Nehemiah 6
1 And it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and there was left therein no breach, —though, up to that time, the doors, had I not set up in the gates,
Aa ie natalily amy Sanbalate naho i Tobià naho amy Geseme nte-Arabe vaho amo rafelahi’ay ila’eo, te namboareko i kijoliy naho tsy aman-keba’e—ndra t’ie mboe tsy natroako hey ty raven-dala’ o lalam-beio—
2 that Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come! and let us meet together in the villages, in the valley of Ono, —But, they, were plotting to do me harm.
le nañitrik’ amako t’i Sanbalate naho i Geseme, ty hoe: Antao hifañaoñe e Keferime amonto’ i Onò añe. F’ie nikilily haratiañe amako.
3 So I sent unto them messengers, saying, A great work, am, I, doing, and cannot come down, —wherefore should the work cease whilst I leave it, and come down unto you?
Le nañitrifako ìrake nanao ty hoe: Mitoloñe raha jabajaba iraho le tsy eo ty hizotsoako mb’eo; ino ty hanjirañe i fitoloñañey hiavotako ama’e, hizotsoako mb’ama’ areo mb’eo?
4 Yet they sent unto me, according to this message, four times, —and I replied to them according to this answer.
Inempatse ty nampihitrifa’ iareo amako i hoe zay; le ie avao ty natoiko.
5 Then Sanballat sent unto me, according to this message, a fifth time, by his young man, —with an open letter, in his hand:
Nañitrike ty mpitoro’e amako amy sata zay ho faha-lime’e t’i Sanbalate, ninday taratasy misokake am-pità’e;
6 wherein was written—Among the nations, it is reported, and, Gashmu, saith it, that, thou and the Jews, are plotting to rebel, for which cause, thou art building the wall, —and, thou, art to become their king, according to these words.
le hoe ty sinokitse ao: Fa talilieñe amo kilakila ondatio (vaho fa niventè’ i Geseme) te mikitro-piolàñe irehe naho o nte-Iehodao; Izay ty amboarañe i kijoliy; le ihe ty ho mpanjaka’ iareo, ty amy entañe Izay.
7 Moreover also, prophets, hast thou set up to make proclamation concerning thee in Jerusalem, saying, He hath become king in Judah! Now, therefore, will it he reported to the king, according to these words. Now, therefore, come, and let us take counsel together.
Le nanendre mpitoky irehe hitsey ama’o e Ierosalaime ao ty hoe, Amam-panjaka ty e Iehoda ao; aa le hatalily amy mpanjakay o entañe zao. Antao arè hifañaoñe.
8 Then sent I unto him, saying, Nothing hath been done, according to these words, which thou art saying, —but, out of thine own heart, art thou feigning them.
Le nahitriko ama’e ty hoe: Ndra loli’e tsy nanoeñe o nisaontsie’oo, te mone fikitrohan-tro’o avao.
9 For, they all, were seeking to put us in fear, saying, Their hands will slacken from the work, and it will not be accomplished. Now, therefore, strengthen thou my hands!
Fonga te nañembañe anay, ami’ty fitsakorea’ iareo, ty hoe: Hirepak’ amy fitoloñañey ty fità’ iareo le tsy ho fonitse. Aa, ehe, haozaro o tañakoo henaneo!
10 When, I, came into the house of Shemaiah, son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, he, being shut in, he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, in the midst of the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to slay thee, yea, by night, are they coming to slay thee.
Aa le nimoak’ añ’anjomba’ i Semaià ana’ i Delaià, ana’ i Mehetabele iraho, ie nigabeñe ao; le hoe re, Antao hifañaoñe añ’ anjomban’ Añahare ao le harindrin-tika ty lala’ i anjombay; fa toe ho avy hañè doza ama’o iereo; eka, amy haleñey t’ie hivotrak’ eo hanjevoñ’ azo.
11 Then said I, Should, such a man as I, flee? Who then, being such as I, would enter the temple to save his life? I will not enter.
Le hoe iraho, Hibotitsike hao ty manahak’ ahy? Le ia iraho te hifoak’ amy anjombay hirombak’ay? Izaho tsy himoak’ ao.
12 Then perceived I, that lo! it was, not God, who had sent him, —though, a prophecy, he had spoken concerning me, but, Tobiah and Sanballat, had hired him:
Le napotako an-troke ao t’ie tsy nirahen’ Añahare; amy te nitokia’e haratiañe vaho toe kinarama’ i Tobià naho i Sanbalate.
13 to this end, hired, he was, to the end that I might be afraid and do so, and might sin, —and it might serve them for an evil report, to the end they might bring reproach upon me.
Nitambezan-dre hañembañ’ ahy, soa te hanoeko naho hanan-kakeo vaho hanaña’ iareo talily raty hanisìañ’ ahy.
14 Have remembrance, O my God, of Tobiah and of Sanballat, according to these their doings, —moreover also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets, who would have put me in fear.
Tiahio o fitoloña’ iareoo ry Andrianañahareko, t’i Tobià naho i Sanbalate naho i Noadià, mpitoki-ampela naho o mpitoky ila’e ho nañembañe ahikoo.
15 So the wall was finished, on the twenty-fifth of Elul, —in fifty-two days.
Aa le nifonitse tañ’ andro faha roapolo-lime ambi’ i Saramantiñey, i andro faha limampolo-ro’ ambi’ey i kijoliy.
16 And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard, and all the nations that were round about us saw, that they fell greatly in their own eyes, and took knowledge that, from God, had this work been wrought.
Ie amy zao naho songa nahajanjiñe o rafelahi’ay iabio naho sindre nahaisake o fifeheañe nañohok’ anaio, le ni-po-pahavaniañe vaho nifohi’ iareo te i Andrianañahare’aiy ty nañimba i fahafonirañey.
17 Moreover, in those days, were the nobles of Judah busy with their letters which were going unto Tobiah, —and those of Tobiah were coming unto them;
Ie henane zay le nañitrike taratasy maro amy Tobià o roandria’ Iehodao vaho niheo am’iereo o boak’ amy Tobiào;
18 for, many in Judah, had taken an oath to him, because he was in marriage affinity with Shecaniah son of Arah, —and, Jehohanan his son, had taken the daughter of Meshullam, son of Berechiah.
amy te nimaro e Iehoda ao ty nifanta ama’e, amy t’ie vinanto’ i Sekanià, ana’ i Arà; mbore fa nañenga ty anak’ ampela’ i Mesolame ana’ i Berekià ty ana’e Iohanane.
19 Moreover, his good deeds, were they telling before me, and, my affairs, were they carrying out to him, —letters, did Tobiah send to put me in fear.
Le natalili’ iareo amako o sata’e soao naho ama’e ka o rehakoo vaho nañitrike taratasy hañembañe ahy t’i Tobià.
