नहेम्याह 4
1 हामीले पर्खाल निर्माण गरिरहेका थियौँ भनी जब सन्बलतले सुने तिनी डाहले जले र अत्यन्तै क्रोधित भए, अनि यहूदीहरूको खिसी गरे ।
But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
2 तिनका दाजुभाइहरू र सामरियाका सेनाको उपस्थितिमा तिनले भने, “यी निर्बल यहूदीहरू के गर्दै छन्? के तिनीहरू आफैले सहरको पुनर्स्थापना गर्ने छन्? के तिनीहरूले बलिदानहरू चढाउने छन्? के तिनीहरूले एकै दिनमा काम सक्ने छन्? ती जलिसकेका कसिङ्गरको थुप्रोबाट के तिनीहरूले ढुङ्गाहरूलाई पुनर्जीवित पार्न सक्छन्?
He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?”
3 तिनीसँगै भएका अम्मोनी तोबियाले भने, “तिनीहरूले निर्माण गरेरहेको वस्तुमा एउटा फ्याउरो चढ्यो भने पनि तिनीहरूको पर्खाल भत्कने छ!”
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 हे हाम्रा परमेश्वर, सुन्नुहोस्, किनकि हामीलाई अपमान गरिएको छ । तिनीहरूका गिल्ला तिनीहरूकै शिरमाथि फर्काइदिनुहोस्, र तिनीहरू कैदीहरूको देशमा लुटका माल बनून् ।
“Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity.
5 तपाईंको सामुबाट तिनीहरूको अपराध नढाक्नुहोस्, र तिनीहरूको पाप नमेटिदिनुहोस्, किनकि तिनीहरूले निर्माणकर्ताहरूलाई रिस उठाएका छन् ।
Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
6 यसरी हामीले आधा उचासम्म सबै पर्खाल निर्माण गर्यौँ, किनकि मानिसहरूमा काम गर्ने इच्छा थियो ।
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 तर यरूशलेमका पर्खालहरू मर्मत गर्ने काम अगाडि बढिरहेको थियो र पर्खालमा भत्किएका भागहरू टालिँदै थिए भनी जब सन्बलत, तोबिया, अरबीहरू, अम्मोनीहरू र अश्दोदीहरूले सुने तिनीहरू रिसले आगो भए ।
But 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, they were very angry;
8 तिनीहरू सबै मिलेर षड्यन्त्र रचे, र तिनीहरू यरूशलेमको विरुद्धमा र यसमा भ्रम उत्पन्न गर्न आए ।
and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion among us.
9 तर हामीले हाम्रा परमेश्वरलाई प्रार्थना चढायौँ, र तिनीहरूको धम्कीको कारणले दिनरात तिनीहरूको विरुद्धमा सुरक्षा दिने पहरेदार राख्यौँ ।
But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night because of them.
10 तब यहूदाका मानिसहरूले भने, “भारी बोक्नेहरूको ताकत घट्दै छ । कसिङ्गरहरू थुप्रै छन्, र हामी पर्खाल पुनर्निर्माण गर्न सक्दैनौँ ।”
Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading and there is much rubble, so that we are not able to build the wall.”
11 हाम्रा शत्रुहरूले भने, “तिनीहरूले थाहा पाउनुअगि र तिनीहरूले देख्नुअगि तिनीहरूका बिचमा आएर तिनीहरूलाई मारी काम रोकिदिन्छौँ ।”
Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
12 त्यस बेला तिनीहरूको नजिक बस्ने यहूदीहरू सबै दिशाबाट आएर तिनीहरूले हाम्रो विरुद्धमा रचेका षड्यन्त्रहरूको बारेमा चेताउनी दिँदै हामीलाई दस पटक बताए ।
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 त्यसैले मैले खुल्ला क्षेत्रहरूमा पर्खालका सबैभन्दा तल्लो भू-भागहरूमा मानिसहरूलाई बसाएँ । मैले हरेक परिवारलाई आ-आफ्ना तरवार, भाला र धनुर्बाण लिएर बस्न लगाएँ ।
Therefore I set guards in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places. I set the people by family groups with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 तब मैले हेरेँ, र खडा भएर अधिकारीहरू, शासकहरू र बाँकी मानिसहरूलाई भनेँ, “तिनीहरूदेखि नडराओ । प्रभुलाई सम्झनुहोस् जो महान् र भययोग्य हुनुहुन्छ । आ-आफ्ना परिवाहरू, छोराछोरीहरू, पत्नीहरू र घरहरूका लागि लड्नुहोस् ।”
I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
15 जब हामीले हाम्रा शत्रुहरूका योजनाहरू थाहा पायौँ र परमेश्वरले तिनीहरूका योजनाहरू विफल पारिदिनुभयो भनी तिनीहरूले सुने, हामी सबै आ-आफ्नो काम गर्न पर्खालमा फर्क्यौं ।
When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.
16 त्यस समयदेखि मेरा आधा सेवकहरूले केवल पर्खाल पुनर्निर्माण गर्थे भने आधा बाँकी सेवकहरू भाला, ढाल, धनुर्बाण र झिलम लाएर बस्थे । अगुवाहरूचाहिँ यहूदाका सबै मानिसहरूको पछाडि बस्थे ।
From that time forth, half of my servants did the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
17 पर्खालको निर्माण गरिरहेका र भारी बोकिरहेका उही मजदुरहरूले पनि आ-आफैलाई सुरक्षा दिइरहेका हुन्थे । हरेकले एउटा हातले काम गर्थ्यो भने अर्को हातले आफ्नो हतियार समाउँथ्यो ।
Those who built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands did the work, and with the other held his weapon.
18 हरेक निर्माणकर्ताले आफ्नो तरवार भिरेर काम गर्थ्यो । तुरही बजाउनेचाहिँ मेरो छेउमा बस्थ्यो ।
Among the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the shofar was by me.
19 मैले अगुवाहरू, अधिकारीहरू र बाँकी मानिसहरूलाई भने, “काम विशाल र बृहत् छ, अनि हामी पर्खालमा एक-अर्कादेखि छुट्टिएका छौँ ।
I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.
20 तिमीहरूले जहाँबाट तुरही बजेको सुन्छौ त्यहीँ भेला हतार गर । हाम्रा परमेश्वर हाम्रो पक्षमा लड्नुहुने छ ।”
Wherever you hear the sound of the shofar, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”
21 यसरी हामीले काम गर्दै थियौँ । आधा मानिसहरूले सूर्योदयदेखि सूर्यास्तसम्म तरवार भिर्दै थिए ।
So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
22 त्यस बेला मानिसहरूलाई मैले यो पनि भनेँ, “रातमा हाम्रा लागि पहरा दिन र दिनमा काम गर्न हरेक मानिस र त्यसको सेवकले यरूशलेमको बिचमा रात बिताओस् ।”
Likewise at the same time I said 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 न मैले, न मेरा दाजुभाइहरूले, न मेरा सेवकहरूले, न मलाई पछ्याउने पहरेदारहरूले आफ्ना लुगाहरू बद्लियौँ । पानी पिउन जाँदा पनि हरेकले आ-आफ्नो तरवार बोक्थ्यो ।
So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.
