Neemi 6
1 Sanbala, Tobija, Gechèm, moun peyi Arabi a, ansanm ak tout rès lènmi nou yo vin konnen nou te fin rebati miray la. Pa t' gen ankenn twou ladan l' ankò. Men lè sa a, nou pa t' ankò moute gwo batan pòtay yo.
Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
2 Sanbala ak Gechèm voye yon mesaje vin di m' yo ta renmen kontre avè m' lavil Akkefirim, nan Fon Ono a. Men yo menm, yo t'ap chache yon jan pou yo fè m' mal.
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come! Let’s meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to harm me.
3 Se konsa mwen voye mesaje bò kote yo avèk repons sa a: -M' okipe ak yon travay enpòtan, m' pa ka desann. Si m' kite travay la pou m' ale kote nou, li pral sispann.
I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”
4 An kat fwa, yo voye fè m' menm envitasyon an. Chak fwa, mwen voye menm repons lan ba yo.
They sent to me four times like this; and I answered them the same way.
5 Lè sa a, Sanbala voye yon senkyèm mesaj ban mwen. Men fwa sa a, li renmèt yon lèt nan yon anvlòp tou louvri bay yonn nan moun k'ap sèvi l' yo pou mwen.
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
6 Men sa ki te nan lèt la: Gen yon sèl bri k'ap kouri nan mitan moun lòt nasyon yo: Se Gechèm ki di m' sa. Li tande l' ak de zòrèy li. Ou menm ak pèp jwif la, nou fè lide pran lezam. Se poutèt sa n'ap rebati ranpa a. Yo di se ou menm y'a nonmen wa yo.
in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.
7 Ou menm rive ranje ak kèk pwofèt pou yo mache fè konnen nan tout lavil Jerizalèm se ou menm ki wa peyi Jida a. Koulye a, tout bri sa yo pral rive nan zòrèy wa a. Se poutèt sa, mwen mande ou pou ou vin kote m' pou nou fè yon ti pale ansanm sou koze a.
You have also appointed prophets to proclaim of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let’s take counsel together.”
8 Mwen voye reponn li: -Tou sa ou di la a se manti. Se ou menm menm ki fè koze a.
Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.”
9 Yo t'ap chache kraponnen nou pou rete travay la. Yo t'ap di nan kè yo: Talè konsa y'a dekouraje avèk travay la, li p'ap janm fini. Aa, Bondye! Ban m' fòs non! Fè m' pa dekouraje!
For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.
10 Yon lòt jou ankò, m' te al wè Chemaja, pitit gason Delaja, pitit pitit Metabeyèl, lakay li, paske li menm li pa t' ka soti. Li di m' konsa: -Ann al nan tanp Bondye a, nan mitan kote yo mete apa pou Bondye a! Ann al kache kote yo mete apa pou Bondye a! N'a fèmen tout pòt yo byen fèmen, paske y'ap vin touye ou. Wi, aswè a menm, y'ap vin touye ou!
I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let’s shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you. Yes, in the night they will come to kill you.”
11 Mwen reponn li: -Se pa mwen ki pou kouri al kache. Epitou, yon moun tankou mwen pa pral kache nan tanp lan pou m' sove lavi m'. Non! Mwen pa prale!
I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”
12 Lè m' kalkile, mwen wè se pa t' Bondye ki te ba l' mesaj sa a pou mwen. Se Tobija ak Sanbala ki te peye l' pou l' te di m' sa.
I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him, but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13 Konsa, mwen ta pran nan kraponnay, mwen ta fè sa l' di m' fè a, epi mwen ta fè bagay mwen pa gen dwa fè. Yo menm, lè sa a, yo ta pran sa pou pale m' mal, yo ta fè m' wont.
He was hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
14 O Bondye mwen, pa bliye sa Tobija ak Sanbala te fè! Pa bliye Nadya, fanm ki pwofèt la, ansanm ak lòt pwofèt yo ki t'ap chache kraponnen m'!
“Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear.”
15 Se konsa, apre senkannde jou travay, ranpa a te fin repare. Lè sa a, nou te rive sou vennsenkyèm jou nan mwa Eloul la.
So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
16 Lè lènmi nou yo vin konn sa, lè moun lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan vwazinaj nou yo wè sa, yo te wont. Yo rekonèt si travay la te fini se paske Bondye nou an te vle l'.
When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.
17 Pandan tout tan sa a, chèf peyi Jida yo te kenbe kontak ak Tobija. Yonn t'ap voye lèt bay lòt.
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.
18 Te gen anpil moun nan peyi Jida a ki te pou Tobija paske se bofis Chekanya, pitit Arak la, li te ye. Lèfini Jokanan, pitit gason li a, te marye ak pitit fi Mechoulam, pitit Berekya a.
For there were many in Judah sworn to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife.
19 Yo te konn ap fè lwanj Tobija devan m', yo t'ap di tout bèl bagay Tobija te fè. Epi apre sa, y' al rapòte l' tou sa m' te di. Tobija menm t'ap voye lèt ban mwen pou kraponnen m'.
Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
