1 Sambalate ficou furioso quando soube que estávamos reconstruindo o muro. Indignou-se e zombou dos judeus. 2 Disse na presença de seus companheiros e dos oficiais do exército samaritano: "O que esse punhado de judeus fracos pensa que está fazendo? Imaginam que serão capazes de construir o muro em um dia só porque ofereceram alguns sacrifícios? Pensam que podem fazer algo com as pedras queimadas que tiraram de um monte de entulho?".

3 Tobias, o amonita, estava ao seu lado e comentou: "Basta uma raposa subir lá, e esse muro de pedra desaba!".

1 But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

2 And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rub

3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox goes up he shall break down their stone wall.