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.

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.