New International Version
so I sent messengers to them with this reply: "I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?"

New Living Translation
so I replied by sending this message to them: "I am engaged in a great work, so I can't come. Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?"

English Standard Version
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?”

Berean Study 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?”

New American Standard Bible
So 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?"

King James Bible
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?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?"

International Standard Version
So I sent messengers to them, replying "I am involved in a great endeavor, so I can't leave. Why should the work stop while I leave it to come down to you?"

NET Bible
So I sent messengers to them saying, "I am engaged in an important work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work come to a halt when I leave it to come down to you?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I sent messengers to tell them, "I'm working on an important project and can't get away. Why should the work stop while I leave to meet with you?"

Jubilee Bible 2000
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 2000 Bible
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?

American King James Version
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?

American Standard 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?

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Darby Bible 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?

English 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?

Webster's Bible Translation
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?

World English Bible
I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work, so that I can't come down. Why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?"

Young's Literal Translation
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?'

Nehemia 6:3 Afrikaans PWL
Ek het ’n boodskapper na hulle gestuur om te sê: “Ek doen ’n groot werk sodat ek nie kan afkom nie, anders gaan die werk staan as ek dit verlaat om na julle toe te kom.”

Nehemia 6:3 Albanian
Kështu unë u dërgova atyre lajmëtarë për t'u thënë: "Jam duke bërë një punë të madhe dhe nuk mund të zbres. Pse duhet ta ndërpresim punën, kur unë po e lë për të zbritur tek ju?".

ﻧﺤﻤﻴﺎ 6:3 Arabic: Smith & Van Dyke
فارسلت اليهما رسلا قائلا اني انا عامل عملا عظيما فلا اقدر ان انزل. لماذا يبطل العمل بينما اتركه وانزل اليكما.

Dyr Nehymies 6:3 Bavarian
Daa ließ i ien durch Botn sagn: "I kan ietz nit aus, weil i grad mit aynn wichtignen Werch z tuenn haan. Aane mi gäng daa nix weiter."

Неемия 6:3 Bulgarian
И пратих им човеци да кажат: Голяма работа върша, и не мога да сляза; защо да се спира работата като я оставя и сляза при вас?

現代標點和合本 (CUVMP Traditional)
於是我差遣人去見他們，說：「我現在辦理大工，不能下去。焉能停工下去見你們呢？」

现代标点和合本 (CUVMP Simplified)
于是我差遣人去见他们，说：“我现在办理大工，不能下去。焉能停工下去见你们呢？”

尼 希 米 記 6:3 Chinese Bible: Union (Traditional)
於 是 我 差 遣 人 去 見 他 們 ， 說 ： 我 現 在 辦 理 大 工 ， 不 能 下 去 。 焉 能 停 工 下 去 見 你 們 呢 ？

尼 希 米 記 6:3 Chinese Bible: Union (Simplified)
於 是 我 差 遣 人 去 见 他 们 ， 说 ： 我 现 在 办 理 大 工 ， 不 能 下 去 。 焉 能 停 工 下 去 见 你 们 呢 ？

Nehemiah 6:3 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!"

Kinha Nehemiášova 6:3 Czech BKR
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?

Nehemias 6:3 Danish
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.

Nehemia 6:3 Dutch Staten Vertaling
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?