Nehemia 4
1 Aa naho jinanji’ i Sanbalate t’ie namboatse i kijoliy, le niboseke vaho am-piforoforoañe mandofiry ty nañabiaña’e o nte-Iehodao.
Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews.
2 Nisaontsie’e añatrefa’ o rahalahi’eo naho o lahindefo’ i Someroneo ty hoe: Ino ty amboare’ o nte-Iehodà mavozoo? Hamboatse an-tsatrin-troke hao? Hanao soroñe hao? Ho fonire’ iareo ami’ty andro’e hao? Hampisotrafe’ iereo amo votrim-porompotse niforototoe’ iereoo hao o vatoo?
And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned come again out of the dust?
3 Aa hoe t’i Tobià nte Amore mpiama’e: Toe hirotsake i kijolim-batoy te anganiha’ ty fanaloke i amboare’ iareoy.
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.
4 Mijanjiña ry Andrianañahare’ay fa sirikaen-jahay, le afotero añ’ ambone’ iareo o inje’ iareoo, le atoloro ho kopaheñe an-tanem-pandrohizañe añe;
Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:
5 le ko takonañe o hakeo’eo vaho ko faopaoheñe añatrefa’o o tahi’eo, ie mikai-jaka ama’o añatrefa’ o mpamboatseo.
Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.
6 Aa le namboare’ay i kijoliy vaho nifampikatoke iaby i kijoliy pak’ami’ty antsasa’ ty haabo’e; ie nitoloñeñe an-joton-troke.
So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard.
7 Ie jinanji’ i Sanbalate naho i Tobià naho o nte-Arabeo naho o nte Amoneo naho o nte-Asdodeo te niraorao ty fandrafetañe ty kijoli’ Ierosalaime naho fa ho nikiteke iaby o heba’eo, le niforoforo
But when it came to the ears of Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites, that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the broken places were being made good, they were full of wrath;
8 vaho fonga nitrao-pikinia ho mb’eo hialy am’ Ierosalaime hampifandrakaraka ty ao.
And they made designs, all of them together, to come and make an attack on Jerusalem, causing trouble there.
9 F’ie nihalaly aman’ Añaharentika, vaho nampijadoñe fijilovañe handro an-kaleñe ty am’ iereo.
But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.
10 Le hoe t’Iehoda: fa nifotsake ty haozara’ o mpijinio naho maro o forompotseo; aa le sarotse’ ama’ay ty mandranjy i kijoliy.
And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall.
11 Le hoe o rafelahi’aio: Tsy hahafohiñe tsy hahaisake ampara’ te añivo ao tika hanjamañe iereo, hanjitse i fitoloñañey.
And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.
12 Ie amy zao, niheo mb’ama’ay mb’eo o nte-Iehoda nimoneñe marine iereoo, le tinaro’ iareo ama’ay im-polo te ho horidañeñe ndra aia’aia ty itolihañe.
And it came about that when the Jews who were living near them came, they said to us ten times, From all directions they are coming against us.
13 Aa le navotrako ankalo’ o fange’e loho ambane amy kijoliio, toe amo heba’eo, ty ondaty, sindre ty amo hasavereña’eo, reketse ty fibara’e naho lefo’e vaho fale’e.
So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 Ie nisary iraho le niongake nanao ty hoe amo mpifeheo naho am’ ondaty ila’eo, ty hoe: Ko ihembañañe, tiahio i Talè jabahinake naho maharevendreveñey vaho mialia ho an-drolongo’ areo, o ana-dahi’ areoo naho o anak’ ampela’ areoo, o tañanjomba’ areoo vaho o anjomba’ areoo.
And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.
15 Aa ie jinanji’ o rafelahintikañeo t’ie napota’ay naho te nikoahen’ Añahare i fikililia’ iareoy, le songa nihereñe mb’an-kijoly mb’eo zahay, sindre mb’ am-pitoloña’e mb’eo.
And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work
16 Aa ie henane zay, nifanehak’ amy fitoloñañey ty vaki’ o mpitorokoo, le nitan-defoñe naho fikalan-defo naho fale vaho sikim-bý ty vaki’e; le nijadoñe amboho’ i anjomba’ Iehodà iabio o mpifeheo.
And from that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal war-dresses; and the chiefs were at the back of the men of Judah.
17 Le songa nifanehake am-pità’e raik’ amy fitoloñañey vaho nitàm-pialiañe ty ila’ o nandranjy i kijoliio naho o mpijiny kilankañeo.
Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;
18 Le o mpandranjio; songa an-deme’e eo ty kotram-pibara’e, ie nitolom-pandranjy avao. Nirekets’ amako ty mpampipopò antsiva.
Every builder was working with his sword at his side. And by my side was a man for sounding the horn.
19 Aa hoe iraho amo mpiaoloo naho amo mpifeheo naho am’ondaty ila’eo, Jabajaba naho mamalan-tane i fitoloñañey, le miparaitak’ amy kijoliy tika, mifankalavitse.
And I said to the great ones and the chiefs and the rest of the people, The work is great and widely spaced and we are far away from one another on the wall:
20 Aa ndra an-toetse aia aia ty ijanjiña’ areo i fivolan’ antsivay le mihitrifa mb’ ama’ay mb’eo, fa hialy ho antika t’i Andrianañaharen-tika.
Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.
21 Aa le nifanehak’ amy fitoloñañey zahay naho nitàn-defoñe ty vaki’e, sikal’ ami’ty manjirik’ andro ampara’ ty fanjoam-basiañe.
So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.
22 Le hoe ka iraho henane zay am’ondatio: Ehe te songa hitobe e Ierosalaime atoy reke-mpitoroñe ondatio, hañambenan-tika haleñe vaho hifanehake handro.
And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.
23 Aa le tsy izaho, ndra o mpitorokoo, ndra o mpiamo mpañambeñe nañorik’ ahio, eka, leo raik’ ama’ay tsy nañafa-tsiky; sindre ninday ty fialia’e mb’an-drano mb’eo.
So not one of us, I or my brothers or my servants or the watchmen who were with me, took off his clothing, everyone went armed to the water.
