Nehemiah 4
1 When Sanballat found out that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious—really mad! He made fun of the Jews
茲にサンバラテわれらが石垣を築くを聞て怒り大に憤ほりてユダヤ人を罵れり
2 in front of his colleagues and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these useless Jews trying to achieve? Do they think they can rebuild the wall? Are they going to offer sacrifices? Are they going to finish it in a day? Do they think they can re-use stones from piles of rubble and dirt, especially since they've all been burned?”
即ち彼その兄弟等およびサマリアの軍兵の前に語りて言ふ此軟弱しきユダヤ人何を爲や自ら強くせんとするか獻祭をなさんとするか一日に事を終んとするか塵堆の中の石は既に燬たるに之を取出して活さんとするかと
3 Tobiah the Ammonite, standing beside him, commented, “Even a fox walking on what they're building would knock down their wall of stones!”
時にアンモニ人トビヤその傍にありてまた言ふ彼らの築く石垣は狐上るも圮るべしと
4 I prayed, “Lord, please listen to us, because we are being treated with contempt. Rain down their insults on their own heads! Let them be taken away like plunder, prisoners in a foreign land!
我らの神よ聴たまへ我らは侮らる願くは彼らの出す凌辱をその身の首に歸し彼らを他國に擄はれしめ掠られしめたまへ
5 Don't forgive their guilt or blot out their sins, for they have made you angry in front of the builders.”
彼らの愆を蔽ひたまふ勿れ彼らの罪を汝の前より消去しめたまはざれ其は彼ら築建者の前にて汝の怒を惹おこしたればなり
6 So we rebuilt the wall until it was all connected, reaching half its height, because the people were keen to work.
斯われら石垣を築きけるが石垣はみな已に相連なりてその高さの半にまで及べり其は民心をこめて操作たればなり
7 When Sanballat and Tobiah, and the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being filled in, they were furious.
然るにサンバラテ、トビヤ、アラビヤ人アンモニ人アシドド人等ヱルサレムの石垣改修れ其破壊も次第に塞がると聞て大に怒り
8 They all plotted together to come and attack Jerusalem and to throw everything into confusion.
皆ともに相結びてヱルサレムに攻來らんとしその中に擾亂をおこさんとせり
9 So we prayed to our God, and we had guards ready to defend against them day and night.
是において我ら神に祈祷をなしかれらのために日夜守望者を置て之に備ふ
10 Then people of Judah started grumbling, saying, “The workmen are exhausted. There's just too much rubble to clear. We'll never be able to finish the wall.”
ユダ人は言り荷を負ふ者の力衰へしが上に灰土おびただしくして我ら石垣を築くこと能はずと
11 Our enemies were saying to themselves, “Before they know it, before they're aware of anything, we'll appear right in among them, kill them, and put a stop to what they're doing.”
我らの敵は言り彼等が知ずまた見ざる間に我ら其中に入り之を殺してその工事を止めんと
12 The Jews who lived close by came and told us over and over again, “They're going to attack us from all directions!”
又彼らの辺に住るユダヤ人來る時は我らに告て言ふ汝ら我らの所に歸らざるべからずと其事十次にも及べり
13 So I positioned defenders behind the lowest, most vulnerable sections, of the wall. I had them take their positions by families, armed with their swords, spears, and bows.
是に因て我石垣の後の顕露なる低き處に民を置き劍鎗または弓を持せてその宗族にしたがひて之をそなふ
14 After inspecting our defenses, I stood up and addressed the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, saying, “Don't be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is powerful and formidable! Fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes!”
我観めぐり起て貴き人々および牧伯等ならびにその餘の民に告て云ふ汝ら彼等のために懼るる勿れ主の大にして畏るべきを憶ひ汝らの兄弟のため男子女子のため妻および家のために戦かへよと
15 When our enemies discovered that we knew about their plan, and that God had foiled it, we all went back to our work on the wall.
我らの敵おのが事の我らに知れたるをききておのが謀計を神に破られたるを聞しによりて我ら皆石垣に歸り各々その工事をなせり
16 From then on, half of my men were doing the work while the other half were ready to fight, holding their spears, shields, bows, and armor. The leaders stood behind all the people of Judah
其時より後わが僕半は工事に操作き半は鎗楯弓などを持て鎧を着たり牧伯等はユダの全家の後にありき
17 who were building the wall. Those carrying materials worked with one hand, holding a weapon in the other.
石垣を築く者および荷を負ひはこぶ者は各々片手もて工事を爲し片手に武器を執り
18 All the builders carried a sword strapped to their side, and the trumpeter stood beside me.
築建者はおのおのその腰に劍を帯て築き建つ又喇叭を吹く者は我傍あり
19 Then I told the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “We have a lot to do everywhere, so we're very spread out along the wall.
我貴き人々および牧伯等ならびにその餘の民に告て云ふ此工事は大にして廣ければ我儕石垣にありて彼此に相離ること遠し
20 Wherever you are and you hear the sound of the trumpet, run to join us there. Our God will fight for us!”
何處にもあれ汝ら喇叭の音のきこゆるを聞ば其處に奔あつまりて我らに就け我らの神われらのために戦ひたまふべしと
21 We went on working, with half of the men holding spears from dawn until the stars came out.
我ら斯して工事をなしけるが半の者は東雲の出るより星の現はるるまで鎗を持をれり
22 I also told the people, “Everyone including servants must spend the night inside Jerusalem, so they can be on guard duty at night and work during the day.”
當時われ亦民に言らく皆おのおのその僕とともにヱルサレムの中に宿り夜は我らの防守となり昼は工事をつとむべしと
23 During that time none of us changed our clothes—not me or my brothers or my men or the guards with me. Everyone carried their weapons at all times, even to go for water.
而して我もわが兄弟等もわが僕も我に從がふ防守の人々もその衣服を脱す水を汲に出るにも皆武器を執れり
