1 E sucedeu que, ouvindo Sambalate que edificávamos o muro, ardeu em ira, e se indignou muito; e escarneceu dos judeus.

2 E falou na presença de seus irmãos, e do exército de Samaria, e disse: Que fazem estes fracos judeus? Permitir-se-lhes-á isto? Sacrificarão? Acabá-lo-ão num só dia? Vivificarão dos montões do pó as pedras que foram queimadas?

3 E estava com ele Tobias, o amonita, e disse: Ainda que edifiquem, contudo, vindo uma raposa, derrubará facilmente o seu muro de pedra.

1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry, and felt great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they finish in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox goes up, he shall even break down their stone wall.