Nehemiah 6

1 Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and that there were no longer any sections left broken open, although I had not yet set up the doors in the gates,

and to be like/as as which to hear: hear to/for Sanballat and Tobiah and to/for Geshem [the] Arabian and to/for remainder enemy our for to build [obj] [the] wall and not to remain in/on/with her breach also till [the] time [the] he/she/it door not to stand: stand in/on/with gate

2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, “Come, let us meet together somewhere in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to do harm to me.

and to send: depart Sanballat and Geshem to(wards) me to/for to say to go: come! [emph?] and to appoint together in/on/with Hakkephirim in/on/with valley Ono and they(masc.) to devise: devise to/for to make: do to/for me distress: harm

3 I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”

and to send: depart [emph?] upon them messenger to/for to say work great: large I to make: do and not be able to/for to go down to/for what? to cease [the] work like/as as which to slacken her and to go down to(wards) you

4 They sent me the same message four times, and I answered them the same way each time.

and to send: depart to(wards) me like/as Chronicles [the] this four beat and to return: reply [obj] them like/as Chronicles [the] this

5 Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same way the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand.

and to send: depart to(wards) me Sanballat like/as Chronicles [the] this beat fifth [obj] youth his and letter to open in/on/with hand his

6 In it was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel, for that is why you are rebuilding the wall. From what these reports say, you are about to become their king.

to write in/on/with her in/on/with nation to hear: proclaim and Geshem to say you(m. s.) and [the] Jew to devise: devise to/for to rebel upon so you(m. s.) to build [the] wall and you(m. s.) to be to/for them to/for king like/as word [the] these

7 You have also appointed prophets to make this proclamation about you in Jerusalem, saying, 'There is a king in Judah!' You can be sure the king will hear these reports. Therefore come, let us speak with one another.”

and also prophet to stand: stand to/for to call: call out upon you in/on/with Jerusalem to/for to say king in/on/with Judah and now to hear: hear to/for king like/as word [the] these and now to go: come! [emph?] and to advise together

8 Then I sent word to him saying, “No such things have occurred as you say, for within your heart you invented them.”

and to send: depart [emph?] to(wards) him to/for to say not to be like/as word: thing [the] these which you(m. s.) to say for from heart your you(m. s.) to devise them

9 For they all wanted to make us afraid, thinking, “They will drop their hands from doing the work, and it will not be done.” But now, God, please strengthen my hands.

for all their to fear [obj] us to/for to say to slacken hand their from [the] work and not to make: do and now to strengthen: strengthen [obj] hand my

10 I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah son of Mehetabel, who was confined in his home. He said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, inside the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. At night they are coming to kill you.”

and I to come (in): come house: home Shemaiah son: child Delaiah son: child Mehetabel and he/she/it to restrain and to say to appoint to(wards) house: temple [the] God to(wards) midst [the] temple and to shut door [the] temple for to come (in): come to/for to kill you and night to come (in): come to/for to kill you

11 I replied, “Would a man like me run away? Would a man like me go into the temple just so he could save his own life? I will not go in!”

and to say [emph?] man like me to flee and who? like me which to come (in): come to(wards) [the] temple and to live not to come (in): come

12 I realized that it was not God who sent him, but that he had prophesied against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

and to recognize [emph?] and behold not God to send: depart him for [the] prophecy to speak: promise upon me and Tobiah and Sanballat to hire him

13 They hired him to make me afraid, so that I might do what he said and sin, so they could give me a bad name in order to humiliate me.

because to hire he/she/it because to fear and to make: do so and to sin and to be to/for them to/for name bad: harmful because to taunt me

14 Call to mind Tobiah and Sanballat, my God, and all that they did. Also call to mind the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who tried to make me be afraid.

to remember [emph?] God my to/for Tobiah and to/for Sanballat like/as deed his these and also to/for Noadiah [the] prophetess and to/for remainder [the] prophet which to be to fear [obj] me

15 So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul, after fifty-two days.

and to complete [the] wall in/on/with twenty and five to/for Elul to/for fifty and two day

16 When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us, they became afraid and they fell greatly in their own eyes. For they knew the work was done with the help of our God.

and to be like/as as which to hear: hear all enemy our and to fear all [the] nation which around us and to fall: fall much in/on/with eye: appearance their and to know for from with God our to make: do [the] work [the] this

17 At this time the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah's letters came to them.

also in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) to multiply noble Judah letter their to go: send upon Tobiah and which to/for Tobiah to come (in): come to(wards) them

18 For there were many in Judah who were bound by an oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah. His son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.

for many in/on/with Judah master: owning oath to/for him for son-in-law he/she/it to/for Shecaniah son: child Arah and Jehohanan son: child his to take: marry [obj] daughter Meshullam son: child Berechiah

19 They also spoke to me about his good deeds and reported my words back to him. Letters were sent to me from Tobiah to frighten me.

also welfare his to be to say to/for face: before my and word my to be to come out: speak to/for him letter to send: depart Tobiah to/for to fear me