Níxīmǐjì 2:4

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

Níxīmǐjì 2:4 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 2:4

Then the king said unto me, for what dost thou make request?
&c.] The king supposed that there was a meaning in those looks and words of his, that he had a favour to ask of him, and therefore encourages him to it; or the king of himself moved this, as being desirous of doing anything for him he would propose, to make him easy:

so I prayed to the God of heaven;
secretly, in an ejaculatory way, giving him thanks for thus disposing the king's heart towards him, and entreating he might be directed what to ask, and in a proper manner, and that he might succeed.

Níxīmǐjì 2:4 In-Context

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 .

6 Nàshí wáng hòu zuò zaì wáng de pángbiān . wáng wèn wǒ shuō , nǐ qù yào duōshào rìzi . jǐshí huí lái . wǒ jiù déng le rìqī . yúshì wáng xǐhuan chāiqiǎn wǒ qù .