1 And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? shall they be permitted to go on? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, when they are burned?

3 And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox went up, it would break down their stone wall. -

1 Mas tendo Sambalá ouvido que nós edificávamos o muro, ardeu em ira, encolerizou-se em extremo e escarneceu dos judeus.

2 Disse diante de seus irmãos e do exército de Samaria: Que fazem estes fracos judeus? Fortificar-se-ão? Oferecerão sacrifícios? Acabarão a sua obra num dia? Vivificarão as pedras de montões de ruínas, e queimadas a fogo?

3 Ora Tobias, amonita, estava do lado dele, e disse: Deixai-os edificar! Se uma raposa for saltar o seu muro de pedras, derrubá-lo-á.