¹Ary rehefa ren'i Sanbala sy Tobia sy ny Arabo sy ny Amonita ary ny Asdodita fa voatsangana ny mandan'i Jerosalema, ka efa ho voavoatra izay rava, dia nirehitra mafy ny fahatezerany.

¹And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing to him, and he is very angry and mocketh at the Jews,

²Ary niray tetika izy rehetra handeha hamely an'i Jerosalema ka hanimba ny asa.

²and saith before his brethren and the force of Samaria, yea, he saith, `What [are] the weak Jews doing? are they left to themselves? do they sacrifice? do they complete in a day? do they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish? — and they burnt!`

³Dia nivavaka tamin'Andriamanitra izahay ka nametraka mpiambina hiandry azy andro aman'alina noho ny fahatahoranay azy.

³And Tobiah the Ammonite [is] by him and saith, `Also, that which they are building — if a fox doth go up, then it hath broken down their stone wall.`

⁴Ary hoy ny Joda: Mihena ny herin'ny mpitondra entana, ary be ny korontam-bato sy ny tany; ka dia tsy maharafitra ny manda izahay.

⁴Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;

⁵Ary hoy kosa ny fahavalonay: Tsy hahalala izy, na hahita, raha tsy tonga eo afovoany isika ka mahafaty azy ary mampitsahatra ny asa.

⁵and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger — over-against those building.

⁶Ary rehefa tonga ny Jiosy izay nonina teo akaikin'ireo ka nanao taminay im-polo hoe: Na avy aiza na avy aiza ianareo, dia miverena atỳ aminay,

⁶And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined — unto its half, and the people have a heart to work.

⁷dia nasiako olona teo amin'ny fitoerana ambany, teo ivelan'ny manda sy teo an-karihary; eny, nalahatro ny olona araka ny fokony avy, samy nitàna sabatra sy lefona ary tsipìka.

⁷And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, that lengthening hath gone up to the walls of Jerusalem, that the breeches have begun to be stopped, then it is very displeasing to them,

⁸Dia nijery aho sady nitsangana ka nilaza tamin'ny manan-kaja sy ny mpanapaka mbamin'ny vahoaka sisa hoe: Aza matahotra azy ianareo; ny Tompo lehibe sy mahatahotra no tsarovy, ka miadia hiaro ny rahalahinareo sy ny zanakareo-lahy sy ny zanakareo-vavy sy ny vadinareo ary ny tranonareo.

⁸and they conspire, all of them together, to come in to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it injury.

⁹Ary nony ren'ny fahavalontsika fa efa fantatray izany, sady efa nofoanan'Andriamanitra ny heviny, dia niverina ho amin'ny manda izahay rehetra, samy ho amin'ny asany avy indray.

⁹And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.

¹⁰Ary hatramin'izay andro izay ny antsasaky ny zatovoko dia nanao ny asa, ary ny antsasany kosa nitàna lefona aman'ampinga sy tsipìka ary akanjo fiarovan-tratra; ary ny mpanapaka dia teo ivohon'ny fianakaviana rehetra amin'ny Joda.

¹⁰And Judah saith, `The power of the burden-bearers hath become feeble, and the rubbish [is] abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.`

¹¹Ary izay nandrafitra ny manda sy ny mpitondra entana izay nanangona ny korontam-bato sy ny tany dia samy niasa tamin'ny tànany anankiray, ary nitan-defona kosa ny tànany anankiray.

¹¹And our adversaries say, `They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.`

¹²Ary ny mpandrafitra rehetra dia samy nanana ny sabany voafehy tamin'ny valahany avy, ka dia nandrafitra. Ary ny mpitsoka ny anjomara dia teo anilako.

¹²And it cometh to pass, when the Jews have come who are dwelling near them, that they say to us ten times from all the places whither ye return — [they are] against us.

¹³Ary hoy izaho tamin'ny manan-kaja sy ny mpanapaka ary ny vahoaka sisa: Be sady malalaka ny asa, ka dia misaratsaraka eny ambonin'ny manda isika ka mifanalavitra.

¹³And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, yea, I appoint the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

¹⁴Koa eo amin'izay fitoerana andrenesanareo ny feon'ny anjomara dia mivoria ho any aminay ianareo; fa Andriamanitsika no hiady ho antsika.

¹⁴And I see, and rise up, and say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `Be not afraid of them; the Lord, the great and the fearful, remember ye, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.`

¹⁵Dia nanao ny asa izahay, ary ny antsasany kosa nitan-defona hatramin'ny mazavaratsy ka mandra-piposaky ny kintana.

¹⁵And it cometh to pass, when our enemies have heard that it hath been known to us, and God doth frustrate their counsel, and we turn back, all of us, unto the wall, each unto his work;

¹⁶Ary tamin'izany andro izany dia hoy koa aho tamin'ny olona: Samia mitoetra ato Jerosalema ianareo mbamin'ny zatovonareo, mba hiambina antsika raha alina ireo ary hiasa raha antoandro.Fa izaho sy ny rahalahiko mbamin'ny zatovoko sy ny mpiambina, izay nanaraka ahy, dia samy tsy niala akanjo, sady tsy nisy nandro akory.

¹⁶yea, it cometh to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the heads [are] behind all the house of Judah.

¹⁷Fa izaho sy ny rahalahiko mbamin'ny zatovoko sy ny mpiambina, izay nanaraka ahy, dia samy tsy niala akanjo, sady tsy nisy nandro akory.

¹⁷The builders on the wall, and the bearers of the burden, those lading, [each] with one of his hands is working in the business, and one is laying hold of the missile.

¹⁸And the builders [are] each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a trumpet [is] beside me.

¹⁹And I say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `The work is abundant, and large, and we are separated on the wall, far off one from another;

²⁰in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.`

²¹And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.

²²Also, at that time I said to the people, `Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been to us by night a guard, and by day [for] the work:`

²³and there are none — I and my brethren and my servants, the men of the guard who [are] after me — there are none of us putting off our garments, each [hath] his vessel of water.