1But it happened that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
1Cßajoß nak quichal xjoskßil laj Sanbalat nak quirabi nak yôco cuißchic chixyîbanquil li tzßac ut xban xjoskßil qui-oc chikahobbal lâo aj judío.
2He 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?”
2Ut quixye reheb li rochben ut reheb li soldado aj Samaria: —¿Cßaßru yôqueb chixbânunquil eb laj judío? ¿Ma cuan ta biß xmetzßêu eb aßan? ¿Cßaßru yôqueb chixcßoxlanquil? ¿Ma nequeßxcßoxla ta biß nak târûk teßxqßue cuißchic lix mayejeb? ¿Ma teßxchoy ta biß xyîbanquil li tzßac chiru jun cutan? ¿Ma târûk ta biß teßrisi saß li poks li pec ut teßxyîb cuißchic li tzßac riqßuin li pec li ac xcßat? chan.
3Now 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.”
3Ut laj Tobías, Amón xtenamit, cuan rochben laj Sanbalat. Quixye re: —Ilomak li tzßac li yôqueb chixyîbanquil riqßuin li pec. Cui tâtakekß raj junak yac saß xbên, yal aßan raj tâtßanok re, chan.
4“Hear, our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;
4Lâin quintijoc ut quinye re li Dios: —At Kâcuaß at inDios chacuabi taxak chanru nak yôqueb chikahobbal ut yôqueb chikatzßektânanquil. Li tzßektânânc li yôqueb chixbânunquil ke chisukßîk taxak saß xbêneb. Cheßchapekß ta xbaneb li xicß nequeßiloc reheb ut cheßcßamekß ta saß jalan tenamit.
5don’t cover their iniquity, and don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
5Incßaß taxak tâcuy xmâqueb ut incßaß taxak tâsachk saß âchßôl li mâusilal li yôqueb chixbânunquil ke xban nak yôqueb xjoskßil saß kabên nak yôco chixyîbanquil li tzßac, chanquin.
6So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height: for the people had a mind to work.
6Quicuulac yitok xteram li tzßac kayîb xban nak li tenamit queßxqßue xchßôl chi cßanjelac.
7But it happened that 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, then they were very angry;
7Cßajoß nak queßjoskßoß laj Sanbalat ut laj Tobías nak queßrabi nak mâ bar chic teto re li tzßac li sutsu cuiß li tenamit Jerusalén. Ut queßjoskßoß ajcuiß eb laj árabes, eb laj amonita ut eb laj Asdod.
8and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.
8Chixjunileb queßxjunaji ribeb chixcßûbanquil chanru nak târûk teßchâlk chi pletic kiqßuin re kaqßuebal saß chßaßajquilal.
9But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
9Joßcan nak cotijoc chiru li kaDios ut kaxakabeb laj cßacßalenel chi kßek ut chi cutan re rilbaleb nak teßchâlk.
10Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.”
10Eb laj Judá queßxye: —Mâcßaßeb chic xmetzßêu laj îkanel. Incßaß chic nequeßxcuy ut toj cuan li tzßac li puqßuinbil isîc târaj. Incßaß chic târûk takayîb li tzßac, chanqueb.
11Our adversaries said, “They shall not know, neither see, until we come into their midst, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
11Li xicß nequeßiloc ke queßxcßoxla nak lâo incßaß takaqßue retal li cßaßru yôqueb chixcßoxlanquil saß kabên. Saß xchßôleb aßan nak incßaß takil nak teßoc saß li katenamit chikacamsinquil re nak takacanab xbânunquil li cßanjel aßin.
12It happened that when the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
12Abanan eb laj judío li cuanqueb nachß riqßuineb li xicß nequeßiloc ke queßrabi cßaßru yôqueb chixcßûbanquil saß kabên ut coleßxye ke nabal sut bar teßoc chak nak teßchâlk chi pletic kiqßuin.
13Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
13Lâin quebintakla li junjûnk cabal re nak teßxaklîk chirix li tzßac bar cubenak cuiß xteram joß ajcuiß saß xyânk li tzßac li toj mâjiß naxcßul rib. Cuânkeb xchßîchß re camsînc, cuânkeb xlâns ut cuânkeb ajcuiß xtzimaj saß rukßeb.
14I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and 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, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
14Ut nak queßcuil nak cuanqueb saß xnaßajeb, quinxakli chiruheb ut quinâtinac riqßuineb li queßtaklan ut eb li queßcßamoc be joßqueb ajcuiß chixjunileb li tenamit. Quinye reheb: —Mexxucuac chiruheb. Julticak êre nak li Kâcuaß li nakaxucua ru, aßan kßaxal nim xcuanquil. Pletinkex re xcolbaleb lê rech tenamitil, ut lê ralal êcßajol ut re ajcuiß xcolbal rix lê rixakil joß ajcuiß lê jun cablal, chanquin reheb.
15It happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, everyone to his work.
15Ut eb li xicß nequeßiloc ke queßrabi resil nak lâo kaqßue retal li cßaßru queßxcßûb ru saß kabên. Ut queßxqßue ajcuiß retal nak li Dios quixpoß ru li cßaßru queßxcßoxla xbânunquil ke. Ut nak ac xcßulman aßan co-oc cuißchic chikajunilo chixyîbanquil li tzßac.
16It happened from that time forth, that half of my servants worked in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
16Chalen saß li cutan aßan yijach li nequeßcßanjelac chicuu yôqueb chixyîbanquil li tzßac ut li yijach chic cuanqueb xchßîchßeb re camsînc, cuanqueb xlâns, ut cuanqueb ajcuiß lix tzimaj saß rukßeb. Ut cuanqueb ajcuiß xchßîchß re xcolbal ribeb. Ut eb li nequeßtaklan saß li tenamit Judá cuanqueb aran ut yôqueb chi oquênc.
17They all built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon;
17Ut eb li yôqueb chi yîbânc re li tzßac joß ajcuiß li yôqueb chi îkânc riqßuin jun li rukß yôqueb chi cßanjelac ut riqßuin li rukß jun chic chapcho lix chßîchßeb re pletic.
18and the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.
18Ut eb li yôqueb chi yîbânc re li tzßac bacßbo lix chßîchßeb re pletic saß xcßâmal xsaßeb nak yôqueb chi cßanjelac. Ut li nayâbasin re li trompeta, aßan cuan chincßatk.
19I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another.
19Ut quinye reheb li queßtaklan ut eb li queßcßamoc be joßqueb ajcuiß chixjunileb li tenamit: —Li cßanjel aßin kßaxal nim ut kßaxal nabal. Ut lâo nak yôco chixyîbanquil li tzßac najt kayânk chikajunjûnkal.
20Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”
20Li bar têrabi cuiß chi ecßânc li trompeta, aran texxic chixchßutubanquil êrib kiqßuin. Ut li Kâcuaß li kaDios, aßan tâtenkßânk ke chi pletic, chanquin reheb.
21So we worked in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
21Joßcaßin nak quiru kabânu li cßanjel aßin. Yijach laj cßanjel cuanqueb xchßîchßeb re pletic saß rukßeb chalen ekßela toj nocox-ecuûk.
22Likewise at the same time said I 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.”
22Ut quinye ajcuiß reheb li tenamit nak chixjunileb teßcanâk saß li tenamit Jerusalén, joß li nequeßtaklan, joßqueb ajcuiß li nequeßtenkßan reheb. Chi kßek teßxcßacßale li tenamit ut chi cutan teßxyîb li tzßac.Lâin incßaß quicuisi li cuakß chicuix nak oc cue chi cuârc. Chi moco eb li cuechßalal, chi moco li queßtenkßan cue, chi moco li soldado li queßchal chicuix queßrisi li rakßeb. Caßaj cuiß nak noco-atin nakisi li kakß chikix.
23So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.
23Lâin incßaß quicuisi li cuakß chicuix nak oc cue chi cuârc. Chi moco eb li cuechßalal, chi moco li queßtenkßan cue, chi moco li soldado li queßchal chicuix queßrisi li rakßeb. Caßaj cuiß nak noco-atin nakisi li kakß chikix.