Yǐsīlājì 4:11-16

11 Shang zòu Yàdáxuēxī wáng shuō , hé xī de chén mín yúnyún .

12 Wáng gāi zhīdào , cóng wáng nàli shang dào wǒmen zhèlǐ de Yóudà rén , yǐjing dào Yēlùsǎlĕng zhòng jiàn , zhè fǎn pàn è liè de chéng , zhú lì gēnjī , jiànzào chéngqiáng .

13 Rújīn wáng gāi zhīdào , tāmen ruò jiànzào zhè chéng , chéngqiáng wánbì jiù bú zaì yǔ wáng jìn gòng , jiāo kè , nà shuì , zhōngjiǔ wáng bì shòu kuī sún .

14 Wǒmen jì shí yù yán , bú rĕn jiàn wáng chī kuī , yīncǐ zòu gào yú wáng .

15 Qǐng wáng kǎochá xiān wáng de shí lù , bì zaì qí shang chá zhī zhè chéng shì fǎn pàn de chéng , yǔ liè wáng hé gè shĕng yǒu haì . zì gǔ yǐlái , qízhōng cháng yǒu beìnì de shì , yīncǐ zhè chéng céng beì chāihuǐ .

16 Wǒmen jǐn zòu wáng zhī , zhè chéng ruò zaì jiànzào , chéngqiáng wánbì , hé xī zhī dì wáng jiù wú fēn le .

Yǐsīlājì 4:11-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 4

The contents of this chapter are the offer the Samaritans made to the Jews, to assist them in building the temple, which having refused, they gave them all the trouble they could, Ezr 4:1-6 and a letter of theirs to Artaxerxes, king of Persia, full of accusations of them, Ezr 4:7-16 and the answer of Artaxerxes to it, giving orders to command the Jews to cease building the temple, Ezr 4:17-22 which orders were accordingly executed, and the work ceased till the second year of Darius, Ezr 4:23,24.