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.

1 Mais il arriva que Samballat, ayant appris que nous rebâtissions la muraille, fut fort indigné et fort irrité. Et il se moqua des Juifs,

2 Et dit, en la présence de ses frères et des gens de guerre de Samarie: Que font ces Juifs languissants? Les laissera-t-on faire? Sacrifieront-ils? Achèveront-ils maintenant? De ces monceaux de décombres feront-ils renaître les pierres, quand elles sont brûlées?

3 Et Tobija, Ammonite, qui était auprès de lui, dit: Quoi qu'ils bâtissent, si un renard montait, il romprait leur muraille de pierre.