1 Or il arriva que Samballat, ayant appris que nous rebâtissions la muraille, fut fort indigné et fort irrité; et il se moqua des Juifs.

2 Car il dit en la présence de ses frères, et des gens de guerre de Samarie : Que font ces Juifs languissants? Les laissera-t-on faire? Sacrifieront-ils? et achèveront-ils tout en un jour? Pourront-ils faire revenir les pierres des monceaux de poudre, puisqu'elles sont brûlées?

3 Et Tobija, Hammonite, qui était auprès de lui, dit : Encore qu'ils bâtissent, si un renard monte, il rompra leur muraille de pierre.

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.