Nehemia 4

1 Ketika Sanbalat mendengar bahwa kami orang Yahudi sedang memperbaiki tembok kota, ia menjadi marah sekali dan mulai mengejek kami.

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 Di depan rekan-rekannya dan tentara Samaria, ia berkata, "Apa yang sedang dikerjakan orang Yahudi celaka yang tidak bisa apa-apa itu? Apakah mereka mau membangun kembali kota ini? Sangka mereka pekerjaan itu dapat selesai dalam sehari, hanya dengan mempersembahkan kurban? Apakah timbunan sampah yang sudah hangus itu bisa mereka jadikan batu-batu tembok?"

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 Lalu Tobia yang berdiri di sampingnya berkata juga, "Lihat tembok yang mereka bangun! Anjing hutan pun bisa merobohkannya!"

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 Maka berdoalah aku, "Ya Allah, dengarlah bagaimana kami dihina! Timpakanlah penghinaan itu ke atas kepala mereka sendiri. Biarlah segala milik mereka dirampok dan mereka sendiri diangkut sebagai tawanan ke negeri asing.

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 Jangan mengampuni kejahatan mereka dan jangan melupakan dosa mereka, sebab mereka telah menghina kami yang sedang membangun ini."

Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.

6 Sementara itu kami terus memperbaiki tembok itu, dan tak lama kemudian seluruh tembok itu selesai diperbaiki sampai setengah tinggi, sebab rakyat bekerja dengan penuh semangat.

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 Ketika Sanbalat, Tobia dan orang-orang dari Amon dan Asdod serta orang-orang Arab mendengar bahwa perbaikan tembok Yerusalem itu makin maju dan bahwa lubang-lubang di tembok sudah mulai ditutup, mereka menjadi marah sekali.

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 Mereka bersepakat hendak menyerang Yerusalem untuk menimbulkan kekacauan.

And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.

9 Karena itu kami berdoa kepada Allah kami dan menjaga kota itu siang dan malam.

And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.

10 Tetapi orang Yehuda mulai menyanyikan lagu keluhan ini: "Tenaga kita habis untuk mengangkut muatan, sedangkan sampah masih banyak bertumpukan. Tak sanggup rasanya kita bekerja begini membangun tembok kota ini."

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 Sementara itu musuh kami merencanakan untuk menyerang kami secara tiba-tiba, lalu membunuh kami sehingga pekerjaan kami terhenti.

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 Tetapi orang Yahudi yang tinggal di dekat mereka, berkali-kali datang kepada kami untuk memberitahukan rencana musuh itu.

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 Sebab itu aku membagi-bagikan pedang, tombak dan panah kepada rakyat, lalu kutempatkan mereka menurut kaumnya masing-masing di belakang tembok, di tempat-tempat yang belum selesai diperbaiki.

I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows.

14 Ketika kulihat bahwa rakyat takut, aku berkata kepada mereka dan kepada para pemuka serta para pemimpin, "Jangan takut kepada musuh! Ingatlah kepada Tuhan yang kuat dan dahsyat, dan berjuanglah untuk saudara-saudaramu, anak-anak, istri dan rumahmu!"

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 Musuh-musuh kami mendengar bahwa rencana mereka telah kami ketahui. Maka sadarlah mereka bahwa Allah telah menggagalkan rencana mereka itu. Kemudian kami semua kembali bekerja memperbaiki tembok itu.

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 Tetapi sejak hari itu hanya setengah dari anak buahku yang bekerja, sedangkan yang setengah lagi berjaga-jaga dengan berpakaian baju perang dan bersenjatakan tombak, perisai dan panah. Para pemimpin rakyat memberikan dukungan sepenuhnya kepada rakyat

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 yang sedang memperbaiki tembok itu. Para pemikul bahan bangunan melakukan pekerjaan itu dengan satu tangan, sedangkan tangan yang lain memegang senjata.

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 Tukang-tukang batu bekerja dengan pedang terikat di pinggang. Peniup trompet tanda bahaya, terus ada di sampingku.

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 Lalu aku berkata kepada rakyat, para pemuka dan para pemimpin, "Pekerjaan ini telah meluas sampai jarak yang jauh, sehingga kita terpencar-pencar di sepanjang tembok ini, seorang jauh daripada yang lain.

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 Jadi, kalau kalian mendengar bunyi trompet, berkumpullah segera di sekeliling kami di sini. Allah kita akan berperang untuk kita."

In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us.

21 Demikianlah kami bekerja mulai dari subuh sampai bintang-bintang nampak di langit. Setengah dari rakyat memperbaiki tembok, sedangkan yang lain berjaga-jaga dengan tombak di tangan.

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 Selama masa itu semua petugas dengan pembantu mereka, kusuruh bermalam di Yerusalem. Dengan demikian pada malam hari kami dapat menjaga kota dan siangnya membangun temboknya.

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 Aku sendiri, rekan-rekanku, anak buahku dan pengawal-pengawalku selalu berpakaian kerja, baik siang maupun malam. Kami terus-menerus dalam keadaan siap siaga, dengan senjata di tangan.

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.