KJV ¹ But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

S21 ¹ Cependant, Sanballat, Tobija, les Arabes, les Ammonites et les Asdodiens ont été très irrités en apprenant que la restauration des murs de Jérusalem avançait et que les brèches commençaient à être bouchées.

VULC ¹ Factum est autem, cum audisset Sanaballat quod ædificaremus murum, iratus est valde : et motus nimis subsannavit Judæos,

KJV ² And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

S21 ² Ils se sont tous ensemble ligués pour venir attaquer Jérusalem et lui causer du dommage.

VULC ² et dixit coram fratribus suis, et frequentia Samaritanorum : Quid Judæi faciunt imbecilles ? num dimittent eos gentes ? num sacrificabunt, et complebunt in una die ? numquid ædificare poterunt lapides de acervis pulveris, qui combusti sunt ?

KJV ³ Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

S21 ³ Nous avons prié notre Dieu et avons mis une garde en place pour nous défendre jour et nuit contre leurs attaques.

VULC ³ Sed et Tobias Ammanites, proximus ejus, ait : Ædificent : si ascenderit vulpes, transiliet murum eorum lapideum.

KJV ⁴ Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

S21 ⁴ Toutefois, les Judéens disaient:
«La force des porteurs de fardeaux va faiblissant
et il y a tellement de décombres
que nous ne parviendrons pas
à reconstruire la muraille.»

VULC ⁴ Audi, Deus noster, quia facti sumus despectui : converte opprobrium super caput eorum, et da eos in despectionem in terra captivitatis.

KJV ⁵ And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

S21 ⁵ Quant à nos adversaires, ils disaient: «Ils ne sauront et ne verront rien jusqu'à ce que nous arrivions au milieu d'eux. Nous les tuerons alors et nous ferons ainsi cesser le travail.»

VULC ⁵ Ne operias iniquitatem eorum, et peccatum eorum coram facie tua non deleatur, quia irriserunt ædificantes.

KJV ⁶ So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

S21 ⁶ Or, les Juifs qui habitaient près d'eux sont venus dix fois nous avertir, de tous leurs lieux de domicile: «Il faut que vous reveniez chez nous!» 

VULC ⁶ Itaque ædificavimus murum, et conjunximus totum usque ad partem dimidiam : et provocatum est cor populi ad operandum.

KJV ⁷ But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

S21 ⁷ J'ai donc posté le peuple par familles, tous avec leurs épées, leurs lances et leurs arcs, en contrebas derrière la muraille, aux endroits abrités.

VULC ⁷ Factum est autem, cum audisset Sanaballat, et Tobias, et Arabes, et Ammanitæ, et Azotii, quod obducta esset cicatrix muri Jerusalem, et quod cœpissent interrupta concludi, irati sunt nimis.

KJV ⁸ And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

S21 ⁸ Après avoir tout inspecté, je me suis levé pour dire aux nobles, aux magistrats et au reste du peuple: «N'ayez pas peur d'eux! Souvenez-vous du Seigneur grand et redoutable et combattez pour vos frères, vos fils et vos filles, vos femmes et vos maisons!»

VULC ⁸ Et congregati sunt omnes pariter ut venirent, et pugnarent contra Jerusalem, et molirentur insidias.

KJV ⁹ Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

S21 ⁹ Lorsque nos ennemis ont appris que nous étions au courant de tout, Dieu a réduit leur projet à néant et nous sommes tous retournés à la muraille, chacun à son travail.

VULC ⁹ Et oravimus Deum nostrum, et posuimus custodes super murum die ac nocte contra eos.

KJV ¹⁰ And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

S21 ¹⁰ Depuis ce jour, la moitié de mes serviteurs travaillait à la construction, tandis que l'autre moitié était armée de lances, de boucliers, d'arcs et de cuirasses. Quant aux chefs, ils soutenaient toute la communauté de Juda.

VULC ¹⁰ Dixit autem Judas : Debilitata est fortitudo portantis, et humus nimia est, et nos non poterimus ædificare murum.

KJV ¹¹ And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

S21 ¹¹ Ceux qui construisaient la muraille et ceux qui portaient ou chargeaient les fardeaux travaillaient d'une main et tenaient une arme de jet de l'autre.

VULC ¹¹ Et dixerunt hostes nostri : Nesciant, et ignorent donec veniamus in medium eorum, et interficiamus eos, et cessare faciamus opus.

KJV ¹² And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.

S21 ¹² Chacun des constructeurs gardait son épée attachée à la taille tout en travaillant, et le sonneur de trompette restait à côté de moi.

VULC ¹² Factum est autem venientibus Judæis qui habitabant juxta eos, et dicentibus nobis per decem vices, ex omnibus locis quibus venerant ad nos,

KJV ¹³ Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

S21 ¹³ J'ai alors dit aux nobles, aux magistrats et au reste du peuple: «Le travail est immense et le chantier étendu, si bien que nous sommes dispersés sur la muraille, éloignés les uns des autres.

VULC ¹³ statui in loco post murum per circuitum populum in ordinem cum gladiis suis, et lanceis, et arcubus.

KJV ¹⁴ And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

S21 ¹⁴ Au son de la trompette, rassemblez-vous près de nous, à l'endroit où vous l'entendrez sonner, et notre Dieu combattra pour nous.»

VULC ¹⁴ 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.

KJV ¹⁵ And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

S21 ¹⁵ Nous avons donc poursuivi notre travail, la moitié des hommes gardant la lance à la main depuis le lever de l'aurore jusqu'à l'apparition des étoiles.

VULC ¹⁵ Factum est autem, cum audissent inimici nostri nuntiatum esse nobis, dissipavit Deus consilium eorum. Et reversi sumus omnes ad muros, unusquisque ad opus suum.

KJV ¹⁶ And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

S21 ¹⁶ A la même époque, j'ai encore dit au peuple: «Que chacun passe la nuit à l'intérieur de Jérusalem avec son serviteur: montons la garde pendant la nuit et travaillons pendant la journée!»

VULC ¹⁶ Et factum est a die illa, media pars juvenum eorum faciebat opus, et media parata erat ad bellum : et lanceæ, et scuta, et arcus, et loricæ, et principes post eos in omni domo Juda.

KJV ¹⁷ They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

S21 ¹⁷ Ainsi, nous ne quittions pas nos vêtements, ni moi, ni mes frères, ni mes serviteurs, ni les hommes de garde qui me suivaient; chacun gardait son arme, même pour se laver.

VULC ¹⁷ Ædificantium in muro, et portantium onera, et imponentium : una manu sua faciebat opus, et altera tenebat gladium :

KJV ¹⁸ For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

VULC ¹⁸ ædificentium enim unusquisque gladio erat accinctus renes. Et ædificabant, et clangebant buccina juxta me.

KJV ¹⁹ And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.

VULC 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 :

KJV ²⁰ In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

VULC ²⁰ in loco quocumque audieritis clangorem tubæ, illuc concurrite ad nos : Deus noster pugnabit pro nobis.

KJV ²¹ So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

VULC ²¹ Et nos ipsi faciamus opus, et media pars nostrum teneat lanceas ab ascensu auroræ donec egrediantur astra.

KJV ²² Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

VULC 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.

KJV ²³ So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.

VULC ²³ Ego autem et fratres mei, et pueri mei, et custodes, qui erant post me, non deponebamus vestimenta nostra : unusquisque tantum nudabatur ad baptismum.