1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end 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 go 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 prey in the land of captivity: 5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee 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 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）