Nehemia 4
1 A LOHE o Sanebalata, e uhau ana makou i ka pa, alaila huhu mai no ia a nkiuki loa iho la, a akaaka mai no hoi ia i ka Iuda.
And it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall he was angry: and being moved exceedingly he scoffed at the Jews.
2 A olelo ae la ia imua o kona mau hoahanau a me ka poe koa no Samaria, i ae la, Heaha ka mea a ka Iuda a ka poe nawaliwali e hana nei? E oki anei lakou, o lakou iho? e mohai anei lakou? e hoopau anei lakou i ka la hookahi? e hoala anei lakou i na pohaku mailoko ae o na puu opala i puhiia?
And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing? Will the Gentiles let them alone? will they sacrifice and make an end in a day? are they able to raise stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are burnt?
3 A aia o Tobia ka Amona ma kona aoao; a i ae la ia, O keia mea a lakou e uhau nei, ea, ina e pii kekahi alopeke maluna iho, e hoohiolo no ia i ko lakou papohaku.
Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall.
4 E hoolohe mai oe, e ko makou Akua; no ka mea, ua hoowahawahaia makou; a e hoihoi aku oe i ka lakou hoino ana maluna o ko lakou poo iho, a e hoolilo aku oe ia lakou i poe pio ma ka aina e noho pio ai.
Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity.
5 Mai uhi oe i ko lakou hala, aole hoi e holoi i ko lakou hewa mai kou alo aku; no ka mea, ua hoonaukiuki mai lakou ma ke alo o ka poe e uhau ana.
Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.
6 A uhau iho la makou i ka pa; a huiia ka pa a pau a hiki i ka waenakonu ona; no ka mea, he hoihoi ko ka poe kanaka e hana.
So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.
7 A i ka wa i lohe ai o Sanebalata, a me Tobia, a me ko Arabia, a me ko Amona, a me ko Asedoda, ua hoalaia ka pa o Ierusalema, a ua kiekie a kokoke no e paniia ae na wahi i wawahiia, alaila huhu loa iho la lakou.
And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry.
8 A ohumu pu ae ia lakou a pau e hele mai a e kaua mai ia Ierusalema, a e hana i ka mea e keakea ai.
And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.
9 Aka, pule aku la makou i ko makou Akua, a hoonoho iho la i poe nana e kiai aku ia lakou i ka po a me ke ao. mamua mai o ko lakou alo.
And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.
10 A i mai la o Iuda, Ua pau ae la ka ikaika o ka poe nana e amo, a ua nui ka opala; a aole e hiki ia makou ke uhau i ka pa.
And Juda said: The strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed, and the rubbish is very much, and we shall not be able to build the wall.
11 A olelo ae la ko makou poe enemi, Aole e ike lakou, aole hoi e nana mai, a hiki makou iwaena konu I o lakou, a Iuku aku ia lakou, a hooki ae i ka hana.
And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
12 A i ka wa i hiki mai ai ka poe o ka Iuda, e noho ana ma kahi kokoko io lakou la, he umi ka lakou olelo ana mai ia makou, Maluna auanei o oukou, mai na wahi mai a pau a oukou e hoi mai ai ia makou.
And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to us,
13 A hoonoho iho la au ma na wahi haahaa iho ma ke kua o ka pa, a ma na wahi kiekie ae no hoi, hoonoho iho au i ka poo kanaka ma ko lakou mau ohana me ka lakou mau pahikaua, a me ka lakou mau ihe, a me ka lakou mau kakaka.
I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows.
14 A nana au a ku ae, a olelo aku la i na kaukaualii, a me na luna, a me ke koena o ka poe kanaka, Mai makau oukou imua o lakou; e hoomanao oukou i ka Haku nui hooweliweli, a e kaua oukou no ko oukou mau hoahanau, a me ka oukou mau keikikane, a me ka oukou mau kaikamahine, a me ka oukou mau wahine, a me ko oukou mau hale.
And I looked and rose up: and I said to the chief men and the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: be not afraid of them. Remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, and your wives, and your houses.
15 A lohe ko makou poe enemi, ua ikea ia e makou, a ua hookahuli ke Akua i ko lakou manao, alaila hoi ae la makou a pau ma ka pa, o kela kanaka keia kanaka ma kana hana iho.
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that the thing had been told us, that God defeated their counsel. And we returned all of us to the walls, every man to his work.
16 A mai ia la mai, hana iho la ka hapalua o ka'u poe kauwa ma ka hana, a paa iho la kekahi hapalua o lakou i na ihe, a me na palekaua, a me na kakaka, a me na puliki koa; a o na luna, ma ke kua lakou o ko ka hale a pau o Iuda.
And it came to pass from that day forward, that half of their young men did the work, and half were ready for to fight, with spears, and shields, and bows, and coats of mail, and the rulers were behind them in all the house of Juda.
17 O ka poe e uhau ana i ka pa, a o ka poe e amo ana, a me ka poe e hoouka ana, hana iho la kela mea keia mea me kekahi lima ona ma ka hana, a me kekahi lima hoi paa iho la ia i ka mea kaua.
Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held a sword.
18 No ka mea, o ka poe o uhau ana, ua kaeiia lakou ma ko lakou mau puhaka, kela kanaka keia kanaka me kana pahikaua, a uhau iho la. A o ka mea nana i puhi ka pu, ma ko'u aoao ia.
For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me.
19 A i aku la au i na kaukaualii, a me na luna, a me ke koena o ka poe kanaka, Ua nui no ka hana, a ua palahalaha aku la, a ua kaawale kakou ma ka pa, a ua mamao aku kakou kekahi me kekahi.
And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: The work is great and wide, and we are separated on the wall one far from another:
20 Ma kahi a oukou e lohe ai i ke kani o ka pu, malaila oukou o akoakoa mai ai io makou la: o ko kakou Akua, oia ka mea nana e kaua marauli o kakou.
In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us.
21 A hana iho la makou i ka hana; a o ka hapalua o lakou, paa iho la lakou i na ihe, mai ka wanaao a kau mai la na hoku.
And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear.
22 A ia manawa olelo aku hoi au i ka poe kanaka, E moe kela kanaka keia kanaka me kana kauwa iloko o Ierusalema, i lilo lakou i poe kiaipo no kakou i ka po, a e hana hoi i ke ao.
At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.
23 Aole hoi au, a me ko'u poe hoahanau, a me ko'u poe kauwa, a me ka poe koa i hahai mahope o'u, aole makou i wehe ae i ko makou kapa: me kela kanaka keia kanaka hoi kana mea kaua i ke kii ana i ka wai.
Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen that followed me, did not put off our clothes: only every man stripped himself when he was to be washed.
