1 But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews. 2 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 rubbish, since they are burned?"

3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, "What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall."

4 "Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity. 5 Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders."

6 So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

1 当参巴拉听见我们正在重建城墙， 就很忿怒， 非常恼恨， 并且讥讽犹大人。

2 在他的兄弟和撒玛利亚的军队面前， 说： "这些软弱的犹大人在作什么呢？想自己修筑城墙吗？想要献祭吗？想要在一天之内完成吗？想要使废土堆中被火烧过的石头复活吗？"

3 亚扪人多比雅在参巴拉旁边说： "这些人建造的， 只要一只狐狸走上去， 石墙就崩塌。"

4 "我们的 神啊， 求你垂听， 我们被藐视， 求你使他们的毁谤归到他们头上， 使他们在被掳之地成为掠物。

5 不要遮蔽他们的罪孽， 也不要从你面前涂抹他们的罪恶， 因为他们在这些建造的人面前惹你发怒。"

6 这样， 我们重建城墙， 把全部城墙连接起来， 城墙达到一半的高度， 因为众人都全心作工。（本章第1-6节在《马索拉抄本》为3:33-38）