< نَحَمْيَا 6 >
وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ سَنْبَلَّطُ وَطُوبِيَّا وَجَشَمٌ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ وَبَقِيَّةُ أَعْدَائِنَا أَنِّي قَدْ بَنَيْتُ ٱلسُّورَ وَلَمْ تَبْقَ فِيهِ ثُغْرَةٌ، عَلَى أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ قَدْ أَقَمْتُ مَصَارِيعَ لِلْأَبْوَابِ، | ١ 1 |
Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
أَرْسَلَ سَنْبَلَّطُ وَجَشَمٌ إِلَيَّ قَائِلَيْنِ: «هَلُمَّ نَجْتَمِعُ مَعًا فِي ٱلْقُرَى فِي بُقْعَةِ أُونُو». وَكَانَا يُفَكِّرَانِ أَنْ يَعْمَلَا بِي شَرًّا. | ٢ 2 |
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come! Let’s meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to harm me.
فَأَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْهِمَا رُسُلًا قَائِلًا: «إِنِّي أَنَا عَامِلٌ عَمَلًا عَظِيمًا فَلَا أَقْدْرُ أَنْ أَنْزِلَ. لِمَاذَا يَبْطُلُ ٱلْعَمَلُ بَيْنَمَا أَتْرُكُهُ وَأَنْزِلُ إِلَيْكُمَا؟» | ٣ 3 |
I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”
وَأَرْسَلَا إِلَيَّ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَجَاوَبْتُهُمَا بِمِثْلِ هَذَا ٱلْجَوَابِ. | ٤ 4 |
They sent to me four times like this; and I answered them the same way.
فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ سَنْبَلَّطُ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ مَرَّةً خَامِسَةً مَعَ غُلَامِهِ بِرِسَالَةٍ مَنْشُورَةٍ بِيَدِهِ مَكْتُوبٌ فِيهَا: | ٥ 5 |
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
«قَدْ سُمِعَ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَجَشَمٌ يَقُولُ: إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ وَٱلْيَهُودُ تُفَكِّرُونَ أَنْ تَتَمَرَّدُوا، لِذَلِكَ أَنْتَ تَبْنِي ٱلسُّورَ لِتَكُونَ لَهُمْ مَلِكًا حَسَبَ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ. | ٦ 6 |
in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.
وَقَدْ أَقَمْتَ أَيْضًا أَنْبِيَاءَ لِيُنَادُوا بِكَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ قَائِلِينَ: فِي يَهُوذَا مَلِكٌ. وَٱلْآنَ يُخْبَرُ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِهَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ. فَهَلُمَّ ٱلْآنَ نَتَشَاوَرُ مَعًا». | ٧ 7 |
You have also appointed prophets to proclaim of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let’s take counsel together.”
فَأَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلًا: «لَا يَكُونُ مِثْلُ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ ٱلَّذِي تَقُولُهُ، بَلْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُخْتَلِقُهُ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ». | ٨ 8 |
Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.”
لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا جَمِيعًا يُخِيفُونَنَا قَائِلِينَ: «قَدِ ٱرْتَخَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ عَنِ ٱلْعَمَلِ فَلَا يُعْمَلُ».«فَٱلْآنَ يَا إِلَهِي شَدِّدْ يَدَيَّ». | ٩ 9 |
For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.
وَدَخَلْتُ بَيْتَ شَمْعِيَا بْنِ دَلَايَا بْنِ مَهِيطَبْئِيلَ وَهُوَ مُغْلَقٌ، فَقَالَ: «لِنَجْتَمِعْ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱللهِ إِلَى وَسَطِ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَنُقْفِلْ أَبْوَابَ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ يَأْتُونَ لِيَقْتُلُوكَ. فِي ٱللَّيْلِ يَأْتُونَ لِيَقْتُلُوكَ». | ١٠ 10 |
I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let’s shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you. Yes, in the night they will come to kill you.”
فَقُلْتُ: «أَرَجُلٌ مِثْلِي يَهْرُبُ؟ وَمَنْ مِثْلِي يَدْخُلُ ٱلْهَيْكَلَ فَيَحْيَا؟ لَا أَدْخُلُ!». | ١١ 11 |
I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”
فَتَحَقَّقْتُ وَهُوَذَا لَمْ يُرْسِلْهُ ٱللهُ لِأَنَّهُ تَكَلَّمَ بِٱلنُّبُوَّةِ عَلَيَّ، وَطُوبِيَّا وَسَنْبَلَّطُ قَدِ ٱسْتَأْجَرَاهُ. | ١٢ 12 |
I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him, but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
لِأَجْلِ هَذَا قَدِ ٱسْتُؤْجِرَ لِكَيْ أَخَافَ وَأَفْعَلَ هَكَذَا وَأُخْطِئَ، فَيَكُونَ لَهُمَا خَبَرٌ رَدِيءٌ لِكَيْ يُعَيِّرَانِي. | ١٣ 13 |
He was hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
ٱذْكُرْ يَا إِلَهِي طُوبِيَّا وَسَنْبَلَّطَ حَسَبَ أَعْمَالِهِمَا هَذِهِ، وَنُوعَدْيَةَ ٱلنَّبِيَّةَ وَبَاقِيَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُخِيفُونَنِي. | ١٤ 14 |
“Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear.”
وَكَمِلَ ٱلسُّورُ فِي ٱلْخَامِسِ وَٱلْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ أَيْلُولَ، فِي ٱثْنَيْنِ وَخَمْسِينَ يَوْمًا. | ١٥ 15 |
So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ كُلُّ أَعْدَائِنَا وَرَأَى جَمِيعُ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ حَوَالَيْنَا، سَقَطُوا كَثِيرًا فِي أَعْيُنِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَعَلِمُوا أَنَّهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ إِلَهِنَا عُمِلَ هَذَا ٱلْعَمَلُ. | ١٦ 16 |
When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.
وَأَيْضًا فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ أَكْثَرَ عُظَمَاءُ يَهُوذَا تَوَارُدَ رَسَائِلِهِمْ عَلَى طُوبِيَّا، وَمِنْ عِنْدِ طُوبِيَّا أَتَتِ ٱلرَّسَائِلُ إِلَيْهِمْ. | ١٧ 17 |
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.
لِأَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ فِي يَهُوذَا كَانُوا أَصْحَابَ حِلْفٍ لَهُ، لِأَنَّهُ صِهْرُ شَكَنْيَا بْنِ آرَحَ، وَيَهُوحَانَانُ ٱبْنُهُ أَخَذَ بِنْتَ مَشُلَّامَ بْنِ بَرَخْيَا. | ١٨ 18 |
For there were many in Judah sworn to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife.
وَكَانُوا أَيْضًا يُخْبِرُونَ أَمَامِي بِحَسَنَاتِهِ، وَكَانُوا يُبَلِّغُونَ كَلَامِي إِلَيْهِ. وَأَرْسَلَ طُوبِيَّا رَسَائِلَ لِيُخَوِّفَنِي. | ١٩ 19 |
Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.