Nehemiah
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Work Is Ridiculed
1Ketika Sanbalat mendengar, bahwa kami sedang membangun kembali tembok, bangkitlah amarahnya dan ia sangat sakit hati. Ia mengolok-olokkan orang Yahudi 2dan berkata di hadapan saudara-saudaranya dan tentara Samaria: "Apa gerangan yang dilakukan orang-orang Yahudi yang lemah ini? Apakah mereka memperkokoh sesuatu? Apakah mereka hendak membawa persembahan ? Apakah mereka akan selesai dalam sehari ? Apakah mereka akan menghidupkan kembali batu-batu dari timbunan puing yang sudah terbakar habis seperti ini?" 3Lalu berkatalah Tobia, orang Amon itu, yang ada di dekatnya: "Sekalipun mereka membangun kembali, kalau seekor anjing hutan meloncat dan menyentuhnya, robohlah tembok batu mereka."
1Now it came about that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry, and he mocked the Jews. 2And he spoke in the presence of his brothers and the wealthy people of Samaria and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore the temple for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they finish it in a day? Can they revive the stones from the heaps of rubble, even the burned ones?” 3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was near him, and he said, “Even what they are building—if a fox were to jump on it, it would break their stone wall down!”
4Ya, Allah kami, dengarlah bagaimana kami dihina. Balikkanlah cercaan mereka menimpa kepala mereka sendiri dan serahkanlah mereka menjadi jarahan di tanah tempat tawanan. 5Jangan Kaututupi kesalahan mereka, dan dosa mereka jangan Kauhapus dari hadapan-Mu, karena mereka menyakiti hati-Mu dengan sikap mereka terhadap orang-orang yang sedang membangun.
4Hear, O our God, how we are an object of contempt! Return their taunting on their own heads, and turn them into plunder in a land of captivity. 5Do not forgive their guilt and do not let their sin be wiped out before You, for they have demoralized the builders.
6Tetapi kami terus membangun tembok sampai setengah tinggi dan sampai ujung-ujungnya bertemu, karena seluruh bangsa bekerja dengan segenap hati.
6So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
Discouragement Overcome
7Ketika Sanbalat dan Tobia serta orang Arab dan orang Amon dan orang Asdod mendengar, bahwa pekerjaan perbaikan tembok Yerusalem maju dan bahwa lobang-lobang tembok mulai tertutup, maka sangat marahlah mereka. 8Mereka semua mengadakan persepakatan bersama untuk memerangi Yerusalem dan mengadakan kekacauan di sana. 9Tetapi kami berdoa kepada Allah kami, dan mengadakan penjagaan terhadap mereka siang dan malam karena sikap mereka.
7Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerusalem went on, and that the breaches began to be closed, they were very angry. 8So all of them conspired together to come to fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it. 9But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night.
10Berkatalah orang Yehuda: "Kekuatan para pengangkat sudah merosot dan puing masih sangat banyak. Tak sanggup kami membangun kembali tembok ini." 11Tetapi lawan-lawan kami berpikir: "Mereka tidak akan tahu dan tidak akan melihat apa-apa, sampai kita ada di antara mereka, membunuh mereka dan menghentikan pekerjaan itu." 12Ketika orang-orang Yahudi yang tinggal dekat mereka sudah sepuluh kali datang memperingatkan kami: "Mereka akan menyerang kita dari segala tempat tinggal mereka," 13maka aku tempatkan rakyat menurut kaum keluarganya dengan pedang, tombak dan panah di bagian-bagian yang paling rendah dari tempat itu, di belakang tembok, di tempat-tempat yang terbuka. 14Kuamati semuanya, lalu bangun berdiri dan berkata kepada para pemuka dan para penguasa dan kepada orang-orang yang lain: "Jangan kamu takut terhadap mereka! Ingatlah kepada Tuhan yang maha besar dan dahsyat dan berperanglah untuk saudara-saudaramu, untuk anak-anak lelaki dan anak-anak perempuanmu, untuk isterimu dan rumahmu."
10And so in Judah it was said:
“The strength of the burden bearers is failing,
Yet there is much rubble;
And we ourselves are unable
To rebuild the wall.” 11And our enemies said, “They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them, and put a stop to the work.” 12When the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times, “They will come up against us from every place where you may turn,” 13then I stationed men in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, the exposed places, and I stationed the people in families with their swords, spears, and bows. 14When I saw their fear, I stood and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “Do not be afraid of them; remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
“The strength of the burden bearers is failing,
Yet there is much rubble;
And we ourselves are unable
To rebuild the wall.” 11And our enemies said, “They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them, and put a stop to the work.” 12When the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times, “They will come up against us from every place where you may turn,” 13then I stationed men in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, the exposed places, and I stationed the people in families with their swords, spears, and bows. 14When I saw their fear, I stood and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “Do not be afraid of them; remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
15Ketika didengar musuh kami, bahwa rencana mereka sudah kami ketahui dan bahwa Allah telah menggagalkannya, maka dapatlah kami semua kembali ke tembok, masing-masing ke pekerjaannya. 16Sejak hari itu sebagian dari pada anak buahku melakukan pekerjaan, dan sebagian yang lain memegang tombak, perisai dan panah dan mengenakan baju zirah, sedang para pemimpin berdiri di belakang segenap kaum Yehuda 17yang membangun di tembok. Orang-orang yang memikul dan mengangkut melakukan pekerjaannya dengan satu tangan dan dengan tangan yang lain mereka memegang senjata. 18Setiap orang yang membangun bekerja dengan berikatkan pedang pada pinggangnya, dan di sampingku berdiri peniup sangkakala. 19Berkatalah aku kepada para pemuka dan para penguasa dan kepada orang-orang yang lain: "Pekerjaan ini besar dan luas, dan kita terpencar pada tembok, yang satu jauh dari pada yang lain. 20Dan kalau kamu mendengar bunyi sangkakala di suatu tempat, berkumpullah ke sana mendapatkan kami. Allah kita akan berperang bagi kita!"
15Now when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had frustrated their plan, then all of us returned to the wall, each one to his work. 16And from that day on, half of my servants carried on the work while half of them kept hold of the spears, the shields, the bows, and the coats of mail; and the captains were behind all the house of Judah. 17Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens carried with one hand doing the work, and the other keeping hold of a weapon. 18As for the builders, each wore his sword strapped to his waist as he built, while the trumpeter stood near me. 19And I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is great and extensive, and we are separated on the wall far from one another. 20“At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, assemble to us there. Our God will fight for us.”
21Demikianlah kami melakukan pekerjaan itu, sedang sebagian dari pada orang-orang memegang tombak dari merekahnya fajar sampai terbitnya bintang-bintang. 22Pada waktu itu juga aku berikan perintah kepada rakyat: "Setiap orang dengan anak buahnya harus bermalam di Yerusalem, supaya mereka mengadakan penjagaan bagi kami pada malam hari, dan melakukan pekerjaannya pada siang hari." 23Demikianlah aku sendiri, saudara-saudaraku, anak buahku dan para penjaga yang mengikut aku, kami semua tidak sempat menanggalkan pakaian kami. Setiap orang memegang senjata dengan tangan kanan.
21So we carried on the work with half of them holding spears from dawn until the stars appeared. 22At that time I also said to the people, “Each man with his servant shall spend the night within Jerusalem, so that they may be a guard for us by night and a laborer by day.” 23So neither I, my brothers, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me—none of us removed our clothes; each took his weapon even to the water.
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