4:1 ⧉ ⤴︎ וַיְהִ֣י כַאֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁמַ֣ע סַנְבַלַּ֡ט וְ֠טוֹבִיָּ֠ה וְהָעַרְבִ֨ים וְהָעַמֹּנִ֜ים וְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִ֗ים כִּֽי ־עָלְתָ֤ה אֲרוּכָה֙ לְחֹמ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם כִּי ־הֵחֵ֥לּוּ הַפְּרֻצִ֖ים לְהִסָּתֵ֑ם וַיִּ֥חַר לָהֶ֖ם מְאֹֽד ׃
καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤκουσεν Σαναβαλλατ καὶ Τωβια καὶ οἱ Ἄραβες καὶ οἱ Αμμανῖται ὅτι ἀνέβη φυὴ τοῖς τείχεσιν Ιερουσαλημ ὅτι ἤρξαντο αἱ διασφαγαὶ ἀναφράσσεσθαι καὶ πονηρὸν αὐτοῖς ἐφάνη σφόδρα
Factum est autem , cum audisset Sanaballat quod aedificaremus murum , iratus est valde : et motus nimis subsannavit Judaeos ,
But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
4:2 ⧉ ⤴︎ וַיִּקְשְׁר֤וּ כֻלָּם֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו לָב֖וֹא לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת ל֖וֹ תּוֹעָֽה ׃
καὶ συνήχθησαν πάντες ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἐλθεῖν παρατάξασθαι ἐν Ιερουσαλημ
et dixit coram fratribus suis , et frequentia Samaritanorum : Quid Judaei faciunt imbecilles ? num dimittent eos gentes ? num sacrificabunt , et complebunt in una die ? numquid aedificare poterunt lapides de acervis pulveris , qui combusti sunt ?
He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?”
4:3 ⧉ ⤴︎ וַנִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל אֶל ־אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וַנַּעֲמִ֨יד מִשְׁמָ֧ר עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם יוֹמָ֥ם וָלַ֖יְלָה מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם ׃
καὶ προσηυξάμεθα πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἡμῶν καὶ ἐστήσαμεν προφύλακας ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν
Sed et Tobias Ammanites , proximus ejus , ait : Aedificent : si ascenderit vulpes , transiliet murum eorum lapideum .
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.”
4:4 ⧉ ⤴︎ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֗ה כָּשַׁל֙ כֹּ֣חַ הַסַּבָּ֔ל וְהֶעָפָ֖ר הַרְבֵּ֑ה וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ לֹ֣א נוּכַ֔ל לִבְנ֖וֹת בַּחוֹמָֽה ׃
καὶ εἶπεν Ιουδας συνετρίβη ἡ ἰσχὺς τῶν ἐχθρῶν καὶ ὁ χοῦς πολύς καὶ ἡμεῖς οὐ δυνησόμεθα οἰκοδομεῖν ἐν τῷ τείχει
Audi , Deus noster , quia facti sumus despectui : converte opprobrium super caput eorum , et da eos in despectionem in terra captivitatis .
“Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity.
4:5 ⧉ ⤴︎ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ צָרֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֤א יֵדְעוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִרְא֔וּ עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר ־נָב֥וֹא אֶל ־תּוֹכָ֖ם וַהֲרַגְנ֑וּם וְהִשְׁבַּ֖תְנוּ אֶת ־הַמְּלָאכָֽה ׃
καὶ εἶπαν οἱ θλίβοντες ἡμᾶς οὐ γνώσονται καὶ οὐκ ὄψονται ἕως ὅτου ἔλθωμεν εἰς μέσον αὐτῶν καὶ φονεύσωμεν αὐτοὺς καὶ καταπαύσωμεν τὸ ἔργον
Ne operias iniquitatem eorum , et peccatum eorum coram facie tua non deleatur , quia irriserunt aedificantes .
Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
4:6 ⧉ ⤴︎ וַֽיְהִי֙ כַּאֲשֶׁר ־בָּ֣אוּ הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים אֶצְלָ֑ם וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לָ֙נוּ֙ עֶ֣שֶׂר פְּעָמִ֔ים מִכׇּל ־הַמְּקֹמ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁר ־תָּשׁ֥וּבוּ עָלֵֽינוּ ׃
καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤλθοσαν οἱ Ιουδαῖοι οἱ οἰκοῦντες ἐχόμενα αὐτῶν καὶ εἴποσαν ἡμῖν ἀναβαίνουσιν ἐκ πάντων τῶν τόπων ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς
Itaque aedificavimus murum , et conjunximus totum usque ad partem dimidiam : et provocatum est cor populi ad operandum .
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
4:7 ⧉ ⤴︎ וָֽאַעֲמִ֞יד מִֽתַּחְתְּי֧וֹת לַמָּק֛וֹם מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י לַחוֹמָ֖ה (בצחחיים ) [בַּצְּחִיחִ֑ים ] וָֽאַעֲמִ֤יד אֶת ־הָעָם֙ לְמִשְׁפָּח֔וֹת עִם ־חַרְבֹתֵיהֶ֛ם רׇמְחֵיהֶ֖ם וְקַשְּׁתֹתֵיהֶֽם ׃
καὶ ἔστησα εἰς τὰ κατώτατα τοῦ τόπου κατόπισθεν τοῦ τείχους ἐν τοῖς σκεπεινοῖς καὶ ἔστησα τὸν λαὸν κατὰ δήμους μετὰ ῥομφαιῶν αὐτῶν λόγχας αὐτῶν καὶ τόξα αὐτῶν
Factum est autem , cum audisset Sanaballat , et Tobias , et Arabes , et Ammanitae , et Azotii , quod obducta esset cicatrix muri Jerusalem , et quod coepissent interrupta concludi , irati sunt nimis .
But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry;
4:8 ⧉ ⤴︎ וָאֵ֣רֶא וָאָק֗וּם וָאֹמַ֞ר אֶל ־הַחֹרִ֤ים וְאֶל ־הַסְּגָנִים֙ וְאֶל ־יֶ֣תֶר הָעָ֔ם אַל ־תִּֽירְא֖וּ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם אֶת ־אֲדֹנָ֞י הַגָּד֤וֹל וְהַנּוֹרָא֙ זְכֹ֔רוּ וְהִֽלָּחֲמ֗וּ עַל ־אֲחֵיכֶם֙ בְּנֵיכֶ֣ם וּבְנֹתֵיכֶ֔ם נְשֵׁיכֶ֖ם וּבָתֵּיכֶֽם ׃ {פ}
καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἀνέστην καὶ εἶπα πρὸς τοὺς ἐντίμους καὶ πρὸς τοὺς στρατηγοὺς καὶ πρὸς τοὺς καταλοίπους τοῦ λαοῦ μὴ φοβηθῆτε ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν μνήσθητε τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν τοῦ μεγάλου καὶ φοβεροῦ καὶ παρατάξασθε περὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν υἱῶν ὑμῶν καὶ θυγατέρων ὑμῶν γυναικῶν ὑμῶν καὶ οἴκων ὑμῶν
Et congregati sunt omnes pariter ut venirent , et pugnarent contra Jerusalem , et molirentur insidias .
and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion among us.
4:9 ⧉ ⤴︎ וַיְהִ֞י כַּֽאֲשֶׁר ־שָׁמְע֤וּ אוֹיְבֵ֙ינוּ֙ כִּי ־נ֣וֹדַֽע לָ֔נוּ וַיָּ֥פֶר הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת ־עֲצָתָ֑ם (ונשוב ) [וַנָּ֤שׇׁב ] כֻּלָּ֙נוּ֙ אֶל ־הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה אִ֖ישׁ אֶל ־מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ ׃
καὶ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ἤκουσαν οἱ ἐχθροὶ ἡμῶν ὅτι ἐγνώσθη ἡμῖν καὶ διεσκέδασεν ὁ θεὸς τὴν βουλὴν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπεστρέψαμεν πάντες ἡμεῖς εἰς τὸ τεῖχος ἀνὴρ εἰς τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ
Et oravimus Deum nostrum , et posuimus custodes super murum die ac nocte contra eos .
But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night because of them.
4:10 ⧉ ⤴︎ וַיְהִ֣י ׀ מִן ־הַיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא חֲצִ֣י נְעָרַי֮ עֹשִׂ֣ים בַּמְּלָאכָה֒ וְחֶצְיָ֗ם מַחֲזִיקִים֙ וְהָרְמָחִ֣ים הַמָּגִנִּ֔ים וְהַקְּשָׁת֖וֹת וְהַשִּׁרְיֹנִ֑ים וְהַ֨שָּׂרִ֔ים אַחֲרֵ֖י כׇּל ־בֵּ֥ית יְהוּדָֽה ׃
καὶ ἐγένετο ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης ἥμισυ τῶν ἐκτετιναγμένων ἐποίουν τὸ ἔργον καὶ ἥμισυ αὐτῶν ἀντείχοντο καὶ λόγχαι καὶ θυρεοὶ καὶ τὰ τόξα καὶ οἱ θώρακες καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες ὀπίσω παντὸς οἴκου Ιουδα
Dixit autem Judas : Debilitata est fortitudo portantis , et humus nimia est , et nos non poterimus aedificare murum .
Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading and there is much rubble, so that we are not able to build the wall.”
4:11 ⧉ ⤴︎ הַבּוֹנִ֧ים בַּחוֹמָ֛ה וְהַנֹּשְׂאִ֥ים בַּסֶּ֖בֶל עֹמְשִׂ֑ים בְּאַחַ֤ת יָדוֹ֙ עֹשֶׂ֣ה בַמְּלָאכָ֔ה וְאַחַ֖ת מַחֲזֶ֥קֶת הַשָּֽׁלַח ׃
τῶν οἰκοδομούντων ἐν τῷ τείχει καὶ οἱ αἴροντες ἐν τοῖς ἀρτῆρσιν ἐν ὅπλοις ἐν μιᾷ χειρὶ ἐποίει αὐτὸ τὸ ἔργον καὶ μία ἐκράτει τὴν βολίδα
Et dixerunt hostes nostri : Nesciant , et ignorent donec veniamus in medium eorum , et interficiamus eos , et cessare faciamus opus .
Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
4:12 ⧉ ⤴︎ וְהַ֨בּוֹנִ֔ים אִ֥ישׁ חַרְבּ֛וֹ אֲסוּרִ֥ים עַל ־מׇתְנָ֖יו וּבוֹנִ֑ים וְהַתּוֹקֵ֥עַ בַּשּׁוֹפָ֖ר אֶצְלִֽי ׃
καὶ οἱ οἰκοδόμοι ἀνὴρ ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ ἐζωσμένος ἐπὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ καὶ ᾠκοδομοῦσαν καὶ ὁ σαλπίζων ἐν τῇ κερατίνῃ ἐχόμενα αὐτοῦ
Factum est autem venientibus Judaeis qui habitabant juxta eos , et dicentibus nobis per decem vices , ex omnibus locis quibus venerant ad nos ,
When the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
4:13 ⧉ ⤴︎ וָאֹמַ֞ר אֶל ־הַחֹרִ֤ים וְאֶל ־הַסְּגָנִים֙ וְאֶל ־יֶ֣תֶר הָעָ֔ם הַמְּלָאכָ֥ה הַרְבֵּ֖ה וּרְחָבָ֑ה וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ נִפְרָדִים֙ עַל ־הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה רְחוֹקִ֖ים אִ֥ישׁ מֵאָחִֽיו ׃
καὶ εἶπα πρὸς τοὺς ἐντίμους καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας καὶ πρὸς τοὺς καταλοίπους τοῦ λαοῦ τὸ ἔργον πλατὺ καὶ πολύ καὶ ἡμεῖς σκορπιζόμεθα ἐπὶ τοῦ τείχους μακρὰν ἀνὴρ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ
statui in loco post murum per circuitum populum in ordinem cum gladiis suis , et lanceis , et arcubus .
Therefore I set guards in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places. I set the people by family groups with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
4:14 ⧉ ⤴︎ בִּמְק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֶת ־ק֣וֹל הַשּׁוֹפָ֔ר שָׁ֖מָּה תִּקָּבְצ֣וּ אֵלֵ֑ינוּ אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יִלָּ֥חֶם לָֽנוּ ׃
ἐν τόπῳ οὗ ἐὰν ἀκούσητε τὴν φωνὴν τῆς κερατίνης ἐκεῖ συναχθήσεσθε πρὸς ἡμᾶς καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν πολεμήσει περὶ ἡμῶν
Et perspexi atque surrexi : et aio ad optimates et magistratus , et ad reliquam partem vulgi : Nolite timere a facie eorum : Domini magni et terribilis mementote , et pugnate pro fratribus vestris , filiis vestris , et filiabus vestris , et uxoribus vestris , et domibus vestris .
I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
4:15 ⧉ ⤴︎ וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ עֹשִׂ֣ים בַּמְּלָאכָ֑ה וְחֶצְיָ֗ם מַחֲזִיקִים֙ בָּֽרְמָחִ֔ים מֵעֲל֣וֹת הַשַּׁ֔חַר עַ֖ד צֵ֥את הַכּוֹכָבִֽים ׃
καὶ ἡμεῖς ποιοῦντες τὸ ἔργον καὶ ἥμισυ αὐτῶν κρατοῦντες τὰς λόγχας ἀπὸ ἀναβάσεως τοῦ ὄρθρου ἕως ἐξόδου τῶν ἄστρων
Factum est autem , cum audissent inimici nostri nuntiatum esse nobis , dissipavit Deus consilium eorum . Et reversi sumus omnes ad muros , unusquisque ad opus suum .
When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.
4:16 ⧉ ⤴︎ גַּ֣ם בָּעֵ֤ת הַהִיא֙ אָמַ֣רְתִּי לָעָ֔ם אִ֣ישׁ וְנַעֲר֔וֹ יָלִ֖ינוּ בְּת֣וֹךְ יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְהָֽיוּ ־לָ֧נוּ הַלַּ֛יְלָה מִשְׁמָ֖ר וְהַיּ֥וֹם מְלָאכָֽה ׃
καὶ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ εἶπα τῷ λαῷ αὐλίσθητε ἐν μέσῳ Ιερουσαλημ καὶ ἔστω ὑμῖν ἡ νὺξ προφυλακὴ καὶ ἡ ἡμέρα ἔργον
Et factum est a die illa , media pars juvenum eorum faciebat opus , et media parata erat ad bellum : et lanceae , et scuta , et arcus , et loricae , et principes post eos in omni domo Juda .
From that time forth, half of my servants did the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
4:17 ⧉ ⤴︎ וְאֵ֨ין אֲנִ֜י וְאַחַ֣י וּנְעָרַ֗י וְאַנְשֵׁ֤י הַמִּשְׁמָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַחֲרַ֔י אֵין ־אֲנַ֥חְנוּ פֹשְׁטִ֖ים בְּגָדֵ֑ינוּ אִ֖ישׁ שִׁלְח֥וֹ הַמָּֽיִם ׃ {פ}
καὶ ἤμην ἐγὼ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς προφυλακῆς ὀπίσω μου καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐκδιδυσκόμενος ἀνὴρ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ
Aedificantium in muro , et portantium onera , et imponentium : una manu sua faciebat opus , et altera tenebat gladium :
Those who built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands did the work, and with the other held his weapon.
4:18 ⧉ ⤴︎ — — aedificentium enim unusquisque gladio erat accinctus renes . Et aedificabant , et clangebant buccina juxta me .
Among the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.
4:19 ⧉ ⤴︎ — — Et dixi ad optimates , et ad magistratus , et ad reliquam partem vulgi : Opus grande est et latum , et nos separati sumus in muro procul alter ab altero :
I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.
4:20 ⧉ ⤴︎ — — in loco quocumque audieritis clangorem tubae , illuc concurrite ad nos : Deus noster pugnabit pro nobis .
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”
4:21 ⧉ ⤴︎ — — Et nos ipsi faciamus opus , et media pars nostrum teneat lanceas ab ascensu aurorae donec egrediantur astra .
So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
4:22 ⧉ ⤴︎ — — In tempore quoque illo dixi populo : Unusquisque cum puero suo maneat in medio Jerusalem , et sint nobis vices per noctem et diem ad operandum .
Likewise at the same time I said to the people, “Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.”
4:23 ⧉ ⤴︎ — — Ego autem et fratres mei , et pueri mei , et custodes , qui erant post me , non deponebamus vestimenta nostra : unusquisque tantum nudabatur ad baptismum .
So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.