Nexemyaah 6

1 Haddaba markii Sanballad iyo Toobiyaah iyo Geshem kii Carabka ahaa, iyo cadaawayaashayadii kale loo sheegay inaan derbigii dhisay iyo inaan innaba daldalool lagu arag (in kastoo wakhtigaas aanan weli qotomin albaabbadii irdaha),

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),

2 ayay Sanballad iyo Geshem ii soo cid direen oo waxay yidhaahdeen, Kaalay oo aan ku wada kulanno tuulooyinka bannaanka Oonoo ku yaal middood. Laakiinse waxay ku fikireen inay belaayo igu sameeyaan.

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.

3 Oo waxaan u diray wargeeyayaal, oo ku idhi, Waxaan samaynayaa shuqul weyn oo sidaas daraaddeed ma iman karo. Bal maxaa shuqulku u joogsanayaa markaan ka tago oo aan idiin imaado?

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?”

4 Oo fartiin caynkaas ah ayay afar jeer ii soo direen; oo anna isla sidii baan ugu jawaabay.

They sent to me four times like this; and I answered them the same way.

5 Oo haddana isla sidaas oo kale Sanballad wuxuu markii shanaad ii soo diray midiidinkiisii oo gacanta ku sida warqad furan.

Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,

6 Oo waxaa ku qornaa, Waxaa quruumaha dhexdooda laga sheegay, Gashmuuna uu leeyahay, in adiga iyo Yuhuudduba aad ku talo jirtaan inaad fallaagowdaan, oo waa taas daraaddeed waxaad derbiga u dhisaysaa, oo sida waafaqsan erayadan la soo sheegay waxaad doonaysaa inaad boqor u ahaatid.

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.

7 Oo weliba waxaad dooratay nebiyo si ay wax kugu saabsan dadka Yeruusaalem ugu wacdiyaan, iyagoo leh, Dalka Yahuudah waxaa jooga boqor. Haddaba erayadan waxaa loo sheegi doonaa boqorka. Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed kaalay, oo aan tashannee.

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.”

8 Markaasaan u cid diray oo ku idhi, Waxaad leedahay oo kale halkan innaba laguma samayn, laakiinse adigaa qalbigaaga ka soo hindisay.

Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.”

9 Waayo, dhammaantood waxay doonayeen inay na cabsiiyaan, oo waxay isyidhaahdeen, Shuqulkay ka daali doonaan, mana dhammayn doonaan. Laakiinse, Ilaahow, xoog ii yeel.

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.

10 Markaasaan tegey gurigii Shemacyaah ina Delaayaah oo ahaa ina Meheetabeel oo xidhnaa; oo wuxuu igu yidhi, Guriga Rabbiga oo ah macbudka dhexdiisa aan ku kulanno, oo aan xidhanno albaabbada macbudka, waayo, iyagu waxay u iman doonaan inay ku dilaan. Haah, oo habeennimada ayay u soo iman doonaan inay ku dilaan.

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.”

11 Aniguse waxaan ku idhi, Nin anigoo kale ahu miyuu cararaa? Bal waase kee, kan aniga ila mid ah oo macbudka u geli lahaa inuu naftiisa ku badbaadiyo? Geli maayo.

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.”

12 Markaasaan gartay inaan Ilaah isaga soo dirin, laakiinse hadal iga gees ah ayuu ugu hadlay sidii nebi oo kale, waayo, waxaa soo kiraystay Toobiyaah iyo Sanballad.

I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him, but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

13 Oo taas aawadeed baa isaga loo soo kiraystay inaan cabsado oo saas yeelo oo aan dembaabo, iyo inay iyagu sabab u helaan war xun si ay iigu ceebeeyaan.

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.

14 Haddaba Ilaahayow, sida shuqulladoodu yihiin u xusuuso Toobiyaah iyo Sanballad iyo weliba nebiyaddii Noocadyaah iyo nebiyadii kale oo damcay inay i cabsigeliyaan.

“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.”

15 Oo sidaasaa derbigii laba iyo konton maalmood loogu dhammeeyey bishii Eluul maalinteedii shan iyo labaatanaad.

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

16 Oo markii cadaawayaashayadii oo dhammu ay taas maqleen ayay kulli quruumihii hareerahayaga ku wareegsanaa oo dhammu wada cabsadeen, oo aad bay u ceeboobeen, waayo, waxay garteen in shuqulkan laga sameeyey Ilaahayaga xaggiisa.

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.

17 Oo weliba waagaas kuwii gobta ahaa oo dalka Yahuudah warqado badan bay u direen Toobiyaah, oo iyagana waxaa u yimid warqadihii Toobiyaah.

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.

18 Waayo, dalka Yahuudah waxaa joogay kuwo badan oo isaga u dhaartay, maxaa yeelay, isaga waxaa soddog u ahaa Shekaanyaah ina Aarax; oo wiilkiisii Yehooxaanaanna wuxuu guursaday Meshullaam ina Berekyaah gabadhiisii.

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.

19 Oo weliba waxay hortayda kaga hadleen falimihiisii wanaagsanaa, oo hadalkaygana isagay u sheegeen. Toobiyaahna warqaduu iigu soo diray inuu i cabsiiyo.

Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.