Nehemiah 4
1 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.
參巴拉聽見我們修造城牆就發怒，大大惱恨，嗤笑猶大人，
2 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?
對他弟兄和撒馬利亞的軍兵說：「這些軟弱的猶大人做甚麼呢？要保護自己嗎？要獻祭嗎？要一日成功嗎？要從土堆裏拿出火燒的石頭再立牆嗎？」
3 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?
亞捫人多比雅站在旁邊，說：「他們所修造的石牆，就是狐狸上去也必跐倒。」
4 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,
我們的上帝啊，求你垂聽，因為我們被藐視。求你使他們的毀謗歸於他們的頭上，使他們在擄到之地作為掠物。
5 and do not cover [their] iniquity.
不要遮掩他們的罪孽，不要使他們的罪惡從你面前塗抹，因為他們在修造的人眼前惹動你的怒氣。
這樣，我們修造城牆，城牆就都連絡，高至一半，因為百姓專心做工。
7 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.
參巴拉、多比雅、阿拉伯人、亞捫人、亞實突人聽見修造耶路撒冷城牆，着手進行堵塞破裂的地方，就甚發怒。
8 And all of them assembled together, to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to destroy it utterly.
大家同謀要來攻擊耶路撒冷，使城內擾亂。
9 So we prayed to our God and set watchmen against them day and night, because of them.
然而，我們禱告我們的上帝，又因他們的緣故，就派人看守，晝夜防備。
10 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.
猶大人說：「灰土尚多，扛抬的人力氣已經衰敗，所以我們不能建造城牆。」
11 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.
我們的敵人且說：「趁他們不知不見，我們進入他們中間，殺他們，使工作止住。」
12 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.
那靠近敵人居住的猶大人十次從各處來見我們，說：「你們必要回到我們那裏。」
13 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.
所以我使百姓各按宗族拿刀、拿槍、拿弓站在城牆後邊低窪的空處。
14 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.
我察看了，就起來對貴冑、官長，和其餘的人說：「不要怕他們！當記念主是大而可畏的。你們要為弟兄、兒女、妻子、家產爭戰。」
15 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.
仇敵聽見我們知道他們的心意，見上帝也破壞他們的計謀，就不來了。我們都回到城牆那裏，各做各的工。
16 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,
從那日起，我的僕人一半做工，一半拿槍、拿盾牌、拿弓、穿鎧甲，官長都站在猶大眾人的後邊。
17 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.
修造城牆的，扛抬材料的，都一手做工一手拿兵器。
18 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.
修造的人都腰間佩刀修造，吹角的人在我旁邊。
19 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.
我對貴冑、官長，和其餘的人說：「這工程浩大，我們在城牆上相離甚遠；
20 In whatever place you shall hear the sound of the cornet, there gather yourselves together to us; and our God shall fight for us.
你們聽見角聲在哪裏，就聚集到我們那裏去。我們的上帝必為我們爭戰。」
21 So we [continued] labouring at the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
於是，我們做工，一半拿兵器，從天亮直到星宿出現的時候。
22 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.
那時，我又對百姓說：「各人和他的僕人當在耶路撒冷住宿，好在夜間保守我們，白晝做工。」
23 And I was [there], and the watchmen behind me, and there was not a man of us that put off his garments.
這樣，我和弟兄僕人，並跟從我的護兵都不脫衣服，出去打水也帶兵器。
