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.

4 Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:

5 Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.

6 So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard.

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。"

4 "我们的 神啊， 求你垂听， 我们被藐视， 求你使他们的毁谤归到他们头上， 使他们在被掳之地成为掠物。

5 不要遮蔽他们的罪孽， 也不要从你面前涂抹他们的罪恶， 因为他们在这些建造的人面前惹你发怒。"

6 这样， 我们重建城墙， 把全部城墙连接起来， 城墙达到一半的高度， 因为众人都全心作工。（本章第1-6节在《马索拉抄本》为3:33-38）