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.
But it happened that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked 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 he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, which are burned?"
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, "What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall."
4 Mijanjiña ry Andrianañahare’ay fa sirikaen-jahay, le afotero añ’ ambone’ iareo o inje’ iareoo, le atoloro ho kopaheñe an-tanem-pandrohizañe añe;
"Hear, our God; for we are despised; and turn back their insults on their own head, give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;
5 le ko takonañe o hakeo’eo vaho ko faopaoheñe añatrefa’o o tahi’eo, ie mikai-jaka ama’o añatrefa’ o mpamboatseo.
do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted 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 built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height: for the people had a mind to work.
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 it happened that when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, then they were very angry;
8 vaho fonga nitrao-pikinia ho mb’eo hialy am’ Ierosalaime hampifandrakaraka ty ao.
and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion in it.
9 F’ie nihalaly aman’ Añaharentika, vaho nampijadoñe fijilovañe handro an-kaleñe ty am’ iereo.
But we made our prayer to our God, and set a 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.
Judah said, "The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall."
11 Le hoe o rafelahi’aio: Tsy hahafohiñe tsy hahaisake ampara’ te añivo ao tika hanjamañe iereo, hanjitse i fitoloñañey.
Our adversaries said, "They shall not know, neither see, until we come into their midst, and kill them, and cause the work to cease."
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.
It happened that when the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, "Wherever you turn, they will attack 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.
Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set the people after their 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.
I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, "Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight 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.
It happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us 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.
It happened from that time forth that half of my servants would do the work and half of them held the spears, and the shields, and the bows, and the body armor; and the rulers stood behind the whole house 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.
who were building the wall. And those who carried loads held their load with one hand and with the other held a weapon;
18 Le o mpandranjio; songa an-deme’e eo ty kotram-pibara’e, ie nitolom-pandranjy avao. Nirekets’ amako ty mpampipopò antsiva.
and the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.
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.
I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, "The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another.
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 hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight 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 worked in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
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.
Likewise at the same time said I to the people, "Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the 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 neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.
