11 So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

12 And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.

13 And I went out by night, through the doorway of the valley, and past the dragon's water-spring as far as the place where waste material was put, viewing the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down, and the doorways which had been burned with fire.

14 Then I went on to the door of the fountain and to the king's pool: but there was no room for my beast to get through.

15 Then in the night, I went up by the stream, viewing the wall; then turning back, I went in by the door in the valley, and so came back.

16 And the chiefs had no knowledge of where I had been or what I was doing; and I had not then said anything to the Jews or to the priests or the great ones or the chiefs or the rest of those who were doing the work.

11 Três dias após ter chegado a Jerusalém, levantei-me de noite e chamei junto de mim alguns homens. Eu ainda não tinha dito absolutamente a ninguém dos planos quanto a Jerusalém que Deus me pusera no coração. Subi para a montada, e os outros seguiram-me a pé; fomos pelo caminho da porta do Vale em direcção à fonte do Dragão, continuando pela porta do Monturo, para vermos o estado em que estavam as muralhas, todas em ruínas, e as portas ardidas.

14 Depois seguimos pela porta da Fonte até ao tanque Real; mas o animal não podia passar por ali. Então contornámos a cidade e seguimos pelo ribeiro, sempre inspeccionando as muralhas, tornando a entrar pela porta do Vale.

16 Os administradores da cidade não souberam o que fiz; porque não tinha contado ainda nada a ninguém dos meus planos - nem sequer aos chefes políticos e religiosos, nem aos que trabalhavam nas obras.