## You see the trouble ##

Here "you" is plural, referring to all the people mentioned in [Nehemiah 2:15](./15.md).

## so we will no longer be in disgrace ##

"so we will end this disgrace."

## I told them ##

"Then I said to them"

## the good hand of my God was on me ##

Here "good hand" is a metonym for God's presence or power.  AT: "the powerful help of God was upon me" or "God was with me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## Let us rise up and build ##

The phrase "rise up and build" is an idiom. AT: "Let us begin building." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## So they strengthened their hands for the good work ##

"So they got ready to go to work" or "so they encouraged themselves to do the good work."