¹And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing to him, and he is very angry and mocketh at the Jews,

¹Aga kui Sanballat ja Toobija, araablased, ammonlased ja asdodlased kuulsid, et Jeruusalemma müüride parandamine edenes, et mahakistud kohad hakkasid kinni saama, siis nad vihastusid väga.

²and saith before his brethren and the force of Samaria, yea, he saith, `What [are] the weak Jews doing? are they left to themselves? do they sacrifice? do they complete in a day? do they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish? — and they burnt!`

²Ja nad kõik pidasid üheskoos vandenõu, et tulla Jeruusalemma vastu sõdima ja temale tüli tegema.

³And Tobiah the Ammonite [is] by him and saith, `Also, that which they are building — if a fox doth go up, then it hath broken down their stone wall.`

³Aga me palusime oma Jumalat ja panime nende vastu vahimehi päeval ja öösel, et nende eest kaitset leida.

⁴Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;

⁴Juudas öeldi: 'Kandja ramm raugeb, prügi on palju - meil pole jaksu ehitada müüri.'

⁵and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger — over-against those building.

⁵Meie vaenlased aga mõtlesid: 'Enne kui nad märkavad ja näevad, tuleme meie nende sekka ja tapame nad ning lõpetame töö.'

⁶And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined — unto its half, and the people have a heart to work.

⁶Kui juudid, kes elasid nende naabruses, tulid ja ütlesid meile vähemalt kümme korda, et kõigist paigust, kus nad elavad, tullakse meile kallale,

⁷And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, that lengthening hath gone up to the walls of Jerusalem, that the breeches have begun to be stopped, then it is very displeasing to them,

⁷siis ma panin mehi madalamatesse paikadesse müüri taha, lahtistele kohtadele, ja seadsin rahva üles suguvõsade kaupa mõõkade, piikide ja ambudega.

⁸and they conspire, all of them together, to come in to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it injury.

⁸Siis ma vaatasin ja võtsin kätte ning ütlesin suurnikele ja ülemaile ning muule rahvale: 'Ärge kartke neid! Mõelge suurele ja kardetavale Issandale ja võidelge oma vendade, poegade ja tütarde, naiste ja kodade eest!'

⁹And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.

⁹Ja kui meie vaenlased kuulsid, et see meile oli teatavaks saanud ja Jumal nende nõu oli tühistanud, siis me pöördusime kõik tagasi müüri juurde, igaüks oma tööle.

¹⁰And Judah saith, `The power of the burden-bearers hath become feeble, and the rubbish [is] abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.`

¹⁰Ja sellest päevast alates tegid tööd ainult pooled minu noortest meestest ja pooled kandsid piike, kilpe, ambusid ja soomusrüüsid; ja vürstid seisid kogu Juuda soo taga,

¹¹And our adversaries say, `They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.`

¹¹kes müüri ehitas. Ja koormakandjad kandsid, tehes ühe käega tööd ja hoides teisega viskoda.

¹²And it cometh to pass, when the Jews have come who are dwelling near them, that they say to us ten times from all the places whither ye return — [they are] against us.

¹²Ja ehitajail oli ehitades igaühel oma mõõk vööle seotud; ja minu kõrval oli sarvepuhuja.

¹³And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, yea, I appoint the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

¹³Ja ma ütlesin suurnikele, ülemaile ja muule rahvale: 'Töö on suur ja laialdane ja me oleme hajali piki müüri, üksteisest kaugel.

¹⁴And I see, and rise up, and say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `Be not afraid of them; the Lord, the great and the fearful, remember ye, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.`

¹⁴Aga kust te kuulete sarvehäält, sinna paika kogunege meie juurde! Meie Jumal sõdib meie eest.'

¹⁵And it cometh to pass, when our enemies have heard that it hath been known to us, and God doth frustrate their counsel, and we turn back, all of us, unto the wall, each unto his work;

¹⁵Nõnda me siis tegime tööd, aga pooled hoidsid piike, koiduajast kuni tähtede ilmumiseni.

¹⁶yea, it cometh to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the heads [are] behind all the house of Judah.

¹⁶Sel ajal ma ütlesin ka rahvale, et igaüks jääks oma sulasega ööseks Jeruusalemma, et nad oleksid meil öösel valves ja päeval töös.

¹⁷The builders on the wall, and the bearers of the burden, those lading, [each] with one of his hands is working in the business, and one is laying hold of the missile.

¹⁷Ja meie, ei mina ega mu vennad, ei mu sulased ega vahimehed, kes mulle järgnesid, ei võtnud endil riideid seljast; igaüks võttis end lahti ainult vette minnes.

¹⁸And the builders [are] each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a trumpet [is] beside me.

¹⁹And I say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `The work is abundant, and large, and we are separated on the wall, far off one from another;

²⁰in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.`

²¹And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.

²²Also, at that time I said to the people, `Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been to us by night a guard, and by day [for] the work:`

²³and there are none — I and my brethren and my servants, the men of the guard who [are] after me — there are none of us putting off our garments, each [hath] his vessel of water.