Níxīmǐjì 4:6-15

6 Zhèyàng , wǒmen xiūzào chéngqiáng , chéngqiáng jiù dōu lián luò , gāo zhì yī bàn , yīnwei bǎixìng zhuān xīn zuò gōng .
7 Sānbālā , Duōbǐyǎ , Yalābó rén , Yàmén rén , Yàshítū rén tīngjian xiūzào Yēlùsǎlĕng chéngqiáng , zhào shǒu jìnxíng dǔ sāi pòliè de dìfang , jiù shén fānù .
8 Dàjiā tóng móu yào lái gōngjī Yēlùsǎlĕng , shǐ chéng neì rǎoluàn .
9 Ránér , wǒmen dǎogào wǒmen de shén , yòu yīn tāmende yuángù , jiù paì rén kānshǒu , zhòuyè fángbeì .
10 Yóudà rén shuō , huī tǔ shàng duō , gāng tái de rén lì qì yǐjing shuāi baì , suǒyǐ wǒmen bùnéng jiànzào chéngqiáng .
11 Wǒmen de dírén qiĕ shuō , chèn tāmen bù zhī , bú jiàn , wǒmen jìnrù tāmen zhōngjiān , shā tāmen , shǐ gōngzuò zhǐ zhù .
12 Nà kàojìn dírén jūzhù de Yóudà rén , shí cì cóng gè chù lái jiàn wǒmen , shuō , nǐmen bìyào huí dào wǒmen nàli .
13 Suó yǐ wǒ shǐ bǎixìng gè àn zōngzú ná dāo , ná qiāng , ná gōng zhàn zaì chéngqiáng hòubiān dī wā de kōng chù .
14 Wǒ chákàn le , jiù qǐlai duì guìzhòu , guān zhǎng , hé qíyú de rén shuō , búyào pà tāmen . dāng jìniàn zhǔ shì dà ér kĕ wèi de . nǐmen yào wèi dìxiōng , érnǚ , qīzi , jiā chǎn zhēng zhàn .
15 Chóudí tīngjian wǒmen zhīdào tāmende xīnyì , jiàn shén yĕ pò huaì tāmende jì móu , jiù bù lái le . wǒmen dōu huí dào chéngqiáng nàli , gè zuò gè de gōng .

Níxīmǐjì 4:6-15 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.

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