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וַיְהִ֣י
כַאֲשֶׁ֣ר
נִשְׁמַ֣ע
לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט
וְ֠טוֹבִיָּה
וּלְגֶ֨שֶׁם
הָֽעַרְבִ֜י
וּלְיֶ֣תֶר
אֹֽיְבֵ֗ינוּ
כִּ֤י
בָנִ֙יתִי֙
אֶת־
הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה
וְלֹא־
נ֥וֹתַר
בָּ֖הּ
פָּ֑רֶץ
גַּ֚ם
עַד־
הָעֵ֣ת
הַהִ֔יא
דְּלָת֖וֹת
לֹא־
הֶעֱמַ֥דְתִּי
בַשְּׁעָרִֽים׃
When
Sanballat,
Tobiah,
Geshem
the Arab,
and the rest
of our enemies
heard
that
I had rebuilt
the wall
and not
a gap
was left
—
though
to
that
time
I had not yet
installed
the doors
in the gates—
Now it came to pass, when Sanballat,
and Tobiah,
and Geshem
the Arabian,
and the rest
of our enemies,
heard
that I had builded
the wall,
and [that] there was no breach
left
therein; (though
at that time
I had not set up
the doors
upon the gates;
)
2
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח
סַנְבַלַּ֤ט
וְגֶ֙שֶׁם֙
אֵלַ֣י
לֵאמֹ֔ר
לְכָ֞ה
וְנִֽוָּעֲדָ֥ה
יַחְדָּ֛ו
בַּכְּפִירִ֖ים
בְּבִקְעַ֣ת
אוֹנ֑וֹ
וְהֵ֙מָּה֙
חֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת
לִ֖י
רָעָֽה׃
Sanballat
and Geshem
sent me
this message:
“Come,
let us meet
together
in one of the villages
on the plain
of Ono.”
But they
were planning
to harm
me.
That Sanballat
and Geshem
sent
unto me, saying,
Come,
let us meet
together
in [some one of] the villages
in the plain
of Ono.
But they thought
to do
me mischief.
3
וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֨ה
עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם
מַלְאָכִים֙
לֵאמֹ֔ר
מְלָאכָ֤ה
גְדוֹלָה֙
אֲנִ֣י
עֹשֶׂ֔ה
וְלֹ֥א
אוּכַ֖ל
לָרֶ֑דֶת
לָ֣מָּה
תִשְׁבַּ֤ת
הַמְּלָאכָה֙
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר
אַרְפֶּ֔הָ
וְיָרַדְתִּ֖י
אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃
So I sent
messengers
to them,
saying,
“I
am doing
a great
work
and cannot
come down.
Why
should the work
stop
while
I leave it
to go down
to you?”
And I sent
messengers
unto them, saying,
I [am] doing
a great
work,
so that I cannot
come down:
why should the work
cease,
whilst
I leave
it, and come down
to you?
4
וַיִּשְׁלְח֥וּ
אֵלַ֛י
כַּדָּבָ֥ר
הַזֶּ֖ה
אַרְבַּ֣ע
פְּעָמִ֑ים
וָאָשִׁ֥יב
אוֹתָ֖ם
כַּדָּבָ֥ר
הַזֶּֽה׃
ס
Four
times
they sent me
the same
message,
and each time I gave
the same
reply.
Yet they sent
unto me four
times
after this sort;
and I answered
them after the same manner.
5
וַיִּשְׁלַח֩
אֵלַ֨י
סַנְבַלַּ֜ט
כַּדָּבָ֥ר
הַזֶּ֛ה
פַּ֥עַם
חֲמִישִׁ֖ית
אֶֽת־
נַעֲר֑וֹ
וְאִגֶּ֥רֶת
פְּתוּחָ֖ה
בְּיָדֽוֹ׃
The fifth
time,
Sanballat
sent me
this
same message
by his young servant,
who had in his hand
an unsealed
letter
Then sent
Sanballat
his servant
unto me in like manner
the fifth
time
with an open
letter
in his hand;
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כָּת֣וּב
בָּ֗הּ
בַּגּוֹיִ֤ם
נִשְׁמָע֙
וְגַשְׁמ֣וּ
אֹמֵ֔ר
אַתָּ֤ה
וְהַיְּהוּדִים֙
חֹשְׁבִ֣ים
לִמְר֔וֹד
עַל־
כֵּ֛ן
אַתָּ֥ה
בוֹנֶ֖ה
הַחוֹמָ֑ה
וְאַתָּ֗ה
הֹוֶ֤ה
לָהֶם֙
לְמֶ֔לֶךְ
כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃
that read:
“It is reported
among the nations—
and Geshem
agrees—
that you
and the Jews
are plotting
to revolt,
and this is why
you
are building
the wall.
According to these
reports,
you
are to become
their
king,
Wherein [was] written,
It is reported
among the heathen,
and Gashmu
saith
[it, that] thou and the Jews
think
to rebel:
for which cause
thou buildest
the wall,
that thou mayest be
their king,
according to these words.
7
וְגַם־
נְבִיאִ֡ים
הֶעֱמַ֣דְתָּ
לִקְרֹא֩
עָלֶ֨יךָ
בִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֜ם
לֵאמֹ֗ר
מֶ֚לֶךְ
בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה
וְעַתָּה֙
יִשָּׁמַ֣ע
לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים
הָאֵ֑לֶּה
וְעַתָּ֣ה
לְכָ֔ה
וְנִֽוָּעֲצָ֖ה
יַחְדָּֽו׃
ס
and you have even
appointed
prophets
in Jerusalem
to proclaim
on your behalf:
‘There is a king
in Judah.’
Soon
these
rumors
will reach the ears
of the king.
So
come,
let us confer
together.”
And thou hast also appointed
prophets
to preach
of thee at Jerusalem,
saying,
[There is] a king
in Judah:
and now shall it be reported
to the king
according to these words.
Come
now therefore, and let us take counsel
together.
8
וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֤ה
אֵלָיו֙
לֵאמֹ֔ר
לֹ֤א
נִֽהְיָה֙
כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים
הָאֵ֔לֶּה
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
אַתָּ֣ה
אוֹמֵ֑ר
כִּ֥י
מִֽלִּבְּךָ֖
אַתָּ֥ה
בוֹדָֽאם׃
Then I sent
him
this reply:
“There is
nothing
to these
rumors
you
are spreading;
you
are inventing them
in your own mind.”
Then I sent
unto him, saying,
There are
no such things
done
as thou sayest,
but thou feignest
them out of thine own heart.
9
כִּ֣י
כֻלָּ֗ם
מְיָֽרְאִ֤ים
אוֹתָ֙נוּ֙
לֵאמֹ֔ר
יִרְפּ֧וּ
יְדֵיהֶ֛ם
מִן־
הַמְּלָאכָ֖ה
וְלֹ֣א
תֵעָשֶׂ֑ה
וְעַתָּ֖ה
חַזֵּ֥ק
אֶת־
יָדָֽי׃
For
they were all
trying to frighten
us,
saying,
“Their hands
will be weakened
in
the work,
and it will never
be finished.”
But now, my God,
strengthen
my hands.
For they all made us afraid,
saying,
Their hands
shall be weakened
from the work,
that it be not done.
Now therefore, [O God], strengthen
my hands.
10
וַאֲנִי־
בָ֗אתִי
בֵּ֣ית
שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה
בֶן־
דְּלָיָ֛ה
בֶּן־
מְהֵֽיטַבְאֵ֖ל
וְה֣וּא
עָצ֑וּר
וַיֹּ֡אמֶר
נִוָּעֵד֩
אֶל־
בֵּ֨ית
הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים
אֶל־
תּ֣וֹךְ
הַֽהֵיכָ֗ל
וְנִסְגְּרָה֙
דַּלְת֣וֹת
הַהֵיכָ֔ל
כִּ֚י
בָּאִ֣ים
לְהָרְגֶ֔ךָ
וְלַ֖יְלָה
בָּאִ֥ים
לְהָרְגֶֽךָ׃
Later, I
went
to the house
of Shemaiah
son
of Delaiah,
the son
of Mehetabel,
who
was confined
to his house. He said:
“Let us meet
at
the house
of God
inside
the temple.
Let us shut
the temple
doors
because
they are coming
to kill you—
by night
they are coming
to kill you!”
Afterward I came
unto the house
of Shemaiah
the son
of Delaiah
the son
of Mehetabeel,
who [was] shut up;
and he said,
Let us meet together
in the house
of God,
within
the temple,
and let us shut
the doors
of the temple:
for they will come
to slay
thee; yea, in the night
will they come
to slay
thee.
11
וָאֹמְרָ֗ה
הַאִ֤ישׁ
כָּמ֙וֹנִי֙
יִבְרָ֔ח
וּמִ֥י
כָמ֛וֹנִי
אֲשֶׁר־
יָב֥וֹא
אֶל־
הַהֵיכָ֖ל
וָחָ֑י
לֹ֖א
אָבֽוֹא׃
But I replied,
“Should a man
like me
run away?
Should
one like me
go
into
the temple
to save his own life?
I will not
go!”
And I said,
Should such
a man
as I flee?
and who [is there], that, [being] as I [am], would go
into the temple
to save his life?
I will not go in.
12
וָאַכִּ֕ירָה
וְהִנֵּ֥ה
לֹֽא־
אֱלֹהִ֖ים
שְׁלָח֑וֹ
כִּ֤י
הַנְּבוּאָה֙
דִּבֶּ֣ר
עָלַ֔י
וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה
וְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט
שְׂכָרֽוֹ׃
I realized
that God
had not
sent him,
but that he had uttered
this prophecy
against me
because
Tobiah
and Sanballat
had hired him.
And, lo, I perceived
that God
had not sent
him; but that he pronounced
this prophecy
against me: for Tobiah
and Sanballat
had hired
him.
13
לְמַ֤עַן
שָׂכוּר֙
ה֔וּא
לְמַֽעַן־
אִירָ֥א
וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־
כֵּ֖ן
וְחָטָ֑אתִי
וְהָיָ֤ה
לָהֶם֙
לְשֵׁ֣ם
רָ֔ע
לְמַ֖עַן
יְחָֽרְפֽוּנִי׃
פ
He
had been hired
to
intimidate me
so that I would sin
by doing
as he suggested,
so they could give me
a bad
name
in order to
discredit me.
Therefore [was] he hired,
that I should be afraid,
and do so,
and sin,
and [that] they might have [matter] for an evil
report,
that they might reproach
me.
14
זָכְרָ֧ה
אֱלֹהַ֛י
לְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה
וּלְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט
כְּמַעֲשָׂ֣יו
אֵ֑לֶּה
וְגַ֨ם
לְנוֹעַדְיָ֤ה
הַנְּבִיאָה֙
וּלְיֶ֣תֶר
הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
הָי֖וּ
מְיָֽרְאִ֥ים
אוֹתִֽי׃
O my God,
remember
Tobiah
and Sanballat
for what they have done,
and also
Noadiah
the prophetess
and the other
prophets
who
tried to intimidate me.
My God,
think
thou upon Tobiah
and Sanballat
according to these their works,
and on the prophetess
Noadiah,
and the rest
of the prophets,
that would have put me in fear.
15
וַתִּשְׁלַם֙
הַֽחוֹמָ֔ה
בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים
וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה
לֶאֱל֑וּל
לַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים
וּשְׁנַ֖יִם
יֽוֹם׃
פ
So the wall
was completed
in fifty-two
days,
on the twenty-fifth
of Elul.
So the wall
was finished
in the twenty
and fifth
[day] of [the month] Elul,
in fifty
and two
days.
16
וַיְהִ֗י
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר
שָֽׁמְעוּ֙
כָּל־
א֣וֹיְבֵ֔ינוּ
וַיִּֽרְא֗וּ
כָּל־
הַגּוֹיִם֙
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
סְבִֽיבֹתֵ֔ינוּ
וַיִּפְּל֥וּ
מְאֹ֖ד
בְּעֵינֵיהֶ֑ם
וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ
כִּ֚י
מֵאֵ֣ת
אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ
נֶעֶשְׂתָ֖ה
הַמְּלָאכָ֥ה
הַזֹּֽאת׃
When
all
our enemies
heard about this,
all
the surrounding
nations
were afraid
and disheartened,
for they realized
that
this
task
had been accomplished
by
our God.
And it came to pass, that when all our enemies
heard
[thereof], and all the heathen
that [were] about us
saw
[these things], they were much
cast down
in their own eyes:
for they perceived
that this work
was wrought
of our God.
17
גַּ֣ם ׀
בַּיָּמִ֣ים
הָהֵ֗ם
מַרְבִּ֞ים
חֹרֵ֤י
יְהוּדָה֙
אִגְּרֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם
הוֹלְכ֖וֹת
עַל־
טוֹבִיָּ֑ה
וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר
לְטוֹבִיָּ֖ה
בָּא֥וֹת
אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
Also
in those
days,
the nobles
of Judah
sent many
letters
to
Tobiah,
and Tobiah’s
letters
came back
to them.
Moreover in those days
the nobles
of Judah
sent
many
letters
unto Tobiah,
and [the letters] of Tobiah
came
unto them.
18
כִּי־
רַבִּ֣ים
בִּֽיהוּדָ֗ה
בַּעֲלֵ֤י
שְׁבוּעָה֙
ל֔וֹ
כִּי־
חָתָ֥ן
ה֖וּא
לִשְׁכַנְיָ֣ה
בֶן־
אָרַ֑ח
וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֣ן
בְּנ֔וֹ
לָקַ֕ח
אֶת־
בַּת־
מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם
בֶּ֥ן
בֶּֽרֶכְיָֽה׃
For
many
in Judah
were bound
by oath
to him,
since
he
was a son-in-law
of Shecaniah
son
of Arah,
and his son
Jehohanan
had married
the daughter
of Meshullam
son
of Berechiah.
For [there were] many
in Judah
sworn
unto him, because he [was] the son in law
of Shechaniah
the son
of Arah;
and his son
Johanan
had taken
the daughter
of Meshullam
the son
of Berechiah.
19
גַּ֣ם
טוֹבֹתָ֗יו
הָי֤וּ
אֹמְרִים֙
לְפָנַ֔י
וּדְבָרַ֕י
הָי֥וּ
מוֹצִיאִ֖ים
ל֑וֹ
אִגְּר֛וֹת
שָׁלַ֥ח
טוֹבִיָּ֖ה
לְיָֽרְאֵֽנִי׃
Moreover,
these nobles kept
reporting
to me
Tobiah’s good deeds,
and they relayed
my words
to him.
And Tobiah
sent
letters
to intimidate me.
Also they reported
his good deeds
before
me, and uttered
my words
to him. [And] Tobiah
sent
letters
to put me in fear.
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