1 Now it came to pass, when Sanvalat [strength], and Toviyah [Yehovah is good], and Geshem [rain] the Aravi [Arabian], and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and [that] there was no breach (breaking forth; a break; opening, inlet) left in it; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

2 That Sanvalat [strength] and Geshem [rain] sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in [some one of] the villages in the plain of Ono [vigorous]. But they thought to do me mischief.

3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I [am] doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

5 Then sent Sanvalat [strength] his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

6 Wherein [was] written, It is reported among the heathen, and Geshemu [rain] says [it, that] youi and the Y’hudim (Judeans) think to rebel: for which cause youi build the wall, that youi may be their king, according to these words.

7 And youi have also appointed prophets to preach of youi at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], saying, [There is] a king in Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as youi say, but youi pretend them out of youi own heart.

9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, [O God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]], strengthen my hands.

10 Afterward I came unto the house of Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears] the son of D’layahu [Yehovah has accomplished] the son of M’heitav’el [Favoured of God], who [was] shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay youi; yes, in the night will they come to slay youi.

11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who [is there], that, [being] as I [am], would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

12 And, lo, I perceived that God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Toviyah [Yehovah is good] and Sanvalat [strength] had hired him.

13 Therefore [was] he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and [that] they might have [matter] for an evil report, that they might reproach (disgrace; shame) me.

14 My God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], think youi upon Toviyah [Yehovah is good] and Sanvalat [strength] according to these their works, and on the prophetess No’adyah [meeting with Yehovah], and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty and two days.

16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard [thereof], and all the heathen that [were] about us saw [these things], they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered].

17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] sent many letters unto Toviyah [Yehovah is good], and [the letters] of Toviyah [Yehovah is good] came unto them.

18 For [there were] many in Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] sworn unto him, because he [was] the son in law of Sh’khanyah [dweller with Yehovah] the son of Arach [traveller]; and his son Yochanan [Yehovah has graced] had taken the daughter of Meshulam [friend] the son of Berekhyah [Yehovah blesses].

19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. [And] Toviyah [Yehovah is good] sent letters to put me in fear.