Nehemiah

Chapter 6

1 Now it came to pass,1961 when834 Sanballat,5571 and Tobiah,2900 and Geshem1654 the Arabian,6163 and the rest3499 of our enemies,341 heard8085 that3588 I had built1129 853 the wall,2346 and that there was no3808 breach6556 left3498 therein; (though1571 at5704 that1931 time6256 I had not3808 set up5975 the doors1817 upon the gates;)8179

2 That Sanballat5571 and Geshem1654 sent7971 unto413 me, saying,559 Come,1980 let us meet3259 together3162 in some one of the villages3715 in the plain1237 of Ono.207 But they1992 thought2803 to do6213 me mischief.7451

3 And I sent7971 messengers4397 unto5921 them, saying,559 I589 am doing6213 a great1419 work,4399 so that I cannot3808 3201 come down:3381 why4100 should the work4399 cease,7673 whilst834 I leave7503 it, and come down3381 to413 you?

4 Yet they sent7971 unto413 me four702 times6471 after this2088 sort;1697 and I answered7725 them after the same2088 manner.1697

5 Then sent7971 Sanballat5571 853 his servant5288 unto413 me in like2088 manner1697 the fifth2549 time6471 with an open6605 letter107 in his hand;3027

6 Wherein was written,3789 It is reported8085 among the heathen,1471 and Gashmu1654 saith559 it, that thou859 and the Jews3064 think2803 to rebel:4775 for5921 which cause3651 thou859 buildest1129 the wall,2346 that thou859 mayest be1933 their king,4428 according to these428 words.1697

7 And thou hast also1571 appointed5975 prophets5030 to preach7121 of5921 thee at Jerusalem,3389 saying,559 There is a king4428 in Judah:3063 and now6258 shall it be reported8085 to the king4428 according to these428 words.1697 Come1980 now6258 therefore, and let us take counsel3289 together.3162

8 Then I sent7971 unto413 him, saying,559 There are1961 no3808 such428 things1697 done as834 thou859 sayest,559 but3588 thou859 feignest908 them out of thine own heart.4480 3820

9 For3588 they all3605 made us afraid,3372 853 saying,559 Their hands3027 shall be weakened7503 from4480 the work,4399 that it be not3808 done.6213 Now6258 therefore, O God, strengthen2388 853 my hands.3027

10 Afterward I589 came935 unto the house1004 of Shemaiah8098 the son1121 of Delaiah1806 the son1121 of Mehetabeel,4105 who1931 was shut up;6113 and he said,559 Let us meet together3259 in413 the house1004 of God,430 within413 8432 the temple,1964 and let us shut5462 the doors1817 of the temple:1964 for3588 they will come935 to slay2026 thee; yea, in the night3915 will they come935 to slay2026 thee.

11 And I said,559 Should such a man as I3644 376 flee?1272 and who4310 is there, that,834 being as I3644 am, would go935 into413 the temple1964 to save his life?2425 I will not3808 go in.935

12 And, lo,2009 I perceived5234 that God430 had not3808 sent7971 him; but3588 that he pronounced1696 this prophecy5016 against5921 me: for Tobiah2900 and Sanballat5571 had hired7936 him.

13 Therefore4616 was he1931 hired,7936 that4616 I should be afraid,3372 and do6213 so,3651 and sin,2398 and that they might have1961 matter for an evil7451 report,8034 that4616 they might reproach2778 me.

14 My God,430 think2142 thou upon Tobiah2900 and Sanballat5571 according to these428 their works,4639 and1571 on the prophetess5031 Noadiah,5129 and the rest3499 of the prophets,5030 that834 would have1961 put me in fear.3372

15 So the wall2346 was finished7999 in the twenty6242 and fifth2568 day of the month Elul,435 in fifty2572 and two8147 days.3117

16 And it came to pass,1961 that when834 all3605 our enemies341 heard8085 thereof, and all3605 the heathen1471 that834 were about5439 us saw7200 these things, they were much3966 cast down5307 in their own eyes:5869 for they perceived3045 that3588 this2063 work4399 was wrought6213 of4480 854 our God.430

17 Moreover1571 in those1992 days3117 the nobles2715 of Judah3063 sent1980 many7235 letters107 unto5921 Tobiah,2900 and the letters of Tobiah2900 came935 unto413 them.

18 For3588 there were many7227 in Judah3063 sworn1167 7621 unto him, because3588 he1931 was the son in law2860 of Shechaniah7935 the son1121 of Arah;733 and his son1121 Johanan3076 had taken3947 853 the daughter1323 of Meshullam4918 the son1121 of Berechiah.1296

19 Also1571 they reported1961 559 his good deeds2896 before6440 me, and uttered1961 3318 my words1697 to him. And Tobiah2900 sent7971 letters107 to put me in fear.3372

尼希米記

第6章

1 參巴拉、多比雅、阿拉伯人基善和我們其餘的仇敵聽見我已經修完了城牆,其中沒有破裂之處(那時我還沒有安門扇),

2 參巴拉和基善就打發人來見我,說:「請你來,我們在阿挪平原的一個村莊相會。」他們卻想害我。

3 於是我差遣人去見他們,說:「我正辦理[doing]大工,不能下去;何必[why should]停工離開[leave],下去見你們呢?」

4 他們這樣四次打發人來見我,我都如此回答他們。

5 參巴拉第五次打發僕人來見我,手裏拿著未封的信,

6 信上寫著說:「異教民[heathen]中有風聲,迦施慕[Gashmu]也說,你和猶太人謀反;為此你[for which cause thou]修造城牆,你[that]作他們的王。

7 你又派先知在耶路撒冷指著你宣講,說在猶大有王。現在這些[these]話必傳與王知;所以請你來,與我們彼此商議。」

8 我就差遣人去見他,說:「你所說的這等[such]事,一概沒有,不過[but]是你心裏捏造的。」

9 他們都要使我們懼怕,意思說,他們的手必軟弱,以致工作不能成就。神啊,求你堅固我的手。

10 我到了米希大別的孫子、第來雅的兒子示瑪雅家裏;那時,他閉門不出。他說:「我們不如在神的殿裏會面,將殿門關鎖;因為他們要來殺你,就是夜裏來殺你。」

11 我說:「像我這樣的人豈要逃跑呢?像我這樣的人豈能進入殿裏保全生命呢?我不進去。」

12 我看明神沒有差遣他,是他自己說這預言[prophesy]攻擊我,是多比雅和參巴拉賄買了他。

13 賄買他的緣故,是要叫我懼怕,依從他犯罪,他們好傳揚惡言毀謗我。

14 我的神啊,多比雅、參巴拉、女先知挪亞底,和其餘的先知要叫我懼怕,求你記念他們所行的這些事。

15 以祿月二十五日,城牆修完了,共修了五十二天。

16 我們一切仇敵、四圍的一切異教之民[all the heathen]聽見了便懼怕,愁眉不展;因為見這工作完成是出乎我們的神。

17 而且[Moreover]在那些日子,猶大的貴族屢次寄信與多比雅,多比雅也來信與他們。

18 在猶大有許多人與多比雅結盟;因他是亞拉的兒子,示迦尼的女婿,並且他的兒子約哈難娶了比利迦兒子米書蘭的女兒為妻。

19 他們常在我面前說多比雅的善行,也將我的話傳與他。多比雅又常寄信來,要叫我懼怕。

Nehemiah

Chapter 6

尼希米記

第6章

1 Now it came to pass,1961 when834 Sanballat,5571 and Tobiah,2900 and Geshem1654 the Arabian,6163 and the rest3499 of our enemies,341 heard8085 that3588 I had built1129 853 the wall,2346 and that there was no3808 breach6556 left3498 therein; (though1571 at5704 that1931 time6256 I had not3808 set up5975 the doors1817 upon the gates;)8179

1 參巴拉、多比雅、阿拉伯人基善和我們其餘的仇敵聽見我已經修完了城牆,其中沒有破裂之處(那時我還沒有安門扇),

2 That Sanballat5571 and Geshem1654 sent7971 unto413 me, saying,559 Come,1980 let us meet3259 together3162 in some one of the villages3715 in the plain1237 of Ono.207 But they1992 thought2803 to do6213 me mischief.7451

2 參巴拉和基善就打發人來見我,說:「請你來,我們在阿挪平原的一個村莊相會。」他們卻想害我。

3 And I sent7971 messengers4397 unto5921 them, saying,559 I589 am doing6213 a great1419 work,4399 so that I cannot3808 3201 come down:3381 why4100 should the work4399 cease,7673 whilst834 I leave7503 it, and come down3381 to413 you?

3 於是我差遣人去見他們,說:「我正辦理[doing]大工,不能下去;何必[why should]停工離開[leave],下去見你們呢?」

4 Yet they sent7971 unto413 me four702 times6471 after this2088 sort;1697 and I answered7725 them after the same2088 manner.1697

4 他們這樣四次打發人來見我,我都如此回答他們。

5 Then sent7971 Sanballat5571 853 his servant5288 unto413 me in like2088 manner1697 the fifth2549 time6471 with an open6605 letter107 in his hand;3027

5 參巴拉第五次打發僕人來見我,手裏拿著未封的信,

6 Wherein was written,3789 It is reported8085 among the heathen,1471 and Gashmu1654 saith559 it, that thou859 and the Jews3064 think2803 to rebel:4775 for5921 which cause3651 thou859 buildest1129 the wall,2346 that thou859 mayest be1933 their king,4428 according to these428 words.1697

6 信上寫著說:「異教民[heathen]中有風聲,迦施慕[Gashmu]也說,你和猶太人謀反;為此你[for which cause thou]修造城牆,你[that]作他們的王。

7 And thou hast also1571 appointed5975 prophets5030 to preach7121 of5921 thee at Jerusalem,3389 saying,559 There is a king4428 in Judah:3063 and now6258 shall it be reported8085 to the king4428 according to these428 words.1697 Come1980 now6258 therefore, and let us take counsel3289 together.3162

7 你又派先知在耶路撒冷指著你宣講,說在猶大有王。現在這些[these]話必傳與王知;所以請你來,與我們彼此商議。」

8 Then I sent7971 unto413 him, saying,559 There are1961 no3808 such428 things1697 done as834 thou859 sayest,559 but3588 thou859 feignest908 them out of thine own heart.4480 3820

8 我就差遣人去見他,說:「你所說的這等[such]事,一概沒有,不過[but]是你心裏捏造的。」

9 For3588 they all3605 made us afraid,3372 853 saying,559 Their hands3027 shall be weakened7503 from4480 the work,4399 that it be not3808 done.6213 Now6258 therefore, O God, strengthen2388 853 my hands.3027

9 他們都要使我們懼怕,意思說,他們的手必軟弱,以致工作不能成就。神啊,求你堅固我的手。

10 Afterward I589 came935 unto the house1004 of Shemaiah8098 the son1121 of Delaiah1806 the son1121 of Mehetabeel,4105 who1931 was shut up;6113 and he said,559 Let us meet together3259 in413 the house1004 of God,430 within413 8432 the temple,1964 and let us shut5462 the doors1817 of the temple:1964 for3588 they will come935 to slay2026 thee; yea, in the night3915 will they come935 to slay2026 thee.

10 我到了米希大別的孫子、第來雅的兒子示瑪雅家裏;那時,他閉門不出。他說:「我們不如在神的殿裏會面,將殿門關鎖;因為他們要來殺你,就是夜裏來殺你。」

11 And I said,559 Should such a man as I3644 376 flee?1272 and who4310 is there, that,834 being as I3644 am, would go935 into413 the temple1964 to save his life?2425 I will not3808 go in.935

11 我說:「像我這樣的人豈要逃跑呢?像我這樣的人豈能進入殿裏保全生命呢?我不進去。」

12 And, lo,2009 I perceived5234 that God430 had not3808 sent7971 him; but3588 that he pronounced1696 this prophecy5016 against5921 me: for Tobiah2900 and Sanballat5571 had hired7936 him.

12 我看明神沒有差遣他,是他自己說這預言[prophesy]攻擊我,是多比雅和參巴拉賄買了他。

13 Therefore4616 was he1931 hired,7936 that4616 I should be afraid,3372 and do6213 so,3651 and sin,2398 and that they might have1961 matter for an evil7451 report,8034 that4616 they might reproach2778 me.

13 賄買他的緣故,是要叫我懼怕,依從他犯罪,他們好傳揚惡言毀謗我。

14 My God,430 think2142 thou upon Tobiah2900 and Sanballat5571 according to these428 their works,4639 and1571 on the prophetess5031 Noadiah,5129 and the rest3499 of the prophets,5030 that834 would have1961 put me in fear.3372

14 我的神啊,多比雅、參巴拉、女先知挪亞底,和其餘的先知要叫我懼怕,求你記念他們所行的這些事。

15 So the wall2346 was finished7999 in the twenty6242 and fifth2568 day of the month Elul,435 in fifty2572 and two8147 days.3117

15 以祿月二十五日,城牆修完了,共修了五十二天。

16 And it came to pass,1961 that when834 all3605 our enemies341 heard8085 thereof, and all3605 the heathen1471 that834 were about5439 us saw7200 these things, they were much3966 cast down5307 in their own eyes:5869 for they perceived3045 that3588 this2063 work4399 was wrought6213 of4480 854 our God.430

16 我們一切仇敵、四圍的一切異教之民[all the heathen]聽見了便懼怕,愁眉不展;因為見這工作完成是出乎我們的神。

17 Moreover1571 in those1992 days3117 the nobles2715 of Judah3063 sent1980 many7235 letters107 unto5921 Tobiah,2900 and the letters of Tobiah2900 came935 unto413 them.

17 而且[Moreover]在那些日子,猶大的貴族屢次寄信與多比雅,多比雅也來信與他們。

18 For3588 there were many7227 in Judah3063 sworn1167 7621 unto him, because3588 he1931 was the son in law2860 of Shechaniah7935 the son1121 of Arah;733 and his son1121 Johanan3076 had taken3947 853 the daughter1323 of Meshullam4918 the son1121 of Berechiah.1296

18 在猶大有許多人與多比雅結盟;因他是亞拉的兒子,示迦尼的女婿,並且他的兒子約哈難娶了比利迦兒子米書蘭的女兒為妻。

19 Also1571 they reported1961 559 his good deeds2896 before6440 me, and uttered1961 3318 my words1697 to him. And Tobiah2900 sent7971 letters107 to put me in fear.3372

19 他們常在我面前說多比雅的善行,也將我的話傳與他。多比雅又常寄信來,要叫我懼怕。