1 Maar toe Sanb llat hoor dat ons die muur bou, het hy kwaad geword en hom baie geërg, en hy het met die Jode gespot

2 en voor sy broers en die leër van Samar¡a gespreek en gesê: Wat maak die magtelose Jode? Sal 'n mens hulle laat begaan? Sal hulle offer? Sal hulle dit vandag nog voltooi? Sal hulle die klippe uit die grondhope lewendig maak, al is dit deur brand verniel?

3 En Tob¡a, die Ammoniet, het langs hom gestaan en gesê: Wat hulle ook al bou -- as 'n jakkals daarteen opspring, sal hy hulle klipmuur omgooi!

1 Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews.

2 And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned come again out of the dust?

3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.