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Nehemiah
Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem and renewing the covenant
The second half of the post-exilic Ezra–Nehemiah narrative. Nehemiah, cupbearer to the Persian king, returns to Jerusalem to rebuild its walls and to reform community practice alongside Ezra.
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哈迦利亚的儿子尼希米的言语如下。亚达薛西王二十年、基斯流月、我在书珊城的宫中。
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.
Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
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那时、有我一个弟兄哈拿尼、同着几个人从犹大来．我问他们那些被掳归回剩下逃脱的犹大人、和耶路撒冷的光景。
Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
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他们对我说、那些被掳归回剩下的人、在犹大省遭大难、受凌辱．并且耶路撒冷的城墙拆毁、城门被火焚烧。
They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
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我听见这话、就坐下哭泣、悲哀几日．在天上的 神面前禁食祈祷说、
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
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耶和华天上的 神、大而可畏的 神阿、你向爱你、守你诫命的人、守约施慈爱．
and said, “I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:
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愿你睁眼看、侧耳听、你仆人昼夜在你面前为你众仆人以色列民的祈祷、承认我们以色列人向你所犯的罪．我与我父家都有罪了．
Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.
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我们向你所行的甚是邪恶、没有遵守你借着仆人摩西所吩咐的诫命、律例、典章。
We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.
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求你记念所吩咐你仆人摩西的话、说、你们若犯罪、我就把你们分散在万民中．
“Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you trespass, I will scatter you among the peoples;
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但你们若归向我、谨守遵行我的诫命、你们被赶散的人、虽在天涯、我也必从那里将他们招聚回来、带到我所选择立为我名的居所。
but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.’
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这都是你的仆人、你的百姓、就是你用大力、和大能的手、所救赎的。
“Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand.
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主阿、求你侧耳听你仆人的祈祷、和喜爱敬畏你名众仆人的祈祷、使你仆人现今亨通、在王面前蒙恩。我是作王酒政的。
Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”
Now I was cup bearer to the king.
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亚达薛西王二十年、尼散月、在王面前摆酒、我拿起酒来奉给王。我素来在王面前没有愁容。
In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.
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王对我说、你既没有病、为甚么面带愁容呢．这不是别的、必是你心中愁烦。于是我甚惧怕。
The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.”
Then I was very much afraid.
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我对王说、愿王万岁．我列祖坟墓所在的那城荒凉、城门被火焚烧、我岂能面无愁容么。
I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”
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王问我说、你要求甚么。于是我默祷天上的 神。
Then the king said to me, “What is your request?”
So I prayed to the God of heaven.
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我对王说、仆人若在王眼前蒙恩、王若喜欢、求王差遣我往犹大、到我列祖坟墓所在的那城去．我好重新建造。
I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.”
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那时王后坐在王的旁边。王问我说、你去要多少日子、几时回来．我就定了日期．于是王喜欢差遣我去。
The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), “How long will your journey be? When will you return?”
So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time for him.
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我又对王说、王若喜欢、求王赐我诏书、通知大河西的省长、准我经过、直到犹大．
Moreover I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;
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又赐诏书、通知管理王园林的亚萨、使他给我木料、作属殿营楼之门的横梁、和城墙、与我自己房屋使用的．王就允准我、因我 神施恩的手帮助我。
and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I will occupy.”
The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.
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王派了军长、和马兵护送我。我到了河西的省长那里、将王的诏书交给他们。
Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
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和伦人参巴拉、并为奴的亚扪人多比雅、听见有人来为以色列人求好处、就甚恼怒。
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
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我到了耶路撒冷、在那里住了三日。
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
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我夜间起来、有几个人也一同起来．但 神使我心里要为耶路撒冷作甚么事、我并没有告诉人．除了我骑的牲𤘘以外、也没有别的牲𤘘在我那里。
I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There wasn’t any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.
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当夜我出了谷门、往野狗井去〈野狗或作龙〉、到了粪厂门、察看耶路撒冷的城墙、见城墙拆毁、城门被火焚烧。
I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal’s well, then to the dung gate, and inspected the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire.
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我又往前、到了泉门、和王池．但所骑的牲𤘘没有地方过去。
Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king’s pool, but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
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于是夜间沿溪而上、察看城墙．又转身、进入谷门、就回来了。
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and inspected the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.
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我往那里去、我作甚么事、官长都不知道．我还没有告诉犹大平民、祭司、贵胄、官长、和其馀作工的人。
The rulers didn’t know where I went, or what I did. I had not as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.
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以后、我对他们说、我们所遭的难、耶路撒冷怎样荒凉、城门被火焚烧、你们都看见了．来罢、我们重建耶路撒冷的城墙、免得再受凌辱。
Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won’t be disgraced.”
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我告诉他们我 神施恩的手怎样帮助我、并王对我所说的话．他们就说、我们起来建造罢。于是他们奋勇作这善工。
I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me.
They said, “Let’s rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
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但和伦人参巴拉、并为奴的亚扪人多比雅、和亚拉伯人基善、听见就嗤笑我们、藐视我们、说、你们作甚么呢．要背叛王么。
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammontite servant, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”
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我回答他们说、天上的 神必使我们亨通．我们作他仆人的、要起来建造．你们却在耶路撒冷无分、无权、无记念。
Then I answered them, and said to them, “The God of heaven will prosper us. Therefore we, his servants, will arise and build; but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.”
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那时、大祭司以利亚实、和他的弟兄众祭司、起来建立羊门、分别为圣、安立门扇、又筑城墙到哈米亚楼、直到哈楠业楼、分别为圣。
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate. They sanctified it, and set up its doors. They sanctified it even to the tower of Hammeah, to the tower of Hananel.
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其次是耶利哥人建造。其次是音利的儿子撒刻建造。
Next to him the men of Jericho built. Next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.
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哈西拿的子孙建立鱼门、架横梁、安门扇、和闩锁。
The sons of Hassenaah built the fish gate. They laid its beams, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
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其次是哈哥斯的孙子乌利亚的儿子米利末修造。其次是米示萨别的孙子比利迦的儿子米书兰修造。其次是巴拿的儿子撒督修造。
Next to them, Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz made repairs. Next to them, Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel made repairs. Next to them, Zadok the son of Baana made repairs.
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其次是提哥亚人修造．但是他们的贵胄、不用肩担他们主的工作。〈肩原文作颈项〉
Next to them, the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles didn’t put their necks to the Lord’s work.
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巴西亚的儿子耶何耶大、与比所玳的儿子米书兰、修造古门、架横梁、安门扇和闩锁。
Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired the old gate. They laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars.
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其次是基遍人米拉提、米伦人雅顿、与基遍人、并属河西总督所管的米斯巴人修造。
Next to them, Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, repaired the residence of the governor beyond the River.
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其次是银匠哈海雅的儿子乌薛修造。其次是作香的哈拿尼雅修造．这些人修坚耶路撒冷、直到宽墙。
Next to him, Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, made repairs. Next to him, Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they fortified Jerusalem even to the wide wall.
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其次是管理耶路撒冷一半、户珥的儿子利法雅修造。
Next to them, Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
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其次是哈路抹的儿子耶大雅、对着自己的房屋修造。其次是哈沙尼的儿子哈突修造。
Next to them, Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs across from his house. Next to him, Hattush the son of Hashabneiah made repairs.
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哈琳的儿子玛基雅、和巴哈摩押的儿子哈述修造一段、并修造炉楼。
Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired another portion, and the tower of the furnaces.
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其次是管理耶路撒冷那一半、哈罗黑的儿子沙龙、和他的女儿们修造。
Next to him, Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters, made repairs.
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哈嫩和撒挪亚的居民、修造谷门．立门、安门扇、和闩锁、又建筑城墙一千肘、直到粪厂门。
Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the valley gate. They built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and one thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate.
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管理伯哈基琳、利甲的儿子玛基雅、修造粪厂门．立门、安门扇、和闩锁。
Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth Haccherem repaired the dung gate. He built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
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管理米斯巴、各荷西的儿子沙仑、修造泉门．立门、盖门顶、安门扇、和闩锁、又修造靠近王园西罗亚池的墙垣、直到那从大卫城下来的台阶。
Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah repaired the spring gate. He built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, even to the stairs that go down from David’s city.
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其次是管理伯夙一半、押卜的儿子尼希米修造、直到大卫坟地的对面、又到挖成的池子、并勇士的房屋。
After him, Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs to the place opposite the tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.
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其次是利未人、巴尼的儿子利宏修造。其次是管理基伊拉一半、哈沙比雅为他所管的本境修造。
After him, the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani made repairs. Next to him, Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.
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其次是利未人弟兄中、管理基伊拉那一半、希拿达的儿子巴瓦伊修造。
After him, their brothers, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah made repairs.
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其次是管理米斯巴、耶书亚的儿子以谢修造一段、对着武库的上坡、城墙转弯之处。
Next to him, Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, repaired another portion, across from the ascent to the armory at the turning of the wall.
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其次是萨拜的儿子巴录、竭力修造一段、从城墙转弯、直到大祭司以利亚实的府门。
After him, Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
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其次是哈哥斯的孙子、乌利亚的儿子米利末修造一段、从以利亚实的府门、直到以利亚实府的尽头。
After him, Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz repaired another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
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其次是住平原的祭司修造。
After him, the priests, the men of the Plain made repairs.
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其次是便雅悯与哈述、对着自己的房屋修造。其次是亚难尼的孙子玛西雅的儿子亚撒利雅、在靠近自己的房屋修造。
After them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs across from their house. After them, Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah made repairs beside his own house.
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其次是希拿达的儿子宾内修造一段、从亚撒利雅的房屋、直到城墙转弯、又到城角。
After him, Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another portion, from the house of Azariah to the turning of the wall, and to the corner.
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乌赛的儿子巴拉修造对着城墙的转弯、和王上宫凸出来的城楼、靠近护卫院的那一段。其次是巴录的儿子毘大雅修造。
Palal the son of Uzai made repairs opposite the turning of the wall, and the tower that stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.
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（尼提宁住在俄斐勒、直到朝东水门的对面、和凸出来的城楼。）
(Now the temple servants lived in Ophel, to the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.)
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其次是提哥亚人又修一段、对着那凸出来的大楼、直到俄斐勒的墙。
After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.
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从马门往上、众祭司各对自己的房屋修造。
Above the horse gate, the priests made repairs, everyone across from his own house.
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其次是音麦的儿子撒督、对着自己的房屋修造。其次是守东门示迦尼的儿子示玛雅修造。
After them, Zadok the son of Immer made repairs across from his own house. After him, Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate made repairs.
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其次是示利米雅的儿子哈拿尼雅、和萨拉的第六子哈嫩、又修一段。其次是比利迦的儿子米书兰、对着自己的房屋修造。
After him, Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another portion. After him, Meshullam the son of Berechiah made repairs across from his room.
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其次是银匠玛基雅修造到尼提宁、和商人的房屋、对着哈米弗甲门、直到城的角楼。
After him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths to the house of the temple servants, and of the merchants, made repairs opposite the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.
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银匠与商人在城的角楼、和羊门中间修造。
Between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.
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参巴拉听见我们修造城墙就发怒、大大恼恨、嗤笑犹大人．
But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
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对他弟兄和撒玛利亚的军兵说、这些软弱的犹大人作甚么呢．要保护自己么．要献祭么．要一日成功么．要从土堆里拿出火烧的石头再立墙么。
He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?”
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亚扪人多比雅站在旁边、说、他们所修造的石墙、就是狐狸上去也必跐倒。
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.”
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我们的 神阿、求你垂听、因为我们被藐视．求你使他们的毁谤归于他们的头上、使他们在掳到之地作为掠物．
“Hear, our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity;
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不要遮掩他们的罪孽、不要使他们的罪恶从你面前涂抹．因为他们在修造的人眼前惹动你的怒气。
don’t cover their iniquity, and don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
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这样、我们修造城墙、城墙就都连络、高至一半、因为百姓专心作工。
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height: for the people had a mind to work.
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参巴拉、多比雅、亚拉伯人、亚扪人、亚实突人、听见修造耶路撒冷城墙、着手进行、堵塞破裂的地方、就甚发怒．
But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry;
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大家同谋要来攻击耶路撒冷、使城内扰乱。
and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion among us.
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然而我们祷告我们的 神、又因他们的缘故、就派人看守、昼夜防备。
But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
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犹大人说、灰土尚多、扛抬的人力气已经衰败、所以我们不能建造城墙。
Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading, and there is much rubble; so that we are not able to build the wall.”
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我们的敌人且说、趁他们不知、不见、我们进入他们中间、杀他们、使工作止住。
Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
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那靠近敌人居住的犹大人、十次从各处来见我们说、你们必要回到我们那里。
When the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
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所以我使百姓各按宗族、拿刀、拿枪、拿弓站在城墙后边低洼的空处。
Therefore I set guards in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places. I set the people by family groups with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
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我察看了、就起来对贵胄、官长、和其馀的人说、不要怕他们、当记念主是大而可畏的．你们要为弟兄、儿女、妻子、家产争战。
I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
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仇敌听见我们知道他们的心意、见 神也破坏他们的计谋、就不来了。我们都回到城墙那里、各作各的工。
When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.
16
从那日起、我的仆人一半作工、一半拿枪、拿盾牌、拿弓、穿铠甲．〈穿或作拿〉官长都站在犹大众人的后边。
From that time forth, half of my servants did the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
17
修造城墙的、扛抬材料的、都一手作工、一手拿兵器。
Those who built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands did the work, and with the other held his weapon.
18
修造的人、都腰间佩刀修造、吹角的人在我旁边。
Among the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.
19
我对贵胄、官长、和其馀的人说、这工程浩大、我们在城墙上相离甚远．
I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.
20
你们听见角声在那里、就聚集到我们那里去．我们的 神必为我们争战。
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”
21
于是我们作工、一半拿兵器、从天亮直到星宿出现的时候。
So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
22
那时、我又对百姓说、各人和他的仆人当在耶路撒冷住宿、好在夜间保守我们、白昼作工。
Likewise at the same time said I to the people, “Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.”
23
这样、我和弟兄仆人、并跟从我的护兵、都不脱衣服、出去打水也带兵器。
So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.
1
百姓和他们的妻大大呼号、埋怨他们的弟兄犹大人。
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
2
有的说、我们和儿女人口众多．要去得粮食度命。
For there were that said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”
3
有的说、我们典了田地、葡萄园、房屋．要得粮食充饥．
There were also some that said, “We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine.”
4
有的说、我们已经指着田地、葡萄园、借了钱、给王纳税。
There were also some who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.
5
我们的身体、与我们弟兄的身体一样、我们的儿女与他们的儿女一般．现在我们将要使儿女作人的仆婢、我们的女儿已有为婢的．我们并无力拯救．因为我们的田地、葡萄园、已经归了别人。
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children. Behold, we bring our sons and our daughters into bondage to be servants, and some of our daughters have been brought into bondage. It is also not in our power to help it, because other men have our fields and our vineyards.”
6
我听见他们呼号、说这些话、便甚发怒。
I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
7
我心里筹画、就斥责贵胄、和官长、说、你们各人向弟兄取利。于是我招聚大会攻击他们。
Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.
8
我对他们说、我们尽力赎回我们弟兄、就是卖与外邦的犹大人、你们还要卖弟兄、使我们赎回来么。他们就静默不语、无话可答。
I said to them, “We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?” Then they held their peace, and found not a word to say.
9
我又说、你们所行的不善．你们行事不当敬畏我们的 神么．不然、难免我们的仇敌外邦人毁谤我们。
Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
10
我和我的弟兄、与仆人、也将银钱粮食借给百姓．我们大家都当免去利息。
I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury.
11
如今我劝你们将他们的田地、葡萄园、橄榄园、房屋、并向他们所取的银钱、粮食、新酒、和油、百分之一的利息都归还他们。
Please restore to them, even today, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you are charging them.”
12
众人说、我们必归还、不再向他们索要、必照你的话行．我就召了祭司来、叫众人起誓、必照着所应许的而行。
Then they said, “We will restore them, and will require nothing of them. We will do so, even as you say.”
Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.
13
我也抖着胸前的衣襟说、凡不成就这应许的、愿 神照样抖他离开家产和他劳碌得来的、直到抖空了。会众都说、阿们、又赞美耶和华。百姓就照着所应许的去行。
Also I shook out my lap, and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn’t perform this promise; even be he shaken out, and emptied like this.”
All the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh. The people did according to this promise.
14
自从我奉派作犹大地的省长、就是从亚达薛西王二十年、直到三十二年、共十二年之久、我与我弟兄都没有吃省长的俸禄。
Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.
15
在我以前的省长、加重百姓的担子、每日索要粮食和酒、并银子四十舍客勒、就是他们的仆人也辖制百姓．但我因敬畏 神、不这样行。
But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people; but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.
16
并且我恒心修造城墙、并没有置买田地．我的仆人也都聚集在那里作工。
Yes, I also continued in the work of this wall. We didn’t buy any land. All my servants were gathered there to the work.
17
除了从四围外邦中来的犹大人以外、有犹大平民和官长、一百五十人在我席上吃饭。
Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, besides those who came to us from among the nations that were around us.
18
每日豫备一只公牛、六只肥羊．又豫备些飞禽、每十日一次、多豫备各样的酒．虽然如此、我并不要省长的俸禄．因为百姓服役甚重。
Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep. Also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine. Yet for all this, I didn’t demand the governor’s pay, because the bondage was heavy on this people.
19
我的 神阿、求你记念我为这百姓所行的一切事、施恩与我。
Remember to me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
1
参巴拉、多比雅、亚拉伯人基善、和我们其馀的仇敌、听见我已经修完了城墙、其中没有破裂之处（那时我还没有安门扇）
Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates)
2
参巴拉和基善就打发人来见我、说、请你来、我们在阿挪平原的一个庄村相会。他们却想害我。
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to harm me.
3
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。
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?”
4
他们这样四次打发人来见我、我都如此回答他们。
They sent to me four times like this; and I answered them the same way.
5
参巴拉第五次打发仆人来见我、手里拿着未封的信、
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
6
信上写着说、外邦人中有风声、迦施慕〈就是基善见二章十九节〉也说、你和犹大人谋反修造城墙、你要作他们的王。
in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.
7
你又派先知在耶路撒冷指着你宣讲、说、在犹大有王．现在这话必传与王知．所以请你来、与我们彼此商议。
You have also appointed prophets to proclaim of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.”
8
我就差遣人去见他说、你所说的这事、一概没有、是你心里捏造的。
Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.”
9
他们都要使我们惧怕、意思说、他们的手必软弱、以致工作不能成就。 神阿、求你坚固我的手。
For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.
10
我到了米希大别的孙子第来雅的儿子示玛雅家里．那时、他闭门不出．他说、我们不如在 神的殿里会面、将殿门关锁．因为他们要来杀你、就是夜里来杀你。
I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you. Yes, in the night will they come to kill you.”
11
我说、像我这样的人、岂要逃跑呢．像我这样的人、岂能进入殿里保全生命呢．我不进去。
I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”
12
我看明 神没有差遣他、是他自己说这话攻击我．是多比雅和参巴拉贿买了他。
I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13
贿买他的缘故、是要叫我惧怕、依从他犯罪、他们好传扬恶言毁谤我。
He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
14
我的 神阿、多比雅、参巴拉、女先知挪亚底、和其馀的先知、要叫我惧怕、求你记念他们所行的这些事。
“Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.”
15
以禄月二十五日城墙修完了、共修了五十二天。
So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
16
我们一切仇敌、四围的外邦人、听见了便惧怕、愁眉不展．因为见这工作完成、是出乎我们的 神。
When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.
17
在那些日子犹大的贵胄屡次寄信与多比雅、多比雅也来信与他们。
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.
18
在犹大有许多人与多比雅结盟、因他是亚拉的儿子、示迦尼的女婿．并且他的儿子约哈难娶了比利迦儿子米书兰的女儿为妻。
For there were many in Judah sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife.
19
他们常在我面前说多比雅的善行、也将我的话传与他。多比雅又常寄信来、要叫我惧怕。
Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
1
城墙修完、我安了门扇、守门的、歌唱的、和利未人、都已派定。
Now when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
2
我就派我的弟兄哈拿尼、和营楼的宰官哈拿尼雅、管理耶路撒冷．因为哈拿尼雅是忠信的、又敬畏 神过于众人。
I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
3
我吩咐他们说、等到太阳上升、才可开耶路撒冷的城门．人尚看守的时候、就要关门、上闩、也当派耶路撒冷的居民、各按班次、看守自己房屋对面之处。
I said to them, “Don’t let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, with everyone near his house.”
4
城是广大、其中的民却稀少、房屋还没有建造。
Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.
5
我的 神感动我心、招聚贵胄、官长、和百姓、要照家谱计算。我找着第一次上来之人的家谱、其上写着．
My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be listed by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found this written in it:
6
巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒从前掳去犹大省的人、现在他们的子孙、从被掳到之地回耶路撒冷、和犹大各归本城．
These are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city;
7
他们是同着所罗巴伯、耶书亚、尼希米、亚撒利雅、拉米、拿哈玛尼、末底改、必珊、米斯毘列、比革瓦伊、尼宏、巴拿回来的。
who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.
The number of the men of the people of Israel:
8
以色列人民的数目、记在下面．巴录的子孙、二千一百七十二名。
The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
9
示法提雅的子孙、三百七十二名。
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
10
亚拉的子孙、六百五十二名。
The children of Arah, six hundred fifty-two.
11
巴哈摩押的后裔、就是耶书亚和约押的子孙、二千八百一十八名。
The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred eighteen.
12
以拦的子孙、一千二百五十四名。
The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
13
萨土的子孙、八百四十五名。
The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty-five.
14
萨改的子孙、七百六十名。
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.
15
宾内的子孙、六百四十八名。
The children of Binnui, six hundred forty-eight.
16
比拜的子孙、六百二十八名。
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-eight.
17
押甲的子孙、二千三百二十二名。
The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two.
18
亚多尼干的子孙、六百六十七名。
The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-seven.
19
比革瓦伊的子孙、二千零六十七名。
The children of Bigvai, two thousand sixty-seven.
20
亚丁的子孙、六百五十五名。
The children of Adin, six hundred fifty-five.
21
亚特的后裔、就是希西家的子孙、九十八名．
The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
22
哈顺的子孙、三百二十八名。
The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty-eight.
23
比赛的子孙、三百二十四名。
The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-four.
24
哈拉的子孙、一百一十二名。
The children of Hariph, one hundred twelve.
25
基遍人、九十五名。
The children of Gibeon, ninety-five.
26
伯利恒人和尼陀法人、共一百八十八名。
The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred eighty-eight.
27
亚拿突人、一百二十八名。
The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
28
伯亚斯玛弗人、四十二名。
The men of Beth Azmaveth, forty-two.
29
基列耶琳人、基非拉人、比录人、共七百四十三名。
The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
30
拉玛人和迦巴人、共六百二十一名．
The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
31
默玛人、一百二十二名。
The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.
32
伯特利人和艾人、共一百二十三名。
The men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred twenty-three.
33
别的尼波人、五十二名。
The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two.
34
别的以拦子孙、一千二百五十四名。
The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
35
哈琳的子孙、三百二十名。
The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
36
耶利哥人、三百四十五名。
The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
37
罗德人、哈第人、阿挪人、共七百二十一名。
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-one.
38
西拿人、三千九百三十名。
The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred thirty.
39
祭司．耶书亚家、耶大雅的子孙、九百七十三名。
The priests: The children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
40
音麦的子孙、一千零五十二名。
The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
41
巴施户珥的子孙、一千二百四十七名。
The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
42
哈琳的子孙、一千零一十七名。
The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen.
43
利未人．何达威的后裔、就是耶书亚和甲篾的子孙、七十四名。
The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.
44
歌唱的．亚萨的子孙、一百四十八名。
The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred forty-eight.
45
守门的．沙龙的子孙、亚特的子孙、达们的子孙、亚谷的子孙、哈底大的子孙、朔拜的子孙、共一百三十八名。
The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, one hundred thirty-eight.
46
尼提宁．〈就是殿役〉西哈的子孙、哈苏巴的子孙、答巴俄的子孙、
The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
47
基绿的子孙、西亚的子孙、巴顿的子孙、
the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
48
利巴拿的子孙、哈迦巴的子孙、萨买的子孙、
the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,
49
哈难的子孙、吉德的子孙、迦哈的子孙、
the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
50
利亚雅的子孙、利汛的子孙、尼哥大的子孙、
the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
51
迦散的子孙、乌撒的子孙、巴西亚的子孙、
the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah.
52
比赛的子孙、米乌宁的子孙、尼普心的子孙、
The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim,
53
巴卜的子孙、哈古巴的子孙、哈忽的子孙、
the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
54
巴洗律的子孙、米希大的子孙、哈沙的子孙、
the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
55
巴柯的子孙、西西拉的子孙、答玛的子孙、
the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
56
尼细亚的子孙、哈提法的子孙。
the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
57
所罗门仆人的后裔、就是琐太的子孙、琐斐列的子孙、比路大的子孙、
The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
58
雅拉的子孙、达昆的子孙、吉德的子孙、
the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
59
示法提雅的子孙、哈替的子孙、玻黑列哈斯巴音的子孙、亚们的子孙。
the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the children of Amon.
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尼提宁、和所罗门仆人的后裔、共三百九十二名。
All the temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
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从特米拉、特哈萨、基绿、亚顿、音麦、上来的．不能指明他们的宗族、谱系、是以色列人不是。
These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, nor their offspring, whether they were of Israel:
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他们是第莱雅的子孙、多比雅的子孙、尼哥大的子孙、共六百四十二名。
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty-two.
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祭司中．哈巴雅的子孙、哈哥斯的子孙、巴西莱的子孙．因为他们的先祖娶了基列人巴西莱的女儿为妻、所以起名叫巴西莱。
Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
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这三家的人在族谱之中、寻查自己的谱系、却寻不着．因此算为不洁、不准供祭司的职任。
These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore were they deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
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省长对他们说、不可吃至圣的物、直到有用乌陵和土明决疑的祭司兴起来。
The governor told that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to minister with Urim and Thummim.
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会众共有四万二千三百六十名．
The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
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此外、还有他们的仆婢、七千三百三十七名、又有歌唱的男女二百四十五名．
besides their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and they had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.
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他们有马七百三十六匹、骡子二百四十五匹．
Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
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骆驼四百三十五只、驴六千七百二十匹。
their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.
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有些族长为工程捐助．省长捐入库中的金子一千达利克、碗五十个、祭司的礼服五百三十件。
Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests’ garments.
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又有族长捐入工程库的金子二万达利克、银子二千二百弥拿。
Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.
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其馀百姓所捐的金子二万达利克、银子二千弥拿、祭司的礼服六十七件。
That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, plus two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests’ garments.
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于是祭司、利未人、守门的、歌唱的、民中的一些人、尼提宁、并以色列众人、各住在自己的城里。
So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel, lived in their cities.
When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their cities.
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到了七月、以色列人住在自己的城里。那时、他们如同一人聚集在水门前的宽阔处、请文士以斯拉、将耶和华藉摩西传给以色列人的律法书带来。
All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.
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七月初一日、祭司以斯拉将律法书带到听了能明白的男女会众面前。
Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
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在水门前的宽阔处、从清早到晌午、在众男女一切听了能明白的人面前、读这律法书．众民侧耳而听。
He read from it before the wide place that was in front of the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand. The ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
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文士以斯拉站在为这事特备的木台上．玛他提雅、示玛、亚奈雅、乌利亚、希勒家、和玛西雅、站在他的右边．毘大雅、米沙利、玛基雅、哈顺、哈拔大拿、撒迦利亚、和米书兰、站在他的左边。
Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
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以斯拉站在众民以上、在众民眼前展开这书．他一展开、众民就都站起来。
Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people), and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
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以斯拉称颂耶和华至大的 神．众民都举手应声说、阿们、阿们、就低头、面伏于地、敬拜耶和华。
Then Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God.
All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.
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耶书亚、巴尼、示利比、雅悯、亚谷、沙比太、荷第雅、玛西雅、基利他、亚撒利雅、约撒拔、哈难、毘莱雅、和利未人、使百姓明白律法．百姓都站在自己的地方。
Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stayed in their place.
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他们清清楚楚的念 神的律法书、讲明意思、使百姓明白所念的。
They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
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省长尼希米、和作祭司的文士以斯拉、并教训百姓的利未人、对众民说、今日是耶和华你们 神的圣日．不要悲哀哭泣．这是因为众民听见律法书上的话都哭了。
Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, “Today is holy to Yahweh your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
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又对他们说、你们去吃肥美的、喝甘甜的、有不能豫备的、就分给他．因为今日是我们主的圣日．你们不要忧愁、因靠耶和华而得的喜乐是你们的力量。
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”
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于是利未人使众民静默、说、今日是圣日．不要作声、也不要忧愁。
So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Don’t be grieved.”
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众民都去吃喝、也分给人、大大快乐、因为他们明白所教训他们的话。
All the people went their way to eat, to drink, to send portions, and to celebrate, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
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次日众民的族长、祭司、和利未人都聚集到文士以斯拉那里、要留心听律法上的话。
On the second day, the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Ezra the scribe, to study the words of the law.
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他们见律法上写着、耶和华藉摩西吩咐以色列人、要在七月节住棚．
They found written in the law how Yahweh had commanded by Moses that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;
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并要在各城和耶路撒冷宣传报告、说、你们当上山、将橄榄树、野橄榄树、番石榴树、棕树、和各样茂密树的枝子取来、照着所写的搭棚。
and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the mountain, and get olive branches, branches of wild olive, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make temporary shelters, as it is written.”
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于是百姓出去、取了树枝来、各人在自己的房顶上、或院内、或 神殿的院内、或水门的宽阔处、或以法莲门的宽阔处搭棚。
So the people went out, and brought them, and made themselves temporary shelters, everyone on the roof of his house, in their courts, in the courts of God’s house, in the wide place of the water gate, and in the wide place of Ephraim’s gate.
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从掳到之地归回的全会众就搭棚、住在棚里。从嫩的儿子约书亚的时候、直到这日、以色列人没有这样行．于是众人大大喜乐。
All the assembly of those who had come back out of the captivity made temporary shelters, and lived in the booths; for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the children of Israel had not done so. There was very great gladness.
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从头一天、直到末一天、以斯拉每日念 神的律法书。众人守节七日、第八日照例有严肃会。
Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. They kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
1
这月二十四日、以色列人聚集禁食、身穿麻衣、头蒙灰尘。
Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, with sackcloth, and dirt on them.
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以色列人〈人原文作种类〉就与一切外邦人离绝、站着承认自己的罪恶、和列祖的罪孽。
The offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
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那日的四分之一、站在自己的地方、念耶和华他们 神的律法书．又四分之一认罪、敬拜耶和华他们的 神。
They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Yahweh their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed, and worshiped Yahweh their God.
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耶书亚、巴尼、甲篾、示巴尼、布尼、示利比、巴尼、基拿尼、站在利未人的台上、大声哀求耶和华他们的 神。
Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani of the Levites stood up on the stairs, and cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.
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利未人耶书亚、甲篾、巴尼、哈沙尼、示利比、荷第雅、示巴尼、毘他希雅说、你们要站起来称颂耶和华你们的 神永世无尽．耶和华阿、你荣耀之名、是应当称颂的、超乎一切称颂和赞美。
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting! Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!
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你、惟独你、是耶和华．你造了天、和天上的天、并天上的万象、地和地上的万物、海和海中所有的、这一切都是你所保存的．天军也都敬拜你。
You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.
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你是耶和华 神、曾拣选亚伯兰、领他出迦勒底的吾珥、给他改名叫亚伯拉罕．
You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham,
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你见他在你面前心里诚实、就与他立约、应许把迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、耶布斯人、革迦撒人之地、赐给他的后裔、且应验了你的话．因为你是公义的。
found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his offspring, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.
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你曾看见我们列祖在埃及所受的困苦、垂听他们在红海边的哀求、
“You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,
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就施行神迹奇事、在法老和他一切臣仆、并他国中的众民身上．你也得了名声、正如今日一样．因为你知道他们向我们列祖行事狂傲。
and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is today.
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你又在我们列祖面前把海分开、使他们在海中行走干地、将追赶他们的人抛在深海、如石头抛在大水中。
You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
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并且白昼用云柱引导他们、黑夜用火柱照亮他们当行的路。
Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
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你也降临在西乃山、从天上与他们说话、赐给他们正直的典章、真实的律法、美好的条例与诫命．
“You also came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
14
又使他们知道你的安息圣日、并藉你仆人摩西传给他们诫命、条例、律法．
and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
15
从天上赐下粮食充他们的饥、从磐石使水流出解他们的渴、又吩咐他们进去得你起誓应许赐给他们的地。
and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought water out of the rock for them for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
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但我们的列祖行事狂傲、硬着颈项不听从你的诫命、
“But they and our fathers behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,
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不肯顺从、也不记念你在他们中间所行的奇事、竟硬着颈项、居心背逆自立首领、要回他们为奴之地。但你是乐意饶恕人、有恩典、有怜悯、不轻易发怒、有丰盛慈爱的 神、并不丢弃他们。
and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.
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他们虽然铸了一只牛犊、彼此说、这是领你出埃及的神、因而大大惹动你的怒气．
Yes, when they had made themselves a molten calf, and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed awful blasphemies;
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你还是大施怜悯、在旷野不丢弃他们、白昼、云柱不离开他们、仍引导他们行路．黑夜、火柱也不离开他们、仍照亮他们当行的路。
yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither did the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.
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你也赐下你良善的灵教训他们、未尝不赐吗哪使他们糊口、并赐水解他们的渴。
You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
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在旷野四十年、你养育他们、他们就一无所缺．衣服没有穿破、脚也没有肿。
“Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn’t grow old, and their feet didn’t swell.
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并且你将列国之地照分赐给他们、他们就得了西宏之地、希实本王之地、和巴珊王噩之地。
Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
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你也使他们的子孙多如天上的星、带他们到你所应许他们列祖进入得为业之地。
You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
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这样、他们进去得了那地、你在他们面前制伏那地的居民、就是迦南人、将迦南人、和其君王、并那地的居民、都交在他们手里、让他们任意而待。
“So the children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased.
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他们得了坚固的城邑、肥美的地土、充满各样美物的房屋、凿成的水井、葡萄园、橄榄园、并许多果木树．他们就吃而得饱、身体肥胖、因你的大恩、心中快乐。
They took fortified cities and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
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然而他们不顺从、竟背叛你、将你的律法、丢在背后、杀害那劝他们归向你的众先知、大大惹动你的怒气。
“Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, cast your law behind their back, killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
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所以你将他们交在敌人的手中、磨难他们．他们遭难的时候、哀求你、你就从天上垂听、照你的大怜悯赐给他们拯救者、救他们脱离敌人的手。
Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hands of their adversaries.
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但他们得平安之后、又在你面前行恶．所以你丢弃他们在仇敌的手中、使仇敌辖制他们。然而他们转回、哀求你、你仍从天上垂听、屡次照你的怜悯拯救他们、
But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hands of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,
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又警戒他们、要使他们归服你的律法．他们却行事狂傲、不听从你的诫命、干犯你的典章（人若遵行就必因此活着）扭转肩头、硬着颈项、不肯听从。
and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they were arrogant, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.
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但你多年宽容他们、又用你的灵藉众先知劝戒他们、他们仍不听从．所以你将他们交在列国之民的手中。
Yet many years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet would they not give ear. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
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然而你大发怜悯、不全然灭绝他们、也不丢弃他们．因为你是有恩典、有怜悯的 神。
“Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you did not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.
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我们的 神阿、你是至大、至能、至可畏、守约施慈爱的 神．我们的君王、首领、祭司、先知、列祖、和你的众民、从亚述列王的时候直到今日所遭遇的苦难、现在求你不要以为小。
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, don’t let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, on our priests, on our prophets, on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.
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在一切临到我们的事上、你却是公义的．因你所行的是诚实、我们所作的是邪恶。
However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly.
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我们的君王、首领、祭司、列祖都不遵守你的律法、不听从你的诫命、和你警戒他们的话。
Also our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them.
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他们在本国里沾你大恩的时候、在你所赐给他们这广大肥美之地上、不事奉你、也不转离他们的恶行。
For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them. They did not turn from their wicked works.
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我们现今作了奴仆、至于你所赐给我们列祖享受其上的土产、并美物之地、看哪、我们在这地上作了奴仆。
“Behold, we are servants today, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we are servants in it.
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这地许多出产归了列王、就是你因我们的罪所派辖制我们的．他们任意辖制我们的身体、和牲畜、我们遭了大难。
It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. Also they have power over our bodies and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
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因这一切的事、我们立确实的约、写在册上．我们的首领、利未人、和祭司、都签了名。
Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”
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签名的、是哈迦利亚的儿子省长尼希米、和西底家、
Now those who sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
2
祭司．西莱雅、亚撒利雅、耶利米、
Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
3
巴施户珥、亚玛利雅、玛基雅、
Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
4
哈突、示巴尼、玛鹿、
Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
5
哈琳、米利末、俄巴底亚、
Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
6
但以理、近顿、巴录、
Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7
米书兰、亚比雅、米雅民、
Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
8
玛西亚、璧该、示玛雅。
Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
9
又有利未人．就是亚散尼的儿子耶书亚、希拿达的子孙宾内、甲篾．
The Levites: namely, Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
10
还有他们的弟兄示巴尼、荷第雅、基利他、毘莱雅、哈难、
and their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
11
米迦、利合、哈沙比雅、
Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
12
撒刻、示利比、示巴尼、
Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
13
荷第雅、巴尼、比尼努。
Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
14
又有民的首领．就是巴录、巴哈摩押、以拦、萨土、巴尼、
The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
15
布尼、押甲、比拜、
Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
16
亚多尼雅、比革瓦伊、亚丁、
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
17
亚特、希西家、押朔、
Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
18
荷第雅、哈顺、比赛、
Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
19
哈拉、亚拿突、尼拜、
Hariph, Anathoth, Nobai,
20
抹比押、米书兰、希悉、
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
21
米示萨别、撒督、押杜亚、
Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
22
毘拉提、哈难、亚奈雅、
Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
23
何细亚、哈拿尼雅、哈述、
Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
24
哈罗黑、毘利哈、朔百、
Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
25
利宏、哈沙拿、玛西雅、
Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
26
亚希雅、哈难、亚难、
and Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
27
玛鹿、哈琳、巴拿。
Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.
28
其馀的民、祭司、利未人、守门的、歌唱的、尼提宁、和一切离绝邻邦居民归服 神律法的、并他们的妻子、儿女、凡有知识能明白的．
The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge, and understanding—
29
都随从他们贵胄的弟兄、发咒起誓、必遵行 神藉他仆人摩西所传的律法、谨守遵行耶和华我们主的一切诫命、典章、律例．
they joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
30
并不将我们的女儿、嫁给这地的居民、也不为我们的儿子、娶他们的女儿．
and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
31
这地的居民若在安息日、或甚么圣日、带了货物或粮食来卖给我们、我们必不买．每逢第七年必不耕种、凡欠我们债的必不追讨。
and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy from them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
32
我们又为自己定例、每年各人捐银一舍客勒三分之一、为我们 神殿的使用．
Also we made ordinances for ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
33
就是为陈设饼、常献的素祭、和燔祭、安息日、月朔、节期所献的、与圣物、并以色列人的赎罪祭、以及我们 神殿里一切的费用。
for the show bread, for the continual meal offering, for the continual burnt offering, for the Sabbaths, for the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
34
我们的祭司、利未人、和百姓、都掣签、看每年是哪一族、按定期将献祭的柴奉到我们 神的殿里、照着律法上所写的、烧在耶和华我们 神的坛上．
We cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers’ houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn on Yahweh our God’s altar, as it is written in the law;
35
又定每年、将我们地上初熟的土产、和各样树上初熟的果子、都奉到耶和华的殿里．
and to bring the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of all kinds of trees, year by year, to Yahweh’s house;
36
又照律法上所写的、将我们头胎的儿子、和首生的牛羊、都奉到我们 神的殿、交给我们 神殿里供职的祭司．
also the firstborn of our sons, and of our livestock, as it is written in the law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God;
37
并将初熟之麦子所磨的面、和举祭、各样树上初熟的果子、新酒、与油、奉给祭司、收在我们 神殿的库房里、把我们地上所产的十分之一奉给利未人、因利未人在我们一切城邑的土产中当取十分之一。
and that we should bring the first fruits of our dough, our wave offerings, the fruit of all kinds of trees, and the new wine and the oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
38
利未人取十分之一的时候、亚伦的子孙中、当有一个祭司与利未人同在．利未人也当从十分之一中、取十分之一、奉到我们 神殿的屋子里、收在库房中。
The priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes. The Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the rooms, into the treasure house.
39
以色列人和利未人、要将五谷、新酒、和油、为举祭、奉到收存圣所器皿的屋子里、就是供职的祭司、守门的、歌唱的所住的屋子．这样、我们就不离弃我们 神的殿。
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the wave offering of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, to the rooms, where the vessels of the sanctuary are, and the priests who minister, with the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not forsake the house of our God.
1
百姓的首领住在耶路撒冷．其馀的百姓掣签、每十人中使一人来住在圣城耶路撒冷、那九人住在别的城邑。
The princes of the people lived in Jerusalem. The rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities.
2
凡甘心乐意住在耶路撒冷的、百姓都为他们祝福。
The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.
3
以色列人、祭司、利未人、尼提宁、和所罗门仆人的后裔、都住在犹大城邑、各在自己的地业中、本省的首领、住在耶路撒冷的、记在下面。
Now these are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah everyone lived in his possession in their cities: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants.
4
其中有些犹大人、和便雅悯人．犹大人中有法勒斯的子孙乌西雅的儿子亚他雅、乌西雅是撒迦利雅的儿子、撒迦利雅是亚玛利雅的儿子、亚玛利雅是示法提雅的儿子、示法提雅是玛勒列的儿子．
Some of the children of Judah and of the children of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;
5
又有巴录的儿子玛西雅、巴录是谷何西的儿子、谷何西是哈赛雅的儿子、哈赛雅是亚大雅的儿子、亚大雅是约雅立的儿子、约雅立是撒迦利雅的儿子、撒迦利雅是示罗尼的儿子。
and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.
6
住在耶路撒冷、法勒斯的子孙、共四百六十八名、都是勇士。
All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.
7
便雅悯人中、有米书兰的儿子撒路、米书兰是约叶的儿子、约叶是毘大雅的儿子、毘大雅是哥赖雅的儿子、哥赖雅是玛西雅的儿子、玛西雅是以铁的儿子、以铁是耶筛亚的儿子。
These are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah.
8
其次有迦拜、撒来的子孙、共九百二十八名。
After him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty-eight.
9
细基利的儿子约珥是他们的长官．哈西努亚的儿子犹大是耶路撒冷的副官。
Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.
10
祭司中、有雅斤、又有约雅立的儿子耶大雅．
Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,
11
还有管理 神殿的西莱雅、西莱雅是希勒家的儿子、希勒家是米书兰的儿子、米书兰是撒督的儿子、撒督是米拉约的儿子、米拉约是亚希突的儿子．
Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of God’s house,
12
还有他们的弟兄在殿里供职的、共八百二十二名．又有耶罗罕的儿子亚大雅、耶罗罕是毘拉利的儿子、毘拉利是暗洗的儿子、暗洗是撒迦利亚的儿子、撒迦利亚是巴施户珥的儿子、巴施户珥是玛基雅的儿子．
and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
13
还有他的弟兄作族长的、二百四十二名．又有亚萨列的儿子亚玛帅、亚萨列是亚哈赛的儿子、亚哈赛是米实利末的儿子、米实利末是音麦的儿子．
and his brothers, chiefs of fathers’ households, two hundred forty-two; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
14
还有他们弟兄大能的勇士、共一百二十八名．哈基多琳的儿子撒巴第业是他们的长官。
and their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
15
利未人中、有哈述的儿子示玛雅、哈述是押利甘的儿子、押利甘是哈沙比雅的儿子、哈沙比雅是布尼的儿子．
Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
16
又有利未人的族长沙比太和约撒拔、管理 神殿的外事。
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of God’s house;
17
祈祷的时候、为称谢领首的是米迦的儿子玛他尼、米迦是撒底的儿子、撒底是亚萨的儿子、又有玛他尼弟兄中的八布迦为副．还有沙母亚的儿子押大、沙母亚是加拉的儿子、加拉是耶杜顿的儿子。
and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
18
在圣城的利未人共二百八十四名。
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.
19
守门的是亚谷、和达们、并守门的弟兄、共一百七十二名。
Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.
20
其馀的以色列人、祭司、利未人、都住在犹大的一切城邑、各在自己的地业中。
The residue of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.
21
尼提宁却住在俄斐勒．西哈和基斯帕管理他们。
But the temple servants lived in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.
22
在耶路撒冷、利未人的长官、管理 神殿事务、的是歌唱者亚萨的子孙巴尼的儿子乌西、巴尼是哈沙比雅的儿子、哈沙比雅是玛他尼的儿子、玛他尼是米迦的儿子。
The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business of God’s house.
23
王为歌唱的出命令、每日供给他们必有一定之粮。
For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.
24
犹大儿子谢拉的子孙、米示萨别的儿子毘他希雅、辅助王办理犹大民的事。
Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.
25
至于庄村、和属庄村的田地、有犹大人住在基列亚巴、和属基列亚巴的乡村、底本、和属底本的乡村、叶甲薛和属叶甲薛的庄村、
As for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its towns, in Dibon and its towns, in Jekabzeel and its villages,
26
耶书亚、摩拉大、伯帕列、
in Jeshua, in Moladah, Beth Pelet,
27
哈萨书亚、别是巴和属别是巴的乡村、
in Hazar Shual, in Beersheba and its towns,
28
洗革拉、米哥拿、和属米哥拿的乡村、
in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns,
29
音临门、琐拉、耶末、
in En Rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth,
30
撒挪亚、亚杜兰、和属这两处的庄村、拉吉、和属拉吉的田地、亚西加和属亚西加的乡村。他们所住的地方是从别是巴直到欣嫩谷。
Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom.
31
便雅悯人、从迦巴起、住在密抹、亚雅、伯特利、和属伯特利的乡村。
The children of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns,
32
亚拿突、挪伯、亚难雅、
at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
33
夏琐、拉玛、基他音、
Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34
哈叠、洗编、尼八拉、
Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35
罗德、阿挪、匠人之谷。
Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
36
利未人中、有几班曾住在犹大地归于便雅悯的。
Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah settled in Benjamin’s territory.
1
同着撒拉铁的儿子所罗巴伯、和耶书亚回来的祭司、与利未人、记在下面．祭司是西莱雅、耶利米、以斯拉、
Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2
亚玛利雅、玛鹿、哈突、
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3
示迦尼、利宏、米利末、
Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4
易多、近顿、亚比雅、
Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
5
米雅民、玛底雅、璧迦、
Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
6
示玛雅、约雅立、耶大雅、
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah.
7
撒路、亚木、希勒家、耶大雅。这些人在耶书亚的时候作祭司、和他们弟兄的首领。
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
8
利未人是耶书亚、宾内、甲篾、示利比、犹大、玛他尼．这玛他尼和他的弟兄、管理称谢的事。
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers.
9
他们的弟兄八布迦、和乌尼、照自己的班次、与他们相对。
Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were close to them according to their offices.
10
耶书亚生约雅金、约雅金生以利亚实、以利亚实生耶何耶大、
Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,
11
耶何耶大生约拿单、约拿单生押杜亚。
and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.
12
在约雅金的时候、祭司作族长的、西莱雅族〈或作班本段同〉有米拉雅．耶利米族、有哈拿尼雅．
In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ households: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
13
以斯拉族、有米书兰．亚玛利雅族、有约哈难．
of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
14
米利古族、有约拿单．示巴尼族、有约瑟．
of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
15
哈琳族、有押拿．米拉约族、有希勒恺．
of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
16
易多族、有撒迦利亚．近顿族、有米书兰．
of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
17
亚比雅族、有细基利．米拿民族、某．摩亚底族、有毘勒太．
of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
18
璧迦族、有沙母亚．示玛雅族、有约拿单．
of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
19
约雅立族、有玛特乃．耶大雅族、有乌西．
and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
20
撒来族、有加莱．亚木族、有希伯．
of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
21
希勒家族、有哈沙比雅．耶大雅族、有拿坦业。
of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
22
至于利未人、当以利亚实、耶何耶大、约哈难、押杜亚的时候、他们的族长记在册上、波斯王大利乌在位的时候、作族长的祭司、也记在册上。
As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
23
利未人作族长的、记在历史上、直到以利亚实的儿子约哈难的时候。
The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ households, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
24
利未人的族长是哈沙比雅、示利比、甲篾的儿子耶书亚、与他们弟兄的班次相对、照着神人大卫的命令、一班一班的赞美称谢。
The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers close to them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.
25
玛他尼、八布迦、俄巴底亚、米书兰、达们、亚谷、是守门的、就是在库房那里守门。
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.
26
这都是在约撒达的孙子耶书亚的儿子约雅金、和省长尼希米、并祭司文士以斯拉的时候、有职任的。
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest and scribe.
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耶路撒冷城墙告成的时候、众民就把各处的利未人招到耶路撒冷、要称谢、歌唱、敲钹、鼓瑟、弹琴、欢欢喜喜的行告成之礼。
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.
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歌唱的人、从耶路撒冷的周围、和尼陀法的村庄、与伯吉甲、又从迦巴和押玛弗的田地聚集．因为歌唱的人、在耶路撒冷四围、为自己立了村庄。
The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;
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歌唱的人、从耶路撒冷的周围、和尼陀法的村庄、与伯吉甲、又从迦巴和押玛弗的田地聚集．因为歌唱的人、在耶路撒冷四围、为自己立了村庄。
also from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.
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祭司和利未人就洁净自己、也洁净百姓、和城门、并城墙。
The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
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我带犹大的首领上城、使称谢的人分为两大队、排列而行．第一队在城上往右边向粪厂门行走．
Then I brought up the princes of Judah on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;
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在他们后头的有何沙雅、与犹大首领的一半．
and after them went Hoshaiah, with half of the princes of Judah,
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又有亚撒利雅、以斯拉、米书兰、
and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
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犹大、便雅悯、示玛雅、耶利米．
Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
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还有些吹号之祭司的子孙、约拿单的儿子撒迦利亚、约拿单是示玛雅的儿子、示玛雅是玛他尼的儿子、玛他尼是米该亚的儿子、米该亚是撒刻的儿子、撒刻是亚萨的儿子．
and some of the priests’ sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;
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又有撒迦利亚的弟兄示玛雅、亚撒利、米拉莱、基拉莱、玛艾、拿坦业、犹大、哈拿尼、都拿着神人大卫的乐器．文士以斯拉引领他们。
and his brothers, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.
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他们经过泉门往前、从大卫城的台阶、随地势而上、在大卫宫殿以上、直行到朝东的水门。
By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of David’s city, at the ascent of the wall, above David’s house, even to the water gate eastward.
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第二队称谢的人要与那一队相迎而行、我和民的一半跟随他们、在城墙上过了炉楼、直到宽墙、
The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, on the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even to the wide wall,
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又过了以法莲门、古门、鱼门、哈楠业楼、哈米亚楼、直到羊门、就在护卫门站住。
and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.
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于是这两队称谢的人、连我和官长的一半、站在 神的殿里．
So the two companies of those who gave thanks in God’s house stood, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;
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还有祭司以利亚金、玛西雅、米拿民、米该雅、以利约乃、撒迦利亚、哈楠尼亚、吹号．
and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
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又有玛西雅、示玛雅、以利亚撒、乌西、约哈难、玛基雅、以拦、和以谢奏乐。歌唱的就大声歌唱、伊斯拉希雅管理他们。
and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
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那日众人献大祭而欢乐．因为 神使他们大大欢乐．连妇女带孩童也都欢乐．甚至耶路撒冷中的欢声听到远处。
They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and the children also rejoiced; so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even far away.
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当日派人管理库房、将举祭、初熟之物、和所取的十分之一、就是按各城田地、照律法所定归给祭司和利未人的分、都收在里头．犹大人、因祭司和利未人供职、就欢乐了。
On that day were men appointed over the rooms for the treasures, for the wave offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who waited.
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祭司利未人遵守 神所吩咐的、并守洁净的礼．歌唱的、守门的、照着大卫和他儿子所罗门的命令、也如此行。
They performed the duty of their God, and the duty of the purification, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
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古时、在大卫和亚萨的日子、有歌唱的伶长、并有赞美称谢 神的诗歌。
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
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当所罗巴伯和尼希米的时候、以色列众人将歌唱的、守门的、每日所当得的分供给他们．又给利未人当得的分．利未人又给亚伦的子孙当得的分。
All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, as every day required; and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.
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当日人念摩西的律法书给百姓听．遇见书上写着说、亚扪人和摩押人永不可入 神的会．
On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and it was found written in it that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever,
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因为他们没有拿食物和水来、迎接以色列人、且雇了巴兰咒诅他们．但我们的 神使那咒诅变为祝福。
because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them; however our God turned the curse into a blessing.
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以色列民听见这律法、就与一切闲杂人绝交。
It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.
4
先是蒙派管理我们 神殿中库房的祭司以利亚实、与多比雅结亲、
Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,
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便为他豫备一间大屋子、就是从前收存素祭、乳香、器皿、和照命令供给利未人、歌唱的、守门的、五谷、新酒、和油的十分之一、并归祭司举祭的屋子。
had prepared for him a great room, where before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers; and the wave offerings for the priests.
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那时我不在耶路撒冷．因为巴比伦王亚达薛西三十二年、我回到王那里．过了多日我向王告假。
But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king; and after some days I asked leave of the king,
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我来到耶路撒冷、就知道以利亚实为多比雅在 神殿的院内、豫备屋子的那件恶事。
and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a room in the courts of God’s house.
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我甚恼怒、就把多比雅的一切家具、从屋里都抛出去、
It grieved me severely. Therefore I threw all Tobiah’s household stuff out of the room.
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吩咐人洁净这屋子、遂将 神殿的器皿、和素祭乳香又搬进去。
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms. I brought into them the vessels of God’s house, with the meal offerings and the frankincense again.
10
我见利未人所当得的分、无人供给他们、甚至供职的利未人、与歌唱的、俱各奔回自己的田地去了。
I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had each fled to his field.
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我就斥责官长说、为何离弃 神的殿呢．我便招聚利未人、使他们照旧供职。
Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is God’s house forsaken?” I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
12
犹大众人就把五谷、新酒、和油的十分之一、送入库房。
Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the treasuries.
13
我派祭司示利米雅、文士撒督、和利未人毘大雅作库官管理库房．副官、是哈难、哈难是撒刻的儿子、撒刻是玛他尼的儿子．这些人都是忠信的、他们的职分是将所供给的分给他们的弟兄。
I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.
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我的 神阿、求你因这事记念我、不要涂抹我为 神的殿、与其中的礼节、所行的善。
Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don’t wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its observances.
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那些日子我在犹大见有人在安息日醡酒、〈原文作踹酒醡〉搬运禾捆、驮在驴上．又把酒、葡萄、无花果、和各样的担子、在安息日担入耶路撒冷、我就在他们卖食物的那日、警戒他们。
In those days saw I in Judah some men treading wine presses on the Sabbath, bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys; also with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; and I testified against them in the day in which they sold food.
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又有推罗人住在耶路撒冷．他们把鱼、和各样货物、运进来、在安息日卖给犹大人。
Some men of Tyre also lived there, who brought in fish and all kinds of wares, and sold on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
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我就斥责犹大的贵胄、说、你们怎么行这恶事、犯了安息日呢。
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?
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从前你们列祖、岂不是这样行、以致我们 神使一切灾祸临到我们和这城么。现在你们还犯安息日、使忿怒越发临到以色列。
Didn’t your fathers do thus, and didn’t our God bring all this evil on us, and on this city? Yet you bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.”
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在安息日的前一日、耶路撒冷城门有黑影的时候、我就吩咐人将门关锁、不过安息日不准开放．我又派我几个仆人管理城门、免得有人在安息日担甚么担子进城。
It came to pass that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I set some of my servants over the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.
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于是商人、和贩卖各样货物的、一两次住宿在耶路撒冷城外。
So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares camped outside of Jerusalem once or twice.
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我就警戒他们说、你们为何在城外住宿呢．若再这样、我必下手拿办你们。从此以后、他们在安息日不再来了。
Then I testified against them, and said to them, “Why do you stay around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they didn’t come on the Sabbath.
22
我吩咐利未人洁净自己、来守城门、使安息日为圣。我的 神阿、求你因这事记念我、照你的大慈爱怜恤我。
I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me, my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your loving kindness.
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那些日子我也见犹大人娶了亚实突、亚扪、摩押的女子为妻。
In those days I also saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab;
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他们的儿女说话、一半是亚实突的话、不会说犹大的话、所说的是照着各族的方言。
and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.
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我就斥责他们、咒诅他们、打了他们几个人、拔下他们的头发、叫他们指着 神起誓、必不将自己的女儿嫁给外邦人的儿子、也不为自己和儿子娶他们的女儿。
I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
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我又说、以色列王所罗门不是在这样的事上犯罪么．在多国中并没有一王像他、且蒙他 神所爱、 神立他作以色列全国的王．然而连他也被外邦女子引诱犯罪。
Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin.
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如此、我岂听你们行这大恶、娶外邦女子干犯我们的 神呢。
Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?”
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大祭司以利亚实的孙子耶何耶大的一个儿子、是和伦人参巴拉的女婿．我就从我这里把他赶出去。
One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I chased him from me.
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我的 神阿、求你记念他们的罪．因为他们玷污了祭司的职任、违背你与祭司利未人所立的约。
Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
30
这样、我洁净他们、使他们离绝一切外邦人、派定祭司和利未人的班次、使他们各尽其职．
Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners, and appointed duties for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;
31
我又派百姓按定期献柴、和初熟的土产。我的 神阿、求你记念我、施恩与我。
and for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, my God, for good.