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 came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and there was left therein no breach, —though, up to that time, the doors, had I not set up 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 and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come! and let us meet together in the villages, in the valley of Ono, —But, they, were plotting to do me harm.

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?”

So I sent unto them messengers, saying, A great work, am, I, doing, and cannot come down, —wherefore should the work cease whilst I leave it, and come down unto you?

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

Yet they sent unto me, according to this message, four times, —and I replied to them according to this answer.

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;

Then Sanballat sent unto me, according to this message, a fifth time, by his young man, —with 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.

wherein was written—Among the nations, it is reported, and, Gashmu, saith it, that, thou and the Jews, are plotting to rebel, for which cause, thou art building the wall, —and, thou, art to become their 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.’”

Moreover also, prophets, hast thou set up to make proclamation concerning thee in Jerusalem, saying, He hath become king in Judah! Now, therefore, will it he reported to the king, according to these words. Now, therefore, come, and let us 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.”

Then sent I unto him, saying, Nothing hath been done, according to these words, which thou art saying, —but, out of thine own heart, art thou feigning 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, they all, were seeking to put us in fear, saying, Their hands will slacken from the work, and it will not be accomplished. Now, therefore, strengthen thou 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.”

When, I, came into the house of Shemaiah, son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, he, being shut in, he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, in the midst of the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to slay thee, yea, by night, are they coming to slay thee.

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.”

Then said I, Should, such a man as I, flee? Who then, being such as I, would enter the temple to save his life? I will not enter.

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.

Then perceived I, that lo! it was, not God, who had sent him, —though, a prophecy, he had spoken concerning me, but, Tobiah and Sanballat, had 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.

to this end, hired, he was, to the end that I might be afraid and do so, and might sin, —and it might serve them for an evil report, to the end they might bring reproach upon 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.”

Have remembrance, O my God, of Tobiah and of Sanballat, according to these their doings, —moreover also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets, who would have put me in fear.

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

So the wall was finished, on the twenty-fifth of Elul, —in fifty-two days.

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 came to pass, when all our enemies heard, and all the nations that were round about us saw, that they fell greatly in their own eyes, and took knowledge that, from God, had this work been wrought.

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.

Moreover, in those days, were the nobles of Judah busy with their letters which were going unto Tobiah, —and those of Tobiah were coming unto 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, had taken an oath to him, because he was in marriage affinity with Shecaniah son of Arah, —and, Jehohanan his son, had 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.

Moreover, his good deeds, were they telling before me, and, my affairs, were they carrying out to him, —letters, did Tobiah send to put me in fear.