Young’s Literal Translation

1 And Eliashib the high priest riseth, and his brethren the priests, and they build the sheep-gate; they have sanctified

1 And it cometh to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine `is’

1 Words of Nehemiah son of Hachaliah. And it cometh to pass, in the month of Chisleu, the twentieth year,

1 And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing

1 And it cometh to pass, when it hath been heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian,

1 And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews, 2 yea,

1 And in the twenty and fourth day of this month have the sons of Israel been gathered, with fasting,