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.

1 Sanbalatas, išgirdęs, kad statoma siena, labai pyko ir tyčiojosi iš žydų,

2 kalbėdamas su savo broliais ir Samarijos kariuomene: "Ką tie bejėgiai žydai daro? Bene jie Jeruzalę atstatys? Ar jie aukos? Ar jie užbaigs darbą vieną dieną? Ar jie iš sudegusių griuvėsių padarys tinkamus statybai akmenis?"

3 O amonitas Tobija, stovėdamas šalia jo, sakė: "Tegul stato! Kai lapė užlips, sugrius jų akmeninė siena".