But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard of our plan, they scoffed contemptuously.“ What are you doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” they asked.

但和伦人参巴拉，并为奴的亚扪人多比雅和阿拉伯人基善听见就嗤笑我们，藐视我们，说：“你们做什么呢？要背叛王吗？”

但和伦人参巴拉、作臣仆的亚扪人多比雅和阿拉伯人基善听见就嗤笑我们，藐视我们，说：“你们所做的这事是什么呢？要背叛王吗？”

但和伦人参巴拉、作臣仆的亚扪人多比雅和阿拉伯人基善听见就嗤笑我们，藐视我们，说：“你们所做的这事是什么呢？要背叛王吗？”

但和伦人参巴拉和官长亚扪人多比雅，以及阿拉伯人基善听说后，就讥笑我们，藐视我们，说：“你们在做什么？想要背叛王吗？”

但和伦人参巴拉和作臣仆的亚扪人多比雅，以及阿拉伯人基善听见了，就讥笑我们，藐视我们，说：“你们在干什么？你们要背叛王吗？”

但和倫人參巴拉，並為奴的亞捫人多比雅和阿拉伯人基善聽見就嗤笑我們，藐視我們，說：「你們做甚麼呢？要背叛王嗎？」

但和倫人參巴拉、作臣僕的亞捫人多比雅和阿拉伯人基善聽見就嗤笑我們，藐視我們，說：「你們所做的這事是甚麼呢？要背叛王嗎？」

但和倫人參巴拉、作臣僕的亞捫人多比雅和阿拉伯人基善聽見就嗤笑我們，藐視我們，說：「你們所做的這事是甚麼呢？要背叛王嗎？」

但和倫人參巴拉和官長亞捫人多比雅，以及阿拉伯人基善聽說後，就譏笑我們，藐視我們，說：「你們在做什麽？想要背叛王嗎？」

但和倫人參巴拉和作臣僕的亞捫人多比雅，以及阿拉伯人基善聽見了，就譏笑我們，藐視我們，說：“你們在幹甚麼？你們要背叛王嗎？”

但是和倫人參巴拉和為奴的亞捫人多比雅跟亞拉伯人基善聽見了，就嗤笑我們，藐視我們，說：『你們幹的甚麼事？是你們要背叛王麼？』

和倫人參巴拉、亞捫人臣僕多比雅、及亞拉伯人基善聞之、則姍笑蔑視我、曰、爾所為者何事、豈將叛王歟、

和倫人、撒八拉、亞捫人曾為僕人之多比、亞喇伯人基善聞之、則姍笑。藐視我曰、爾所為者何事、豈將謀叛與。

和倫人參巴拉、亞捫人曾為奴者多比雅、亞拉伯人基善聞之、則恥笑我儕、藐視我儕、曰、爾曹所為何事、欲叛王乎、

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us.“ What is this you are doing?” they asked.“ Are you rebelling against the king?”

But Sanballat, the Horonite, heard about it. So did Tobiah, the official from Ammon. Geshem, the Arab, heard about it too. All of them laughed at us. They made fun of us.“ What do you think you are doing?” they asked.“ Are you turning against the king?”

But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said,“ What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked and despised us, and said,“ What is this you’re doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked us and despised us, and said,“ What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they laughed at us and despised us, and said,“ What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked and despised us, and said,“ What is this you’re doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard[ it], they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What[ is] this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard all this, they derided us and expressed contempt toward us. They said,“ What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said,“ What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”

and this is what it said:“ There is a rumor among the surrounding nations, and Geshem tells me it is true, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel and that is why you are building the wall. According to his reports, you plan to be their king.

You let our neighbors mock us. We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.You have made us the butt of their jokes; they shake their heads at us in scorn.

The crowd laughed at him. But he made them all leave, and he took the girl’s father and mother and his three disciples into the room where the girl was lying.

Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the wall and that no gaps remained— though we had not yet set up the doors in the gates.So Sanballat and Geshem sent a message asking me to meet them at one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But I realized they were plotting to harm me,

They began to state their case:“ This man has been leading our people astray by telling them not to pay their taxes to the Roman government and by claiming he is the Messiah, a king.”

We suggest that a search be made in your ancestors’ records, where you will discover what a rebellious city this has been in the past. In fact, it was destroyed because of its long and troublesome history of revolt against the kings and countries who controlled it.We declare to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, the province west of the Euphrates River will be lost to you.”

Some were jeered at, and their backs were cut open with whips. Others were chained in prisons.

But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard of my arrival, they were very displeased that someone had come to help the people of Israel.

Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders shouted,“ If you release this man, you are no‘ friend of Caesar.’ Anyone who declares himself a king is a rebel against Caesar.”

They were just trying to intimidate us, imagining that they could discourage us and stop the work. So I continued the work with even greater determination.

Sanballat was very angry when he learned that we were rebuilding the wall. He flew into a rage and mocked the Jews,

You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke.

When I speak, the words burst out.“ Violence and destruction!” I shout. So these messages from the Lord have made me a household joke.

“ But now I am mocked by people younger than I, by young men whose fathers are not worthy to run with my sheepdogs.

We are mocked by our neighbors, an object of scorn and derision to those around us.

We have found this man to be a troublemaker who is constantly stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the cult known as the Nazarenes.