尼希米记 4
1 参巴拉听见我们修造城墙就发怒，大大恼恨，嗤笑犹大人，
Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall, that it was grievous to him, and he was very angry, and railed against the Jews.
2 对他弟兄和撒马利亚的军兵说：“这些软弱的犹大人做什么呢？要保护自己吗？要献祭吗？要一日成功吗？要从土堆里拿出火烧的石头再立墙吗？”
And he said before his brethren (that [is] the army of the Samaritans) [Is it true] that these Jews are building their city? do they indeed offer sacrifices? will they prevail? and will they this day restore the stones, after they have been burnt and made a heap of rubbish?
3 亚扪人多比雅站在旁边，说：“他们所修造的石墙，就是狐狸上去也必跐倒。”
And Tobias the Ammanite came near to him, and said to them, Do they sacrifice or eat in their place? shall not a fox go up and pull down their wall of stones?
4 我们的 神啊，求你垂听，因为我们被藐视。求你使他们的毁谤归于他们的头上，使他们在掳到之地作为掠物。
Hear, O our God, for we have become a scorn; and return you their reproach upon their head, and make them a scorn in a land of captivity,
5 不要遮掩他们的罪孽，不要使他们的罪恶从你面前涂抹，因为他们在修造的人眼前惹动你的怒气。
and do not cover [their] iniquity.
6 这样，我们修造城墙，城墙就都连络，高至一半，因为百姓专心做工。
7 参巴拉、多比雅、阿拉伯人、亚扪人、亚实突人听见修造耶路撒冷城墙，着手进行堵塞破裂的地方，就甚发怒。
But it came to pass, when Sanaballat and Tobia, and the Arabians, and the Ammanites, heard that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was advancing, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, that it appeared very grievous to them.
8 大家同谋要来攻击耶路撒冷，使城内扰乱。
And all of them assembled together, to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to destroy it utterly.
9 然而，我们祷告我们的 神，又因他们的缘故，就派人看守，昼夜防备。
So we prayed to our God and set watchmen against them day and night, because of them.
10 犹大人说：“灰土尚多，扛抬的人力气已经衰败，所以我们不能建造城墙。”
And Juda said, The strength of the enemies is broken, yet [there is] much rubbish, and we shall not be able to build the wall.
11 我们的敌人且说：“趁他们不知不见，我们进入他们中间，杀他们，使工作止住。”
And they that afflicted us said, They shall not know, and they shall not see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
12 那靠近敌人居住的犹大人十次从各处来见我们，说：“你们必要回到我们那里。”
And it came to pass, when the Jews who lived near them came, that they said to us, They are coming up against us from every quarter.
13 所以我使百姓各按宗族拿刀、拿枪、拿弓站在城墙后边低洼的空处。
So I set [men] in the lowest part of the place behind the wall in the lurking-places, I even set the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 我察看了，就起来对贵胄、官长，和其余的人说：“不要怕他们！当记念主是大而可畏的。你们要为弟兄、儿女、妻子、家产争战。”
And I looked, and arose, and said to the nobles, and to the captains, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember our great and terrible God, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15 仇敌听见我们知道他们的心意，见 神也破坏他们的计谋，就不来了。我们都回到城墙那里，各做各的工。
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was made known to us, and God had frustrated their counsel, that we all returned to the wall, [every] man to his work.
16 从那日起，我的仆人一半做工，一半拿枪、拿盾牌、拿弓、穿铠甲，官长都站在犹大众人的后边。
And it came to pass from that day [that] half of them that had been driven forth, wrought the work, and half of them kept guard; and [there were] spears, and shields, and bows, and breastplates, and rulers behind the whole house of Juda,
17 修造城墙的，扛抬材料的，都一手做工一手拿兵器。
even of them that were building the wall: —and those who carried the burdens [were] under arms: [each] with one hand wrought his work, and with the other held his dart.
18 修造的人都腰间佩刀修造，吹角的人在我旁边。
And the builders [wrought] each man having his sword girded upon his loins, and so they built: and the trumpeter with his trumpet next to him.
19 我对贵胄、官长，和其余的人说：“这工程浩大，我们在城墙上相离甚远；
And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work [is] great and abundant, and we are dispersed upon the wall, each at a great distance from his brother.
20 你们听见角声在哪里，就聚集到我们那里去。我们的 神必为我们争战。”
In whatever place you shall hear the sound of the cornet, there gather yourselves together to us; and our God shall fight for us.
21 于是，我们做工，一半拿兵器，从天亮直到星宿出现的时候。
So we [continued] labouring at the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
22 那时，我又对百姓说：“各人和他的仆人当在耶路撒冷住宿，好在夜间保守我们，白昼做工。”
And at that time I said to the people, Lodge you every man with his servant in the midst of Jerusalem, and let the night be a watch-time to you, and the day a work-time.
23 这样，我和弟兄仆人，并跟从我的护兵都不脱衣服，出去打水也带兵器。
And I was [there], and the watchmen behind me, and there was not a man of us that put off his garments.
