< Nehemiah 4 >

1 When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the city wall, he was very angry. He was enraged/furious. He made fun of us Jews.
Hanki tagrama Jerusalemi rankuma'mofo kegina ete azeri otuna zamofo nanekema Sameria kazigama kvama hu'nea ne' Senbalati'ma nentahino'a, tusi arimpa aheneranteno, Jiu vahe'mota ki'za zokago ke hurante'ne.
2 While his colleagues and officials of the army troops who had come from Samaria were listening, he said, “What do these feeble/pathetic Jews [think they] are doing? Do they think that if they offer enough/many sacrifices, [their gods will hear them and enable] them to finish building the wall in one day? The stones [that were in the wall previously have been weakened by] being burned in a fire. Those stones that they are pulling out of the rubbish/garbage heaps—do they think that they can make them strong again?” [RHQ]
Agra eri'za vahe zamavufine, Sameria sondia vahe'mokizmi zamavufina amanage hu'ne, Zamagra hanavezmima omne Jiu vahe'mo'za na'a nehaze? Zamagrama antahi'zana kuma kegina eri so'e hugahune hu'za nehazafi? Zamagra ana maka ofa Kresramana vunaku nehazafi? Zamagra magoke zage ferupina, kegina huvagare'za nehazafi? Tevemo'ma te fragu vazirami'nea haveramina inankna hu'za eri'za kuma kegina eri so'e hunakura nehaze?
3 Tobiah was [standing] beside Sanballat. He said, “That stone wall [that they are building] is very weak; so if even a fox climbed up on it, the wall would fall down!”
Anankema nehigeno'a, Amoni vahepinti ne' Tobia'a Senbalati tava'onte oti'neno amanage hu'ne, Zamagra na'a tro nehazafi keho, afi kramo'ma ana keginare'ma takau resiana have keginazamia renafe hutregahie!
4 Then I prayed. I said, “Our God, hear us, because they are ridiculing us! Cause the words of their insults to fall back on them! Allow their enemies to come and capture them and force them to go to a foreign land!
Hanki anankema hazama nentahi'na, amanage hu'na nunamuna hu'noe, Anumzantimoka nunamuntia antahiramio. Na'ankure ama vahe'mo'za tagrikura ki'za zokago ke hunerantaze. E'ina hu'negu atregeno ana nanekemo'a zamagri'a zamavufare fore hino. Ana hanige'za ha' vahe'zamimo'za ha' eme huzamante'za zamavareza ru moparega kina ome huzamanteho.
5 They are guilty; they have [said things that] caused you to be angry while the people here who are building the wall are listening; so punish them!”
Havi avu'ava'ma hu'za kumi'ma hu'naza zana keamnea nosunka kumi'zamia eri atreozmanto. Na'ankure keginama nehaza vahe'mokizmi zamavufina, zamagra kiza zokago ke hunerante'za Kagrira kazeri krimpa nehaze.
6 But after some time, we finished building the wall around the whole city, up to half as high as the first wall had been. We were able to do that because we worked very hard.
Hanki ana nunamuma hutogeta, maka'mota tagu'areti huta hanavetita eri'zana erita, kankamuna rehiza huvaga ronkeno kuma keginamo'a marerino amu'nompi vu'ne. Na'ankure mika vahe'mota mago tarimpa huta eri'za eri antahintahi huteta ana eri'zana eri'none.
7 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the men from Arabia, the people from the Ammon [people-group] and from Ashdod [city] heard that the work on the wall was continuing and that we were filling in the gaps in the wall, they became very angry.
Hianagi Senbalati'ma Tobia'ma Arapu vahe'mo'zane Amoni vahemozane, Asdoti vahe'ma antahizama Jerusalemi kuma keginama kazigazi huta erita nevuna nanekene, kuma keginamofo ne'onse kankamuma rehiza'ma nehuna nanekema nentahi'za, tusi zamarimpa aherante'naze.
8 They all planned to come and fight against the people of Jerusalem [MTY] and to cause trouble.
Ana nehu'za zamagra Jerusalemi kumate naga ha' eme hunerante'za, eri'zama e'neruna eri'za eri haviza hunaku kea retro hu'naze.
9 But we prayed to our God [to protect us], and we put men [around the walls] to guard [the city] day and night.
Ana hu'neanagi tagra Anumzantimofontega nunamuna nehuta, kegavama hu vahera huzamantonke'za feru'ene kenage'enena ha'ma eme hurante zankura kegava hu'naze.
10 Then the people of [MTY] Judah started to say, “The men who are working [on the wall] are becoming very tired. There is a lot of [heavy] rubble that we must remove; we ourselves cannot finish the work.
Hianagi Jiu vahe'mo'za amanage hu'za nehaze, eri'za vahe'mokizmi hankavemo'a hago vagare'za hie. Ana higeno fragu vaziramino'ma hihima hu'nea haveramina rama'a me'neankita eri'zana eri vaga oregahune.
11 “Besides, our enemies are saying, ‘Before the Jews see us, we will swoop down on them and kill them and stop their work [on the wall]!’”
Ha' vahetimo'za amanage hu'naze, Jiu vahe'mo'za tagrira ke'za antahi'za osu'nesageta, ame huta vuta ha' ome huzamanteta zamahe vaga resanunkeno, ana eri'zamo'a amne zankna hugahie.
12 The Jews who were living near our enemies came and told us many times, “You should leave the city and go to other places, in order that your enemies will not attack you!”
Hanki ana vahe'mokizmi tva'onte'ma nemaniza Jiu vahe'mo'za 10ni'a zupa naza agatere'za eme tasami'za, maka asoparegati hara eme huranteke nehaze.
13 So I put guards at the places where the wall was not very high yet and at places where there were gaps in the wall. I put guards to protect each of their family groups. I gave the guards daggers, spears, and bows [and arrows].
Anagema hazage'na mago'a vahera huzamantoge'za vu'za, keginamo'ma urami'nea kaziga ome kegava nehazage'na, mago'a vahera huzmantoge'za kankamuma maneterema hu'nere bainati kazitamine, karugru kevene, ati kevene eri'ne'za nagate nagate otitere hu'naze.
14 Then after I inspected everything, I summoned the leaders and [other] officials and [many of] the other people, and I said to them, “Do not be afraid of our enemies! Think about [what] Yahweh, who is great and glorious, [can do]! And fight to protect your friends, your families, and your homes!”
Ana'ma hutoge'za veamo'zama koro'ma hazazama nezamage'na, kva vahe'ene eri'za vahe'ene ana maka vahetamina amanage hu'na zamasami'noe, tamagra ha' vahekura korora osiho. Ra Anumzana hankavenentake huno marerisa Anumza mani'neanki tamagera okanita, tamafuhe'inku'ene ne' mofavre tamigu'ene mofa'nane tamigu'ene a'nane tamigu'ene nonkuma tamigu'ene tamagesa nentahita korora osu hankavetita hara hiho.
15 Our enemies heard that we knew what they were planning to do and that God had (spoiled their plans/prevented them from doing what they planned). [But we were sure that God would defend us, ] so we all started to work on the wall again.
Hanki ha' vahetimo'zama ha'ma eme hurante kema anakiza nanekema tagrama antahuna nanekea zamagra antahi'naze. Hianagi ha'ma eme hurante nanekema anaki'nazana Ra Anumzamo zamazeri havia higeno hara eme huorantazageta, mago'magomota kegina hu eri'zantirera vu'none.
16 But after that, only half of the men who were working for me worked on the wall. The others stood there on guard, holding their spears, shields, bows [and arrows], and [wearing their] coats made of metal plates. [To encourage the people] were building the wall, their leaders stood behind them.
Hagi ana knareti agafa huta, amu'nompinti vahera refko hunke'za mago'amo'za kegina eri'zana eri'naze. Hige'za mago'amo'za atine kevene zamimizare'ma nentaniza ha' kukenane, hankone zamazampina eri'ne'za oti'za kegava hu'naze. Hagi ana nehazage'za, erizante'ma ugota hu'za kegavama nehaza vahe'mo'zane ana maka Juda vahe'ma keginama nehaza vahe'mokizmi zamefi otitere hu'naze.
17 Those who carried [baskets of supplies on their heads/shoulders] and those who built the wall did their work with one hand, and held a weapon with the other hand.
Hagi keginama haza vahe'mo'za mago kaziga zamazanteti eri'za eneri'za, mago kaziga zamazampina ha'za eri'naze.
18 All those who were building [the wall] had a dagger fastened to their side. The man who would blow the trumpet [if our enemies attacked] was standing at my side.
Ana nehu'za eri'zama eri'za vahe'mo'za bainati kazina atrazageno zamasoparega urami'nege'za eri'zana eri'naze. Hianagi paziveteti'ma ufema neraza vahe'mo'za nagrane mani'naze.
19 Then I said to the officials, the other important men, and the other people, “This wall is very long, and we are far apart from each other along the wall.
Anama hutazage'na kva vahe'tamine ugotama huzmante'naza kva vahetamine mago'a vahetaminena amanage hu'na zamasami'noe, Kegina hu za'za huta vahera afete umani emani huneta eri'zana enerune.
20 If you hear the man blowing the trumpet, gather around us at that place. [Remember that] our God will fight for us!”
E'ina hu'negu ina knare'ma ufenkrafama antahisutma, ame hutma nagra mani'nore eme eri tru hiho. Anumzantimo'a tagritega anteno ha' vahetia hara huzamantegahie.
21 So we continued to work. Half of the men continued to hold their spears all day, from when the sun rose [in the morning] until the stars appeared [at night].
Hagi anagema hutogeta mika zupa nanteranteti'ma vuno kinagama monafima hanafi'mo'ma ehanatia knare'ma vigeta, kegina eri'zama erita vu'nonana vahera amu'nompinti refko hu'neta mago'amo'za karugru kevea zamazampi eri'ne'za kva nehazageta, mago'amota kuma kegina eri'zana eri'none.
22 At that time, I also said to the people, “Tell every worker and his helper that they must stay inside Jerusalem at night. By doing that, they can guard us at night, and they can work [on the wall] during the daytime.”
Hanki ana zupa mago'ene amanage hu'na vahera zamasami'noe, Eri'zama eri vagama resutma mago mago vahe'moka eri'za vahekane Jerusalemi kumara atreta megi'a ovuta, agu'afi mani'neta kenagera kegava huneranteta, msama hanigeta kuma kegina eri'zana erigahaze.
23 During that time, none of us ever took off our clothes (OR, we wore our clothes all the time)—I and my relatives and my workers and the guards who were with me. And we had our weapons with us, in our hands.
Hagi ana knafina nagrane nafuhe'zane nagri eri'za vahe'mo'zane nagri'ma kvama hunenantaza vahe'mo'zanena kukenatia hate otre'none. Makamota ha'zana tazampi me'negeta otreta, tinteganema vunana tazampinke me'negeta vu'no'ne.

< Nehemiah 4 >