尼希米記 1
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1哈迦利亞 的兒子 尼希米 的言語如下： 亞達薛西 王二十年基斯流月，我在 書珊 城的宮中。
1The words of Nehemias the son of Helchias. And it came to pass in the month of Casleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in the castle of Susa,
2那時，有我一個弟兄 哈拿尼 ，同着幾個人從 猶大 來。我問他們那些被擄歸回、剩下逃脫的 猶大 人和 耶路撒冷 的光景。
2That Hanani one of my brethren came, he and some men of Juda; and I asked them concerning the Jews, that remained and were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3他們對我說：「那些被擄歸回剩下的人在 猶大 省遭大難，受凌辱；並且 耶路撒冷 的城牆拆毀，城門被火焚燒。」
3And they said to me: They that have remained, and are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction, and reproach: and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire.
4我聽見這話，就坐下哭泣，悲哀幾日，在天上的上帝面前禁食祈禱，說：
4And when I had heard these words, I sat down, and wept, and mourned for many days: and I fasted, and prayed before the face of the God of heaven.
5「耶和華－天上的上帝，大而可畏的上帝啊，你向愛你、守你誡命的人守約施慈愛。
5And I said: I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy with those that love thee, and keep thy commandments:
6願你睜眼看，側耳聽，你僕人晝夜在你面前為你眾僕人 以色列 民的祈禱，承認我們 以色列 人向你所犯的罪；我與我父家都有罪了。
6Let thy ears be attentive, and thy eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, night and day, for the children of Israel thy servants: and I confess the sins of the children of Israel, by which they have sinned against thee: I and my father’s house have sinned.
7我們向你所行的甚是邪惡，沒有遵守你藉着僕人 摩西 所吩咐的誡命、律例、典章。
7We have been seduced by vanity, and have not kept thy commandments, and ceremonies and judgments, which thou hast commanded thy servant Moses.
8求你記念所吩咐你僕人 摩西 的話，說：『你們若犯罪，我就把你們分散在萬民中；
8Remember the word that thou commandedst to Moses thy servant, saying: If you shall transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
9但你們若歸向我，謹守遵行我的誡命，你們被趕散的人雖在天涯，我也必從那裏將他們招聚回來，帶到我所選擇立為我名的居所。』
9But if you return to me, and keep my commandments, and do them, though you should be led away to the uttermost parts of the world, I will gather you from thence, and bring you back to the place which I have chosen for my name to dwell there.
10這都是你的僕人、你的百姓，就是你用大力和大能的手所救贖的。
10And these are thy servants, and thy people: whom thou hast redeemed by thy great strength, and by thy mighty hand.
11主啊，求你側耳聽你僕人的祈禱，和喜愛敬畏你名眾僕人的祈禱，使你僕人現今亨通，在王面前蒙恩。」 我是作王酒政的。
11I beseech thee, O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy name: and direct thy servant this day, and give him mercy before this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
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