɔne a Tobia ne Sanbalat ayɛ no nyinaa. Na kae odiyifoɔ baa Noadia ne adiyifoɔ a wɔte sɛ ɔno a wɔpɛɛ sɛ wɔhunahuna me no.
15 So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the [month] Elul, in fifty-two days.
Enti, Elul bosome (bɛyɛ Ɔsannaa) da a ɛtɔ so mmienu no, wɔwiee ɔfasuo no nsiesie, nnafua aduonum mmienu a wɔhyɛɛ dwumadie no ase.
16 And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard [of it], that all the nations round about us feared, and great alarm fell upon them, and they knew that it was of our God that this work should be finished.
Ɛberɛ a yɛn atamfoɔ ne aman a wɔatwa yɛn ho ahyia teeɛ no, wɔsuroeɛ, na ɛma wɔbotoeɛ. Wɔhunuu sɛ Onyankopɔn mmoa na wɔde ayɛ adwuma no.
17 And in those days letters came to Tobias from many nobles of Juda, and those of Tobias came to them.
Saa nnafua aduonum mmienu no mu, nkrataa bebree dii akɔneaba wɔ Tobia ne Yuda adwumayɛfoɔ no ntam.
18 For many in Juda were bound to him by oath, because he was son-in-law of Sechenias the son of Herae; and Jonan his son had taken the daughter of Mesulam the son of Barachia to wife.
Ɛfiri sɛ, na Yudafoɔ bebree aka ntam sɛ, wɔbɛsom no. Afei, na Tobia ase ne Arah babarima Sekania. Na Sekania babarima Yehohanan nso aware Berekia babarima Mesulam babaa.
19 And they reported his words to me, and carried out my words to him: and Tobias sent letters to terrify me.
Wɔkɔɔ so kaa sɛdeɛ Tobia ho yɛ nwanwa fa no kyerɛɛ me, na afei, wɔkaa biribiara a mekaeɛ nso kyerɛɛ no. Na Tobia de ahunahuna nkrataa bebree brɛɛ me.
