Nehemaya 6
1 Mgbe a gwara Sanbalat, na Tobaya, na Geshem onye Arab, na ndị iro anyị ndị ọzọ na m ewuzichaala mgbidi ahụ, na ọ dịkwaghị ntipu fọdụrụ na ya, ọ bụ ezie na nʼoge ahụ, etinyebeghị m ibo nʼọnụ ụzọ ama ya niile,
Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and Gesam the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and [that] there was no opening left therein; ([but] hitherto I had not set up the doors on the gates; )
2 Sanbalat na Geshem zitere m ozi a, “Bịa ka anyị zụkọta nʼotu obodo nta nke dị nʼobosara ala Ono.” Ma ha na-achọ ụzọ imerụ m ahụ.
that Sanaballat and Gesam sent to me, saying, Come and let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they [were] plotting to do me mischief.
3 Ya mere, azara m ha site nʼaka ndị ozi sị, “Ana m arụ ọrụ dị oke mkpa, agaghị enwe ike ịrịdata. Nʼihi gịnị ka ọrụ a ga-eji kwụsị mgbe m ga-ahapụ ya ịbịa nʼebe ị nọ?”
So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I shall not be able to come down, lest the work should cease: as soon as I shall have finished it, I will come down to you.
4 Ha zitere ozi ahụ ugboro anọ, ma enyere m ha otu ọsịsa ahụ ugboro anọ.
And they sent to me [again] to this effect; and I sent them [word] accordingly.
5 Na nke ugboro ise, Sanbalat ziteere m onye na-ejere ya ozi, ya na akwụkwọ ozi nke e mechighị emechi o ji bịa.
Then Sanaballat sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.
6 Nke a bụ ihe e dere nʼime ya; “Anụla ya na mba niile, Geshem kwukwara otu ihe ahụ, na gị na ndị Juu na-akwado inupu isi. Ọ bụ ya mere i ji na-ewu mgbidi ahụ. Ozi ahụ na-ekwukwa na gị onwe gị na-achọ ịbụ eze ha,
And in it was written, It has been reported among the Gentiles that you and the Jews are planning to revolt: therefore you are building the wall, and you will be a king to them.
7 na ị họpụtala ndị amụma ndị ga-ekwupụta na Jerusalem na ị bụ eze ndị Juda. Ugbu a, ozi a ga-eru ntị eze, ya mere, bịa ka mụ na gị kparịtaa ụka nʼetiti onwe anyị.”
And moreover you has appointed prophets to yourself, that you might dwell in Jerusalem as a king over Juda: and now these words will be reported to the king. Now then, come, let us take counsel together.
8 Ma eziri m ya ozi sị, “O nweghị eziokwu ọbụla dị nʼihe ị na-ekwu, nʼihi na ha bụ ihe i chepụtara nʼobi gị.”
And I sent to him, saying, It has not happened according to these words, [even] as you say, for you frame them falsely out of your heart.
9 Nzube ha bụ ime ka ụjọ tụọ anyị. Ha na-echekwa sị, “Ha ga-ada mba nʼọrụ a ma hapụkwa ịrụcha ya.” Ma akpọkuru m Chineke sị ya, “Biko gbaa aka m ume.”
For all were trying to alarm us, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from this work, and it shall not be done. Now therefore I have strengthened my hands.
10 Otu ụbọchị, a gara m nʼụlọ Shemaya, nwa Delaya, nwa Mehetabel, onye e mechibidoro ụzọ nʼụlọ ya. Ọ sịrị m, “Ka anyị zukọta nʼụlọ Chineke, nʼime ụlọnsọ, ka anyị mechiekwa ụzọ niile nke ụlọnsọ ahụ, nʼihi na ndị ikom na-abịa igbu gị, e, nʼabalị ka ha na-abịa igbu gị.”
And I came into the house of Semei the son of Dalaia the Son of Metabeel, and he was shut up; and he said, Let us assemble together in the house of God, in the midst of it, and let us shut the doors of it; for they are coming by night to kill you.
11 Ma azara m si; “O kwesiri ka mụ onwe m bụ onyeisi ọchịchị gbaa ọsọ? O kwesiri ka mmadụ dịka m gbaa ọsọ gbaba nʼụlọnsọ Chineke ịzọpụta ndụ ya? Agaghị m aga.”
And I said, Who is the man that shall enter into the house, that he may live?
12 Mgbe ahụ ka o doro m anya na Chineke agwaghị ya okwu ọbụla, kama na ọ bụ Tobaya na Sanbalat zụrụ ya.
And I observed, and, behold, God had not sent him, for the prophecy was a fable [devised] against me:
13 E goro ya ọrụ ka o yinye m egwu, ka m site na-ime otu a mehie, mgbe ahụ, ha ga-ahụ ihe ha ga-eji nye m aha ọjọọ, kwaa m emo.
and Tobias and Sanaballat had hired against me a multitude, that I might be frightened, and do this, and sin, and become to them an ill name, that they might reproach me.
14 “Chineke m, cheta Tobaya na Sanbalat, nʼihi ihe ndị a niile ha mere, chetakwa Noadaya, bụ onye amụma nwanyị, na ndị amụma ndị ọzọ niile fọdụrụ, bụ ndị ahụ chọrọ ime ka m tụọ egwu.”
Remember, O God, Tobias and Sanaballat, according to these their deeds, and the prophetess Noadia, and the rest of the prophets who tried to alarm me.
15 E wuchara mgbidi ahụ nʼụbọchị iri abụọ na ise nke ọnwa Elul, nʼime iri ụbọchị ise na abụọ.
So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the [month] Elul, in fifty-two days.
16 Mgbe ndị iro anyị niile nụrụ ya, mba niile ndị nọ anyị gburugburu tụrụ ụjọ, obi jụkwara ha oyi, nʼihi na ha matara na-arụrụ ọrụ a site nʼinyeaka Chineke.
And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard [of it], that all the nations round about us feared, and great alarm fell upon them, and they knew that it was of our God that this work should be finished.
17 Ọzọ, nʼụbọchị ndị ahụ ndị Juda a na-asọpụrụ na e zigara Tobaya ọtụtụ akwụkwọ ozi, akwụkwọ ozi Tobaya na-erutekwa ha aka.
And in those days letters came to Tobias from many nobles of Juda, and those of Tobias came to them.
18 Nʼihi na ọtụtụ ndị Juda ṅụrụ iyi ịnọ ya nʼukwu, nʼihi na ọgọ ya nwoke nʼala Juda bụ Shekanaya nwa Ara. Ọzọkwa, Jehohanan nwa nwoke Tobaya na-alụ nwa nwanyị Meshulam, nwa Berekaya.
For many in Juda were bound to him by oath, because he was son-in-law of Sechenias the son of Herae; and Jonan his son had taken the daughter of Mesulam the son of Barachia to wife.
19 Ha niile nọgidere na-agwa m otu Tobaya si bụrụ ezigbo mmadụ. Ma ha na-apụkwa gaa kọọrọ ya ihe niile m kwuru. Nʼihi ya Tobaya zitere ọtụtụ akwụkwọ ozi ime ka ụjọ tụọ m.
And they reported his words to me, and carried out my words to him: and Tobias sent letters to terrify me.
