And it came to pass when *Sanballat heard we were building the wall, that it was evil to him, and he was angry very much, and he was laughing out loud over the *Jews.
And he spoke before his brethren, and the force *of Samaritans, and he said, What do these *Judahmen do—the *Jews? Shall we not abandon them? Is it to sacrifice? Is it that they will be able to? And today, will they repair the stones with the embankment rubbish for being burnt?
And *Tobiah the *Ammonite was next to him, and he said to them, And even if they shall build, shall not ascend a fox and demolish the wall of stones their?
Hear, O our God! for we became for sneering. And return their scorning upon their head, and give them for sneering in a land of captivity!
And you should not cover over their lawlessness; and their sin from your face may it not be wiped away. For they provoked you to anger before the ones building.
And we built the wall, and was joined together all the wall unto half of it. And became the heart of the people so as to construct.
And it came to pass as *Sanballat and *Tobiah, and the *Arabians, and the *Ammonites, and the *Ashdodites, that ascended development of the walls *of Jerusalem, that they began gaps to block up, and wicked to them it appeared exceedingly.
And they gathered all together to come and to deploy against *Jerusalem, and to do it for a delusion.
And we prayed to our God, and we set an advance guard against them day and night, in front of them.
And *Judah is broken the strength of the enemies, and the dust is vast, and we shall not be able to build on the wall.
And said the ones afflicting us, They shall not know, and they shall not see until whenever we should come into the midst of them, and should murder them, and should cause to cease the work.
And it came to pass as came the *Jews living next to them, that they said to us, They ascend from out of all the places that you returned from us.
And I stood men in the lowermost place from behind the wall, in protected places. And I stood the people according to peoples, with their broadswords, and their wooden spears, and their bows.
And I beheld, and I rose up, and I spoke to the important ones, and to the commandants, and to the rest of the people, You should not fear from their face. You should remember our God great and fearful, and deploy for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, your residences!
And it came to pass when heard our enemies that it was made known to us, and effaced God their counsel, and we returned all to the wall, every man to his work.
And it came to pass from that day, half being arrayed did the work, and half of them resisted with lances, shields, bows, chest plates; rulers were behind the whole house *of Judah.
The ones building on the wall, and the ones lifting things on their shoulders, armed in one hand did his work, and with one hand held the arrow.
And the builders a man had his broadsword tied upon his loin, and they built. And the one trumpeting by the horn was next to me.
And I said to the important ones, to the rulers, to the rest of the people, The work is spacious and vast, we are dispersed upon the wall, far with each man from his brother.
In the place where ever you should hear the sound of the horn, gather together there to us, and our God shall wage war for us.
And we were doing the work, and half of us were holding the lances from the ascending dawn until the coming out of the stars.
And in that time I said to the people, Each one with his young one shall lodge in the midst *of Jerusalem, let be to us night an advance guard, day be for work!
And I was there, and my brethren, and the young men, and the men of the advance guard were behind me; and there was not of us being stripped a man of his own garments; a man his weapons into the water.