Níxīmǐjì 2:1-10

1 Yàdáxuēxī wáng ĕr shí nián ní sàn yuè , zaì wáng miànqián bǎi jiǔ , wǒ ná qǐ jiǔ lái fèng gĕi wáng . wǒ sùlái zaì wáng miànqián méiyǒu chóuróng .

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 .

7 Wǒ yòu duì wáng shuō , wáng ruò xǐhuan , qiú wáng cì wǒ zhào shū , tōng zhī dà hé xī de shĕng zhǎng zhún wǒ jīngguò , zhídào Yóudà .

8 Yòu cì zhào shū , tōng zhī guǎnlǐ wáng yuánlín de Yàsà , shǐ tā gĕi wǒ mù liào , zuò shǔ diàn yíng lóu zhī mén de héngliáng hé chéngqiáng , yǔ wǒ zìjǐ fángwū shǐyòng de . wáng jiù yún zhún wǒ , yīn wǒ shén shī ēn de shǒu bāngzhu wǒ .

9 Wáng paì le jūnzhǎng hé mǎ bīng hù sòng wǒ . wǒ dào le hé xī de shĕng zhǎng nàli , jiāng wáng de zhào shū jiāo gĕi tāmen .

10 Hélún rén Sānbālā , bìng wèi nú de Yàmén rén Duōbǐyǎ , tīngjian yǒu rén lái wèi Yǐsèliè rén qiú hǎo chù , jiù shén nǎonù .

Níxīmǐjì 2:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 2

Nehemiah being sorrowful in the king's presence, the reason of it was asked by the king, which he declared, and then took the opportunity to request of the king that he might be sent to Jerusalem to rebuild it, which was granted him, Ne 2:1-8, upon which he set out, and came to Jerusalem, to the great grief of the enemies of Israel, Ne 2:9-11 and after he had been three days in Jerusalem, he privately took a survey of it, to see what condition it was in, unknown to the rulers there, Ne 2:12-16, whom he afterwards exhorted to rise up and build the wall of the city, which they immediately set about, Ne 2:17,18 not regarding the scoffs and taunts of their enemies, Ne 2:19,20.