Yǐsīlājì 5:5

5 Shén de yǎnmù kàn gù Yóudà de zhǎnglǎo , yǐzhì zǒng dū dĕng méiyǒu jiào tāmen tíng gōng , zhídào zhè shì zòu gào Dàlìwū dé zhe tāde huí yù .

Yǐsīlājì 5:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 5:5

But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews
He in his providence looked favourably at them, smiled upon them, encouraged them in the work by his good Spirit, and by the prophets, and gave them success, and protected and defended them, see ( 2 Chronicles 16:9 ) ( Zechariah 3:9 ) ( 4:10 ) ,

that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to
Darius;
they were not intimidated by what the governor and those with him said to them, but went on in their work; nor did the governor attempt to interrupt them, they having referred him and their cause to Darius for the truth of what they had said, and for further information from him:

and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter;
that is, Tatnai and those with him sent a letter to Darius about this affair, to which they had an answer, which are both related in this and the following chapters.

Yǐsīlājì 5:5 In-Context

3 Dāngshí hé xī de zǒng dū Dánǎi hé Shìtābōsīnǎi , bìng tāmende tóng dǎng lái wèn shuō , shuí jiàng zhǐ ràng nǐmen jiànzào zhè diàn , xiū chéng zhè qiáng ne .

4 Wǒmen biàn gàosu tāmen jiànzào zhè diàn de rén jiào shénme míngzi .

5 Shén de yǎnmù kàn gù Yóudà de zhǎnglǎo , yǐzhì zǒng dū dĕng méiyǒu jiào tāmen tíng gōng , zhídào zhè shì zòu gào Dàlìwū dé zhe tāde huí yù .

6 Hé xī de zǒng dū Dánǎi hé Shìtābōsīnǎi , bìng tāmende tóng dǎng , jiù shì zhù hé xī de Yàfǎsàjiā rén , shang bĕn zòu gào Dàlìwū wáng .

7 Bĕn shang xiĕ zhe shuō , yuàn Dàlìwū wáng zhū shì píngān .