Nehemiah 2:17-20 Then I said to them: »You see what a bad condition we are in. How Jerusalem is a waste. It’s gateways burned with fire. Come; let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.«

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ Then I said to them: »You see what a bad condition we are in. How Jerusalem is a waste. It’s gateways burned with fire. Come; let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.« ¹⁸ Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me. I told them of the king's words he said to me. They said: »Let us get to work on the building.« So they made their hands strong for the good work. ¹⁹ But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us. They laughed at us and said: »What are you doing? Will you go against the king?« ²⁰ I answered them: »The God of heaven will be our help; so we, his servants, will go on with our building. But you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.«