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Conspiracy Against Nehemiah

¹Now it happened ⚓when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it ⚓(though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates), ²that Sanballat and Geshem ⚓sent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together among the villages in the plain of ⚓Ono.” But they ⚓thought to do me harm.
³So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”
⁴But they sent me this message four times, and I answered them in the same manner.
⁵Then Sanballat sent his servant to me as before, the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand. ⁶In it was written:
It is reported among the nations, and Geshem says, that you and the Jews plan to rebel; therefore, according to these rumors, you are rebuilding the wall, ⚓that you may be their king. ⁷And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, “There is a king in Judah!” Now these matters will be reported to the king. So come, therefore, and let us consult together.
⁸Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say are being done, but you invent them in your own heart.”
⁹For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done.”
Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
¹⁰Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was a secret informer; and he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, at night they will come to kill you.”
¹¹And I said, “Should such a man as I flee? And who is there such as I who would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in!” ¹²Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that ⚓he pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. ¹³For this reason he was hired, that I should be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they might have cause for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
¹⁴⚓My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat, according to these their works, and the ⚓prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have made me afraid.

The Wall Completed

¹⁵So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days. ¹⁶And it happened, ⚓when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for ⚓they perceived that this work was done by our God.
¹⁷Also in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them. ¹⁸For many in Judah were pledged to him, because he was the ⚓son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of ⚓Meshullam the son of Berechiah. ¹⁹Also they reported his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to frighten me.

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Win-Wangv Daav Za'eix Hoic Ne^haa^mi

¹Sanx^mbaan^latv, To^mbi^aa caux Aalapc Mienh, Gesem, caux yie mbuo nyei win-wangv yietc zungv, haiz gorngv yie ceix ziangx zingh laatc. Nquaqv tong nyei dorngx yaac zoux ndipc nzengc mi'aqv, (maiv gunv wuov zanc yie maiv gaengh duqv naetv zingh laatc nyei gaengh). ²Sanx^mbaan^latv caux Gesem bun waac daaih mbuox yie, “Tov daaih buangh yie mbuo yiem Ono Ndau-Baengh nyei yietc norm laangz.”
Mv baac ninh mbuo daav za'eix oix hoic yie. ³Yie cai mienh mingh mbuox ninh mbuo, “Ih zanc yie zoux jienv domh gong, mingh maiv duqv. Yie maiv haih guangc jienv gong mingh meih mbuo naaic.” ⁴Ninh mbuo bun waac daaih biei nzunc, nzunc-nzunc yaac dongh wuov deix waac gorngv. Nzunc-nzunc yie fih hnangv nyei dau ninh mbuo.
⁵Taux da'hmz nzunc, Sanx^mbaan^latv bun dauh ninh nyei mienh daaih lorz yie yaac dongh wuov deix loz-waac gorngv. Ninh yaac dorh zeiv maiv naetv ndipc nyei fienx daaih.⚓ ⁶Fienx fiev jienv gorngv,
“Maaih waac sing buangv fingx-fingx mienh. Gesem⚓ yaac gorngv naaiv deix waac se zien nyei. Ninh mbuo gorngv meih caux Yiutai Mienh oix faanv cingx daaih ceix zingh laatc. Ziux naaiv deix waac meih yaac oix zoux ninh mbuo nyei hungh. ⁷Meih zungv paaiv ⟨douc waac mienh⟩ yiem Ye^lu^saa^lem ziangv jienv meih zunh gorngv, ‘Yu^ndaa Deic-Bung maaih hungh aqv.’ Naaiv deix waac haih sing taux hungh diex nyei m'normh. Hnangv naaic, daaih maah! Mbuo lomh nzoih caangh laangh.”
⁸Yie hnangv naaiv nor wuih bun ninh, “Meih gorngv nyei waac se maiv zeiz zien sic. Meih mbuo ganh benx cuotv daaih hnangv.”
⁹Ninh mbuo yietc zungv oix gorngv haeqv yie mbuo. Ninh mbuo hnamv daaih, “Nziex ninh mbuo nyei buoz haih mau jienv njiec, maiv haih zoux maiv ziangx naaiv deix gong.”
Mv baac yie daux gaux gorngv, “Ziouv aac, tov meih bun yie nyei buoz henv jiez daaih.”
¹⁰Maaih hnoi yie mingh Me^he^taa^mben nyei fun, Nde^lai^yaa nyei dorn, Se^mai^aa, nyei biauv. Se^mai^aa maiv haih cuotv biauv mingh haaix ndau. Ninh gorngv, “Mbuo oix zuqc mingh zaangc Tin-Hungh nyei biauv, singx dinc gu'nyuoz, aengx guon jienv gaengh, weic zuqc maaih mienh oix daaih daix meih. Ninh mbuo lungh muonz zanc oix daaih daix.”
¹¹Mv baac yie gorngv, “Yie naaiv nyungc mienh fungc oix zuqc biaux? Yie fungc haih bieqc zaangc Tin-Hungh nyei biauv weic njoux ganh nyei maengc? Yie maiv mingh aqv.” ¹²Yie buatc duqv mengh se maiv zeiz Tin-Hungh paaiv ninh douc waac. Se ninh ganh gorngv hoic yie, weic zuqc To^mbi^aa caux Sanx^mbaan^latv cingv ninh gorngv. ¹³Ninh mbuo cingv ninh daaih gorngv haeqv yie, bun yie gamh nziex ziouc baamz zuiz. Hnangv naaic ninh mbuo haih zoux waaic yie nyei mengh dauh yaac huotv yie.
¹⁴Yie daux gaux gorngv, “O yie nyei Tin-Hungh aac, tov jangx jienv To^mbi^aa caux Sanx^mbaan^latv, weic ninh mbuo zoux nyei sic. Yaac jangx jienv wuov dauh douc waac mienh m'sieqv dorn, No^atc^yaa, caux oix gorngv haeqv yie wuov deix yietc zungv douc waac mienh.”

Zingh Laatc Nyei Gong Ziangx

¹⁵Taux ⟨Elun hlaax⟩ nyic ziepc hmz wuov hnoi, zingh laatc zoux ziangx nzengc. Zoux nyei hnoi-nyieqc longc hmz ziepc nyeic hnoi. ¹⁶Weih gormx yie mbuo naaiv deix win-wangv haiz gorngv zingh laatc ziangx, ninh mbuo gamh nziex⚓ yaac haiz baaic hmien weic zuqc haaix dauh yaac hiuv duqv naaiv nyungc gong zoux ziangx se Tin-Hungh tengx.
¹⁷Yiem naaiv deix hnoi-nyieqc yaac maaih zoux hlo nyei Yu^ndaa Mienh fungx fienx camv nyei mingh bun To^mbi^aa. To^mbi^aa yaac wuih fienx bun ninh mbuo. ¹⁸Yiem Yu^ndaa Deic-Bung maaih mienh camv nyei caux To^mbi^aa ndouv zioux bun naaiv deix waac ndoh jienv ninh mbuo, weic zuqc ninh zoux Aalaa nyei dorn, Se^kaa^ni^yaa, nyei sieqv-laangh. To^mbi^aa nyei dorn, Ye^ho^haa^nan, yaac longc Mbe^le^ki^yaa nyei dorn, Me^sun^laam nyei sieqv, zoux auv. ¹⁹Ninh mbuo zanc-zanc ceng To^mbi^aa zoux longx nyei jauv bun yie muangx, yaac zorqv yie gorngv nyei waac mbuox ninh. To^mbi^aa yaac fungx fienx bun yie, oix haeqv yie gamh nziex.