1Now it happened, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;)
1 Waato kaŋ i konda baaru Sanballat da Tobiya nda Laarabo Gesem, d'iri ibare cindey kulu se, ka ne ay na birni cinaro te hala kortimi kulu mana cindi (amma hala hõ ay mana jin ka me daabuyaŋ bundey sinji meyey gaa jina,)
2that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to harm me.
2 kala Sanballat da Gesem donton ay gaa ka ne: «Kaa, iri ma care kubay Ono gooro kawyey fo ra.» (Amma ngey wo, i ga ne hala ngey ga hasaraw fo te ay se no.)
3I 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?”
3 Ay mo na diyayaŋ donton i gaa ka ne: «Ay goono ga goy fo te kaŋ ga beeri, kaŋ ga naŋ ay si du ka kaa. Ifo se no i ga goyo naŋ hal ay ma fay d'a ka zulli ka kaa araŋ do?»
4They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them the same way.
4 I donton ay gaa hala sorro taaci da ceeyaŋ wo dumi. Ay mo, yaadin no ay ga tu d'a i se, sanda waato wano cine.
5Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
5 Saaya din Sanballat ye ka donton ay gaa hala sorro guwanta, kaŋ a ga nga zanka donton nda tira feerante nga kambe ra.
6in 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.
6 A ra binde i hantum ya-cine ka ne: «I goono ga ci dumi cindey ra, Gesem mo no goono ga ci ka ne, way, kaŋ nin da Yahudancey, araŋ gonda murteyaŋ miila. Woodin se no ni goono ga birni windanta cinaro cina. Ni ga ba ni ma ciya i bonkooni, sanney din boŋ.
7You have also appointed prophets to preach 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 us take counsel together.”
7 Woodin banda, ni na annabiyaŋ daŋ Urusalima ra, ka ne i ma annabitaray te ka ne: ‹Bonkooni go no Yahuda ra.› Sohõ binde, i ga seeda bonkoono se sanni woodin yaŋ boŋ. Ni binde, ni ma kaa sohõ, iri ma saaware.»
8Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.”
8 Gaa no ay donton i gaa ka ne: «Hay kulu kaŋ ni ci, i mana a dumi te, amma ni bina ra no ni n'i dagu ka kaa taray.»
9For 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.”
9 Zama i kulu miila ga ti ngey m'iri humburandi. I si ne kal iri kambey ga yay goyo ra, hala iri ma si hin k'a te. Amma sohõ, ya Irikoy, m'ay kambey gaabandi!
10I 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 us shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.”
10 Koyne, ay koy Semaya Delaya izo Mehetabel ize kwaara, boro fo kaŋ go daabante. Nga mo ne: «Naŋ iri ma care kubay Irikoy windo ra, sududuyaŋ fuwo ra. Iri ma fuwo meyey daabu, zama i ga kaa ka ni wi. Oho, cin no i ga kaa ka ni wi!»
11I said, “Should such a man as I flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”
11 Amma ay ne a se: «Boro sanda ay cine no ga zuru, wala? May no koyne, ay wo dumi, kaŋ ga hin ka furo sududuyaŋ fuwo ra, a ma funa mo? Ay wo si furo bo!»
12I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
12 Ay du ka faham mo kaŋ a go, manti Irikoy no k'a donton, amma a na annabitaray woodin ci no ka gaaba nd'ay. Tobiyayaŋ da Sanballat mo, ngey no k'a sufuray.
13He 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.
13 I n'a sufuray no zama a m'ay humburandi se, ay ma woodin te ka zunubi te se, ngey mo ma du fondo kaŋ g'ay wow, zama ngey ma janceyaŋ candi ka kande iri gaa mo.
14“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.”
14 Ya ay Irikoyo, ma fongu Tobiya nda Sanballat gaa i goyey wo boŋ, da wayboro annabo* mo, Nowadiya, da annabi cindey kaŋ yaŋ ga ba ngey m'ay humburandi.
15So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
15 Yaadin no i na birno windanta cinaro ban d'a Elul hando ra, a jirbi waranka cindi guwanta ra, sanda jirbi waygu cindi hinka nooya.
16It happened, when all our enemies heard of it, that all the nations that were about us were afraid, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was worked of our God.
16 A ciya mo, waato kaŋ iri ibarey kulu maa baaro, kala dumi cindey kulu kaŋ yaŋ goono g'iri windi humburu, i biney pati mo ka donda ngey boŋ zama i bay kaŋ goy woodin, iri Irikoyo dabari no.
17Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.
17 Jirbey din ra mo Yahuda laabukoyey soobay ka tira boobo hantum Tobiya se. Tobiya mo tirey goono ga koy i do.
18For 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.
18 Zama boro boobo go Yahuda ra kaŋ yaŋ gonda zeyaŋ nga nd'ey game ra, zama Sekaniya Ara izo anzuray no. A ize Yehohanan no ka Mesullam Bereciya izo ize way hiiji.
19Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
19 Hala mo i g'a goy hanney ci ay jine, i g'ay sanney mo ci a se. Tobiya mo ga tirayaŋ samba zama i m'ay humburandi se.