1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, that he was furious and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish; stones that are burned?

3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, Whatever they build, if even a fox goes up on it, he will break down their stone wall.

4 Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn their reproach upon their own heads, and give them as spoils to a land of captivity.

5 Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You; for they have provoked You to anger before the builders.

6 So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a heart to work.

1 E SUCEDEU que, ouvindo Sambalate que edificávamos o muro, ardeu em ira, e se indignou muito; e escarneceu dos judeus. 2 E falou na presença de seus irmãos, e do exército de Samaria, e disse: Que fazem estes fracos judeus? Permitir-se-lhes-á isto? Sacrificarão? Acabá-lo-ão num só dia? Vivificarão dos montões do pó as pedras que foram queimadas? 3 E estava com ele Tobias, o amonita, e disse: Ainda que edifiquem, vindo uma raposa derrubará facilmente o seu muro de pedra. 4 Ouve, ó nosso Deus, que somos tão desprezados, e caia o seu opróbrio sobre a sua cabeça, e faze com que sejam um despojo, numa terra de cativeiro. 5 E não cubras a sua iniquidade, e não se risque diante de ti o seu pecado, pois que te irritaram defronte dos edificadores. 6 Assim edificamos o muro, e todo o muro se cerrou até sua metade: porque o coração do povo se inclinava a trabalhar.