Nehemiah 6:2-4

Young's Literal Translation

² that Sanballat sendeth, also Geshem, unto me, saying, `Come and we meet together in the villages, in the valley of Ono;' and they are thinking to do to me evil.

³ And I send unto them messengers, saying, `A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why doth the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down unto you?'

⁴ and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them [word] according to this word.