Nehemia 4
1 Ketika Sanbalat mendengar, bahwa kami sedang membangun kembali tembok, bangkitlah amarahnya dan ia sangat sakit hati. Ia mengolok-olokkan orang Yahudi
And it comes to pass, when Sanballat has heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing to him, and he is very angry and mocks at the Jews,
2 dan berkata di hadapan saudara-saudaranya dan tentara Samaria: "Apa gerangan yang dilakukan orang-orang Yahudi yang lemah ini? Apakah mereka memperkokoh sesuatu? Apakah mereka hendak membawa persembahan? Apakah mereka akan selesai dalam sehari? Apakah mereka akan menghidupkan kembali batu-batu dari timbunan puing yang sudah terbakar habis seperti ini?"
and says before his brothers and the force of Samaria, indeed, he says, “What [are] the weak Jews doing? Are they left to themselves? Do they sacrifice? Do they complete in a day? Do they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish—and they are burned?”
3 Lalu berkatalah Tobia, orang Amon itu, yang ada di dekatnya: "Sekalipun mereka membangun kembali, kalau seekor anjing hutan meloncat dan menyentuhnya, robohlah tembok batu mereka."
And Tobiah the Ammonite [is] by him and says, “Also, that which they are building—if a fox goes up, then it has broken down their stone wall.”
4 Ya, Allah kami, dengarlah bagaimana kami dihina. Balikkanlah cercaan mereka menimpa kepala mereka sendiri dan serahkanlah mereka menjadi jarahan di tanah tempat tawanan.
Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and return their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;
5 Jangan Kaututupi kesalahan mereka, dan dosa mereka jangan Kauhapus dari hadapan-Mu, karena mereka menyakiti hati-Mu dengan sikap mereka terhadap orang-orang yang sedang membangun.
and do not cover over their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You, for they have provoked [You] to anger in front of those building.
6 Tetapi kami terus membangun tembok sampai setengah tinggi dan sampai ujung-ujungnya bertemu, karena seluruh bangsa bekerja dengan segenap hati.
And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined—to its half, and the people have a heart to work.
7 Ketika Sanbalat dan Tobia serta orang Arab dan orang Amon dan orang Asdod mendengar, bahwa pekerjaan perbaikan tembok Yerusalem maju dan bahwa lobang-lobang tembok mulai tertutup, maka sangat marahlah mereka.
And it comes to pass, when Sanballat has heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, that lengthening has gone up to the walls of Jerusalem, that the breeches have begun to be stopped, then it is very displeasing to them,
8 Mereka semua mengadakan persepakatan bersama untuk memerangi Yerusalem dan mengadakan kekacauan di sana.
and they conspire, all of them together, to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it injury.
9 Tetapi kami berdoa kepada Allah kami, dan mengadakan penjagaan terhadap mereka siang dan malam karena sikap mereka.
And we pray to our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.
10 Berkatalah orang Yehuda: "Kekuatan para pengangkat sudah merosot dan puing masih sangat banyak. Tak sanggup kami membangun kembali tembok ini."
And Judah says, “The power of the burden-bearers has become feeble, and the rubbish [is] abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.”
11 Tetapi lawan-lawan kami berpikir: "Mereka tidak akan tahu dan tidak akan melihat apa-apa, sampai kita ada di antara mereka, membunuh mereka dan menghentikan pekerjaan itu."
And our adversaries say, “They do not know, nor see, until we come into their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.”
12 Ketika orang-orang Yahudi yang tinggal dekat mereka sudah sepuluh kali datang memperingatkan kami: "Mereka akan menyerang kita dari segala tempat tinggal mereka,"
And it comes to pass, when the Jews have come who are dwelling near them, that they say to us ten times from all the places to where you return—[they are] against us.
13 maka aku tempatkan rakyat menurut kaum keluarganya dengan pedang, tombak dan panah di bagian-bagian yang paling rendah dari tempat itu, di belakang tembok, di tempat-tempat yang terbuka.
And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, indeed, I appoint the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 Kuamati semuanya, lalu bangun berdiri dan berkata kepada para pemuka dan para penguasa dan kepada orang-orang yang lain: "Jangan kamu takut terhadap mereka! Ingatlah kepada Tuhan yang maha besar dan dahsyat dan berperanglah untuk saudara-saudaramu, untuk anak-anak lelaki dan anak-anak perempuanmu, untuk isterimu dan rumahmu."
And I see, and rise up, and say to the nobles, and to the prefects, and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them; remember the Lord, the great and the fearful, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
15 Ketika didengar musuh kami, bahwa rencana mereka sudah kami ketahui dan bahwa Allah telah menggagalkannya, maka dapatlah kami semua kembali ke tembok, masing-masing ke pekerjaannya.
And it comes to pass, when our enemies have heard that it has been known to us, and God frustrates their counsel, and we return, all of us, to the wall, each to his work;
16 Sejak hari itu sebagian dari pada anak buahku melakukan pekerjaan, dan sebagian yang lain memegang tombak, perisai dan panah dan mengenakan baju zirah, sedang para pemimpin berdiri di belakang segenap kaum Yehuda
indeed, it comes to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the heads [are] behind all the house of Judah.
17 yang membangun di tembok. Orang-orang yang memikul dan mengangkut melakukan pekerjaannya dengan satu tangan dan dengan tangan yang lain mereka memegang senjata.
The builders on the wall, and the bearers of the burden, those loading, [each] with one of his hands is working in the business, and one is laying hold of the missile.
18 Setiap orang yang membangun bekerja dengan berikatkan pedang pada pinggangnya, dan di sampingku berdiri peniup sangkakala.
And the builders [are] each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a horn [is] beside me.
19 Berkatalah aku kepada para pemuka dan para penguasa dan kepada orang-orang yang lain: "Pekerjaan ini besar dan luas, dan kita terpencar pada tembok, yang satu jauh dari pada yang lain.
And I say to the nobles, and to the prefects, and to the rest of the people, “The work is abundant, and large, and we are separated on the wall, far off from one another;
20 Dan kalau kamu mendengar bunyi sangkakala di suatu tempat, berkumpullah ke sana mendapatkan kami. Allah kita akan berperang bagi kita!"
in the place that you hear the voice of the horn there you are gathered to us; our God fights for us.”
21 Demikianlah kami melakukan pekerjaan itu, sedang sebagian dari pada orang-orang memegang tombak dari merekahnya fajar sampai terbitnya bintang-bintang.
And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn until the coming forth of the stars.
22 Pada waktu itu juga aku berikan perintah kepada rakyat: "Setiap orang dengan anak buahnya harus bermalam di Yerusalem, supaya mereka mengadakan penjagaan bagi kami pada malam hari, dan melakukan pekerjaannya pada siang hari."
Also, at that time I said to the people, “Let each lodge with his servant in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been a watch for us by night, and [for] the work by day”:
23 Demikianlah aku sendiri, saudara-saudaraku, anak buahku dan para penjaga yang mengikut aku, kami semua tidak sempat menanggalkan pakaian kami. Setiap orang memegang senjata dengan tangan kanan.
and there are none—I, and my brothers, and my servants, the men of the watch who [are] after me—there are none of us putting off our garments, each [has] his vessel of water.
