Níxīmǐjì 2:2

2 Wáng duì wǒ shuō , nǐ jì méiyǒu bìng , wèishénme miàn daì chóuróng ne . zhè bù shì biéde , bì shì nǐ xīn zhōng chóu fán . yúshì wǒ shén jùpà .

Níxīmǐjì 2:2 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 2:2

Wherefore the king said unto me, why is thy countenance sad,
seeing thou art not sick?
&c.] He had no disorder upon him to change his countenance and make him sorrowful, and therefore asks what should be the reason of it:

this is nothing else but sorrow of heart;
this is not owing to any bodily disease or pain, but some inward trouble of mind; or "wickedness of heart" ^F16, some ill design in his mind, which being conscious of, and thoughtful about, was discovered in his countenance; he suspected, as Jarchi intimates, a design to kill him, by putting poison into his cup:

then I was very sore afraid;
lest the king should have suspicion of an ill design on him; or lest, since he must be obliged to give the true reason, he should not succeed in his request, it being so large, and perhaps many about the king were no friends to the Jews.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (bl er) (ponhria kardiav) , Sept. "malum nescio quod in corde tuo est", V. L.

Níxīmǐjì 2:2 In-Context

1 Yàdáxuēxī wáng ĕr shí nián ní sàn yuè , zaì wáng miànqián bǎi jiǔ , wǒ ná qǐ jiǔ lái fèng gĕi wáng . wǒ sùlái zaì wáng miànqián méiyǒu chóuróng .

2 Wáng duì wǒ shuō , nǐ jì méiyǒu bìng , wèishénme miàn daì chóuróng ne . zhè bù shì biéde , bì shì nǐ xīn zhōng chóu fán . yúshì wǒ shén jùpà .

3 Wǒ duì wáng shuō , yuàn wáng wàn suì . wǒ lièzǔ fùnmù suǒ zaì de nà chéng huāngliáng , chéng mén beì huǒ fùnshāo , wǒ qǐnéng miàn wú chóuróng ma .

4 Wáng wèn wǒ shuō , nǐ yào qiú shénme . yúshì wǒ mò dǎo tiān shang de shén .

5 Wǒ duì wáng shuō , púrén ruò zaì wáng yǎnqián méng ēn , wáng ruò xǐhuan , qiú wáng chāiqiǎn wǒ wǎng Yóudà , dào wǒ lièzǔ fùnmù suǒ zaì de nà chéng qù , wǒ hǎo chóngxīn jiànzào .