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.

¹And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

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

²And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? shall they be permitted to go on? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, when they are burned?

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

³And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox went up, it would break down their stone wall. --

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

⁴Hear, our God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in a land of captivity!

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

⁵And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.

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

⁶But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.

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

⁷And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being repaired, that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

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!'

⁸and conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

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.

⁹Then we prayed to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

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,

¹⁰And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens faileth, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build at the wall.

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

¹¹And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.

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

¹²And it came to pass that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us so ten times, from all the places whence they returned to us,

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

¹³I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.

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

¹⁴And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not 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.

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

¹⁵And it came to pass that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had defeated their counsel, we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.

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

¹⁶And from that time forth the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held the spears, and the shields, and the bows, and the corslets; and the captains were behind all the house of Judah.

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.

¹⁷They that built on the wall, and they that bore burdens, with those that loaded, wrought in the work with one hand, and with the other they held a weapon.

¹⁸And the builders had every one his sword girded by his side, and built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

¹⁹And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and extended, and we are scattered upon the wall, one far from another:

²⁰in what place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, thither shall ye assemble to us; our God will fight for us.

²¹And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared.

²²Likewise at the same time I said to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and [be for] labour in the day.

²³And neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our garments: every one had his weapon on his right side.