Nehemiah 4
1 But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
Alò, li te vin rive ke lè Sanballat te tande ke nou t ap rebati miray la, li te vin anraje nèt, byen fache e te moke Jwif yo.
2 He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?”
Li te pale nan prezans a frè li yo avèk Samariten rich yo. Li te di: “Se kisa Jwif san kapasite ak fòs sa yo ap fè la a? Èske y ap restore li pou kont yo? Èske yo kab ofri sakrifis? Èske yo kab fin fè l nan yon jounen? Èske yo kab restore wòch yo soti nan ranblè plen pousyè a; menm sa ki te brile yo?”
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.”
Alò, Tobija, Amonit lan, te toupre li. Li te di: “Menm sa y ap bati, si yon rena ta vòltije ladann, li ta kraze wòch miray yo!”
4 “Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity.
Tande, O Bondye pa nou an, kijan nou meprize! Fè repwòch pa yo retounen sou pwòp tèt yo, e livre yo pou yo ta vin piyaje nan yon peyi an kaptivite.
5 Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
Pa padone inikite yo, e pa kite peche yo efase devan Ou, paske yo te dekouraje ouvriye ki t ap bati yo.
6 So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
Konsa, nou te bati miray la, e tout miray la te jwenn ansanm jis rive nan mwatye wotè li, paske pèp la te gen tèt ansanm pou travay la.
7 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry;
Alò, lè Sanballat, Tobija, Arab yo, Amonit ak Ashdodit yo te tande ke reparasyon miray Jérusalem yo te kontinye, e ke brèch yo te kòmanse fèmen yo te byen fache.
8 and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion among us.
Yo tout ansanm te fè konplo pou vin goumen kont Jérusalem, e pou fè zen ladann.
9 But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night because of them.
Men nou te priye a Bondye nou an e akoz yo menm, nou te plase yon gad pou anpeche yo lajounen kon lannwit.
10 Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading and there is much rubble, so that we are not able to build the wall.”
Konsa, nan Juda yo t ap di: “Fòs a sila ki pote chaj yo ap febli, Malgre, toujou gen anpil fatra; Epi nou menm pou kont nou, P ap kab rebati miray la.”
11 Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
Lènmi nou yo t ap di: “Yo p ap konnen ni wè jiskaske nou vini pami yo, touye yo e mete fen nan travay la.”
12 When the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
Lè Jwif ki te rete toupre yo te vin kote nou dis fwa epi te di nou: “Yo va vini kont nou soti tout kote ke nou kab vire,”
13 Therefore I set guards in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places. I set the people by family groups with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Alò, mwen te estasyone moun nan pati piba nan espas dèyè miray la, kote ki te manke pwotèj e mwen te estasyone moun pami fanmi yo avèk nepe pa yo, lans ak banza yo.
14 I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
Lè m te wè ke yo te pè, mwen te leve pale avèk gwo moun yo, chèf yo ak tout lòt moun yo: “Pa pè yo; sonje Senyè a gran e mèvèye. Goumen pou frè nou yo, fis nou yo, fi nou yo, madanm nou yo ak lakay nou yo.”
15 When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.
Lè lènmi nou yo te tande ke afè yo te rekonèt pa nou, e ke Bondye te jennen plan yo; alò, nou tout te retounen kote miray la, chak moun nan pwòp travay li.
16 From that time forth, half of my servants did the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
Depi jou sa a, mwatye nan sèvitè mwen yo te fè travay la, e lòt mwatye a te kenbe lans yo, boukliye pwotèj yo, banza yo ak pwotèj lestomak yo. Epi kapitèn yo te dèyè lakay Juda a.
17 Those who built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands did the work, and with the other held his weapon.
Sila ki t ap rebati miray la avèk sila ki te pote chaj yo te pran chaj yo nan yon men pou fè travay la e te kenbe yon zam nan lòt men an.
18 Among the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.
Epi pou sila ki t ap bati yo, chak moun te mete yon nepe senti nan ren li pandan li t ap bati a, e mesye twonpèt la te rete toupre mwen.
19 I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.
Mwen te pale ak gwo moun yo, chèf yo, ak tout lòt moun yo: “Travay la gran e vast e nou se separe sou miray la de yon lwen a yon lòt.
20 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”
Nenpòt kote ke nou tande twonpèt la, vin rive kote nou la a. Bondye nou an va goumen pou nou.”
21 So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
Konsa, nou te kontinye travay la avèk mwatye nan yo ki te kenbe lans yo soti nan maten jis rive lè zetwal yo te vin parèt.
22 Likewise at the same time I said to the people, “Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.”
Nan lè sa a, mwen te di pèp la ankò: “Kite chak mesye yo ansanm avèk sèvitè li pase nwit lan Jérusalem pou yo kab fè yon bon gad pou nou pandan nwit lan, e sèvi kon yon ouvriye nan lajounen.”
23 So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.
Konsa, ni mwen menm, ni frè m yo, sèvitè mwen yo, ni mesye nan gad ki te swiv mwen yo, okenn pa t rete rad yo, chak moun te pote zam li, menm lè yo ale chache dlo.
