Nehemaia 6

1 Pea ʻi he fanongo ʻe Sanipalate, mo Topaia, mo Kesemi ko e ʻAlepea, mo hono toe ʻo homau fili, kuo u langaʻi ʻae ʻā maka; pea naʻe ʻikai ha ava ʻoku toe; (ka ʻi he kuonga ko ia naʻe teʻeki ai te u fokotuʻu hake ʻae ngaahi matapā laupapa ki he ngaahi hūʻanga): naʻe hoko ai ʻo pehē:

And it comes to pass, when it has been heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian, and by the rest of our enemies, that I have built the wall, and there has not been left in it a breach (also, until that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),

2 Naʻe fekau ʻe Sanipalate mo Kesemi kiate au, ʻo pehē, “Haʻu, ketau fakataha ʻi he potu kakai ʻe taha ʻi he toafa ʻo Ono.” Ka naʻa nau fifili ke fai ha kovi kiate au.

that Sanballat sends, also Geshem, to me, saying, “Come and we meet together in the villages, in the Valley of Ono”; and they are thinking to do to me evil.

3 Pea ne u fekau ʻae kau talafekau kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku ou fai ʻae ngāue ʻoku lahi, ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te u faʻa ʻalu hifo: koeʻumaʻā ʻa ʻeku tuku ʻae ngāue, ʻi he liʻaki ia, pea ʻalu hifo ai kiate kimoutolu?”

And I send to them messengers, saying, “A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why does the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down to you?”

4 Ka naʻa nau fekau pehē kiate au, ʻo liunga fā; pea ne u talia ʻakinautolu ʻi he anga pe taha:

And they send to me, according to this word, four times, and I return them [word] according to this word.

5 Pea naʻe toki fekau pehē ai pe ʻe Sanipalate ʻa ʻene tamaioʻeiki kiate au ko hono liunga nima mo e tohi mafola pe ʻi hono nima;

And Sanballat sends to me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand;

6 ‌ʻAia naʻe tuʻu ai ʻae lea ni, “Kuo fakaongo ki he hiteni, pea kuo tala ia ʻe Kasimu, ʻo pehē ko koe mo e kakai Siu ʻoku mou tokanga ke angatuʻu: ko ia ʻoku ke langa ai ʻae ʻā maka, koeʻuhi ke ke hoko ai ko honau tuʻi, ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi lea ni.

it is written in it, “Among the nations it has been heard, and Gashmu is saying: You and the Jews are thinking to rebel, therefore you are building the wall, and you have been to them for a king—according to these words!

7 Pea kuo ke fakanofo ʻae kau palōfita, ke nau malangaʻaki koe ʻi Selūsalema, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻOku ai ʻae tuʻi ʻi Siuta: pea ko eni ʻe fakaongo atu ia ki he tuʻi ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi lea ni. Ko ia ke ke haʻu, pea ke tau alea ʻo fakakaukau fakataha.’”

And also, you have appointed prophets to call for you in Jerusalem, saying, A king [is] in Judah, and now it is heard by the king according to these words; and now come, and we take counsel together.”

8 Pea ne u fekau kiate ia, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai fai ha meʻa hangē ko ia ʻoku ke lau ki ai, ka ʻoku ke fakatupu ia ʻi ho loto ʻoʻou.”

And I send to him, saying, “It has not been according to these words that you are saying, for from your own heart you are devising them”;

9 He naʻa nau fai kotoa pē ke fakamanavahēʻi ʻakimautolu, ʻo pehē, “ʻE vaivai ai honau nima mei he ngāue, ke ʻoua naʻa fai ia.” Pea ko eni, [ʻE ʻOtua], ke ke fakamālohi hoku nima.

for all of them are making us afraid, saying, “Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done”; and now, strengthen my hands.

10 Hili ia naʻaku ʻalu ki he fale ʻo Simaia ko e foha ʻo Telaia ko e foha ʻe Mihetapeli, ʻaia naʻe nofo fale pe: pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Keta fakataha ʻi he fale ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻi he loto faletapu, pea ke tā tāpuni ʻae ngaahi matapā ʻoe faletapu: he tenau haʻu ke tāmateʻi koe, ʻio, tenau haʻu ʻi he poʻuli ke tāmateʻi koe.”

And I have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel—and he is restrained—and he says, “Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming to slay you—indeed, by night they are coming to slay you.”

11 Pea ne u pehē, “He ʻoku lelei ke hola ʻae tangata hangē ko au? Pea ko hai ia, ʻaia kuo hoko ʻo hangē ko au, pea ʻe ʻalu ia ki he faletapu ke hao ai ʻene moʻui? ʻE ʻikai te u ʻalu.”

And I say, “A man such as I—does he flee? And who as I, that goes into the temple, and lives? I do not go in.”

12 Pea ʻiloange, naʻaku vakai, naʻe ʻikai fekau ia ʻe he ʻOtua: ka naʻa ne fakahā ʻae kikite ni kiate au; koeʻuhi naʻe totongi ia ʻe Topaia mo Sanipalate.

And I discern, and behold, God has not sent him, for in the prophecy he has spoken to me both Tobiah and Sanballat hired him,

13 Ko e meʻa ia naʻe totongi ai ia, koeʻuhi ke u hoko ʻo manavahē, pea fai pehē, ʻo fai angahala, pea kenau maʻu ai ʻae meʻa ke fakaongo kovi ʻaki, pea koeʻuhi kenau fakakovi ai au.

so that he [is] a hired worker, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me.

14 “ʻE hoku ʻOtua, ke ke manatuʻi ʻe koe ʻa Topaia mo Sanipalate ʻo fakatatau ki heʻena ngāue ko eni, pea ki he fefine palōfita ko Noatia, pea mo hono toe ʻoe kau palōfita, ʻaia naʻa nau loto ke fakamanavahēʻi au.”

Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid.

15 Pea pehē, naʻe fakaʻosi ʻae ʻā maka ʻi hono uofulu ma nima ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina ko Iluli, ʻi he ʻaho ʻe nimangofulu ma ua

And the wall is completed in the twenty-fifth of Elul, on the fifty-second day;

16 Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he fanongo ki ai ʻe homau fili kotoa pē, pea mamata ʻe he hiteni kotoa pē naʻe nofo ʻo takatakai ʻiate kimautolu ki he ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻa nau loto vaivai lahi ʻi honau mata: he naʻa nau mamata kuo fai ʻae ngāue ni ʻi homau ʻOtua.

and it comes to pass, when all our enemies have heard, and all the nations who are all around us see, that they fall greatly in their own eyes, and know that by our God has this work been done.

17 Pea ko eni foki, ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia naʻe ʻave ʻe he houʻeiki ʻo Siuta ʻae ngaahi tohi kia Topaia, pea naʻe ʻomi ʻae ngaahi tohi ʻa Topaia kiate kinautolu.

Also, in those days the nobles of Judah are multiplying their letters going to Tobiah, and those of Tobiah are coming to them;

18 He naʻe ai ʻae tokolahi ʻi Siuta naʻe fuakava kiate ia, he ko e foha ia ʻi he fono kia Sikania ko e foha ʻo ʻAla; pea kuo toʻo ʻe hono foha ko Sohanani ʻae ʻofefine ʻo Mesulami ko e foha ʻo Pelekia.

for many in Judah are sworn to him, for he [is] son-in-law to Shechaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan has taken the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah;

19 Pea naʻa nau fakaongo mai kiate au ʻene ngaahi ngāue lelei foki, pea naʻe fakaongo ʻeku ngaahi lea kiate ia. Pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe Topaia ʻae ngaahi tohi ke fakamanavahēʻi ai au.

also, they have been speaking of his good deeds before me, and they have been taking my words out to him; Tobiah has sent letters to make me afraid.