Nahimiyaa 4
1 Sanbalaaxi akka nu dallaa kana deebifnee ijaaraa jirru dhageenyaan aariin gubatee dheekkame. Innis Yihuudootatti qoosee
And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
2 fuula obboloota isaa fi fuula loltoota Samaariyaa duratti akkana jedhe; “Yihuudoonni dadhaboonni kunneen maal hojjechaa jiru? Isaan dallaa isaanii deebisanii ijaaruu? Aarsaa illee ni dhiʼeessuu? Guyyaa tokko keessatti ni fixuu? Isaan waan akkas gubamee tuulame keessaa dhagaa fuudhanii akka duriitti deebisuu dandaʼuu?”
And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? shall they be permitted to go on? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, when they are burned?
3 Xoobbiyaan namichi Amoon kan isa bira dhaabate sunis, “Waan isaan ijaaraa jiran kana, dallaa isaanii kan dhagaa kana waangoon iyyuu yoo yaabde ni jigsiti!” jedhe.
And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox went up, it would break down their stone wall. —
4 Yaa Waaqa keenya nu dhagaʼi; nu tuffatamneerraatii. Arraba isaan nu arrabsan matuma isaaniitti deebisi. Boojuudhaaf dabarsii biyya ormaatti isaan kenni.
Hear, our God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in a land of captivity!
5 Sababii isaan fuula ijaartotaa duratti dheekkamsaaf si kakaasaniif yakka isaanii hin dhoksiniif yookaan cubbuu isaanii fuula kee duraa hin haqiniif.
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.
6 Nu akkasiin dallaa sana hamma inni walakkaa dheerina isaa gaʼutti deebifnee ijaarre; namoonni garaa tokkoon hojjechaa turaniitii.
But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.
7 Garuu Sanbalaaxi, Xoobbiyaan, Araboonni, Amoononnii fi namoonni Ashdood yommuu akka haaromfamuun dallaa Yerusaalem ittuma fufaa jiruu fi akka qaawwi isaa duuchamaa jiru dhagaʼanitti akka malee aaran.
And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being repaired, that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
8 Isaan hundinuu dhufanii Yerusaalemin loluu fi rakkina itti fiduudhaaf tokkummaadhaan malatan.
and conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
9 Nu garuu Waaqa keenya kadhannee doorsisa kana of irraa ittisuuf jennee waardiyyaa halkanii fi guyyaa eegu tokko kaaʼanne.
Then we prayed to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
10 Sabni Yihuudaas, “Humni hojjettootaa laafeera; sababii diigamni isaa akka malee guddaa taʼeef nu dallaa kana deebifnee ijaaruu hin dandeenyu” jedhe.
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens faileth, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build at the wall.
11 Diinonni keenyas, “Utuu isaan hin beekin yookaan nu hin argin isaan gidduu seennee isaan fixnee hojii sana dhaabbachiifna” jedhan.
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.
12 Yihuudoonni isaanitti dhiʼoo jiraatan dhufanii, “Yoo isin eessa illee dhaqxan isaan inuma nu lolu” jedhanii yeroo kudhan nutti himan.
And it came to pass that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us so ten times, from all the places whence they returned to us,
13 Kanaafuu ani namoota sana keessaa tokko tokko dachaa dallaa duubaan jiru keessa, iddoo ol kaʼaa irratti ramadee akka isaan goraadee, eeboo fi iddaa qabatanii dhaabatan nan godhe.
I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.
14 Anis ergan asii fi achi ilaalee booddee ol kaʼee namoota bebeekamoodhaan, qondaaltotaa fi uummata kaaniin akkana nan jedhe; “Isin jara hin sodaatinaa. Gooftaa guddichaa fi sodaachisaa sana yaadadhaatii obboloota keessaniif, ilmaan keessaniif, intallan keessaniif, niitota keessanii fi manneen keessaniif lolaa.”
And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.
15 Yeroo diinonni keenya akka nu mala isaaniitti dammaqne, akka Waaqnis mala isaanii sana jalaa diige dhagaʼanitti nu hundi gara dallaatti, tokkoon tokkoon keenyas hojii keenyatti deebine.
And it came to pass that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had defeated their counsel, we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.
16 Gaafasii jalqabee namoota koo keessaa walakkaan isaanii hojii hojjetanii walakkaan kaan immoo eeboo, gaachana, iddaa fi miʼa lolaa hidhatan. Ajajjoonnis saba Yihuudaa hunda duubaan dhaabachaa turan;
And from that time forth the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held the spears, and the shields, and the bows, and the corslets; and the captains were behind all the house of Judah.
17 warri dallaa ijaaranii fi baʼaa baatanis harka tokkoon ni hojjetu, harka tokkoon immoo miʼa lolaa qabatu turan;
They that built on the wall, and they that bore burdens, with those that loaded, wrought in the work with one hand, and with the other they held a weapon.
18 tokkoon tokkoon ijaartota sanaa goraadee ofii isaanii mudhiitti hidhatanii hojii hojjetan. Namichi malakata afuufu garuu na wajjin ture.
And the builders had every one his sword girded by his side, and built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
19 Anis namoota bebeekamoodhaan, qondaaltotaa fi uummata kaaniin akkana nan jedhe; “Hojiin kun guddaa fi balʼaa dha; tokkoon tokkoon keenyas gargar fagaannee dallaa irra jirra.
And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and extended, and we are scattered upon the wall, one far from another:
20 Iddoo itti sagalee malakataa dhageessan kamitti iyyuu nutti makamaa. Waaqni keenya nuuf lolaa!”
in what place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, thither shall ye assemble to us; our God will fight for us.
21 Kanaafuu nu barii barraaqaa jalqabnee hamma urjiiwwan baʼanitti akkuma namoota keenya keessaa gariin eeboo qabatanii jiranitti hojii itti fufne.
And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared.
22 Anis yeroo sanatti namootaan akkanan jedhe; “Akka isaan halkan akka eegdotaatti, guyyaa immoo akka hojjettootaatti nu tajaajiluu dandaʼaniif nama kam iyyuu gargaaraa isaa wajjin halkan Yerusaalem keessa tursaa.”
Likewise at the same time I said to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and [be for] labour in the day.
23 Anis, obboloonni koos, namoonni koos, eegdonni na wajjin turanis uffata keenya hin baafanne; tokkoon tokkoon namaa yeroo bishaan barbaacha deemu illee miʼa isaa kan waraanaa harkatti qabata ture.
And neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our garments: every one had his weapon on his right side.
