Nehemias 4
Ang Pulong Sang Dios
Ginbalabagan ang Pagpatindog sang Pader
4 Sang mabalitaan ni Sanbalat nga ginapatindog namon liwat ang pader, naakig gid siya kag ginyaguta niya kami nga mga Judio. 2 Sa atubangan sang iya mga kaupod kag sang mga soldado sang Samaria, nagsiling siya, “Ano bala ang ginahimo sining makaluluoy nga mga Judio? Nagahunahuna bala sila nga sa isa lang ka adlaw mapatindog nila liwat ang mga pader sang Jerusalem kag makahalad sila liwat? Abi siguro nila magamit pa nila ang mga nasunog kag nadugmok nga mga bato sang pader!” 3 Nagsiling man si Tobia nga Ammonhon nga ara sa tupad ni Sanbalat, “Bisan maila nga ido[a] lang ang magtaklas sa sina nga pader marumpag na ina!”
4 Dayon nagpangamuyo ako, “O Dios namon, pamatii kami kay ginatamay kami. Matabo kuntani sa ila ang ila mga insulto sa amon. Kabay pa nga bihagon sila sa iban nga lugar. 5 Indi gid sila pagpatawara tungod kay gin-insulto[b] nila ikaw sa atubangan namon nga mga nagaobra sang pader.”
6 Padayon ang amon pag-obra hasta nga katunga na sang kataason sang pader ang amon napatindog, kay ang mga tawo nag-obra gid sing tudo. 7 Pero sang mabalitaan nila ni Sanbalat, Tobia, kag sang mga Arabo, mga Ammonhon kag mga taga-Ashdod nga padayon ang pagpatindog sang pader sang Jerusalem kag ang mga buho sini natabunan na, naakig gid sila. 8 Nagplano sila tanan nga salakayon nila ang Jerusalem agod gamuhon kami. 9 Pero nagpangamuyo kami sa amon Dios kag nagbutang sang mga guwardya adlaw-gab-i, agod protektaran ang amon kaugalingon.
10 Karon, nagsiling ang mga taga-Juda, “Ginakapoy na kami sa pag-obra. Kadamo pa sang mga nagkalatiphag nga parte sang pader nga halakuton, gani indi namon ini masarangan nga tapuson.”
11 Sa pihak nga bahin, nagsiling ang amon mga kaaway, “Kibuton lang naton sila nga ara na kita sa ila lugar. Dayon pamatyon naton sila, kag mauntat na ang ila pag-obra.”
12 Ang mga Judio nga nagaestar malapit sa ila permi nagabalita sa amon sang ila plano nga pagsalakay.[c] 13 Gani nagbutang ako sang mga tawo sa pagguwardya sa pinakamanubo nga mga parte sang pader nga madali lang sudlon. Ginpaguwardya ko sila didto nga nagrupo sa kada pamilya, kag may mga armas sila nga mga espada, bangkaw, kag pana. 14 Kag samtang ginahunahuna ko ang situasyon, ginpatawag ko ang mga pangulo, mga opisyal, kag ang mga pumuluyo, kag ginsilingan, “Indi kamo magkahadlok sa mga kaaway. Dumdumon lang naton ang makagagahom kag makatilingala nga Ginoo. Magpakig-away kita para maluwas naton ang aton mga paryente, mga anak, mga asawa, kag mga balay.”
15 Sang nabalitaan sang amon mga kaaway nga nahibaluan namon ang ila plano sa pagsalakay sa amon, kag nareyalisar nila nga gin-guba sang Dios ang ila plano, nagbalik kami tanan sa amon obra sa pader. 16 Pero halin sadto nga adlaw, katunga lang sang akon mga tinawo ang nagaobra sang pader, kay ang katunga nagaguwardya nga may mga bangkaw, taming, pana, kag panagang sa dughan. Ang mga opisyal nagatindog sa likod sang katawhan sang Juda 17 nga nagaobra sang pader. Samtang nagaobra sila, ang isa ka kamot nagakapot sang gamit pang-obra kag ang isa ka kamot nagabitbit sang armas, 18 kag nagataklos pa sila sang espada. Ang manugpatunog sang budyong ara sa akon tupad.
19 Nagsiling ako sa mga pangulo, mga opisyal, kag sa mga pumuluyo, “Malapad ang aton ginaobra kag nagalayuanay kita sa pader, 20 gani kon mabatian ninyo ang tunog sang budyong, magtipon kamo diri sa akon. Ang aton Dios amo ang magpakig-away para sa aton.”
21 Gani padayon ang amon pag-obra halin sa kaagahon hasta magsirom, kag ang katunga sang mga tawo nagaguwardya nga armado. 22 Sadto nga tion, nagsiling man ako sa mga tawo nga nagaestar sa guwa sang Jerusalem nga sila kag ang ila mga suluguon magsulod sa siyudad kon gab-i agod makaguwardya sila, kag pagkaaga makaobra naman sila. 23 Tungod nga sige ang amon bantay, ako kag ang akon mga paryente, mga tinawo, kag mga guwardya wala na nag-ilis sang amon mga bayo. Kag bisan magkadto sa tubig dala namon ang amon mga armas.[d]
Nehemiah 4
Wycliffe Bible
4 And it was done, when Sanballat had heard, that we builded the wall, he was full wroth, and he was stirred greatly, and he scorned the Jews. (And it was done, when Sanballat heard, that we were rebuilding the wall, he was very angry, and was greatly stirred up, and he scorned the Jews.)
2 And he said before his brethren, and the multitude of Samaritans, What do the feeble Jews? Whether heathen men shall suffer them? Whether they shall [ful]fill, and make sacrifice in one day? Whether they may build stones of the heaps of the dust, which be burnt? (And he said before his kinsmen, and the multitude of the Samaritans, What do these feeble Jews think they be doing? Do they think they can rebuild the whole city? Do they believe they can just make a sacrifice, and then finish it all in one day? Can they make stones out of heaps of rubble, which be all burned up?)
3 And also Tobiah (the) Ammonite, his neighbour, said, Build they; if a fox go up, he shall over-leap their stone wall. (And Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, Let them build; for if a fox shall go up there, he shall just leap over their stone wall.)
4 And Nehemiah said (in prayer), Our God, hear thou, for we be made despising (for we be despised); turn thou the shame upon their own head(s), and give thou them into despising in the land of captivity;
5 cover thou not the wickedness of them, and their sins be not done away before thy face; for they scorned the builders.
6 Therefore we builded the wall, and joined together all till to the half part, and the heart of the people was excited to work. (And so we rebuilt the wall, and joined it all together, up to half of its height, and the heart of the people was excited to do this work.)
7 And it was done when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Arabians, and Ammonites, and men of Ashdod had heard, that the breaking of the wall of Jerusalem was stopped, and that the crazings had begun to be closed together, they were full wroth. (And when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabs, and the Ammonites, and the men of Ashdod had heard, that the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem was progressing, and that the gaps had begun to be closed, they were very angry.)
8 And they all were gathered together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cast treasons against it.
9 And we prayed the Lord our God, and we setted keepers on the wall day and night against them. (And we prayed to the Lord our God, and we put guards on the wall day and night, to protect against them.)
10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearer is made feeble, and the earth is full much, and we be not able to build the wall. (But the men of Judah said, The strength of the workers hath become feeble, and there is just too much rubble, and so we cannot rebuild the wall.)
11 And our enemies said, Know they not, and know they not, till we come into the middle of them, and slay them, and make the work to cease. (And our enemies said, Let them know nothing, until we suddenly come into their midst, and kill them all, and stop the work.)
12 Forsooth it was done, when [the] Jews came, that dwelled beside them, and said to us by ten times, from all places from which they came to us, (And it was done, that the Jews who lived beside them came, and told us ten times, that our enemies would soon be upon us, from all the places from which they had come to us,)
13 I ordained the people in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows, in a place behind the wall by compass. (and so I ordained the people in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows, in places all around behind the wall.)
14 I beheld, and rose, and said to the principal men, and magistrates, and to the other part of the common people, Do not ye dread of their face; but have ye mind of the great Lord, and fearedful, and fight ye for your brothers, and your sons, and your daughters, for your wives, and house(hold)s. (And I looked about, and rose up, and said to the leaders, and the magistrates, and to all the people, Do not ye fear them; but instead, think upon, or remember, the great and fearful Lord, and fight ye for your brothers, and your sons, and your daughters, and your wives, and your families, or your kinsmen.)
15 And it was done, when our enemies had heard that it was told to us, God destroyed their counsel; and then all we turned again to the walls, each man to his work. (And it was done, that our enemies heard that everything had been told to us, and so God destroyed their plans; and then we all returned to rebuilding the wall, each man to his own work.)
16 And it was done from that day, the half part of the young men made the work, and the half part was ready to battle; and (held) spears, and shields, and bows, and habergeons, and (the) princes after them, in all the house of men of Judah, (And so it was done from that day on, that half the young men did the work, and the other half were ready for battle, and held spears, and shields, and bows, and breastplates; and the leaders supported all the men of the house of Judah,)
17 building in the wall, and bearing burdens, and putting on; with their one hand they made the work, and with the other they held their sword. (who were rebuilding the wall. And for those carrying the loads, with their one hand they did the work, and with the other hand they held their sword.)
18 For each of the builders was girded with a sword upon his reins; and they builded the wall, and they sounded with clarions beside me. (And each of the builders was girded with a sword around his waist, as they rebuilt the wall. And the man who sounded with the trumpet was beside me.)
19 And I said to the principal men, and (to the) magistrates, and to the other part of the common people, The work is great and broad, and we be separated far in the wall, one from another; (And I said to the leaders, and the magistrates, and the rest of the people, The work is great and broad, or spread out, and we all be separated on the wall, one far from another);
20 therefore in whatever place that ye hear [the] sound of the trump (and so whenever ye hear the sound of the trumpet), run ye together thither to us; for our God shall fight for us.
21 And we ourselves shall make the work, and the half of us hold we spears, from the going up of the morrowtide till that [the] stars go out. (And so we did the work, and half of us held spears, from the rising of the morning sun until the stars came out.)
22 And in that time I said to the people, Each man with his servant dwell he in the midst of Jerusalem, and whiles be to us by night, and (the) day to work. (And at that time I said to the people, Each man stay he with his servant in the middle of Jerusalem, and be on guard for us by night, and do the work by day.)
23 But I, and my brethren, and my keepers, and [my] servants, that were (going) after me, did not (put) off our clothes; each man was made naked only to washing. (And I, and my kinsmen, and my servants, and the men who were protecting me, never took off our clothes; each man was made naked only for washing/each of us kept our right hand on our sword at all times.)
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