Neemi 4
1 Lè Sanbala vin konnen nou menm jwif yo nou t'ap rebati miray ranpa a, li fache, li move.
And it came to pass, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, that it displeased him, and he became very angry, and he mocked at the Jews.
2 Li konmanse pase nou nan betiz. Li t'ap di devan moun pa l' yo ak devan sòlda lame peyi Samari a: -Kisa jwif yo konprann y'ap fè la a? Yo ta renmen rebati lavil la. Yo konprann avèk tout bèt y'ap ofri pou touye yo, nan yon jou yo pral fini? Yo mete nan tèt yo avèk demoli ki fin tounen pousyè ak sann dife yo ka fè wòch pou rebati lavil la.
And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will people suffer them [to build]? will they sacrifice? will they complete it in one day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, seeing that they have been burnt?
3 Tobija, moun peyi Amon an, te kanpe bò kote Sanbala. Li t'ap di: -Anhan! Y'ap rebati! Kite yon chat mawon vole sou miray wòch yo a, sa kont pou jete l' atè!
And Tobiyah the 'Ammonite was near him, and he said, Even what they are building, if a fox were to run up, he would readily break through their stone wall.
4 Lè sa a, mwen menm, Neemi, mwen lapriyè Bondye. Mwen di l': -O Bondye papa nou! Tande jan y'ap pase nou nan betiz! Sa yo ta renmen wè rive nou an, se sa ki pou rive yo! Se yo ki pou wont! Se pou lènmi vin fè yo prizonye epi pou li depòte yo tout nan yon lòt peyi.
Hear, O our God! how we are become a scorn; and bring their reproach back upon their own head, and give them up for prey in the land of captivity.
5 Pa padonnen sa yo fè ki mal. Pa janm bliye peche yo fè a, paske yo t'ap pale moun ki t'ap rebati lavil ou a mal.
And cover not up their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have taunted [us] in the presence of the builders.
6 Se konsa, nou t'ap rebati ranpa a. Anvan lontan, ranpa a te gen tan rive nan mwatye wotè, paske pèp la te soti pou l' te fè travay la.
But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together up to the half thereof; for the people had a heart to work.
7 Lè Sanbala ak Tobija ansanm ak moun Arabi yo, moun Amon yo ak moun Achdòd yo tande travay reparasyon miray ranpa lavil Jerizalèm yo t'ap mache, epi twou ki te nan miray yo te konmanse bouche, yo fè gwo kòlè, yo fache.
And it came to pass, when Sanballat and Tobiyah, and the Arabians, and the 'Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were restored, and that the breaches began to be closed up, that it displeased them greatly.
8 Yo mete tèt yo ansanm pou yo vin atake lavil Jerizalèm, pou yo bay pwoblèm.
And they conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to do it an injury.
9 Men, nou lapriyè Bondye nou an, epi nou mete moun ap veye lajounen kou lannwit, pou pwoteje nou.
But we prayed unto our God, and set a watch over them day and night, because of the others.
10 Men, moun peyi Jida yo t'ap plede di: -Nou fin fèb nan pote chay! Gen twòp vye ranblè pou n' netwaye! Nou p'ap janm fin rebati miray sa a!
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of the burden is failing, and there is much rubbish; and we are not able to build on the wall.
11 Lènmi nou yo menm, bò pa yo, t'ap di: -San yo pa konnen, san yo pa wè anyen, n'ap gen tan nan mitan yo. N'ap masakre yo, n'ap fè travay la sispann.
And our adversaries said, “They shall not know, nor see until we come in the midst of them, and slay them, and so stop the work.”
12 Men, chak fwa lènmi nou yo moute vin atake nou, jwif ki t'ap viv nan mitan yo te vin avèti nou. Konsa konsa, an dis fwa.
And it came to pass, when the Jews who dwelt near them came, that they said unto us ten times, “From all places whence ye may return home [they intend to come] over us.”
13 Lè konsa, mwen ranje pèp la dèyè ranpa a, chak fanmi apa, avèk nepe yo, frenn yo ak banza yo. Mwen mete yo kote miray la pa t' ankò fini an.
I placed therefore on the lower parts of the place on the naked rocks behind the wall—there I placed the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 Lè m' wè pèp la te gen kè sote, mwen leve, mwen pale ak chèf yo ak majistra yo ak tout rès pèp la, mwen di yo: -Nou pa bezwen pè moun sa yo! Chonje jan Seyè a gen pouvwa, jan li fè moun pè l'. Ann goumen pou moun menm ras ak nou yo, pou pitit fi nou yo, pou pitit gason nou yo, pou madanm nou yo ak kay nou yo.
And I looked [about], and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: think on the Lord, the great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15 Lè lènmi nou yo wè nou te konnen sa yo t'ap konplote a, yo vin konprann Bondye te soti pou gate plan yo. Apre sa, nou tounen al travay nan miray ranpa a, chak moun bò pa yo.
And it came to pass, that, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, God frustrated their counsel: and we returned, all of us, to the wall, every one unto his work.
16 Depi lè sa a, mwatye nan gason yo al nan travay, lòt mwatye a t'ap veye avèk frenn yo, pwotèj pou bra yo, banza yo ak gwo plak fè sou lestonmak yo pou pwoteje yo. Tout chèf yo te la dèyè pèp Jida a
And it came to pass from that day forth, that the half of my young men wrought at the work, while the other half of them were holding the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the princes stood behind all the house of Judah.
17 ki t'ap rebati ranpa a. Tout moun ki t'ap bwote materyo te gen zam tou. Yo t'ap travay ak yon men, nan lòt men an yo te kenbe zam yo.
Those that built on the wall, and those that bore burdens, with those that loaded, —every one with one of his hands wrought on the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
18 Moun ki t'ap travay yo menm te toujou gen yon nepe pase nan ren yo. Nèg ki te konn kònen klewon an te toujou bò kote m'.
And the builders had every one his sword fastened around his loins while they were building; and he that blew the cornet stood alongside of me.
19 Mwen di chèf yo, majistra yo ansanm ak tout rès pèp la: -Chantye a se yon gwo chantye. Travay la gaye, kifè nou yonn pa pre lòt sou ranpa a.
And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and extensive, and we are separated upon the wall, distant one from another.
20 Depi nou tande klewon an bay siyal la, n'a kouri vin sanble bò kote m'. Bondye nou an va goumen pou nou.
In what place [then] ye hear the sound of the cornet, thither must ye assemble unto us: our God will fight for us.
21 Se konsa, chak jou, depi bajou kase jouk zetwal parèt nan syèl la, mwatye nan nou t'ap mennen travay la sou ranpa a, lòt mwatye a t'ap veye avèk zam yo nan men yo.
So we labored at the work, while the half of them were holding the spears from the rising of the morning-dawn till the stars appeared.
22 Nan menm epòk la, mwen pale ak pèp la. Mwen di yo konsa: -Se pou tout moun rete pase nwit lavil Jerizalèm ansanm ak domestik yo. Konsa, n'a pase tout nwit la ap veye. Lajounen, n'a travay.
Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his young man lodge within Jerusalem, so that they may be in the night a guard to us, and during the day for the labor.
23 Se konsa, lannwit, nou pa janm wete rad sou nou, ni mwen, ni frè parèy mwen yo, ni domestik nou yo, ni gad kò m' yo. Nou tout nou te gen zam nou bò kote nou.
And neither I, nor my brothers, nor my young men, nor the men of the guard who followed me—none of us took off our clothes, no one leaving them off even for washing himself.
