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 当参巴拉听见我们正在重建城墙， 就很忿怒， 非常恼恨， 并且讥讽犹大人。

2 在他的兄弟和撒玛利亚的军队面前， 说： "这些软弱的犹大人在作什么呢？想自己修筑城墙吗？想要献祭吗？想要在一天之内完成吗？想要使废土堆中被火烧过的石头复活吗？"

3 亚扪人多比雅在参巴拉旁边说： "这些人建造的， 只要一只狐狸走上去， 石墙就崩塌。"