¹Kai Sanbalatui, Tobijai, arabui Gešemui ir visiems kitiems mūsų priešams buvo pranešta, kad siena atstatyta, spragos užtaisytos, tik dar nebuvau įstatęs durų vartuose,

¹Now it happened, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;)

²Sanbalatas ir Gešemas kvietė mane susitikti su jais viename kaime Onojo lygumoje. Tačiau jie buvo sugalvoję prieš mane pikta.

²that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to harm me.

³Aš jiems pranešiau: “Dirbu didelį darbą ir negaliu ateiti. Darbas susitrukdytų, jei eičiau pas jus, palikdamas jį”.

³I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?”

⁴Jie darė taip keturis kartus; aš jiems atsakiau tą patį.

⁴They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them the same way.

⁵Sanbalatas penktą kartą siuntė pas mane savo tarną su atviru laišku rankoje.

⁵Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,

⁶Jame buvo parašyta: “Tautose sklinda gandas ir Gešemas tai tvirtina, kad tu ir žydai ruošiatės maištui; todėl tu pastatei sieną, kad galėtum tapti jų karaliumi.

⁶in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.

⁷Taip pat jau esi paskyręs ir pranašų, kad jie skelbtų Jeruzalėje tave esant Judo karaliumi. Šitos kalbos bus praneštos karaliui. Taigi dabar ateik pasitarti”.

⁷You have also appointed prophets to preach of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.”

⁸Aš pasiunčiau jam atsakymą: “Nieko panašaus nėra, tai tik tavo prasimanymai”.

⁸Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.”

⁹Jie norėjo mus įbauginti, manydami: “Jie nuleis rankas, ir darbas nebus užbaigtas”. Tačiau tas mane dar labiau sustiprino.

⁹For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done. But now, strengthen my hands.”

¹⁰Kartą aš atėjau į Mehetabelio sūnaus Delajos sūnaus Šemajos namus. Jis užsirakino ir kalbėjo man: “Eikime į Dievo namus, į šventyklą, ir užrakinkime duris, nes nakčia jie ateis tavęs nužudyti”.

¹⁰I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.”

¹¹Aš jam atsakiau: “Ar aš turėčiau bėgti? Kas aš esu, kad eičiau į šventyklą gelbėtis? Neisiu”.

¹¹I said, “Should such a man as I flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”

¹²Supratau, kad Dievas jo nesiuntė; jis man kalbėjo taip, nes buvo Tobijos ir Sanbalato papirktas,

¹²I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

¹³kad mane įbaugintų ir aš taip padarydamas nusidėčiau. Jie tai būtų panaudoję man sugėdinti.

¹³He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

¹⁴Mano Dieve, prisimink Tobiją ir Sanbalatą pagal jų darbus, taip pat pranašę Noadiją ir kitus pranašus, norėjusius įbauginti mane.

¹⁴“Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.”

¹⁵Siena buvo baigta Elulo mėnesio dvidešimt penktą dieną, per penkiasdešimt dvi dienas.

¹⁵So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.

¹⁶Mūsų priešai ir apylinkėje gyveną pagonys, pamatę mūsų darbą, pasijuto labai pažeminti, nes suprato, kad šitas darbas buvo padarytas mūsų Dievo.

¹⁶It happened, when all our enemies heard of it, that all the nations that were about us were afraid, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was worked of our God.

¹⁷Tomis dienomis Judo kilmingieji dažnai susirašinėjo su Tobija.

¹⁷Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.

¹⁸Daugelis Jude buvo prisiekę jam, nes jis buvo Aracho sūnaus Šechanijos žentas; be to, Tobijo sūnus Johananas buvo vedęs Berechijos sūnaus Mešulamo dukterį.

¹⁸For there were many in Judah sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife.

¹⁹Jie kalbėjo apie jo gerus darbus man girdint, o mano žodžius pranešdavo jam. Tobijas siuntė laiškus, norėdamas mane įbauginti.

¹⁹Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.