1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: 5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. 6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
7 ¶ But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, 8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. 10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. 11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. 12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you .
13 ¶ Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. 14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. 15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. 17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. 18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
19 ¶ And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. 20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. 21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. 22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. 23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
1 factum est autem cum audisset Sanaballat
quod aedificaremus murum
iratus est valde et motus nimis subsannavit Iudaeos
2 et dixit coram fratribus suis et frequentia Samaritanorum
quid Iudaei inbecilli faciunt
num dimittent eos gentes
num sacrificabunt et conplebunt in una die
numquid aedificare poterunt lapides
de acervis pulveris qui conbusti sunt
3 sed et Tobias Ammanites proximus eius ait aedificent
si ascenderit vulpis transiliet murum eorum lapideum
4 audi Deus noster quia facti sumus despectio
converte obprobrium super caput eorum
et da eos in despectionem in terra captivitatis
5 ne operias iniquitatem eorum
et peccatum eorum coram facie tua non deleatur
quia inriserunt aedificantes
6 itaque aedificavimus murum
et coniunximus totum usque ad partem dimidiam
et provocatum est cor populi ad operandum
7 factum est autem cum audisset Sanaballat et Tobias
et Arabes et Ammanitae et Azotii
quod obducta esset cicatrix muri Hierusalem
et quod coepissent interrupta concludi
irati sunt nimis
8 et congregati omnes pariter
ut venirent et pugnarent contra Hierusalem
et molirentur insidias
9 et oravimus Deum nostrum
et posuimus custodes super murum die et nocte contra eos
10 dixit autem Iudas
debilitata est fortitudo portantis et humus nimia est
et nos non poterimus aedificare murum
11 et dixerunt hostes nostri
nesciant et ignorent
donec veniamus in medio eorum et interficiamus eos
et cessare faciamus opus
12 factum est autem venientibus Iudaeis qui habitabant iuxta eos
et dicentibus nobis per decem vices
ex omnibus locis quibus venerant ad nos
13 statui in loco post murum per circuitum populum in ordine
cum gladiis suis et lanceis et arcis
14 perspexi atque surrexi
et aio ad optimates et ad magistratus
et ad reliquam partem vulgi
nolite timere a facie eorum
Domini magni et terribilis mementote
et pugnate pro fratribus vestris filiis vestris et filiabus vestris
uxoribus vestris et domibus
15 factum est autem cum audissent inimici nostri nuntiatum esse nobis
dissipavit Deus consilium eorum
et reversi sumus omnes ad muros unusquisque ad opus suum
16 et factum est a die illa
media pars iuvenum eorum faciebant opus
et media parata erat ad bellum
et lanceae et scuta et arcus et loricae
et principes post eos in omni domo Iuda
17 aedificantium in muro et portantium onera et inponentium
una manu sua faciebat opus et altera tenebat gladium
18 aedificantium enim unusquisque gladio erat accinctus renes
et aedificabant et clangebant bucina iuxta me
19 et dixi ad optimates et ad magistratus et ad reliquam partem vulgi
opus grande est et latum
et nos separati sumus in muro procul alter ab altero
20 in loco quocumque audieritis clangorem tubae illuc concurrite ad nos
Deus noster pugnabit pro nobis
21 et nos ipsi faciamus opus
et media pars nostrum teneat lanceas
ab ascensu aurorae donec egrediantur astra
22 in tempore quoque illo dixi populo
unusquisque cum puero suo maneat in medio Hierusalem
et sint vobis vices per noctem et diem ad operandum
23 ego autem et fratres mei et pueri mei
et custodes qui erant post me
non deponebamus vestimenta nostra
unusquisque tantum nudabatur ad baptismum