尼希米記 4
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1參巴拉 聽見我們修造城牆就發怒，大大惱恨，嗤笑 猶大 人，
1And it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall he was angry: and being moved exceedingly he scoffed at the Jews.
2對他弟兄和 撒馬利亞 的軍兵說：「這些軟弱的 猶大 人做甚麼呢？要保護自己嗎？要獻祭嗎？要一日成功嗎？要從土堆裏拿出火燒的石頭再立牆嗎？」
2And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing? Will the Gentiles let them alone? will they sacrifice and make an end in a day? are they able to raise stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are burnt?
3亞捫 人 多比雅 站在旁邊，說：「他們所修造的石牆，就是狐狸上去也必跐倒。」
3Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall.
4我們的上帝啊，求你垂聽，因為我們被藐視。求你使他們的毀謗歸於他們的頭上，使他們在擄到之地作為掠物。
4Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity.
5不要遮掩他們的罪孽，不要使他們的罪惡從你面前塗抹，因為他們在修造的人眼前惹動你的怒氣。
5Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.
6這樣，我們修造城牆，城牆就都連絡，高至一半，因為百姓專心做工。
6So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.
7參巴拉 、 多比雅 、 阿拉伯 人、 亞捫 人、 亞實突 人聽見修造 耶路撒冷 城牆，着手進行堵塞破裂的地方，就甚發怒。
7And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry.
8大家同謀要來攻擊 耶路撒冷 ，使城內擾亂。
8And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.
9然而，我們禱告我們的上帝，又因他們的緣故，就派人看守，晝夜防備。
9And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.
10猶大 人說：「灰土尚多，扛抬的人力氣已經衰敗，所以我們不能建造城牆。」
10And Juda said: The strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed, and the rubbish is very much, and we shall not be able to build the wall.
11我們的敵人且說：「趁他們不知不見，我們進入他們中間，殺他們，使工作止住。」
11And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
12那靠近敵人居住的 猶大 人十次從各處來見我們，說：「你們必要回到我們那裏。」
12And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to us,
13所以我使百姓各按宗族拿刀、拿槍、拿弓站在城牆後邊低窪的空處。
13I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows.
14我察看了，就起來對貴冑、官長，和其餘的人說：「不要怕他們！當記念主是大而可畏的。你們要為弟兄、兒女、妻子、家產爭戰。」
14And I looked and rose up: and I said to the chief men and the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: be not afraid of them. Remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, and your wives, and your houses.
15仇敵聽見我們知道他們的心意，見上帝也破壞他們的計謀， 就不來了 。我們都回到城牆那裏，各做各的工。
15And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that the thing had been told us, that God defeated their counsel. And we returned all of us to the walls, every man to his work.
16從那日起，我的僕人一半做工，一半拿槍、拿盾牌、拿弓、穿鎧甲，官長都站在 猶大 眾人的後邊。
16And it came to pass from that day forward, that half of their young men did the work, and half were ready for to fight, with spears, and shields, and bows, and coats of mail, and the rulers were behind them in all the house of Juda.
17修造城牆的，扛抬材料的，都一手做工一手拿兵器。
17Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held a sword.
18修造的人都腰間佩刀修造，吹角的人在我旁邊。
18For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me.
19我對貴冑、官長，和其餘的人說：「這工程浩大，我們在城牆上相離甚遠；
19And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: The work is great and wide, and we are separated on the wall one far from another:
20你們聽見角聲在哪裏，就聚集到我們那裏去。我們的上帝必為我們爭戰。」
20In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us.
21於是，我們做工，一半拿兵器，從天亮直到星宿出現的時候。
21And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear.
22那時，我又對百姓說：「各人和他的僕人當在 耶路撒冷 住宿，好在夜間保守我們，白晝做工。」
22At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.
23這樣，我和弟兄僕人，並跟從我的護兵都不脫衣服，出去打水也帶兵器。
23Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen that followed me, did not put off our clothes: only every man stripped himself when he was to be washed.
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