尼希米记 4
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
参巴拉闻建城垣愤恨讥笑
4 参巴拉听见我们修造城墙就发怒，大大恼恨，嗤笑犹大人， 2 对他弟兄和撒马利亚的军兵说：“这些软弱的犹大人做什么呢？要保护自己吗？要献祭吗？要一日成功吗？要从土堆里拿出火烧的石头再立墙吗？” 3 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。” 4 我们的神啊，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。 5 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。 6 这样，我们修造城墙，城墙就都连络，高至一半，因为百姓专心做工。
敌党同谋扰阻
7 参巴拉、多比雅，阿拉伯人、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。 8 大家同谋要来攻击耶路撒冷，使城内扰乱。 9 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。 10 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。” 11 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。” 12 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。” 13 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。 14 我察看了，就起来对贵胄、官长和其余的人说：“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。”
佩械操作以防其敌
15 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，各做各的工。 16 从那日起，我的仆人一半做工，一半拿枪、拿盾牌、拿弓、穿[a]铠甲，官长都站在犹大众人的后边。 17 修造城墙的、扛抬材料的都一手做工，一手拿兵器。 18 修造的人都腰间佩刀修造，吹角的人在我旁边。 19 我对贵胄、官长和其余的人说：“这工程浩大，我们在城墙上相离甚远。 20 你们听见角声在哪里，就聚集到我们那里去。我们的神必为我们争战。”
21 于是，我们做工，一半拿兵器，从天亮直到星宿出现的时候。 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，白昼做工。” 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。
Footnotes
- 尼希米记 4:16 “穿”或作“拿”。
尼希米记 4
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
尼希米战胜阻力
4 参巴拉听说我们正在重建城墙，非常愤怒，就嘲笑犹太人， 2 当着他的同僚和撒玛利亚军兵的面说：“这群弱小的犹太人在做什么呢？要重建城墙吗？要献祭吗？要在一日之间建好吗？要用废墟中烧过的石头来建造吗？”
3 他身旁的多比雅说：“他们建的石墙，一只狐狸上去就能踩倒！”
4 我祷告说：“我们的上帝啊，求你垂听，因为我们正在被人耻笑。求你使他们对我们的凌辱归到他们自己头上，使他们被掳到外邦。 5 不要遮掩他们的恶行，也不要从你面前涂抹他们的罪恶，因为他们在这些建造的人面前惹你发怒。”
6 众人全心做工，把整个城墙连接起来，高达原来的一半。
7 参巴拉、多比雅、阿拉伯人、亚扪人和亚实突人听说耶路撒冷的城墙正在重建、缺口正在填补，非常愤怒， 8 便一起图谋袭击耶路撒冷，使城内混乱。 9 但我们向我们的上帝祷告，并设立守卫昼夜防备他们。
10 犹大人说：“工人已经筋疲力尽，还有太多瓦砾有待清理，我们自己无法重建城墙。” 11 我们的敌人说：“我们要趁他们不知不觉，进入他们中间杀死他们，阻止他们的工作。” 12 靠近敌人居住的犹太人十次来告诉我们，说敌人会从各方来袭击我们[a]。 13 于是，我按宗族派人手持刀剑、长矛和弓箭守卫在城墙后面低洼的空地上。 14 我察看形势后，起来对贵族、官员和其他民众说：“不要怕他们！要记住，主伟大而可畏。要为你们的兄弟、儿女、妻子和家园而战。”
15 敌人听说我们知道了他们的阴谋，上帝已破坏他们的诡计，就没有来。我们回到城墙那里，继续各人的工作。 16 从那时起，我的仆人一半继续修筑城墙，一半身穿盔甲，手持长矛、盾牌和弓箭负责守卫。官长都站在修筑城墙的所有犹大人后面。 17 搬运工人一手工作，一手拿兵器。 18 修筑城墙的人工作的时候都腰间配剑。吹号的人在我旁边， 19 我对贵族、官员和其余的民众说：“这工程浩大，范围广阔，我们在城墙上相隔很远， 20 因此你们一听见号角声，就要聚到我那里。我们的上帝必为我们争战！”
21 这样，从黎明直到星星出现，我们的人一半工作，一半手持兵器守卫。 22 那时，我又吩咐众人各带仆人在耶路撒冷住宿。他们夜间可以帮我们守卫，白天帮我们工作。 23 我和我的兄弟、仆人及跟从我的守卫都衣不解带，刀不离身[b]。
Nehemiah 4
Christian Standard Bible
Progress in Spite of Opposition
4 When Sanballat(A) heard that we were rebuilding the wall,(B) he became furious. He mocked the Jews(C) 2 before his colleagues and the powerful men[a] of Samaria(D) and said, “What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones(E) back to life from the mounds of rubble?” (F) 3 Then Tobiah the Ammonite,(G) who was beside him, said, “Indeed, even if a fox(H) climbed up what they are building, he would break down their stone wall!”
4 Listen, our God, for we are despised. Make their insults return on their own heads and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity. 5 Do not cover their guilt or let their sin be erased from your sight, because they have angered[b] the builders.(I)
6 So we rebuilt the wall until the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had the will to keep working.(J)
7 When Sanballat, Tobiah, and the Arabs,(K) Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed,(L) they became furious.(M) 8 They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and throw it into confusion. 9 So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard because of them day and night.
10 In Judah, it was said:[c]
The strength of the laborer fails,
since there is so much rubble.
We will never be able
to rebuild the wall.
11 And our enemies said, “They won’t realize it[d] until we’re among them and can kill them and stop the work.” 12 When the Jews who lived nearby arrived, they said to us time and again,[e] “Everywhere you turn, they attack[f] us.” 13 So I stationed people behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows. 14 After I made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people,(N) “Don’t be afraid of them.(O) Remember the great and awe-inspiring Lord, and fight for your countrymen, your sons and daughters, your wives and homes.”(P)
Sword and Trowel
15 When our enemies heard that we knew their scheme and that God had frustrated it, every one of us returned to his own work on the wall. 16 From that day on, half of my men did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor.(Q) The officers supported all the people of Judah, 17 who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried the loads worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other. 18 Each of the builders had his sword strapped around his waist while he was building, and the one who sounded the ram’s horn was beside me. 19 Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people,(R) “The work is enormous and spread out, and we are separated far from one another along the wall.(S) 20 Wherever you hear the sound of the ram’s horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!” (T) 21 So we continued the work, while half of the men were holding spears from daybreak until the stars came out. 22 At that time, I also said to the people, “Let everyone and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.” 23 And I, my brothers, my servants, and the men of the guard with me never took off our clothes. Each carried his weapon, even when washing.[g]
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