Níxīmǐjì 5:15

15 Zaì wǒ yǐqián de shĕng zhǎng jiā zhòng bǎixìng de dànzi , mĕi rì suǒ yào liángshi hé jiǔ , bìng yínzi sì shí Shĕkèlè , jiù shì tāmende púrén yĕ xiá zhì bǎixìng . dàn wǒ yīn jìngwèi shén bù zhèyàng xíng .

Níxīmǐjì 5:15 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors, that had been before me, were
chargeable to the people
Between him and Zerubbabel, for Ezra was no governor; according to the Jewish chronology ^F13, when Ezra came to Jerusalem, Zerubbabel returned to Babylon, and there died, and his son Methullam was in his stead, and after him succeeded Hananiah his son:

and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver;
which amounted to between four and five pounds, and this they had every day:

yea, even their servants bare rule over the people;
required a salary, or at least perquisites of them, which the governors connived at:

but so did not I, because of the fear of God;
neither took anything himself of the people, nor suffered his servants; because the fear of God was upon his heart, and before his eyes, and therefore could not allow himself to oppress the poor.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Seder Olam Zuta, p. 108, 109.

Níxīmǐjì 5:15 In-Context

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 .

15 Zaì wǒ yǐqián de shĕng zhǎng jiā zhòng bǎixìng de dànzi , mĕi rì suǒ yào liángshi hé jiǔ , bìng yínzi sì shí Shĕkèlè , jiù shì tāmende púrén yĕ xiá zhì bǎixìng . dàn wǒ yīn jìngwèi shén bù zhèyàng xíng .

16 Bìngqiĕ wǒ héngxīn xiūzào chéngqiáng , bìng méiyǒu zhì mǎi tiándì . wǒde púrén yĕ dōu jùjí zaì nàli zuò gōng .

17 Chúle cóng sìwéi waì bāng zhōng lái de Yóudà rén yǐwaì , yǒu Yóudà píng mín hé guān zhǎng yī bǎi wǔ shí rén zaì wǒ xí shang chī fàn .