¹But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked 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 he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? 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 rubbish, seeing they are burned?

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

³Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break 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 are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;

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

⁵and 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.

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

⁶So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half [the height] thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

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

⁷But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth;

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

⁸and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.

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!'

⁹But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and 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 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.

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 said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

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

¹²And it came to pass that, when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times from all places, Ye must return unto us.

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

¹³Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [there] the people after 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 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, who is great and terrible, 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 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.

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

¹⁶And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were 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.

¹⁷They all builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded themselves; every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon;

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, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

¹⁹And 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:

²⁰in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God will fight for us.

²¹So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

²²Likewise 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 may labor in the day.

²³So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one [went with] his weapon [to] the water.