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.
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.
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.