The enemies guilefully offer to make league with the Jews 3. but Nehemias proceedeth in building the walls: 16. and all bordering nations fear them.The enemies guilfully offer to make league with the Iewes 3. but Nehemias procedeth in building the walles: 16. and al bordering nations feare them.✦
And it came to pass, when Sanaballat had heard, and Tobias, and Gossem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, that I did build the wall, and there was no breach remaining in it (howbeit at that time I had not put the doors in the gates)AND it came to passe, when Sanaballat had heard, and Tobias, and Gossem the Arabian, and the rest of our enimies, that I did build the wal, and there was no breach remayning in it (how beit at that time I had not put the doores in the gates)Factum est autem, cum audisset Sanaballat, et Tobias, et Gossem Arabs, et ceteri inimici nostri, quod ædificassem ego murum, et non esset in ipso residua interruptio (usque ad tempus autem illud valvas non posueram in portis),
2Sanaballat and Gossem sent to me, saying: Come, and let us make a fœdus: a sworn alliance, a covenant together in the villages, in the field of Ono: But they thought to do me evil.Sanaballat and Gossem sent to me, saying: Come, and let vs make a league together in the villages, in the field of Ono: But they thought to doe me euil.✦miserunt Sanaballat et Gossem ad me, dicentes : Veni, et percutiamus fœdus pariter in viculis in campo Ono. Ipsi autem cogitabant ut facerent mihi malum.
3I sent therefore messengers to them, saying: I am doing a great work, and I cannot go down, lest perhaps it be neglected when I shall come, and descend to you.I sent therfore messengers to them, saying: I am doing a great worke, and I can not goe downe, lest perhaps it be neglected when I shal come, and descend to you.Misi ergo ad eos nuntios, dicens : Opus grande ego facio, et non possum descendere, ne forte negligatur cum venero, et descendero ad vos.
4But they sent to me according to this word, four times: and I answered them according to the former word.But they sent to me according to this word, foure times: and I answered them according to the former word.Miserunt autem ad me secundum verbum hoc per quatuor vices : et respondi eis juxta sermonem priorem.
5And Sanaballat sent his servant to me the fifth time according to the former word, and he had a letter in his hand written in this manner:And Sanaballat sent his seruant to me the fifth time according to the former word, and he had a letter in his hand written in this maner:Et misit ad me Sanaballat juxta verbum prius quinta vice puerum suum, et epistolam habebat in manu sua scriptam hoc modo :
6Among the Gentiles it is heard, and Gossem hath said, that thou and the Jews mean to rebel, and therefore thou buildest the wall, and wilt advance thyself king over them: for which causeAmong the Gentiles it is heard, and Gossem hath sayd, that thou and the Iewes meane to rebel, and therfore thou buildest the wal, and wil aduance thy selfe king ouer them: for which cause✦In gentibus auditum est, et Gossem dixit, quod tu et Judæi cogitetis rebellare, et propterea ædifices murum, et levare te velis super eos regem : propter quam causam
7thou hast set up prophets also, which should preach of thee in Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Jewry: The king will hear of these things: therefore come now, that we may take counsel together.thou hast sette vp prophettes also, which should preach of thee in Ierusalem, saying: There is a king in Iurie: The king wil heare of these thinges: therfore come now, that we may take counsel together.et prophetas posueris, qui prædicent de te in Jerusalem, dicentes : Rex in Judæa est. Auditurus est rex verba hæc : idcirco nunc veni, ut ineamus consilium pariter.
8And I sent to them, saying: It is not done according to these words, which thou speakest: for thou componis: devisest, fabricatest these things of thine own heart.And I sent to them, saying: It is not done according to these words, which thou speakest: for thou framest these things of thine owne hart.Et misi ad eos, dicens : Non est factum secundum verba hæc, quæ tu loqueris : de corde enim tuo tu componis hæc.
9For all these terrified us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and we would leave off. For which cause I did the more strengthen my hands:For al these terrified vs, thinking that our hands would cease from the worke, and we would leaue of. For which cause I did the more strengthen my hands:Omnes enim hi terrebant nos, cogitantes quod cessarent manus nostræ ab opere, et quiesceremus : quam ob causam magis confortavi manus meas.
10and I entered into the house of Samaia the son of Dalaia the son of Metabeel secretly. who said: Let us consult with ourselves in the house of God in the midst of the temple: and Let us shut the doors of the temple because they will come to kill thee, and in the night they will come to slay thee.and I entred into the house of Samaia the sonne of Dalaia the sonne of Metabeel secretly. who sayd: Let vs consult with our selues in the house of God in the middes of the temple: and Let vs shutte the doores of the temple because they wil come to kil thee, and in the night they wil come to slea thee.✦Et ingressus sum domum Semaiæ filii Dalaiæ filii Metabeel secreto. Qui ait : Tractemus nobiscum in domo Dei in medio templi, et claudamus portas ædis : quia venturi sunt ut interficiant te, et nocte venturi sunt ad occidendum te.
11And I said: Doth any man that is like unto me flee? and who being as I am, will go into the temple, and live? I will not go in.And I sayd: Doth any man that is like vnto me flee? and who being as I am, wil goe into the temple, and liue? I wil not goe in.✦Et dixi : Num quisquam similis mei fugit ? et quis ut ego ingredietur templum, et vivet ? non ingrediar.
12And I understood that God had not sent him, but as it were prophesying he had spoken to me, and Tobias, and Sanaballat had hired him.And I vnderstood that God had not sent him, but as it were prophicying he had spoken to me, and Tobias, and Sanaballat had hyred him.✦Et intellexi quod Deus non misisset eum, sed quasi vaticinans locutus esset ad me, et Tobias et Sanaballat conduxissent eum.
13For he had taken a price, that I being terrified should do it, and sin, and they might have some evil to upbraid me withal.For he had taken a price, that I being terrified should do it, and sinne, and they might haue some euil to vpbraid me withal.Acceperat enim pretium, ut territus facerem, et peccarem, et haberent malum quod exprobrarent mihi.
14Remember me Lord for Tobias and Sanaballat, according to such their works. Yea and Noadias the prophet, and the rest of the prophets that terrified me.Remember me Lord for Tobias and Sanaballat, according to such their workes. Yea and Noadias the prophete, and the rest of the prophetes that terrified me.✦Memento mei, Domine, pro Tobia et Sanaballat, juxta opera eorum talia : sed et Noadiæ prophetæ, et ceterorum prophetarum, qui terrebant me.
15But the wall was finished the five and twentieth day of the month of Elul, in two and fifty days.But the wal was finished the fiue and twenteth day of the moneth of Elul, in two and fiftie dayes.✦Completus est autem murus vigesimo quinto die mensis Elul, quinquaginta duobus diebus.
16It came to pass therefore when all our enemies had heard it, that all nations which were round about us, feared, and were dismayed within themselves, and knew that this work was done of God.It came topasse therfore when al our enimies had heard it, that al nations which were round about vs, feared, & were dismayed within them selues, and knew that this worke was done of God.✦Factum est ergo cum audissent omnes inimici nostri, ut timerent universæ gentes quæ erant in circuitu nostro, et conciderent intra semetipsos, et scirent quod a Deo factum esset opus hoc.
17But in those days also many letters of the principal Jews were sent to Tobias, and from Tobias there came to them.But in those dayes also many letters of the principal Iewes were sent to Tobias, and from Tobias there came to them.✦Sed et in diebus illis multæ optimatum Judæorum epistolæ mittebantur ad Tobiam, et a Tobia veniebant ad eos.
18For there were many in Jewry sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Sechenias the son of Area, and Johanan his son had taken the daughter of Mosollam the son of Barachias.For there were many in Iurie sworne vnto him, because he was the sonne in law of Sechenias the sonne of Area, and Iohanan his sonne had taken the daughter of Mosollam the sonne of Barachias.Multi enim erant in Judæa habentes juramentum ejus, quia gener erat Secheniæ filii Area, et Johanan filius ejus acceperat filiam Mosollam filii Barachiæ :
19Yea and they praised him before me, and they reported my words unto him: and Tobias sent letters to terrify me.Yea and they praysed him before me, and they reported my words vnto him: and Tobias sent letters to terrifie me.✦sed et laudabant eum coram me, et verba mea nuntiabant ei : et Tobias mittebat epistolas ut terreret me.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.