1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry, and felt great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they finish in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox goes up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity:

5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before you: for they have provoked you to anger before the builders.

6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

1 E sucedeu que, ouvindo Sambalate que edificávamos o muro, ardeu em ira, e se indignou muito, e escarneceu dos judeus. 2 E falou na presença de seus irmãos e do exército de Samaria e disse: Que fazem estes fracos judeus? Permitir-se-lhes-á isso? Sacrificarão? Acabá-lo-ão num só dia? Vivificarão dos montões do pó as pedras que foram queimadas? 3 E estava com ele Tobias, o amonita, e disse: Ainda que edifiquem, vindo uma raposa, derrubará facilmente o seu muro de pedra. 4 Ouve, ó nosso Deus, que somos tão desprezados, e caia o seu opróbrio sobre a sua cabeça, e faze com que sejam um despojo, numa terra de cativeiro. 5 E não cubras a sua iniquidade, e não se risque diante de ti o seu pecado, pois que te irritaram defronte dos edificadores.

6 Assim, edificamos o muro, e todo o muro se cerrou até sua metade; porque o coração do povo se inclinava a trabalhar.