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 came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, 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 spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they 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, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall 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, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling 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.
and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger 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 built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half [the height] thereof: 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 came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth;
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 therein.
9 F’ie nihalaly aman’ Añaharentika, vaho nampijadoñe fijilovañe handro an-kaleñe ty am’ iereo.
But we made our prayer unto 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.
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, 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.
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay 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.
And it came to pass that, when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times from all places, Ye must return unto 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 even 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.
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, 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 it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto 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 it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the 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.
They that builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded themselves, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his 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, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that 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.
And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon 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.
in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God shall 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 wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till 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 unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labour 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 brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one [went with] his weapon [to] the water.
