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;
)
Sanaballat
Σαναβαλλατ
sanaballat
Tōbia
Τωβια
tōbia
Gēsam
Γησαμ
gēsam
Arabi
Αραβι
arabi
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.
Sanaballat
Σαναβαλλατ
sanaballat
Gēsam
Γησαμ
gēsam
plain
πεδίῳ
pediō
Ōnō
Ωνω
ōnō
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?
Yet they sent
unto me four
times
after this sort;
and I answered
them after the same manner.
Then sent
Sanballat
his servant
unto me in like manner
the fifth
time
with an open
letter
in his hand;
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.
stand aloof from
ἀποστατῆσαι
apostatēsai
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.
Then I sent
unto him, saying,
There are
no such things
done
as thou sayest,
but thou feignest
them out of thine own heart.
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.
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.
Dalaia
Δαλαια
dalaia
Meētabēl
Μεηταβηλ
meētabēl
say
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tōbia
Τωβια
tōbia
Sanaballat
Σαναβαλλατ
sanaballat
Nōadia
Νωαδια
nōadia
terrify
φοβερίζοντές
phoberizontes
So the wall
was finished
in the twenty
and fifth
day of the month Elul,
in fifty
and two
days.
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.
Moreover in those days
the nobles
of Judah
sent
many
letters
unto Tobiah,
and the letters of Tobiah
came
unto them.
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.
bound by oath
ἔνορκοι
enorkoi
in-law
γαμβρὸς
gambros
Sechenia
Σεχενια
sechenia
Ērae
Ηραε
ērae
Iōanan
Ιωαναν
iōanan
Mesoulam
Μεσουλαμ
mesoulam
Also they reported
his good deeds
before
me, and uttered
my words
to him. And Tobiah
sent
letters
to put me in fear.
