Níxīmǐjì 4:22

22 Nàshí , wǒ yòu duì bǎixìng shuō , gèrén hé tāde púrén , dāng zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng zhù xiǔ , hǎo zaì yè jiān bǎoshǒu wǒmen , báizhòu zuò gōng .

Níxīmǐjì 4:22 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 4:22

Likewise at the same time said I unto the people
That were at work upon the wall:

let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem;
every builder had a servant, or a lad, as the word signifies, to wait upon him, to bring mortar or stone, or what he wanted; and some of these builders, with their lads, came out of the country towns and villages in the morning, and returned at night; now Nehemiah proposed, for the safety of the city and its walls, that for the present they would lodge in Jerusalem:

that in the night they may be a guard unto us, and labour on the day;
might help to protect them in the night, should they be surprised with the enemy, and be ready for their work in the daytime.

Níxīmǐjì 4:22 In-Context

20 Nǐmen tīngjian jiǎo shēng zaì nǎli , jiù jùjí dào wǒmen nàli qù . wǒmen de shén bì wèi wǒmen zhēng zhàn .

21 Yúshì , wǒmen zuò gōng , yī bàn ná bīngqì , cóng tiān liàng zhídào xīng xiǔ chūxiàn de shíhou .

22 Nàshí , wǒ yòu duì bǎixìng shuō , gèrén hé tāde púrén , dāng zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng zhù xiǔ , hǎo zaì yè jiān bǎoshǒu wǒmen , báizhòu zuò gōng .

23 Zhèyàng , wǒ hé dìxiōng púrén , bìng gēn cóng wǒde hù bīng dōu bù tuō yīfu , chū qù dá shuǐ yĕ daì bīngqì .