1 But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity; 5 and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. 6 So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

1 Sanbalatas, išgirdęs, kad statoma siena, labai pyko ir tyčiojosi iš žydų,

2 kalbėdamas su savo broliais ir Samarijos kariuomene: "Ką tie bejėgiai žydai daro? Bene jie Jeruzalę atstatys? Ar jie aukos? Ar jie užbaigs darbą vieną dieną? Ar jie iš sudegusių griuvėsių padarys tinkamus statybai akmenis?"

3 O amonitas Tobija, stovėdamas šalia jo, sakė: "Tegul stato! Kai lapė užlips, sugrius jų akmeninė siena".

4 Dieve, ar girdi, kaip mes esame niekinami? Nukreipk jų priekaištus ant jų galvų, atiduok juos į priešų nelaisvę.

5 Neatleisk jiems nuodėmių ir nepamiršk jų nusikaltimų, nes jie įžeidė dirbančius.

6 Mes statėme sieną ir pusę jos jau pastatėme, nes žmonės noriai dirbo.