Níxīmǐjì 5:12

12 Zhòngrén shuō , wǒmen bì guī huán , bú zaì xiàng tāmen suǒ yào , bì zhào nǐde huà xíng . wǒ jiù zhào le jìsī lái , jiào zhòngrén qǐshì , bì zhào zhe suǒ yīngxǔ de ér xíng .

Níxīmǐjì 5:12 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 5:12

Then said they, we will restore them
The lands, vineyards, oliveyards, and houses:

and will require nothing of them;
not the hundredth part of the fruits of the earth by way of salary:

so will we do as thou sayest;
they approved of his proposal, and readily agreed to it:

then I called the priests, and took an oath of them that they should do
according to this promise;
not that the priests were delinquents, they were not charged with anything of this kind, nor were they the men that promised restitution; but the priests were called to administer the oath to the nobles, and rulers, and rich men, to oblige them the more to keep their word; an oath being sacred, priests in an holy office were made use of to give it, that it might be the more solemn, and the more strictly regarded.

Níxīmǐjì 5:12 In-Context

10 Wǒ hé wǒde dìxiōng yǔ púrén , yĕ jiāng yínqián liángshi jiè gĕi bǎixìng . wǒmen dàjiā dōu dāng miǎn qù lì xī .

11 Rújīn wǒ quàn nǐmen jiāng tāmende tiándì , pútaóyuán , gǎnlǎn yuán , fángwū , bìng xiàng tāmen suǒ qǔ de yínqián , liángshi , xīn jiǔ , hé yóu , bǎi fēn ...zhīyī de lì xī dōu guī huán tāmen .

12 Zhòngrén shuō , wǒmen bì guī huán , bú zaì xiàng tāmen suǒ yào , bì zhào nǐde huà xíng . wǒ jiù zhào le jìsī lái , jiào zhòngrén qǐshì , bì zhào zhe suǒ yīngxǔ de ér xíng .

13 Wǒ yĕ dǒuzhe xiōng qián de yī jīn , shuō , fán bù chéngjiù zhè yīngxǔ de , yuàn shén zhàoyàng dǒu tā líkāi jiā chǎn hé tā laólù dé lái de , zhídào dǒu kōng le . huì zhòng dōu shuō , āmén . yòu zànmĕi Yēhéhuá . bǎixìng jiù zhào zhe suǒ yīngxǔ de qù xíng .

14 Zì cóng wǒ fèng paì zuò Yóudà dì de shĕng zhǎng , jiù shì cóng Yàdáxuēxī wáng ĕr shí nián , zhídào sān shí èr nián , gōng shí èr nián zhī jiǔ , wǒ yǔ wǒ dìxiōng dōu méiyǒu chī shĕngzhǎng de fèng lù .