1 Grande foi a raiva de Sanabalat quando soube que reconstruíamos a muralha. Em sua cólera, escarneceu dos judeus,

2 e disse diante de seus irmãos e do exército da Samaria: Que querem fazer esses miseráveis judeus? Porventura permitiremos que o façam? Querem eles oferecer sacrifícios? Chegarão ao cabo de sua empresa? Tirarão por acaso pedras destes montes de areia calcinada?

3 E Tobias, que estava ao seu lado, ajuntou: Deixem-nos reconstruir! Virá uma raposa e fará cair a sua muralha de pedra.

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.