Nehemiah · נְחֶמְיָה

Nehemiah 6:3

וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח עֲלֵיהֶם֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים לֵאמֹ֕ר מְלָאכָ֛ה גְּדוֹלָ֥ה אֲנִ֖י עֹשֶׂ֑ה וְלֹ֣א אוּכַ֣ל לָרֶ֣דֶת לָ֡מָּה תִשְׁבַּ֡ת הַמְּלָאכָ֡ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר אַרְפֶּ֡ה מִמֶּ֡נָּה וְיָרַ֡דְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃
vaʾeshlaḥ ʿaleyhem malʾakiym leʾmor mlaʾkah gdvolah ʾaniy ʿosheh vloʾ ʾvkal laredet lamah tishbat hamlaʾkah kaʾasher ʾarpeh mimenah vyaradtiy ʾaleykem
King James Version (KJV)

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?

Modern English

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

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