1 But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building 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 are these feeble Jews doing? 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 rubbish, seeing they are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.

1 Cînd a auzit Sanbalat că zidim iarăş zidul, s'a mîniat şi s'a supărat foarte tare. Şi -a bătut joc de Iudei,

2 şi a zis înaintea fraţilor săi şi înaintea ostaşilor Samariei: ,,La ce lucrează aceşti Iudei neputincioşi? Oare vor fi lăsaţi să lucreze? Oare vor jertfi? Oare vor isprăvi? Oare vor da ei viaţă unor pietre înmormîntate supt mormane de praf şi arse de foc?

3 Tobia, Amonitul, era lîngă el, şi a zis: ,,Să zidească numai! Dacă se va sui o vulpe, le va dărîma zidul lor de piatră.