Níxīmǐjì 5:7

7 Wǒ xīnli chóu huá , jiù chìzé guìzhòu hé guān zhǎng shuō , nǐmen gèrén xiàng dìxiōng qǔ lì . yúshì wǒ zhāo jù dà huì gōngjī tāmen .

Níxīmǐjì 5:7 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 5:7

Then I consulted with myself
What was to be done, what method to be taken to redress such grievances:

and I rebuked the nobles and the rulers;
who were the men that monopolized the corn in this dear season, and sold it at an extravagant price, and had got the lands, vineyards, and houses of the poor mortgaged to them, and to whom they had lent money on usury:

and said unto them, you exact usury everyone of his brother;
which was contrary to the express law of God, ( Exodus 22:25 ) and which even the Indians ^F8 strictly observed, who neither let out money, nor took any upon usury:

and I set a great assembly against them;
either of the poor that were oppressed, who brought in their accusations and complaints against them, or a large body of the people, who were not guilty, to hear them, that the delinquents might be put to public shame; or he called a large court of judicature, and set them to examine these allegations, and to do justice.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Aelian. Var. Hist. l. 4. c. 1.

Níxīmǐjì 5:7 In-Context

5 Wǒmen de shēntǐ yǔ wǒmen dìxiōng de shēntǐ yíyàng . wǒmen de érnǚ yǔ tāmende érnǚ yìbān . xiànzaì wǒmen jiāngyào shǐ érnǚ zuò rén de pú bì , wǒmen de nǚér yǐ yǒu wèi bì de . wǒmen bìng wúlì zhĕngjiù , yīnwei wǒmen de tiándì , pútaóyuán yǐjing guī le biérén .

6 Wǒ tīngjian tāmen hū hào shuō zhèxie huà , biàn shén fānù .

7 Wǒ xīnli chóu huá , jiù chìzé guìzhòu hé guān zhǎng shuō , nǐmen gèrén xiàng dìxiōng qǔ lì . yúshì wǒ zhāo jù dà huì gōngjī tāmen .

8 Wǒ duì tāmen shuō , wǒmen jìnlì shú huí wǒmen dìxiōng , jiù shì maì yǔ waì bāng de Yóudà rén . nǐmen háiyào maì dìxiōng , wǒmen shú huí lái ma . tāmen jiù jìngmò bù yǔ , wú huà kĕ dá .

9 Wǒ yòu shuō , nǐmen suǒ xíng de bú shàn . nǐmen xíngshì bùdàng jìngwèi wǒmen de shén ma . bù rán , nánmiǎn wǒmen de chóudí waìbāngrén huǐbàng wǒmen .