Nehemiah 6:3 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

ASV Byzantine Text

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?

Asang Khongca Bible

To pongah nihnik khaeah laicaeh ka patoeh moe, Kalen parai tok ka sak pongah, kang zo tathuk thai mak ai. Tih sak han ih maw tok to ka caeh taak moe, nanghnik khaeah kang zoh han? tiah ka thuisak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Amih rhoi taengla puencawn rhoek te ka tueih tih, “Bibi tung he ka saii dongah suntlak ham ka coeng moenih. Balae tih bitat he ka toeng eh? Te te ka hlong vetih nang taengla ka suntla aya?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Amih rhoi taengla puencawn rhoek te ka tueih tih, “Bibi tung he ka saii dongah suntlak ham ka coeng moenih. Balae tih bitat he ka toeng eh? Te te ka hlong vetih nang taengla ka suntla aya?

Hawaiian Bible 1868

A hoouna aku la au io lakou la i mau elele, e olelo aku, He hana nui ka'u e hana nei aole e hiki ia'u ke iho aku: no ke aha la e oki ai ka hana, i ko'u waiho ana ia, a iho aku io oukou la?

English Berean Standard Bible

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Se konsa mwen voye mesaje bò kote yo avèk repons sa a: -M' okipe ak yon travay enpòtan, m' pa ka desann. Si m' kite travay la pou m' ale kote nou, li pral sispann.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Misi ergo ad eos nuntios, dicens: Opus grande ego facio, et non possum descendere, ne forte negligatur cum venero, et descendero ad vos.

Bible in Basic English

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?

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et je leur envoyai des messagers, disant : Je fais un grand travail et je ne puis descendre. Pourquoi le travail cesserait-il pendant que je le quitterais et que je descendrais vers vous ?

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Takž jsem poslal k nim posly, řka: Dílo veliké dělám, protož nemohu odjíti. Což se má meškati dílo, když bych je opustě, k vám sjíti měl?

Kosraean Bible

Nga supwala mwet utuk kas in fahk nu seltal, “Nga kafofo ke sie orekma na yohk sripa, ac nga tia ku in fahsrot. Nga ac tia tulokinya orekma uh tuh nga in tufoki nu yurumtal.”

World Portuguese Bible

Eu lhes enviei mensageiros, dizendo: “Estou realizando uma grande obra, de modo que não posso descer. Por que a obra pararia enquanto eu a deixo e desço até vocês?”

Romanian BTF Bible

Și le-am trimis mesageri, spunând: Eu fac o lucrare mare astfel încât nu pot să cobor; de ce să înceteze lucrarea, în timp ce o părăsesc și cobor la voi?

Brenton English Septuagint

So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I shall not be able to come down, lest the work should cease: as soon as I shall have finished it, I will come down to you.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ငါသည်သူတို့ထံသို့လူစေလွှတ်၍``ငါသည် ဤအရပ်တွင်အရေးကြီးသည့်အလုပ်ကို လုပ်ဆောင်လျက်နေရသဖြင့် ထိုအရပ်သို့ မလာနိုင်။ သင်တို့နှင့်လာရောက်တွေ့ဆုံရန် ကိစ္စတစ်ခုတည်းအတွက်ဤအလုပ်ကိုရပ် ဆိုင်း၍မထားနိုင်ပါ'' ဟုပြန်ကြားပေး လိုက်၏။

Darby Translation

And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und ich sandte Boten zu ihnen und ließ ihnen sagen: Ich führe ein großes Werk aus und kann nicht hinabkommen. Warum sollte das Werk ruhen, wenn ich es ließe und zu euch hinabkäme?

Dutch Bible 1917

En ik zond boden tot hen, om te zeggen: Ik doe een groot werk, zodat ik niet zal kunnen afkomen; waarom zou dit werk ophouden, terwijl ik het zou nalaten, en tot ulieden afkomen?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

zond ik boden tot hen terug met het antwoord: Ik heb een groot werk onder handen, en kan dus niet komen. Het werk zou zeker stil blijven liggen, als ik mij er van terugtrok, om tot u te komen.

Italian Diodati Bible

Ed io mandai loro de' messi, per dir loro: Io fo una grande opera, e non posso andarvi; perchè cesserebbe l'opera, tosto che io l'avrei lasciata, e sarei andato da voi?

Douay-Rheims 1899

And I sent messengers to them, saying: I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down, lest it be neglected whilst I come, and go down to you.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore I sent messengers vnto them, saying, I haue a great worke to doe, and I can not come downe: why should the worke cease, whiles I leaue it, and come downe to you?

Danish Bible 1931

Derfor sendte jeg Bud til dem og lod sige: “Jeg har et stort Arbejde for og kan derfor ikke komme derned; hvorfor skulde Arbejdet standse? Og det vilde ske, hvis jeg lod det ligge for at komme ned til eder.

Leeser Tanakh

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it lying, and come down to you?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And I sent messengers unto them, saying: 'I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?'

King James Version

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

King James Version + Apocrypha

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Tôi sai sứ giả đến nói cùng chúng rằng: Ta mắc làm công việc lớn, xuống không đặng. Lẽ nào để công việc dứt trong khi bỏ nó đặng đi xuống với các ngươi?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

Revised West Version

Pea ne u fekau ʻae kau talafekau kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku ou fai ʻae ngāue ʻoku lahi, ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te u faʻa ʻalu hifo: koeʻumaʻā ʻa ʻeku tuku ʻae ngāue, ʻi he liʻaki ia, pea ʻalu hifo ai kiate kimoutolu?”

French Ostervald Bible

Mais j'envoyai des messagers vers eux, pour leur dire: Je fais un grand ouvrage, et je ne puis descendre. Pourquoi cet ouvrage serait-il interrompu, pendant que je le laisserais pour aller vers vous?

Esperanto Bible

Sed mi sendis al ili senditojn, por diri: Mi faras grandan laboron, kaj mi ne povas iri; kial ĉesiĝu la laborado, kiam mi ĝin forlasos kaj iros al vi?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Je leur envoyai des messagers avec cette réponse: J’ai un grand ouvrage à exécuter, et je ne puis descendre; le travail serait interrompu pendant que je le quitterais pour aller vers vous.

German Luther Bible 1912

Ich aber sandte Boten zu ihnen und ließ ihnen sagen: Ich habe ein großes Geschäft auszurichten, ich kann nicht hinabkommen; es möchte das Werk nachbleiben, wo ich die Hände abtäte und zu euch hinabzöge.

LXX2012 U. S. English

So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I shall not be able to come down, lest the work should cease: as soon as I shall have finished it, I will come down to you.

British English Septuagint 2012

So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I shall not be able to come down, lest the work should cease: as soon as I shall have finished it, I will come down to you.

Majority Standard BIble

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”

Webster Bible

And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

Revised Version

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

Italian Riveduta Bible

E io inviai loro dei messi per dire: “Io sto facendo un gran lavoro, e non posso scendere. Perché il lavoro rimarrebb’egli sospeso mentr’io lo lascerei per scendere da voi?”

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Je leur envoyai des messagers avec cette réponse : « J’accomplis un travail important et je ne peux pas descendre. Pourquoi le travail s’arrêterait-il pendant que je l’abandonnerais pour aller vers vous ? »

Reina Valera 1909

Y enviéles mensajeros, diciendo: Yo hago una grande obra, y no puedo ir; porque cesaría la obra, dejándola yo para ir á vosotros.

Spanish BLL

Así que les envié mensajeros a decirles: “Estoy realizando una obra muy importante y no puedo ir. No voy a dejar que el trabajo se detenga solo por bajar a verlos a ustedes”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y les envié mensajeros, diciendo: «Yo hago una gran obra, y no puedo bajar; ¿por qué ha de cesar la obra, dejándola yo para ir a vosotros?»

Croatian Bible

Zato sam im poslao glasnike s ovim odgovorom: “Zauzet sam velikim poslom i ne mogu sići: posao bi zastao kad bih ga ostavio da dođem k vama!”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

I poslah k njima glasnike i poručih: U poslu sam velikom, zato ne mogu doći. Jer bi stao posao kad bih ga ostavio da dođem k vama.

German Textbibel

Da sandte ich Boten zu ihnen und ließ ihnen sagen: Ich bin mit einem großen Werke beschäftigt, so daß ich nicht hinabkommen kann. Das Werk kann unmöglich liegen bleiben, indem ich es im Stiche lassen sollte, um zu euch hinabzukommen!

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֨ה עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם מַלְאָכִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מְלָאכָ֤ה גְדוֹלָה֙ אֲנִ֣י עֹשֶׂ֔ה וְלֹ֥א אוּכַ֖ל לָרֶ֑דֶת לָ֣מָּה תִשְׁבַּ֤ת הַמְּלָאכָה֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר אַרְפֶּ֔הָ וְיָרַדְתִּ֖י אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃