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 Когда услышал Санаваллат и Товия, и Аравитяне, и Аммонитяне, и Азотяне, что стены Иерусалимские восстановляются, что повреждения начали заделываться, то им было весьма досадно.

2 И сговорились все вместе пойти войною на Иерусалим и разрушить его.

3 И мы молились Богу нашему, и ставили против них стражу днем и ночью, для спасения от них.