H9001–/וַ–v

And I said to the great ones and the chiefs and the rest of the people, The work is great and widely spaced and we are far away from one another on the wall:

וָאֹמַ֞ר (וָ) va. “and”

And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.

וְהָֽיוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.

וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry.

וַיִּ֥חַר (וַ) va “and”

And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.

וַיִּמָּלֵ֨ךְ (וַ) va “and”וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙ (וָ) va. “and”וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶתֵּ֥ן (וָ) va. “and”

And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said

וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (וָ) va. “and”וְנִמְכְּרוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?

וָאוֹמַ֕ר (וָ) va “and”

Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וָאֶקְרָא֙ (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔ם (וָֽ) va. “and”

And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise t

וָֽאֹמְרָ֡ה (וָֽ) va. “and”וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְהַלְלוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of

וַיִּקְח֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you?

וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֨ה (וָ) va. “and”וְיָרַדְתִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer.

וַיִּשְׁלְח֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וָאָשִׁ֥יב (וָ) va. “and”

Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”

Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself.

וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֤ה (וָ) va. “and”

And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the ni

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.

וָאֹמְרָ֗ה (וָ) va. “and”וָחָ֑י (וָ) va. “and”

Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so.

וָאַכִּ֕ירָה (וָ) va. “and”

For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.

וְחָטָ֑אתִי (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

So the wall was complete on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

וַתִּשְׁלַם֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽרְא֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְּל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now when the building of the wall was complete and I had put up the doors, and the door-keepers and the music-makers and the Levites had been given their places,

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וָאַעֲמִ֖יד (וָ) va. “and”וַיִּפָּֽקְד֛וּ (וַ) va “and”

I made my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the ruler of the tower, responsible for the government of Jerusalem: for he was a man of good faith, fearing God more than most.

וָאֲצַוֶּ֞ה (וָ) va. “and”

And I said to them, Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high; and while the watchmen are in their places, let the doors be shut and locked: and let the people of Jerusalem be put on watch, every one in his watch, opposite his house.

וָאֹמַ֣ר (וָ) va “and”וְהַעֲמֵ֗יד (וְ) ve. “and”