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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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Phung Roh Trông Čhai Čiăng Ngă jhat kơ Y-Nêhêmi

¹Tơdah arăng hưn kơ Y-Sanbalat, kơ Y-Tôbia kơ Y-Gêsem êkei Arap, leh anăn kơ phung roh hmei mkăn kơ kâo mdơ̆ng leh mnư̆ leh anăn amâo lŏ mâo anôk hluh ôh hlăm mnư̆. (Wăt tơdah truh kơ hruê anăn, kâo ka dưm ƀăng bhă hlăm jih jang ƀăng jang). ²Y-Sanbalat leh anăn Y-Gêsem tiŏ nao mnuih lač kơ kâo, “Hriê bĕ, brei drei bi tuôm mbĭt hlăm sa boh ƀuôn ti anôk Lăn Dap Ônô.” Ƀiădah diñu mĭn čiăng ngă jhat kơ kâo. ³Kâo tiŏ nao phung mnuih lač kơ diñu, “Kâo dôk ngă sa mta bruă prŏng, snăn kâo amâo dưi trŭn nao ôh. Si dưi mdei hĕ bruă êjai kâo lui bruă anăn leh anăn trŭn nao kơ diih?” ⁴Diñu tiŏ nao arăng kơ kâo pă bliư̆ hŏng klei msĕ snăn, leh anăn kâo lŏ wĭt lač kơ diñu ăt msĕ mơh. ⁵Msĕ snăn mơh, Y-Sanbalat tiŏ nao dĭng buăl ñu kơ kâo bliư̆ tal êma, djă ba sa pŏk hră hlăm kngan gơ̆. ⁶Hlăm hră anăn mâo klei čih snei, “Arăng hưn leh ti krah phung găp djuê mkăn, leh anăn Y-Gêsem msĕ mơh lač klei anăn, kơ ih leh anăn phung Yuđa mĭn kơ klei bi kdơ̆ng. Kyua anăn mơh ih dôk mdơ̆ng mnư̆; leh anăn ih mĭn čiăng jing mtao kơ diñu tui si klei hưn anei. ⁷Msĕ mơh ih mdưm leh phung khua pô hưn êlâo čiăng hưn klei djŏ kơ ih hlăm ƀuôn Yêrusalem, ‘Mâo sa čô mtao hlăm čar Yuđa.’ Ară anei arăng srăng hưn klei blŭ anei kơ mtao Persơ. Snăn, hriê bĕ ară anei leh anăn brei drei trông čhai mbĭt.” ⁸Kâo tiŏ nao mnuih kơ ñu, lač, “Amâo tuôm mâo ôh msĕ si klei ih lač anăn, kyuadah ih mčeh mă hlăm klei mĭn ih pô.” ⁹Kyuadah jih jang diñu čiăng bi huĭ hmei, êjai mĭn, “Kngan diñu srăng phưi hĕ bruă, snăn bruă anăn amâo srăng leh ôh.” Ƀiădah ară anei, Ơ Aê Diê, bi ktang bĕ kngan kâo.
¹⁰Tơdah kâo mŭt hlăm sang Y-Sêmaya, anak êkei Y-Dêlaya čô Y-Mêhetabel, pô arăng krư̆ leh, ñu lač, “Brei drei bi tuôm mbĭt hlăm sang Aê Diê hlăm lam sang yang, leh anăn brei drei kđăl hĕ ƀăng bhă sang yang; kyuadah diñu srăng hriê bi mdjiê ih, êjai mlam diñu hriê bi mdjiê ih.” ¹¹Ƀiădah kâo lač, “Sa čô mnuih msĕ si kâo srăng đuĕ mơ̆? Leh anăn ya mta mnuih msĕ si kâo dưi mŭt hlăm sang yang leh anăn dôk hdĭp? Kâo amâo srăng mŭt ôh.” ¹²Kâo thâo săng leh anăn ƀuh kơ Aê Diê amâo tiŏ nao ñu ôh, ƀiădah ñu blŭ klei hưn êlâo bi kdơ̆ng hŏng kâo, kyuadah Y-Tôbia leh anăn Y-Sanbalat mưn ñu leh. ¹³Kyua klei anăn yơh arăng mưn leh ñu, čiăng kơ kâo huĭ leh anăn ngă msĕ snăn leh anăn ngă soh, leh anăn hŏng klei anăn diñu dưi bi msoh kơ anăn kâo, čiăng mưč kơ kâo. ¹⁴Ơ Aê Diê kâo, hdơr bĕ kơ Y-Tôbia leh anăn Y-Sanbalat tui si klei anei diñu ngă leh, leh anăn msĕ mơh kơ khua pô hưn êlâo mniê H'Nôadia leh anăn phung khua pô hưn êlâo mkăn čiăng bi huĭ kâo.
¹⁵Snăn mnư̆ leh leh ti hruê tal dua pluh êma mlan Êlul, leh êma pluh dua hruê. ¹⁶Tơdah jih jang phung roh hmei hmư̆ klei anăn, jih jang phung găp djuê mkăn jŭm dar hmei mâo klei huĭ, leh anăn diñu hêñ kơ diñu pô; kyuadah diñu thâo kơ bruă anei leh kyua klei Aê Diê hmei đru. ¹⁷Msĕ mơh hlăm ênuk anăn, phung mdrŏng hlăm phung Yuđa mơĭt lu hră kơ Y-Tôbia, leh anăn Y-Tôbia lŏ wĭt čih kơ diñu. ¹⁸Kyuadah mâo lu hlăm phung Yuđa kat asei leh hŏng Y-Tôbia, kyua ñu jing mtâo êkei Y-Sêkania anak êkei Y-Ara; leh anăn anak êkei ñu Y-Jêhôhanan dôk anak mniê Y-Mêsulam, anak êkei Y-Bêrêkia. ¹⁹Msĕ mơh diñu blŭ kơ klei jăk gơ̆ ngă ti anăp kâo, leh anăn yăl dliê klei kâo blŭ kơ gơ̆. Bi Y-Tôbia mơĭt hră čiăng bi huĭ kâo.