Nehemiah 4
1 But it came to pass, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, it angered him, and he was greatly displeased, —and mocked the Jews;
Ke Sanballat el lohng lah kut mwet Jew mutawauk tari in sifil musai pot uh, el kasrkusrak ac mutawauk in sufan kut.
2 and spake before his brethren, and the army of Samaria, and said, What are, these feeble Jews, doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they bring to life the stones out of the heaps of dust, when, they, have been burned up?
El fahk ye mutun mwet lal ac un mwet mweun lun Samaria, “Mea mwet Jew afon inge oru uh? Ya elos nunku in sifil musai siti uh? Ya elos nunku mu ke sripen mwe kisa elos oru inge, ac ku in tari ke len sefanna? Ya elos ku in orek eot in musa ke yol in eot firirla ac mokutkuti?”
3 Now, Tobiah the Ammonite, was beside him, —so he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox should go up, he would break down their stone wall!
Tobiah el tu siskal na el fahk, “Pot fuka se elos ac ku in orala? Finne fox soko, el ac ku in rakinya!”
4 Hear, O our God, for we have become a contempt, and turn thou back their reproach upon their own head, —and give them up as a prey, in the land of captivity;
Nga pre ac fahk, “O God, lohng kas in aksruksruk lalos kacsr inge. Lela angonkas lalos in folokyang nu faclos sifacna. Lela tuh ma lalos nukewa in pisreyukla, ac in utukla elos oana luman mwet kapir nu in sie mutunfacl ma elos mwetsac nu we.
5 and do not cover their iniquity, and, their sin before thee, let it not be blotted out, —for they have caused vexation before them who are building.
Nikmet nunak munas ke ma koluk elos oru, ac nikmet mulkunla ma koluk lalos, ke sripen elos akkolukye kut su musa.”
6 So we built the wall, and all the wall was finished unto the half thereof, —and the people had a mind to work.
Ouinge kut orekma na ke pot uh. Tia paht na sun tafu fulata, ke sripen mwet uh arulana insewowo in orekma.
7 But it came to pass, when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerusalem had gone up, that the breaches began to be stopped, that it angered them exceedingly;
Sanballat, Tobiah, ac mwet Arabia, mwet Ammon, ac mwet Ashdod elos lohngak lah kilkilukyakna orekma lasr ke pot Jerusalem, ac acn ma soenna kupasreni ke pot ah fahsr in fonfonla, na elos kasrkusrakak.
8 and they conspired, all of them together, to come, to fight against Jerusalem, —and to cause it harm;
Ouinge elos nukewa pwapa in tukeni tuku fusauk orekma uh, ac mweuni Jerusalem.
9 howbeit we prayed unto our God, —and set a watch against them, day and night, because of them.
Tusruktu kut pre nu sin God lasr, ac filiya mwet in topangi mwet lokoalok ke len ac fong.
10 Then said Judah, The strength of the burden-bearer faileth, and, the rubbish, aboundeth, —and, we, are not able to build at the wall;
Mwet Judah elos onkakin on in asor soko inge: “Kut munasla in us ma toasr, Ac puslana kutkut in utukla. Kut ac musai pot uh fuka?”
11 and our adversaries have said, They shall not know, neither shall they see, until we come into their midst, and slay them, —so shall we cause the work to cease.
Mwet lokoalok lasr nunku mu kut ac tia liyalos ku etu ma elos akoo nwe ke elos sun kut ac unikuti, in pwanang orekma lasr uh in tui.
12 But it came to pass, when the Jews dwelling near them came in, then said they unto us, ten times, From all places whither ye shall turn, [they will be] upon us!
Tusruktu pacl pus, mwet Jew su muta inmasrlon mwet lokoalok lasr, elos fahsr fahk nu sesr ma elos akoo in oru lain kut.
13 So I set—on the lower slopes of the place behind the wall in the waste grounds, —yea I set the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.
Ouinge nga sang cutlass, osra, ac pisr nu sin mwet lasr, ac oakelosi in sou, tuh elos in tu sisken pot uh nu loac, ke acn nukewa ma patpat ac srakna pusisel.
14 Then I looked and rose up, and said—unto the nobles and unto the deputies and unto the rest of the people, Do not ye fear because of them, —the great and fearful Lord, remember ye, so shall ye fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Nga akilen lah mwet uh fosrnga, ouinge nga fahk nu selos, ac nu sin mwet kol ac mwet pwapa, “Nik kowos sangeng sin mwet lokoalok lasr. Esam lupan fulat ac ku sakirik lun LEUM GOD, ac kowos in mweun ke mwet wiowos, tulik nutuwos, mutan kiowos, ac acn suwos.”
15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had overturned their counsel, then returned we, all of us, unto the wall, every man unto his work.
Mwet lokoalok lasr elos lohng lah kut etu tari pwapa lalos, ac elos akilen tuh God El sikulya lemlem lalos. Na kut nukewa folokla in sifil musai pot uh.
16 And it came to pass, from that day, the half of my young men, were working in the work, and, the half of them, were grasping the spears, the bucklers, and the bows, and the coats of mail, —but, the rulers, were behind all the house of Judah.
In pacl sac me, tafu mwet luk uh orekma ke musa, ac tafu topangi mwet lokoalok. Elos nukum nuknuk in mweun ac sruokya osra, mwe loeyuk, ac pisr natulos. Ac mwet kolyasr elos arulana sang ku lalos in akpulaikye mwet
17 They who were building at the wall and they who were carrying burdens, they who were lifting, [each man], with his one hand, was working at the work, and, with the other, was grasping the weapon.
su musai pot uh. Finne elos su til kufwen mwe orekma, elos orekma ke la paolos ac ke lac po ngia elos sruok mwe anwuk natulos.
18 Even they who were building, every man, had his sword girded upon his loins, and so was building, —and, he that sounded the horn, was by my side.
Ac mwet musa nukewa elos sripisrya cutlass natulos ke pupalos. Mwet se ma ac sulkakin pacl in mweun ke pusren mwe ukuk el tu na siskuk.
19 So I said unto the nobles and unto the deputies, and unto the rest of the people, The work, is great and large, —and, we, are separated upon the wall, far away, each man from his brother:
Nga fahk nu sin mwet uh ac mwet pwapa ac mwet kol lalos, “Ke sripen orekma uh arulana yohk, kut ac muta loes inmasrlosr sie sin sie fin pot uh.
20 In what place soever ye shall hear the sound of the horn, thither, gather yourselves unto us, —our God, will fight for us.
Kowos fin lohng pusren ukuk, aksaye fahsreni nu yuruk. God lasr uh ac fah mweun kacsr.”
21 So, we, were working at the work, —one half of them, grasping the spears, from the uprisings of the dawn, until the coming out of the stars.
Ouinge len nukewa, mutawauk ke kusrun len uh nwe ke itu uh takak ke fong, tafu sesr orekma ke pot uh, ac tafu tu sruok osra in mweun ac topang mwet lokoalok uh.
22 Moreover, at that time, I said to the people, Let, every one with his young man, lodge for the night in the midst of Jerusalem, —so shall they serve us, in the night, as a watch, and, the day, for work.
Ke pacl se inge, nga fahk nu sin mwet kol orekma uh lah elos, ac mwet kasru lalos nukewa, in mutana Jerusalem ke fong uh, tuh kut in ku in forfor taran siti uh ke fong, ac orekma ke len.
23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my young men, nor the men of the watch that followed me, none of us, put off our clothes, —every one [went] with his weapon to the water.
Nga tiana sarukla nuknuk luk uh, finne ke fong, ac mwet wiyu su kulansupweyu ac karinginyu elos oru oapana. Ac kut nukewa sruok na mwe mweun natusr inpaosr.
