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,
And it comes to pass, when it has been heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian, and by the rest of our enemies, that I have built the wall, and there has not been left in it a breach (also, until that time I had not set up the doors in 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 Sanballat sends, also Geshem, to me, saying, “Come and we meet together in the villages, in the Valley of Ono”; and they are thinking to do to me evil.
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?”
And I send to them messengers, saying, “A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why does the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down to you?”
4 Ha zitere ozi ahụ ugboro anọ, ma enyere m ha otu ọsịsa ahụ ugboro anọ.
And they send to me, according to this word, four times, and I return them [word] according to this word.
5 Na nke ugboro ise, Sanbalat ziteere m onye na-ejere ya ozi, ya na akwụkwọ ozi nke e mechighị emechi o ji bịa.
And Sanballat sends to me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and 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,
it is written in it, “Among the nations it has been heard, and Gashmu is saying: You and the Jews are thinking to rebel, therefore you are building the wall, and you have been to them for a king—according to these words!
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 also, you have appointed prophets to call for you in Jerusalem, saying, A king [is] in Judah, and now it is heard by the king according to these words; and now come, and we 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 send to him, saying, “It has not been according to these words that you are saying, for from your own heart you are devising them”;
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 of them are making us afraid, saying, “Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done”; and now, strengthen 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 have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel—and he is restrained—and he says, “Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming to slay you—indeed, by night they are coming to slay 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 say, “A man such as I—does he flee? And who as I, that goes into the temple, and lives? I do not go in.”
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 discern, and behold, God has not sent him, for in the prophecy he has spoken to me both Tobiah and Sanballat hired him,
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.
so that he [is] a hired worker, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may 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.”
Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid.
15 E wuchara mgbidi ahụ nʼụbọchị iri abụọ na ise nke ọnwa Elul, nʼime iri ụbọchị ise na abụọ.
And the wall is completed in the twenty-fifth of Elul, on the fifty-second day;
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 comes to pass, when all our enemies have heard, and all the nations who are all around us see, that they fall greatly in their own eyes, and know that by our God has this work been done.
17 Ọzọ, nʼụbọchị ndị ahụ ndị Juda a na-asọpụrụ na e zigara Tobaya ọtụtụ akwụkwọ ozi, akwụkwọ ozi Tobaya na-erutekwa ha aka.
Also, in those days the nobles of Judah are multiplying their letters going to Tobiah, and those of Tobiah are coming 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 Judah are sworn to him, for he [is] son-in-law to Shechaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan has taken the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah;
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.
also, they have been speaking of his good deeds before me, and they have been taking my words out to him; Tobiah has sent letters to make me afraid.
