Níxīmǐjì 9

1 Zhè yuè èr shí sì rì , Yǐsèliè rén jùjí jìnshí , shēn chuān má yǐ , tóu ménghuī chén .
2 Yǐsèliè rén ( rén yuánwén zuò zhǒngleì ) jiù yǔ yīqiè waìbāngrén lí jué , zhàn zhzhe chéngrèn zìjǐ de zuìè hé lièzǔ de zuìniè .
3 Nà rì de sì fēn ...zhīyī , zhàn zaì zìjǐ de dìfang , niàn Yēhéhuá tāmen shén de lǜfǎ shū , yòu sì fēn ...zhīyī rèn zuì , jìngbaì Yēhéhuá tāmende shén .
4 Yéshūyà , Bāní , Jiǎmiè , Shìbāní , Bùní , Shìlìbǐ, Bāní , Jīnání zhàn zaì Lìwèi rén de tái shang , dàshēng āi qiú Yēhéhuá tāmende shén .
5 Lìwèi rén Yéshūyà , Jiǎmiè , Bāní , Hāshāní , Shìlìbǐ, Hédìyǎ , Shìbāní , Pítāxīyǎ shuō , nǐmen yào zhàn qǐlai chēngsòng Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén , yǒng shì wú jìn . Yēhéhuá a , nǐ róngyào zhī míng shì yīngdāng chēngsòng de . chāo hū yīqiè chēngsòng hé zànmĕi .
6 Nǐ , wéidú nǐ shì Yēhéhuá . nǐ zào le tiān hé tiān shang de tiān , bìng tiān shang de wàn xiàng , dì hé dì shang de wànwù , hǎi hé hǎi zhōng suǒyǒude . zhè yīqiè dōu shì nǐ suǒ bǎo cún de . tiān jūn yĕ dōu jìngbaì nǐ .
7 Nǐ shì Yēhéhuá shén , céng jiǎnxuǎn Yàbólán , lǐng tā chū Jiālèdǐ de Wúĕr , gĕi tā gǎi míng jiào Yàbólāhǎn .
8 Nǐ jiàn tā zaì nǐ miànqián xīnli chéngshí , jiù yǔ tā lì yuē . yīngxǔ bǎ Jiānán rén , Hèrén , Yàmólìrén , Bǐlìxǐrén , Yēbùsīrén , Géjiāsārén zhī dì cìgĕi tāde hòuyì . qiĕ yìngyàn le nǐde huà , yīnwei nǐ shì gōngyì de .
9 Nǐ céng kànjian wǒmen lièzǔ zaì Āijí suǒ shòu de kùnkǔ , chuí tīng tāmen zaì Hónghǎi bian de āi qiú .
10 Jiù shīxíng shénjī qí shì zaì fǎlǎo , hé tā yīqiè chénpú , bìng tā guó zhōng de zhòng mín shēnshang . nǐ yĕ dé le míngsheng , zhēng rújīn rì yíyàng , yīnwei nǐ zhīdào tāmen xiàng wǒmen lièzǔ xíngshì kuángào .
11 Nǐ yòu zaì wǒmen lièzǔ miànqián bǎ hǎi fēnkāi , shǐ tāmen zaì hǎi zhōng xíng zǒu gān dì , jiāng zhuīgǎn tāmende rén pāo zaì shēn hǎi , rú shítou pāo zaì dà shuǐ zhōng .
12 Bìngqiĕ báizhòu yòng yún zhù yǐndǎo tāmen , hēi yè yòng huǒ zhù zhàoliàng tāmen dāng xíng de lù .
13 Nǐ yĕ jiànglín zaì Xīnaì shān , cóng tiān shang yǔ tāmen shuōhuà , cìgĕi tāmen zhèngzhí de diǎnzhāng , zhēn shí de lǜfǎ , mĕihǎo de tiaólì yǔ jièmìng .
14 Yòu shǐ tāmen zhīdào nǐde ānxī shèng rì , bìng jiè nǐ púrén Móxī chuán gĕi tāmen jièmìng , tiaólì , lǜfǎ .
15 Cóng tiān shang cì xià liángshi chōng tāmende jī , cóng pánshí shǐ shuǐ liú chū jiĕ tāmende kĕ , yòu fēnfu tāmen jìn qù dé nǐ qǐshì yīngxǔ cìgĕi tāmende dì .
16 Dàn wǒmen de lièzǔ xíngshì kuángào , yìng zhe jǐngxiàng bù tīng cóng nǐde jièmìng .
17 Bù kĕn shùncóng , yĕ bù jìniàn nǐ zaì tāmen zhōngjiān suǒ xíng de qí shì , jìng yìng zhe jǐngxiàng , jū xīn bēi nì , zì lì shǒulǐng , yào huí tāmen wèi nú zhī dì . dàn nǐ shì lèyì raóshù rén , yǒu ēndiǎn , yǒu liánmǐn , bù qīngyì fānù , yǒu fēngshèng cíaì de shén , bìng bù diūqì tāmen .
18 Tāmen suīrán zhù le yī zhǐ niúdú , bǐcǐ shuō , zhè shì lǐng nǐ chū Āijí de shén . yīn ér dàdà rĕ dòng nǐde nùqì .
19 Nǐ háishì dà shī liánmǐn , zaì kuàngyĕ bù diūqì tāmen . báizhòu , yún zhù bù líkāi tāmen , réng yǐndǎo tāmen xíng lù . hēi yè , huǒ zhù yĕ bù líkāi tāmen , réng zhàoliàng tāmen dāng xíng de lù .
20 Nǐ yĕ cì xià nǐ liángshàn de líng jiàoxun tāmen , wèi cháng bù cì mǎnǎ shǐ tāmen húkǒu , bìng cì shuǐ jiĕ tāmende kĕ .
21 Zaì kuàngyĕ sì shí nián , nǐ yǎng yù tāmen , tāmen jiù yī wú suǒ quē . yīfu méiyǒu chuān pò , jiǎo yĕ méiyǒu zhǒng .
22 Bìngqiĕ nǐ jiāng liè guó zhī dì zhào fēn cìgĕi tāmen , tāmen jiù dé le Xīhóng zhī dì , Xīshíbĕn wáng zhī dì , hé Bāshān wáng Ě zhī dì .
23 Nǐ yĕ shǐ tāmende zǐsūn duō rú tiān shang de xīng , daì tāmen dào nǐ suǒ yīngxǔ tāmen lièzǔ jìnrù dé wèi yè zhī dì .
24 Zhèyàng , tāmen jìn qù dé le nà dì , nǐ zaì tāmen miànqián zhìfú nà dì de jūmín , jiù shì Jiānán rén . jiāng Jiānán rén hé qí jūnwáng , bìng nà dì de jūmín , dōu jiāo zaì tāmen shǒu lǐ , ràng tāmen rènyì ér dāi .
25 Tāmen dé le jiāngù de chéngyì , féimĕi de dì tǔ , chōngmǎn gèyàng mĕi wù de fángwū , zuò chéng de shuǐjǐng , pútaóyuán , gǎnlǎn yuán , bìng xǔduō guǒ mù shù . tāmen jiù chī ér dé bǎo , shēntǐ féi pàng , yīn nǐde dà ēn , xīn zhōng kuaìlè .
26 Ránér , tāmen bù shùncóng , jìng beìpàn nǐ , jiāng nǐde lǜfǎ diū zaì bēi hòu , shāhaì nà quàn tāmen guī xiàng nǐde zhòng xiānzhī , dàdà rĕ dòng nǐde nùqì .
27 Suǒyǐ nǐ jiāng tāmen jiāo zaì dírén de shǒu zhōng , mó nán tāmen . tāmen zāo nán de shíhou āi qiú nǐ , nǐ jiù cóng tiān shang chuí tīng , zhào nǐde dà liánmǐn cìgĕi tāmen zhĕngjiù zhĕ , jiù tāmen tuōlí dírén de shǒu .
28 Dàn tāmen dé píngān zhī hòu , yòu zaì nǐ miànqián xíng è , suǒyǐ nǐ diūqì tāmen zaì chóudí de shǒu zhōng , shǐ chóudí xiá zhì tāmen . ránér tāmen zhuǎn huí āi qiú nǐ , nǐ réng cōng tiān shang chuí tīng , lǚcì zhào nǐde liánmǐn zhĕngjiù tāmen .
29 Yòu jǐngjiè tāmen , yào shǐ tāmen guī fù nǐde lǜfǎ . tāmen què xíngshì kuángào , bù tīng cóng nǐde jièmìng , gānfàn nǐde diǎnzhāng ( rén ruò zūnxíng jiù bì yīncǐ huó zhe ) , niǔ zhuǎn jiān tóu , yìng zhe jǐngxiàng , bù kĕn tīng cóng .
30 Dàn nǐ duō nián kuānróng tāmen , yòu yòng nǐde líng jiè zhòng xiānzhī quànjiè tāmen , tāmen réng bù tīng cóng , suǒyǐ nǐ jiāng tāmen jiāo zaì liè guó zhī mín de shǒu zhōng .
31 Ránér nǐ dà fā liánmǐn , bù quán rán mièjué tāmen , yĕ bú diūqì tāmen . yīnwei nǐ shì yǒu ēndiǎn , yǒu liánmǐn de shén .
32 Wǒmen de shén a , nǐ shì zhì dà , zhì néng , zhì kĕ wèi , shǒu yuē shī cíaì de shén . wǒmen de jūnwáng , shǒulǐng , jìsī , xiānzhī , lièzǔ , hé nǐde zhòng mín . cóng Yàshù liè wáng de shíhou zhídào jīnrì suǒ zāoyù de kǔnàn , xiànzaì qiú nǐ búyào yǐwéi xiǎo .
33 Zaì yīqiè líndào wǒmen de shì shang , nǐ què shì gōngyì de . yīn nǐ suǒ xíng de shì chéngshí , wǒmen suǒ zuò de shì xiéè .
34 Wǒmen de jūnwáng , shǒulǐng , jìsī , lièzǔ dōu bù zūnshǒu nǐde lǜfǎ . bù tīng cóng nǐde jièmìng hé nǐ jǐngjiè tāmende huà .
35 Tāmen zaì bĕn guó lǐ zhān nǐ dà ēn de shíhou , zaì nǐ suǒ cìgĕi tāmen zhè guǎngdà féimĕi zhī dì shang bú shìfèng nǐ , yĕ bù zhuǎn lí tāmende è xíng .
36 Wǒmen xiànjīn zuò le núpú . zhìyú nǐ suǒ cìgĕi wǒmen lièzǔ xiǎngshòu qí shang de tǔchǎn , bìng mĕi wù zhī dì , kàn nǎ , wǒmen zaì zhè dì shang zuò le núpú .
37 Zhè dì xǔduō chūchǎn guī le liè wáng , jiù shì nǐ yīn wǒmen de zuì suǒ paì xiá zhì wǒmen de . tāmen rènyì xiá zhì wǒmen de shēntǐ hé shēngchù , wǒmen zāo le dà nán .
38 Yīn zhè yīqiè de shì , wǒmen lì quèshí de yuē , xiĕ zaì cè shang . wǒmen de shǒulǐng , Lìwèi rén , hé jìsī dōu qiā le míng .

Níxīmǐjì 9 Commentary

Chapter 9

A solemn fast. (1-3) Prayer and confession of sin. (4-38)

Verses 1-3 The word will direct and quicken prayer, for by it the Spirit helps our infirmities in prayer. The careful study of God's word will more and more discover to us our own sinfulness, and the plenteousness of his salvation; thus it calls us to mourn for sin, and to rejoice in him. Every discovery of the truth of God, should render us more unwearied in attendance on his sacred word, and on his worship.

Verses 4-38 The summary of their prayers we have here upon record. Much more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do any thing in the way of duty, we are to serve and glorify God according to the utmost of it. When confessing our sins, it is good to notice the mercies of God, that we may be the more humbled and ashamed. The dealings of the Lord showed his goodness and long-suffering, and the hardness of their hearts. The testimony of the prophets was the testimony of the Spirit in the prophets, and it was the Spirit of Christ in them. They spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, and what they said is to be received accordingly. The result was, wonder at the Lord's mercies, and the feeling that sin had brought them to their present state, from which nothing but unmerited love could rescue them. And is not their conduct a specimen of human nature? Let us study the history of our land, and our own history. Let us recollect our advantages from childhood, and ask what were our first returns? Let us frequently do so, that we may be kept humble, thankful, and watchful. Let all remember that pride and obstinacy are sins which ruin the soul. But it is often as hard to persuade the broken-hearted to hope, as formerly it was to bring them to fear. Is this thy case? Behold this sweet promise, A God ready to pardon! Instead of keeping away from God under a sense of unworthiness, let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. He is a God ready to pardon.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 9

In this chapter we have an account of a fast kept by the Jews, which was observed, as by outward acts of humiliation, so by confession of sin, reading the law, and worshipping the Lord, Ne 9:1-3 and of a long prayer that the Levites made, in which they celebrate the divine perfections, take notice of various instances of the goodness of God to the people of Israel, acknowledge their manifold transgressions, observe the Lord's correction of them for them, in which they own he was righteous, Ne 9:4-38.

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