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 rub3 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.