Nehemiah 13
1 At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
当日，人念摩西的律法书给百姓听，遇见书上写着说，亚扪人和摩押人永不可入 神的会；
2 because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
因为他们没有拿食物和水来迎接以色列人，且雇了巴兰咒诅他们，但我们的 神使那咒诅变为祝福。
3 As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.
以色列民听见这律法，就与一切闲杂人绝交。
4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God
先是蒙派管理我们 神殿中库房的祭司以利亚实与多比雅结亲，
5 and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
便为他预备一间大屋子，就是从前收存素祭、乳香、器皿，和照命令供给利未人、歌唱的、守门的五谷、新酒，和油的十分之一，并归祭司举祭的屋子。
6 While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king
那时我不在耶路撒冷；因为巴比伦王亚达薛西三十二年，我回到王那里。过了多日，我向王告假。
7 to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.
我来到耶路撒冷，就知道以利亚实为多比雅在 神殿的院内预备屋子的那件恶事。
8 And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.
我甚恼怒，就把多比雅的一切家具从屋里都抛出去，
9 Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense.
吩咐人洁净这屋子，遂将 神殿的器皿和素祭、乳香又搬进去。
10 I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.
我见利未人所当得的分无人供给他们，甚至供职的利未人与歌唱的俱各奔回自己的田地去了。
11 So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,
我就斥责官长说：“为何离弃 神的殿呢？”我便招聚利未人，使他们照旧供职。
12 and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms.
犹大众人就把五谷、新酒，和油的十分之一送入库房。
13 I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.
我派祭司示利米雅、文士撒督，和利未人毗大雅作库官管理库房；副官是哈难。哈难是撒刻的儿子；撒刻是玛他尼的儿子。这些人都是忠信的，他们的职分是将所供给的分给他们的弟兄。
14 Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
我的 神啊，求你因这事记念我，不要涂抹我为 神的殿与其中的礼节所行的善。
15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
那些日子，我在犹大见有人在安息日榨酒，搬运禾捆驮在驴上，又把酒、葡萄、无花果，和各样的担子在安息日担入耶路撒冷，我就在他们卖食物的那日警戒他们。
16 Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.
又有泰尔人住在耶路撒冷；他们把鱼和各样货物运进来，在安息日卖给犹大人。
17 Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
我就斥责犹大的贵胄说：“你们怎么行这恶事犯了安息日呢？
18 Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”
从前你们列祖岂不是这样行，以致我们 神使一切灾祸临到我们和这城吗？现在你们还犯安息日，使忿怒越发临到以色列！”
19 When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.
在安息日的前一日，耶路撒冷城门有黑影的时候，我就吩咐人将门关锁，不过安息日不准开放。我又派我几个仆人管理城门，免得有人在安息日担什么担子进城。
20 Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem,
于是商人和贩卖各样货物的，一两次住宿在耶路撒冷城外。
21 but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.
我就警戒他们说：“你们为何在城外住宿呢？若再这样，我必下手拿办你们。”从此以后，他们在安息日不再来了。
22 Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
我吩咐利未人洁净自己，来守城门，使安息日为圣。我的 神啊，求你因这事记念我，照你的大慈爱怜恤我。
23 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
那些日子，我也见犹大人娶了亚实突、亚扪、摩押的女子为妻。
24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.
他们的儿女说话，一半是亚实突的话，不会说犹大的话，所说的是照着各族的方言。
25 I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
我就斥责他们，咒诅他们，打了他们几个人，拔下他们的头发，叫他们指着 神起誓，必不将自己的女儿嫁给外邦人的儿子，也不为自己和儿子娶他们的女儿。
26 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
我又说：“以色列王所罗门不是在这样的事上犯罪吗？在多国中并没有一王像他，且蒙他 神所爱， 神立他作以色列全国的王；然而连他也被外邦女子引诱犯罪。
27 Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”
如此，我岂听你们行这大恶，娶外邦女子干犯我们的 神呢？”
28 Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.
大祭司以利亚实的孙子、耶何耶大的一个儿子是和伦人参巴拉的女婿，我就从我这里把他赶出去。
29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
我的 神啊，求你记念他们的罪；因为他们玷污了祭司的职任，违背你与祭司利未人所立的约。
30 Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.
这样，我洁净他们，使他们离绝一切外邦人，派定祭司和利未人的班次，使他们各尽其职。
31 I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.
我又派百姓按定期献柴和初熟的土产。我的 神啊，求你记念我，施恩与我。
