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| [1]And when Sanaballat, Tobia, and Gesem the Arabian, and the other of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there were no mo gappes therein: (howebeit at the same time had I not hanged the doores vpon the gates, |
[1]Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and Gesam the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no opening left therein; (but hitherto I had not set up the doors on the gates;) |
| [2]Sanaballat and Gesem sent vnto me, saying: Come, that we may meete & take counsel together in the villages that are in the playne of the citie Ono. Neuerthelesse, they thought to do me euill |
[2]that Sanaballat and Gesam sent to me, saying, Come and let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they were plotting to do me mischief. |
| [3]And I sent messengers vnto them, saying: I haue a great businesse to do, and I can not come downe: Why should the worke ceasse, whilest I leaue it and come downe to you |
[3]So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I shall not be able to come down, lest the work should cease: as soon as I shall have finished it, I will come down to you. |
| [4]Howbeit, they sent vnto me as good as foure times after the same maner: And I gaue them the same aunswere |
[4]And they sent to me again to this effect; and I sent them word accordingly. |
| [5]Then sent Sanaballat his seruaunt againe vnto me the fift time, with an open letter in his hande |
[5]Then Sanaballat sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand. |
| [6]Wherein was written: It is tolde the heathen, and Gesem hath saide it, that thou and the Iewes thinke to rebel: for the which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayst be their king, according to these wordes |
[6]And in it was written, It has been reported among the Gentiles that thou and the Jews are planning to revolt: therefore thou art building the wall, and thou wilt be a king to them. |
| [7]And hast ordayned the prophetes to preache of thee at Hierusalem, and to say, He is king of Iuda. And now shall this come to the kinges eares: come now therefore, and let vs take our counsell together |
[7]And moreover thou has appointed prophets to thyself, that thou mightest dwell in Jerusalem as a king over Juda: and now these words will be reported to the king. Now then, come, let us take counsel together. |
| [8]And I sent vnto him, saying: There is no such thing done as thou sayest, for thou fainest them out of thyne owne heart |
[8]And I sent to him, saying, It has not happened according to these words, even as thou sayest, for thou framest them falsely out of thy heart. |
| [9]For they were all minded to make vs afrayde, saying, They shall withdrawe their handes from their worke, that it shall not be finished: Nowe therefore strengthen thou my hande |
[9]For all were trying to alarm us, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from this work, and it shall not be done. Now therefore I have strengthened my hands. |
| [10]And I came vnto the house of Semaia the sonne of Delaia, the sonne of Mehetabeel, & he had shut him selfe within, and saide: Let vs come together in the house of God, euen vnto the middest of the temple, & shut the doores of the temple, for they wyll come to slay thee, yea euen in the night wyll they come to put thee to death |
[10]And I came into the house of Semei the son of Dalaia the Son of Metabeel, and he was shut up; and he said, Let us assemble together in the house of God, in the midst of it, and let us shut the doors of it; for they are coming by night to slay thee. |
| [11]And I saide: should any such man as I flee? Who is, that being as I am, wyll go into the temple to saue his life? I wil not go in |
[11]And I said, Who is the man that shall enter into the house, that he may live? |
| [12]And loe, I perceaued that God hath not sent him, but that he pronounced this prophecie against me: For Tobia and Sanaballat had hired him for money |
[12]And I observed, and, behold, God had not sent him, for the prophecy was a fable devised against me: |
| [13]Therfore was he hyred, that through feare I should so do, & sinne, that they might haue an euill report of me to lay to my charge |
[13]and Tobias and Sanaballat had hired against me a multitude, that I might be frightened, and do this, and sin, and become to them an ill name, that they might reproach me. |
| [14]My God, thinke thou vpon Tobia and Sanaballat according vnto these their workes, and on the prophetisse Noadia, and the other prophetes that would haue put me in feare |
[14]Remember, O God, Tobias and Sanaballat, according to these their deeds, and the prophetess Noadia, and the rest of the prophets who tried to alarm me. |
| [15]And the wall was finished on the twentie and fifth day of the moneth Elul, in fiftie and two dayes |
[15]So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. |
| [16]And when all our enemies hearde thereof, all the heathen that was about vs were afrayd, and their courage fayled them: For they perceaued that this worke came of our God |
[16]And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard of it, that all the nations round about us feared, and great alarm fell upon them, and they knew that it was of our God that this work should be finished. |
| [17]And at the same time were there many of the chiefe of Iuda whose letters wente vnto Tobia, and againe from Tobia vnto them |
[17]And in those days letters came to Tobias from many nobles of Juda, and those of Tobias came to them. |
| [18]For there were many in Iuda that were sworne vnto him: for he was the sonne in lawe of Sechania, the sonne of Arah, and his sonne Iehonathan had the daughter of Mesullam the sonne of Barachia |
[18]For many in Juda were bound to him by oath, because he was son-in-law of Sechenias the son of Herae; and Jonan his son had taken the daughter of Mesulam the son of Barachia to wife. |
| [19]And they spake good of him before me, and tolde him my wordes: and Tobia sent letters to put me in feare |
[19]And they reported his words to me, and carried out my words to him: and Tobias sent letters to terrify me. |