Níxīmǐjì 4:16-23

16 Cóng nà rì qǐ , wǒde púrén yī bàn zuò gōng , yī bàn ná qiāng , ná dùnpái , ná gōng , chuān ( chuān huò zuò ná ) kǎijiǎ , guān zhǎng dōu zhàn zaì Yóudà zhòngrén de hòubiān .

17 Xiūzào chéngqiáng de , káng tái cái liào de , dōu yī shǒu zuò gōng yī shǒu ná bīngqì .

18 Xiūzào de rén dōu yào jiān peì dāo xiūzào , chuī jiǎo de rén zaì wǒ pángbiān .

19 Wǒ duì guìzhòu , guān zhǎng , hé qíyú de rén shuō , zhè gōng chéng hào dà , wǒmen zaì chéngqiáng shang xiāng lí shén yuǎn .

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 .

Níxīmǐjì 4:16-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 4

This chapter relates, how the Jews, while building, were mocked by their enemies, to which no answer was returned but by prayer to God, and they went on notwithstanding in their work, Ne 4:1-6 and how that their enemies conspired against them, to hinder them by force of arms, Ne 4:7-12 to oppose which, both spiritual and temporal weapons were made use of, so that the work was still carried on, Ne 4:13-23.