Yǐsīlājì 4:21

21 Xiànzaì nǐmen yào chū gào shì méng zhèxie rén tíng gōng , shǐ zhè chéng bùdé jiànzào , dĕng wǒ jiàng zhǐ .

Yǐsīlājì 4:21 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 4:21

Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease
From building:

and that this city be not builded until another commandment shall be
given from me;
he might suspect that this case, in all its circumstances, was not truly stated, and that hereafter he might see reason to recede from the present orders he gave; and the rather, as by searching, and perhaps on his own knowledge, must have observed, that his father Cyrus had shown favour to the Jews, and had not only set them at liberty, but had encouraged them to rebuild their temple; which might be what they were about, and was the case, and nothing else, except their houses to dwell in.

Yǐsīlājì 4:21 In-Context

19 Wǒ yǐ méng rén kǎo chá , dé zhī cǐ chéng gǔ lái guǒrán beìpàn liè wáng , qízhōng cháng yǒu fǎn pàn beìnì de shì .

20 Cóng qián Yēlùsǎlĕng yĕ yǒu dà jūnwáng Tǒng guǎn hé xī quán dì , rén jiù gĕi tāmen jìn gòng , jiāo kè , nà shuì .

21 Xiànzaì nǐmen yào chū gào shì méng zhèxie rén tíng gōng , shǐ zhè chéng bùdé jiànzào , dĕng wǒ jiàng zhǐ .

22 Nǐmen dāng jǐnshèn , bùkĕ chíyán , wèihé róng haì jiā zhòng , shǐ wáng shòu kuī sún ne .

23 Yàdáxuēxī wáng de shang yù dú zaì Lìhóng hé shū jì Shēnshuaì , bìng tāmende tóng dǎng miànqián , tāmen jiù jímáng wǎng Yēlùsǎlĕng qù jiàn Yóudà rén , yòng shìlì jiàng pǎi tāmen tíng gōng .