1 I t was told to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and to the rest of those who hated us that I had built the wall again. They were told that the wall had no more open places, but I had not yet set up the doors in the gates.

A, no te rongonga o Hanaparata, o Topia, o Keheme Arapi, o era atu o o matou hoariri, kua hanga e ahau te taiepa, kahore hoki he wahi pakaru i mahue: kahore ano ia kia oti noa i ahau nga tatau te whakatu ki nga kuwaha:

2 S o Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to hurt or kill me.

Na ka unga tangata mai a Hanaparata raua ko Keheme ki ahau, ka mea, Haere mai, tatou ka runanga ki tetahi o nga pa ririki i te mania i Ono. Otiia i whakaaro raua ki te mahi kino ki ahau.

3 S o I sent men with word to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”

Na ka unga tangata ahau ki a raua hei ki atu, He nui te mahi e mahi nei ahau; e kore e ahei kia heke atu. Kia whakamutua hei aha te mahi? ka whakarerea nei hoki e ahau, ki te heke atu ahau ki a korua.

4 T hey sent word to me four times in this way, and I gave them the same answer.

Na e wha a raua tononga tangata mai ki ahau, ko taua tikanga ano; heoi whakahokia ana e ahau ko aua kupu ra ano.

5 T hen Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same way for a fifth time, with an open letter in his hand.

Katahi a Hanaparata ka unga mai i tana tangata ki ahau, ko te rima o nga ngarenga mai, ko taua tikanga ano, he pukapuka tuwhera i tona ringa.

6 I n it was written, “It is said among the nations, and Gashmu says that you and the Jews are planning to turn against the king. This is why you are building the wall again. It is said that you wish to be their king.

Ko te mea tenei tuhituhia ki reira, Kua paku te rongo ki nga tauiwi, e ki ana ano hoki a Kahamu, tenei koutou ko nga Hurai te mea nei kia whakakeke: koia i hanga ai e koe te taiepa; a e mea ana koe ko koe hei kingi mo ratou; ko ta nga korero hoki tenei.

7 Y ou have also chosen men who tell what will happen to speak to the people in Jerusalem about you, saying, ‘A king is in Judah!’ Now this will be told to the king. So come now, let us meet to speak with each other.”

Kua whakaturia ano e koe etahi poropiti hei karanga mou ki Hiruharama, hei ki, Kua whai kingi a Hura. Na ka whakaaturia enei kupu ki te kingi. Heoi, haere mai, kia korerorero taua.

8 T hen I sent word to him, saying, “No such things as you say have been done. You are making them up in your own mind.”

Katahi ahau ka unga tangata ki a ia, hei ki atu, Ehara kau enei mea e korero nei koe; he mea tito noa hoki na tou ngakau ake.

9 F or they all wanted to make us afraid, thinking, “Their hands will become weak and the work will not be done.” But now, O God, strengthen my hands.

Ko ta ratou katoa hoki, he whakawehi i a matou; i mea ratou, Tera o ratou ringa e whakawarea ki te mahi, e kore ai e mahia. Tena, e te Atua, whakakahangia oku ringa.

10 W hen I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was at home said, “Let us meet together inside the house of God, and close the doors of the Lord’s house for they are coming to kill you. They are coming to kill you at night.”

Katahi ahau ka haere ki te whare o Hemaia tama a Teraia tama a Mehetapeere, he mea tutaki hoki ia ki roto; a ka mea ia, Me runanga tatou ki te whare o te Atua, ki roto ki te temepara, me tutaki hoki e tatou nga tatau o te temepara; tera hoki rat ou e haere mai ki te patu i a koe; ina, ko a te po ratou haere mai ai ki te patu i a koe.

11 B ut I said, “Should a man like me run away? And could a man such as I go into the house of God to save his life? I will not go in.”

Na ka mea ahau, Me oma ranei te tangata penei i ahau nei? ko wai te tangata o toku rite e haere ki roto ki te temepara kia ora ai? E kore ahau e haere ki roto.

12 T hen I understood that God had not sent him. He had spoken these words against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had paid him to do it.

Na ka mahara ahau ehara ia i te mea unga mai na te Atua; heoi hei he moku tana kupu i poropiti ai: he mea utu hoki ia na Topia raua ko Hanaparata.

13 H e had been paid to try to make me afraid and to do as he said and sin, so they would have sinful things to say about me and put me to shame.

I utua ai ia, kia wehi ai ahau, kia mahi pera a ka hara; kia whai mea ai ratou hei whakaingoa kino, hei tawai ma ratou ki ahau.

14 O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat by these works of theirs. And remember Noadiah and the rest of the men who tell what will happen who were trying to make me afraid. The Wall Is Finished

Kia mahara, e toku Atua, ki a Topia raua ko Hanaparata, ki enei mahi a raua, ki a Noaria poropiti wahine, ki era atu ano o nga poropiti i mea nei ki te whakawehi i ahau.

15 S o the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul, in fifty-two days.

Heoi kua oti te taiepa i te rua tekau ma rima o nga ra o te marama o Eruru; e rima tekau ma rua nga ra.

16 W hen all those who hated us heard about it, all the nations around us were afraid and troubled. For they saw that this work had been done with the help of our God.

A, i te rongonga o o matou hoariri katoa, i taua mea, ka wehi nga tauiwi katoa i tetahi taha o matou, i tetahi taha, a ko te tino hokinga iho o o ratou whakaaro; i kite hoki ratou he mea mahi tenei mahi e to matou Atua.

17 I n those days the rulers of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.

He tini ano nga pukapuka a nga rangatira o Hura i aua ra i tae ki a Topia, me a Topia hoki i tae ki a ratou.

18 F or many in Judah were joined by promise to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah. And his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam, son of Berechiah.

He tokomaha hoki o Hura i oati ki a ia, he hunaonga hoki ia na Hekania tama a Araha; i tango ano tana tama a Iehohanana i te tamahine a Mehurama tama a Perekia hei wahine.

19 A lso they spoke about Tobiah’s good works in front of me, and told my words to him. Then Tobiah sent letters to make me afraid.

I korerotia ano e ratou ana mahi pai ki toku aroaro: i kawea ano e ratou aku kupu ki a ia. Heoi tukua mai ana e Topia etahi pukapuka hei whakawehi i ahau.